Phi Zeta presents research awards for 2023

Phi Zeta, the international honor society of veterinary medicine, recently presented the 2023 Research Manuscript Awards. This year, Nestlé Purina PetCare subsidized the award amount with a donation of $5,000, allowing the society to offer $2,500 to each of the two winners, along with engraved plaques.

The award in basic sciences went to Dr. Kristin Bowers (California-Davis ’18) of the Phi chapter of Phi Zeta at the University of Tennessee. Her winning paper was “Mesenchymal stem cell use in acute tendon injury: In vitro tenogenic potential vs. In vivo dose response.” Dr. Bowers is a researcher at the University of Tennessee College of Veterinary Medicine, where she studies tissue-engineered therapeutics, including stem cell therapy and bone biomaterials.

The award in clinical sciences went to Dr. William Crosby (Mississippi State ’20) of the Omega chapter of Phi Zeta at Mississippi State University. His winning paper was “Does swab type matter? Comparing methods for Mannheimia haemolytica recovery and upper respiratory microbiome characterization in feedlot cattle.” Dr. Crosby is a large animal internal medicine resident, a graduate research assistant, and a clinical instructor at Mississippi State University College of Veterinary Medicine. His research focuses on the effect of macrolide metaphylaxis on antimicrobial resistance in Mannheimia haemolytica.

A version of this story appears in the February 2024 print issue of JAVMA