Zoetis confers teaching, research awards

The following individuals are winners of the 2023 Zoetis Distinguished Veterinary Teacher Award and Zoetis Award for Veterinary Research Excellence. The Zoetis Distinguished Veterinary Teacher Award is given to educators in recognition of their character and leadership qualities as well as their outstanding teaching abilities. The Zoetis Award for Veterinary Research Excellence recognizes researchers whose innovative studies have advanced the scientific standing of veterinary medicine.

Zoetis Distinguished Veterinary Teacher Award

Ryan Gibson, DVM, Auburn University

Naomi Hoyer, DVM, Colorado State University

Mary C. Smith, DVM, Cornell University

Steve Carlson, DVM, PhD, Iowa State University

Kenneth R. Harkin, DVM, Kansas State University

Lucinda Dixon, DVM, Lincoln Memorial University

Jonathan Stockman, DVM, Long Island University

Adriano F. Vatta, BVSc, PhD, Louisiana State University

Julie R. Strachota, DVM, Michigan State University      

Clemence Chako, BVSc, PhD, Midwestern University

Todd Archer, DVM, Mississippi State University

Mathew P. Gerard, BVSc, PhD, North Carolina State University         

Brianne M. Taylor, DVM, Oklahoma State University

Jennifer Warnock, DVM, PhD, Oregon State University                                                                                

John A. Christian, DVM, PhD, Purdue University

Cynthia Xue, DVM, Ross University

Naudia Dundas, BSc, St. George’s University

Kathleen Aicher, DVM, Texas A&M University           

Philippa Gibbons, BVetMed, Texas Tech University

John Mark Reddish, PhD, The Ohio State University

Patrick J. Skelly, PhD, Tufts University

Marc Alkhal, DVM, Tuskegee University

Sallianne Joan Schlacks, DVM, University of Arizona          

Julie E. Dechant, DVM, University of California-Davis

Fiona Maunsell, BVSc, PhD, University of Florida

Amanda Coleman, DVM, University of Georgia

Clara Moran, DVM, University of Illinois

John Collister, DVM, PhD, University of Minnesota

Justin M. Nash, DVM, University of Missouri

Koranda A. Walsh, VMD, University of Pennsylvania

Christopher K. Smith, DVM, University of Tennessee

Tracy Baker, PhD, University of Wisconsin-Madison

Sunshine M. Lahmers, DVM, PhD, Virginia-Maryland College of Veterinary Medicine

Rance K. Sellon, DVM, PhD, Washington State University

Ken Noriega, MS, Western University of Health Sciences

Zoetis Award for Veterinary Research Excellence

Xu Wang, PhD, Auburn University

Lynn Pezzanite, DVM, PhD, Colorado State University

Laura Goodman, PhD, Cornell University

Mark Lyte, PhD, Iowa State University

Dana Vanlandingham, PhD, Kansas State University

Lauren Wisnieski, PhD, Lincoln Memorial University

Soo Jin Jeon, PhD, Long Island University

Mariano Carossino, DVM, PhD, Louisiana State University

Margaret G. Petroff, PhD, Michigan State University

Rachael Kreisler, VMD, Midwestern University

Hossam Abdelhamed, DVM, PhD, Mississippi State University

Casey Theriot, PhD, North Carolina State University

Fernando Vicosa Bauermann, DVM, PhD, Oklahoma State University  

Jennifer Johns, DVM, PhD, Oregon State University

Kari Ekenstedt, DVM, PhD, Purdue University

Chaoquin Yao, PhD, Ross University

Bhumika Sharma, PhD, St. George’s University

Nicholas Jeffrey, BVSc, PhD, Texas A&M University

Babafela B. Awosile, DVM, PhD, Texas Tech University

Adam Rudinsky, DVM, The Ohio State University

Saul Tzipori, DVM, PhD, Tufts University

Benjamin Adu-Addai, DVM, PhD, Tuskegee University

Stephen McSorley, PhD, University of California-Davis

David W. Pascual, PhD, University of Florida

Alvin C. Camus, DVM, PhD, University of Georgia

Clara Moran, DVM, University of Illinois

Eva Furrow, VMD, PhD, University of Minnesota

Jerod A. Skyberg, PhD, University of Missouri

Kotaro Sasaki, PhD, University of Pennsylvania

Andrea Lear, DVM, PhD, University of Tennessee

Mostafa Zamanian, PhD, University of Wisconsin-Madison

Roger A. Ramirez-Barrios, DVM, PhD, Virginia-Maryland College of Veterinary Medicine

Craig McConnel, DVM, PhD, Washington State University

Miguel D. Saggese, DVM, PhD, Western University of Health Sciences

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