Teaching, research awards conferred

The following individuals are winners of the 2011 Carl J. Norden-Pfizer Distinguished Teaching Award and the Pfizer Animal Health Award for Research Excellence. The Norden award is given to educators in recognition of their character and leadership qualities as well as their outstanding teaching abilities. The Pfizer award recognizes researchers whose innovative studies have advanced the scientific standing of veterinary medicine.

Carl J. Norden–Pfizer Distinguished Teaching Award

Elizabeth Welles, DVM, PhD, Auburn University
Linda Barter, MVSc, PhD, University of California-Davis
Anna D. Fails, DVM, PhD, Colorado State University
James Flanders, DVM, Cornell University
Heather Wamsley, DVM, PhD, University of Florida
Randall B. Eggleston, DVM, University of Georgia
Julie K. Byron, DVM, University of Illinois
Jesse P. Goff, DVM, PhD, Iowa State University
Matt Miesner, DVM, Kansas State University
Daniel Hillmann, DVM, PhD, Louisiana State University
Kent Ames, DVM, Michigan State University
Leslie Sharkey, DVM, PhD, University of Minnesota
Sharon F. Grace, DVM, Mississippi State University
Alison M. LaCarrubba, DVM, University of Missouri-Columbia
Lysa P. Posner, DVM, North Carolina State University
Ronaldo C. da Costa, DVM, PhD, The Ohio State University
Melanie Breshears, DVM, PhD, Oklahoma State University
Jennifer J. Warnock, DVM, PhD, Oregon State University
Raymond W. Sweeney, VMD, University of Pennsylvania
Robert L. Bill, DVM, PhD, Purdue University
Kristin P. Chaney, DVM, St. George's University
Jerry R. Roberson, DVM, PhD, University of Tennessee
Anton G. Hoffman, DVM, PhD, Texas A&M University
Armelle de Laforcade, DVM, Tufts University
Elizabeth S. Graham, DVM, PhD, Tuskegee University
John Rossmeisl, DVM, Virginia-Maryland Regional College of Veterinary Medicine
Tamara Grubb, DVM, Washington State University
Maria Fahie, DVM, Western University of Health Sciences
Helena Rylander, DVM, University of Wisconsin-Madison

Pfizer Animal Health Award for Research Excellence

Valery A. Petrenko, PhD, Auburn University
Ian Gardner, BVSc, PhD, University of California-Davis
Shane Hentges, PhD, Colorado State University
Eric C. Ledbetter, DVM, Cornell University
Rowan J. Milner, BVSc, University of Florida
Robert M. Gogal Jr., DVM, University of Georgia
Levent Dirikolu, DVM, PhD, University of Illinois
Albert Jergens, DVM, PhD, Iowa State University
Juergen A. Richt, DVM, PhD, Kansas State University
Samithamby Jeyaseelan, DVM, PhD, Louisiana State University
Lorraine M. Sordillo, PhD, Michigan State University
Srinand Sreevatsan, BVSc, PhD, University of Minnesota
Andrea S. Varela-Stokes, DVM, PhD, Mississippi State University
Craig L. Franklin, DVM, PhD, University of Missouri-Columbia
Barbara Sherry, PhD, North Carolina State University
Wondwossen A. Gebreyes, DVM, PhD, The Ohio State University
Anthony Confer, DVM, PhD, Oklahoma State University
Claudia Hase, PhD, Oregon State University
Kendra K. Bence, PhD, University of Pennsylvania
Lynetta J. Freeman, DVM, Purdue University
David A. Brian, DVM, PhD, University of Tennessee
Jorg M. Steiner, DVM, PhD, Texas A&M University
Dominique Penninck, DVM, PhD, Tufts University
Berhanu Tameru, PhD, Tuskegee University
Lijuan Yuan, PhD, Virginia-Maryland Regional College of Veterinary Medicine
Michael Konkel, PhD, Washington State University
Victoria Voith, DVM, PhD, Western University of Health Sciences
David Vail, DVM, University of Wisconsin-Madison