veterinary research

Jun 10, 2025

Interpersonal Expertise: NC State a Veterinary Leader in Cultivating Student Communication Skills 

At NC State, having veterinary students master critical communications skills is on par with having them conquer cranial anatomy, and the job of leading the lessons in language belongs to Dr. April Kedrowicz, an associate professor in the college’s Department of Clinical Sciences. Kedrowicz, who holds a Ph.D. in communication, is an expert in training…

May 13, 2025

Clinical Trials, Explained: How You and Your Pet Can Help Save Lives and Advance Veterinary Medicine

When Deidre Bruce took her newly adopted cat Punky to his first couple veterinary appointments in 2021, the last thing she expected to learn was that 1-year-old Punky had a progressive and incurable heart condition. Punky was diagnosed with feline hypertrophic cardiomyopathy, a condition that causes thickening of the heart’s walls and can eventually lead…

Jan 7, 2025

Justice Agency Grants Keep Crime-Fighting Forensic Science Advancing at NC State

The National Institute of Justice has awarded Dr. Kelly Meiklejohn of the NC State College of Veterinary Medicine two grants totaling more than $600,000 to support her innovative and crime-fighting work in forensic biology. In collaboration with the U.S. Fish and Wildlife Service, Meiklejohn will use one grant to apply a new DNA method to…

Jul 23, 2024

NC State’s Dual DVM/Ph.D. Program Ups the Ante on Life-Changing Research

For Victor Rivas, Aoi Nakanishi-Hester and other research-minded students, the NC State College of Veterinary Medicine’s DVM/Ph.D. program, which provides the opportunity to combine a doctor of veterinary medicine degree with a Ph.D., is an undeniable example of the college’s world-class caliber. NC State’s veterinary college is one of only five or six in the…