Recent Achievements
ASLAP Summer Fellow & Resident Research Paper Accepted to JAALAS
Blaire Hollidays's ASLAP Summer Fellowship research project manuscript has been accepted to JAALAS. Dr. Faaz Rehman was the resident mentor. Titled "Evaluation of Direct Colony Sampling Versus Sentinel-Free Soiled Bedding Testing for Murine Quarantine Programs," the...
Residents’ and Summer Fellow Abstracts Accepted for Presentation at National AALAS Meeting
Three residents and our previous ASLAP summer fellow will be presenting at the 76th AALAS National Meeting in Long Beach, CA: Joanna Copio: Assessing Local Anesthesia in Octopus bimaculoides to Provide Analgesia during a Regenerative Surgical Procedure. Abstract...
Previous Summer Fellow Selected for ASLAP AALAS Travel Award to Present Research Project
Blaire Holliday, a current LSU vet student, and previous ASLAP summer fellow at our program was selected for the ASLAP AALAS Travel Award, so that she can present her summer fellow research project! This program is intended to highlight the practice of laboratory...
Current Residents
Joanna Copio, DVM
3rd year Resident
Bryanna Leazer, DVM
2nd year Resident
Hannah Prutchi, DVM, MS
Hannah.Prutchi@bsd.uchicago.edu
1st year Resident
Trainee Publications
- Comparing Mouse Health Monitoring Between Soiled-bedding Sentinel and Exhaust Air Dust Surveillance Programs
- Unexpected Cardiomyopathy and Cardiac Dysfunction after Administration of Sulfadiazine-trimethoprim Medicated Diet to ICR mice (Mus musculus)
- Long-term Effects of Sulfadiazine-Trimethoprim Medicated Diet on Cardiac Function, Hematology, and Weight Gain in Hsd:ICR (CD1) and Tac:SW Mice
- Evaluation of Pain and Distress and Therapeutic Interventions for Rectal Prolapse in Mice to Reduce Early Study Removal
- Identification and Control of an Ornithonyssus Bacoti Infestation in a Rodent Vivarium by Using Molecular Diagnostic Techniques
- Preference of Escaped Mice for Live Capture or Glue Traps and Relevance to Pest Control Programs
- The Effect of Noise, Vibration, and Light Disturbances from Daily Health Checks on Breeding Performance, Nest Building, and Corticosterone in Mice
- Extended Sanitation Interval of Cage Components and Automated Watering Valves: Validation and Cost Analysis
- Analysis of IVC Microenvironments During 21 Day Cage Change Frequency for Mice Using Two Different Rodent Bedding Types
- Evaluation of Direct Colony Sampling Versus Sentinel-Free Soiled Bedding Testing for Murine Quarantine Programs
- Analysis of Gross and Histopathologic Changes from Repeated Celiotomies in African Clawed Frogs (Xenopus leavis)
- The Use of Ampicillin Medicated Diet to Treat Segmented Filamentous Bacteria in a Mouse Colony
- Aquatic Advancements: Validation of a Novel Zebrafish Survival Blood Collection Technique
- Assessing Local Anesthesia in Octopus bimaculoides to Provide Analgesia
- Refinement of Animal Transport Carts to Reduce Noise and Vibration Exposure
- The Impact of Tunnel Handling in Promoting Siberian Hamster (Phodopus sungorus) Welfare and the 3Rs
Past Residents
Darya Mailhiot, DVM, DACLAM
Clinical Veterinarian, Animal Resources Center
Assistant Professor, Department of Surgery
The University of Chicago
Chicago, IL
Nicole Pach, MS, DVM, DACLAM
Clinical Veterinarian, Center for Comparative Medicine
Research Assistant Professor, Department of Pathology
Northwestern University
Chicago, IL
Cara Mitchell, DVM
Veterinarian
CodaPet
Asheville, NC
Jenna Schoenberger, VMD, DACLAM
Attending Veterinarian
The University of North Carolina at Charlotte
Charlotte, NC
Bridget Clancy, DVM, DACLAM
Clinical Veterinarian, Division of Comparative Medicine
Washington University in St. Louis
St. Louis, MO
Rebecca Turcios, DVM
Veterinarian
Eastern Maine Emergency Veterinary Clinic
Brewer, ME
Faazal Rehman, VMD
Attending Veterinarian and Director, Division of Laboratory Animal Medicine
Research Associate Professor, Department of Medical Microbiology, Immunology, and Cell Biology
Southern Illinois University
Springfield, IL