Lauren Schnabel

Nov 6, 2018

After Highway Fall, an Extraordinary Recovery

The inscription on the Gallop of Honor plaque couldn’t be more fitting: “Colby: the miracle horse!” Pamela Johnson of Pikeville, N.C., said in March, 15-year-old Colby was in a trailer on his way back to the Johnsons’ barn. They were about to take an exit off Highway 70 near home when a truck driver got…

Sep 30, 2018

CVM Equine Research Projects Receive USEA Funding

Studies from Lauren Schnabel, CVM assistant professor of equine orthopedic surgery, and Jessica Gilbertie, a graduate student and member of Schnabel’s research lab, have been approved for funding by the USEA’s Board of Governors.

Apr 26, 2018

NC State Equine Health Projects Land Morris Animal Foundation Funding

Lauren Schnabel, assistant professor of equine orthopedic surgery, was awarded a nearly $132,000 grant for a three-year study on stem cell treatments for horses. Jessica Gilbertie, a CVM graduate student, earned a $100,000 grant for a two-year study to improve treatment of joint infections...

Mar 23, 2018

Grad Student’s Groundbreaking Equine Research Garners Funding

NC State College of Veterinary Medicine graduate student Jessica Gilbertie is the winner of the 2018 Elaine and Bertram Klein Career Development Award from the Grayson-Jockey Club Research Foundation. The award provides a one-year salary supplement of $15,000 for promising equine medicine researchers. Gilbertie, cited for her study of platelet lysate therapy for infectious arthritis,…

Nov 3, 2016

A Devotion to Equine Stem Cell Research

Alix Berglund’s research, funded through a grant from the Morris Animal Foundation since 2016, is centered on making donor stem cells more reliable in equine therapy...

Feb 23, 2016

Game-Changing Impact

The Tiffany and Randy Ramsey Equine Sports Medicine Program will provide operational support for CVM’s unique equine program, which treats performance-related diseases in Olympic, dressage and pleasure-riding horses...

Feb 22, 2016

A Transformational Gift for NC State’s Equine Program

Through the efforts of my research program and because of this generous gift from Tiffany and Randy, that we can significantly enhance the recovery of horses following injury...

Jan 24, 2016

Morris Animal Foundation Awards Grant to CVM Equine Researcher

The funding will allow Dr. Alix Berglund to explore new techniques to generate stem cells that are more immunologically compatible and less likely to be rejected by the horse’s immune system...

Sep 1, 2015

NC State Equine Trio Receive Rehabilitation Board Certification

Dr. Rich Redding, along with Dr. Lauren Schnabel, and Catherine McDonald are in the early stages of developing a leading Equine Sports Medicine and Rehabilitation Service for NC State’s Veterinary Hospital.