Shelter animal welfare
A program at the 91¿´Æ¬ Davis School of Veterinary Medicine dedicated to improving the health and well-being of shelter animals has received a $1 million gift from Koret Foundation Funds of San Francisco. The 91¿´Æ¬ Davis Koret Shelter Medicine Program — as it will be known during the course of Koret's five-year funding commitment — is the nation's first program to emphasize shelter medicine as a veterinary specialty.
In addition to preparing veterinarians for careers in shelter medicine, Koret's support will provide expanded consultation services nationwide and allow shelter medicine specialists to pursue scientific research that will improve the welfare of animals in shelters.
Graduate student grant
Hoping to spark rapid advancements in biotechnology and nurture young researchers from diverse fields of study, the 91¿´Æ¬ Systemwide Biotechnology Research and Education Program has awarded 11 new training grants to graduate students and their faculty mentors at 91¿´Æ¬ Davis and four other 91¿´Æ¬ campuses.
The $50,000-per-year Graduate Research and Education in Adaptive bioTechnology (GREAT) training grants are among the highest individual awards given for graduate education and training anywhere in the nation. They will fund biotechnology-related research into such areas as nanoscale bio-imaging, stem cells, biological molecular machines and nerve-tissue engineering, which incorporate cross-disciplinary training that spans all fields of science, engineering, medicine and agriculture.
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Clifton B. Parker, Dateline, (530) 752-1932, cparker@ucdavis.edu