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Virginia R. Fajt
Clinical Associate Professor
Texas A&M University College of Veterinary Medicine
Hwy. 60, VMA Bldg., MS 4466
College Station, TX 77843-4466
979-845-7299
[email protected]
EDUCATION PhD Iowa State University 2000
DVM Auburn University 1995
Attended Colorado State University 1986-1988
BA Kalamazoo College 1984
OTHER TRAINING Bayer Animal Health Communication Project Faculty Member, 2007
Diplomate, American College of Veterinary Clinical Pharmacology, 2004
PROFESSIONAL EXPERIENCE 2011-present Clinical Associate Professor, Dept. of Veterinary Physiology and Pharmacology,
College of Veterinary Medicine, Texas A&M University
2005-2011 Clinical Assistant Professor, Dept. of Veterinary Physiology and Pharmacology,
College of Veterinary Medicine, Texas A&M University
2000-2005 Collaborator, Veterinary Antimicrobial Decision Support System, Dept. of Veterinary
Diagnostic and Production Animal Medicine, College of Veterinary Medicine, Iowa
State University
2001-2005 Adjunct Lecturer, Dept. of Biology, Colorado State University-Pueblo
1997-2000 Adjunct Instructor, Beef Production Medicine, Dept. of Veterinary Diagnostic and
Production Animal Medicine, College of Veterinary Medicine, Iowa State University
1996-1997 Clinical Instructor, Field Services Section, Agricultural Practices, Veterinary Medical
Teaching Hospital, Kansas State University
1995-1996 Intern, Agricultural Practices, Veterinary Medical Teaching Hospital, Kansas State
University
FUNDED PROJECTS – Pharmacology-Related 2010-2014: H.M. Scott, B. Norby, P. Morley, M.T. Brashears, G. Loneragan, S. McEwen, Y.
Grohn, V.R. Fajt, L.A. Branham, P. Boerlin, Practical interventions to effectively
manage antibiotic resistance in beef and dairy cattle systems: a fully integrated
approach, $2,000,000 ($67,000 subcontract), U.S.D.A. National Institute of Food and
Agriculture, National Integrated Food Safety Initiative.
2010-2011: C. Wolff, S. Kerwin, S. Lawhon, V. Fajt, J. Osterstock, Prevalence of methicillin-
resistant staphylococci in dogs presenting for orthopedic surgery at a U.S. veterinary
medical teaching hospital, $14,000, American College of Veterinary Surgery
Foundation Surgeon-in-Training Grant.
2010-2011: A. Taiyeb, D. Kraemer, V. Fajt, C. Sayes, Evaluation of PDE3-Inhibitors as
Contraceptives for Mammals, $5,000,Texas A&M University College of Veterinary
Medicine and Biomedical Sciences Graduate Trainee Research Grant.
2009-2010: D. Nelson, A. Guedes, V. Fajt, S. Kerwin, G. Fosgate, K. Russell, Feasibility of
Flovagatran as a Replacement for Heparin and Protamine Sulfate in Cardiopulmonary
Bypass and Cardiac Surgery, $301,000, Paion, Deutschland GmBH.
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2009: S.A. Wagner, V.R. Fajt, L. Pedersen, Dairy Beef Quality Assurance: Does injection of
reproductive hormones cause significant edible tissue damage? $3,680, National
Cattlemen’s Beef Association Beef Quality Assurance Program.
2008-2010: K.E. Washburn, D. Waldron, W.T. Bissett, V.R. Fajt, M.C. Libal, The Prevalence of
Caseous Lymphadenitis in Selected Goat Populations and the Impact of Treatment with
Tulathromycin vs. Culling Affected Animals, $18,000, American Sheep and Goat
Center.
2008-2009: V.R. Fajt, S. Marsh, B. Norby, Efficacy of boldenone in improving recovery from
racing in Thoroughbred horses, $4,000, Equine Research Fund, Texas AgriLife
Research.
2008-2009: K.E. Peck, B. Biswas, V.R. Fajt, S. Marsh, Elimination of Boldenone, Stanozolol, and
Exogenous Testosterone from the Urine and Serum of Horses in Training, $20,000,
Equine Research Fund, Texas AgriLife Research.
2007-2009: D.C. Kraemer, V.R. Fajt, and B. Norby, A Contraceptive to Aid in the Control of
Predators, $40,000, USDA Formula Animal Health.
2007-2008: C. Arnold, M.K. Chaffin, N. Cohen, and V. Fajt, Pharmacokinetics of Gallium
Maltolate in Adult Horses, $4,635, Large Animal Clinical Sciences Research Funds,
College of Veterinary Medicine and Biomedical Sciences.
1999-2000: V.R. Fajt, Development of a Veterinary Antimicrobial Use Database Based on
Therapeutic Applications, U.S. Pharmacopeia, Rockville, Maryland, $15,000 USP
Information Fellowship.
1998: M.D. Apley and V.R. Fajt, Antimicrobial Treatment of Induced Bovine Respiratory
Disease in Beef Calves, Pzifer Animal Health, Lee's Summit, Missouri, $144,234.
FUNDED PROJECTS – Teaching-Related 2009-2012: V. R. Fajt, D. Posey, F. Faries, M. Libal, and J. Musser, Gift for Course Development
and Implementation - Food Animal Production Tour, $10,000/year, Private Donor.
2008-2009: V.R. Fajt, Assessment of Critical Thinking Skills and Critical Thinking Disposition in
Veterinary Students, $5,000, Montague-Center for Teaching Excellence Scholar
Program, Texas A&M University.
2008-2009: V.R. Fajt, F. Faries, M. Libal, J. Musser, and D. Posey, Enhancing Recruitment and
Retention of Students Interested in Food Supply Veterinary Medicine: Food Animal
Production Tour Elective, $2,500, Office of Professional Programs, College of
Veterinary Medicine and Biomedical Sciences, Texas A&M University.
2006: V.R. Fajt and M.M. Scott, Assessing the Use of Evidence-Based Veterinary Medicine
Resources by 4th
Year Veterinary Students, $2,500 Teaching Excellence Incentive
Grant, Office of Professional Programs, College of Veterinary Medicine and
Biomedical Sciences, Texas A&M University.
PEER-REVIEWED PUBLICATIONS 2012
A.M.T. Albarzanchi,
C. Sayes, M.T.R. Al-Barzanchi, V.R. Fajt,
W.L. Dees,
and D. Kraemer,
Cilostazol blocks pregnancy in naturally cycling mice, Contraception, doi:
10.1016/j.contraception.2012.09.008.
V.R. Fajt, H.M. Scott, W.A. McIntosh, W.R. Dean, and V.C. Vincent, Survey of instructors teaching
about antimicrobial resistance in the veterinary professional curriculum in the United States,
Journal of Veterinary Medical Education, DOI: 10.3138/jvme.0511-049R1.
K.E. Washburn, W. Bissett, D. Waldron, V. Fajt, Serologic and clinical lesion prevalence of
Corynebacterium pseudotuberculosis and predictive value of the serum hemolysin inhibition
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test in sheep and goats using a Bayesian analysis, Journal of the American Veterinary Medical
Association, In Press.
V.R. Fajt, F.I. Gelwick, P. Merton, G. Moore, I.M. Moyna, V. Loureiro-Rodriguez, and J. Zaretsky,
Feedback and fellowship: Stories from a successful writing group, In Working with Faculty
Writers, A.E. Geller and M. Eodice, eds., In Press.
2011
V.R. Fajt, S.A. Wagner, B. Norby, Analgesic Drug Use and Attitudes about Analgesia in Cattle
Among Bovine Practitioners in the U.S., Journal of the American Veterinary Medical
Association, 238:755-767.
V.R. Fajt, S.A. Wagner, L.L. Pederson, B. Norby, The effect of intramuscular injection of dinoprost or
GnRH in dairy cows on beef quality, Journal of Animal Science, 89(6): 1939-1943,
doi:10.2527/jas.2010-2923.
2010
C. Arnold, M.K. Chaffin, N. Cohen, V. Fajt, R.J. Taylor, L.R. Berstein, Pharmacokinetics of gallium
maltolate after intragastric administration in adult horses, American Journal of Veterinary
Research, 71(11):1371-1376.
M. Chaffin, V. Fajt, R. Martens, C. Arnold, N. Cohen, M. O’Conor, R. Taylor, and L. Bernstein,
Pharmacokinetics of an orally-administered methylcellulose formulation of gallium maltolate
in neonatal foals, Journal of Veterinary Pharmacology and Therapeutics, 33(4): 376-382.
V. R. Fajt, A. Van House, and C. Honnas, What’s the Evidence: “In septic joints in the horse with
organism not yet identified, is IVRP with amikacin and cefotaxime likely to be effective in
resolving the infection?” Journal of the American Veterinary Medical Association, 236(6):636-
638.
R. Martens, N. Cohen, V. Fajt, M. Chaffin, J. Nerren, R. Taylor, and L. Bernstein, Gallium maltolate:
Safety in neonatal foals following multiple enteral administrations, Journal of Veterinary
Pharmacology and Therapeutics, 33(2):208-212.
S.N. Rollo, B. Norby, P.C. Bartlett, H.M. Scott, D.L. Wilson, V.R. Fajt, J.E. Linz, C.E. Bunner, J.B.
Kaneene, and J.C. Huber, Prevalence and patterns of antimicrobial resistance in Campylobacter
spp. isolated from pigs reared under antimicrobial-free and conventional production methods in
eight states in the Midwestern United States, Journal of the American Veterinary Medical
Association, 236(2):201-210.
2009
V. R. Fajt, D. Brown, and M.M. Scott, Practicing the Skills of Evidence-Based Medicine through
Case-Based Pharmacology Rounds, Journal of Veterinary Medical Education, 36(2):186-195.
W. Q. Alali, H. M. Scott, K.L. Christian, V. R. Fajt, R. B. Harvey, D. B. Lawhorn, Relationship
between level of antibiotic use and resistance among Escherichia coli isolates from integrated
multi-site cohorts of humans and swine, Preventive Veterinary Medicine, 90(3-4):160-167.
K.E. Washburn, W.T. Bissett, V.R. Fajt, M.C. Libal, G.T. Fosgate, J. Miga, and K. Rockey,
Comparison of three treatment regimens for sheep and goats with caseous lymphadenitis,
Journal of the American Veterinary Medical Association, 234(9):1162-1166.
2008
V.R. Fajt and C. McCook, Evidence-based Clinical Question: An evidence-based analysis of anabolic
steroids as therapeutic agents in horses, Equine Veterinary Education, 20, 542-544.
B. Knust, L. Nelson, L. Schott, L. Pedersen, and V. Fajt, Drug Residue Avoidance and Beef Quality
Assurance Practices in Dairy Cattle—Veterinarian Survey Results, Bovine Practitioner, 42(2):
139-146.
V.R. Fajt, Skills and competencies required by veterinary pharmacologists: A blueprint for graduate
education in veterinary pharmacology in North American, Journal of Veterinary Pharmacology
and Therapeutics, 31(1):22-30.
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2007
K. Washburn, W. Bissett, V. Fajt, F. Clubb, G.T. Fosgate, M. Libal, K. Smyre, and K. Cass, The
Safety of Tulathromycin Administration in Goats, Journal of Veterinary Pharmacology and
Therapeutics, 30(3):267-70.
Prior to 2007
V.R. Fajt, Apley, M.D., Brogden, K.A., Skogerboe, T.L., Karle, V.K., and Chin, Y.-L., The effect of
danofloxacin and tilmicosin on body temperatures in beef calves with pneumonia
experimentally induced by inoculation with Mannheimia haemolytica, American Journal of
Veterinary Research, 65(5): 610-15, 2004.
V.R. Fajt., Apley, M.D., Roth, J.A., Frank, D.E., Brogden, K.A., Skogerboe, T.L., Karle, V.K., Chin,
Y.-L., The effects of danofloxacin and tilmicosin on neutrophil function and lung consolidation
in beef heifer calves with induced Pasteurella (Mannheimia) haemolytica pneumonia, Journal
of Veterinary Pharmacology and Therapeutics, 26(3): 173-179, 2003.
V.R. Fajt, Apley, M.D., Roth, J.A., Frank, D.E., Skogerboe, T.L., Karle, V.K., Dayton, A.D., Effects
of danofloxacin and tilmicosin on circulating neutrophils in beef heifers, Journal of Veterinary
Pharmacology and Therapeutics, 23(3):181-187, 2000.
ABSTRACTS 2012
C.P. Murphy, V.R. Fajt, P. Wickwire, M.J. Foster, S.A. McEwen, P.S. Morley, and H.M. Scott, A
Scoping Review of the Peer-Reviewed Literature for Potential Interventions to Reduce
Antibiotic Resistance in Beef Cattle: Preliminary Results, 6th
Conference on Antimicrobial
Agents in Veterinary Medicine, Rockville, MD.
V.R. Fajt, H.M. Scott, W.A. McIntosh, W.R. Dean, and V.C. Vincent, Survey of Veterinary Medical
Instructors Teaching About Antimicrobial Resistance in the United States, 6th
Conference on
Antimicrobial Agents in Veterinary Medicine, Rockville, MD.
S. Washburn, O. Sawant, R. Lunde, T. Hohman, V. Fajt, G. Wu, and T. Cudd, Pharmacokinetics and
Bioavailability Study of L-Glutamine in Maternal and Fetal Compartment after Acute Ethanol
Exposure in Sheep (Poster), 35th
Annual Research Society on Alcoholism Scientific Meeting,
San Francisco, CA.
V.R. Fajt and M.M. Scott, Decision-Making Schema for Pharmacotherapeutics: The Decision-Making
Map and Its Use with Veterinary Students (Poster), American Academy of Veterinary
Pharmacology and Therapeutics Pharmacology Teaching Workshop, College Station, TX.
V.R. Fajt, Graphical Pharmacokinetic Data in Companion Animals to Assist with Interpretation of
Antimicrobial Susceptibility Testing Results (Poster), American Academy of Veterinary
Pharmacology and Therapeutics Pharmacology Teaching Workshop, College Station, TX.
2011
A. Taiyeb, V. Fajt, D. Kraemer, C.M. Sayes, The Effects of Cilostazol on Mouse Oocyte Meiotic
Maturation and Morphology, Society of Toxicology Annual Meeting, Washington, DC.
2010
V.R. Fajt, R.D. Posey, F. Faries, J.M.B. Musser, J.M. Davidson, and M.C. Libal, Enhancing the
Recruitment and Retention of Food Supply Veterinarians: Changes in Knowledge after the
Food Animal Production Tour at Texas A&M University, 43rd
Annual Convention of the
American Association of Bovine Practitioners, Albuquerque, NM.
2009
S. Wagner, V. Fajt, L. Pedersen, and B. Norby, Dairy Beef Quality Assurance: Do reproductive
hormone injections in dairy cows cause significant edible tissue damage? 42nd
Annual
Convention of the American Association of Bovine Practitioners, Omaha, NE.
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2008
S. Ensley, P. Plummer, P. Imerman, and V. Fajt, Pharmacokinetics and Microscopic Lesions of a One
Time Oral Dose of Lasalocid in Cattle, Conference of Research Workers in Animal Disease,
Chicago, IL.
V.R. Fajt and S.A. Wagner, Factors Affecting Analgesic Use and Attitudes about Analgesia in Cattle
Among Bovine Practitioners in the U.S., 41st Annual Convention of the American Association
of Bovine Practitioners, Charlotte, NC.
M.K. Chaffin, V. Fajt, N.D. Cohen, R.J. Martens, L.R. Bernstein, Pharmacokinetics of a
methylcellulose oral formulation of gallium maltolate in neonatal foals (Abstract), 4th
Havemeyer Workshop on Rhodococcus equi, Edinburgh.
R.J. Martens, N.D. Cohen, M.K. Chaffin, T.L. Blanchard, V.R. Fajt, R.J. Taylor, L.R. Bernstein,
Safety of enteral gallium maltolate in neonatal foals (Abstract), 4th Havemeyer Workshop on
Rhodococcus equi, Edinburgh..
K.E. Washburn, W.T. Bissett, V. Fajt, M. Libal, G. Fosgate, J. Miga, K. Rockey, Comparison Of
Treatments For Caseous Lymphadenitis In Small Ruminants:Opening, Flushing And Draining
Versus Intralesional Or Parenteral Tulathromycin (Abstract), American College of Veterinary
Internal Medicine Forum, San Antonio, TX.
V.R. Fajt and S.A. Wagner, Analgesic Practices and Attitudes About Pain Control Among Bovine
Practitioners in the U.S. (Poster), International Symposium on Beef Cattle Welfare, Manhattan,
KS.
2007
K.L. Christian, H.M. Scott, W.Q. Alali, V.R. Fajt, R.B. Harvey, and D.B. Lawhorn, Relationship
between level of antibiotic use and antibiotic resistance among Escherichia coli isolated from
swine in a multi-site integrated farm-to-plate system (Poster), Graduate Student Association
Symposium, Texas A&M University, College Station TX.
2006
D. Brown, V. Fajt, M. Scott, and D. Kochevar, Assessing the use of evidence-based medicine
resources by 4th
year veterinary students (Poster), American Association of Veterinary Medical
Colleges Veterinary Teaching Hospitals and the Future of Clinical Veterinary Education
Symposium, Kansas City, MO.
Prior to 2006
V.R. Fajt, M.D. Apley, V.C. Langston, and J. Wilcke, Developing a Therapeutically Based
Antimicrobial Decision System for Food Animals: An Effort of the Veterinary Profession with
Support from Food Animal Producers (Poster), Proceedings of the Conference on Agriculture’s
Role in Managing Antimicrobial Resistance, Toronto, Ontario, 1999.
V.R. Fajt, M.D. Apley, K.A. Brogden, and T.L. Skogerboe, Development of an induced Pasteurella
pneumonia model for use in pharmaceutical trials (Abstract), Proceedings of the 32nd
Annual
Convention of the American Association of Bovine Practitioners, Nashville, TN, 1999.
ELECTRONIC PUBLICATIONS AND REVIEWS Website: Antimicrobial Pharmacokinetics for Companion Animals
http://vetmed.tamu.edu/antimicrobials
Design, content development, and review
Poster presented at AAVPT Pharmacology Teaching Workshop in June 2012
First made available to local users in 2009; made public in 2012
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Listserv: Pharmacology Teaching Listserv
Google Groups
Created and maintain
Started 2012
Wiki: Pharmacology Teaching Wiki on Wikispaces
http://pharmacology-teaching.wikispaces.com/
Created, maintain, and add content
Created 2012
Review of Module 23: Use of Antibiotics in Animals
National Veterinary Accreditation Program, USDA-APHIS, 2011-2012
http://www.aphis.usda.gov/animal_health/vet_accreditation/nvap_modules/ABX/ABX/index.ht
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EDITING Series Coordinator, Hoard’s Dairyman, 7 monthly articles on Using Medications Wisely written by
subject matter experts who are members of the American Association of Bovine Practitioners, 2010.
Section Editor, Section XI: Pharmacology and Therapeutics, Current Veterinary Therapy Food
Animal Practice, 2008.
FORMULARIES Fajt, V.R., and Pugh, D.G., Appendix I: Commonly Used Drugs in Sheep and Goats: Suggested
Dosages, In Sheep and Goat Medicine, 2nd
edition, Pugh, D.G. and Baird, A.N., eds., Elsevier,
2011.
Fajt, V.R., and Pugh, D.G., Appendix I: Commonly Used Drugs in Sheep and Goats: Suggested
Dosages, In Sheep and Goat Medicine, Pugh, D.G., ed., W.B. Saunders, 2002.
BOOK CHAPTERS Fajt, V.R., Drug Therapy in Llamas and Alpacas, Wiley-Blackwell, In Llama and Alpaca Care:
Medicine, Surgery, Reproduction, Nutrition, and Herd Health, C. Cebra, D.E. Anderson, A.
Tibary, R. Van Saun, L. Johnson, eds., Elsevier, Accepted.
Fajt, V.R., Drug Laws and Regulations for Sheep and Goats, In Therapeutics and Control of Diseases
of Sheep and Goats, G.C. Fthenakis and P. Menzies, eds., Veterinary Clinics of North America
- Food Animal Practice, In Veterinary Clinics of North America – Food Animal Practice, 27:1:
1-21, 2011.
Fajt, V.R., Pharmacology, In Infectious Disease Management in Animal Shelters, Wiley-Blackwell
Publishing, 2009.
Larson, R., and Fajt, V.R., Evidence-based Veterinary Medicine – Therapeutic Considerations, In
Current Veterinary Therapy Food Animal Practice, Elsevier, 2008.
Fajt, V.R., Regulation of Drugs Used in Feedlot Diets, In Feedlot Nutrition, L.C. Hollis and K.C.
Olson, eds., Veterinary Clinics of North America – Food Animal Practice, 23:2, July 2007:
299-307.
Kochevar, D.T., and Fajt, V.R., Evidence-based Decision Making in Small Animal Therapeutics, In
Pharmacology and Therapeutics, Boothe, D.M., ed., Veterinary Clinics of North American –
Small Animal Practice, 36:5, September 2006: 943-959.
Fajt, V.R., Regulatory Considerations in the United States, In Clinical Pharmacology Update,
Brumbaugh, G., ed., Veterinary Clinics of North America – Food Animal Practice, 19:3,
November 2003: 695-705.
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Fajt, V.R., Label and Extralabel Drug Use in Small Ruminants, In Small Ruminant Medicine, Van
Metre, D.C., ed., Veterinary Clinics of North America--Food Animal Practice, 17:2, July
2001:403-420.
Fajt, V.R., and Apley, M.D., Antimicrobial Issues in Bovine Lameness, In Bovine Lameness,
Anderson, D.E., ed., Veterinary Clinics of North America--Food Animal Practice, 17:1, March
2001:159-173.
Apley, M.D. and Fajt, V.R., Feedlot Therapeutics, In Feedlot Update, Stokka, G., ed., Veterinary
Clinics of North America—Food Animal Practice, 14:2, July 1998:291-314.
TRADE AND EXTENSION PUBLICATIONS C.B. Navarre and V.R. Fajt, Understanding Drug Use Regulations in Food Producing Animals,
Animal Health Notes, Louisiana Cooperative Extension Service, April 2012.
V.R. Fajt, Response to Poll: Who should be held accountable for antibiotic residues in meat?
Progressive Dairyman, January 20, 2011.
S.A. Wagner and V.R. Fajt, The why’s and do’s and don’ts of drug use, Hoard’s Dairyman, March 25,
2010.
M. Apley, V. Fajt, and D. Griffin, Using FDA Approved Medications: Common Scenarios, National
Cattlemen’s Beef Association Beef Quality Assurance Program, 2009.
F.C. Faries, Jr., and V.R. Fajt, Proper Use of Sulfonamides in Market Show Animals, Texas AgriLife
Extension Publication L-5495, 2008.
V.R. Fajt, Compounding: What’s legal, what’s not, Bovine Veterinarian, March-April 2003, 26-32.
V.R. Fajt, Preparing for a Revolution in Antimicrobial Susceptibility Testing, Proceedings of the 33rd
Annual Meeting of the American Association of Bovine Practitioners, Rapid City, South
Dakota, Sept. 21-23, 2000.
V.R. Fajt, Optimizing Antimicrobial Regimens, Proceedings of the 33rd
Annual Meeting of the
American Association of Bovine Practitioners, Rapid City, South Dakota, Sept. 21-23, 2000.
V.R. Fajt, and Lechtenberg, K., Using Anti-inflammatories in the Treatment of Bovine Respiratory
Disease, Large Animal Practice, November/December 1998, 19(6), 34-39.
V.R. Fajt, Food-Animal Research Update, Veterinary Medicine. September 1997:830-833.
HONORS
2011 American Academy of Veterinary Pharmacology and Therapeutics, Teaching Award, given in
recognition of significant contributions in teaching clinical pharmacology to veterinary
students, graduate students, and veterinary professionals
2010 Texas Veterinary Medical Association, Faculty Achievement Award, In Recognition of
Outstanding Accomplishment in Research
2008 Montague-Center for Teaching Excellence Scholar, Texas A&M University
1995 Auburn University President’s Award
1993 Phi Kappa Phi Honor Society, Auburn University
COURSES Texas A&M University College of Veterinary Medicine
Course Coordinator
• Veterinary Pharmacology II (3 hr. course)
• Spring, 2006-2012
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• Veterinary Pharmacology (Undergraduate) as Study Abroad in Bonn, Germany (3 hr. course)
• Spring 2013
• Food Animal Production Tour (1 hr. course)
• Spring, 2008-2012
• Antibiotics and Antibiotic Resistance (1 hr. course)
• Spring, 2012
• Large Animal Therapeutics (1 hr. course)
• Spring, 2009, 2012
• Current Topics in Pharmacology (3 hr. course)
• Fall, 2006, 2008, 2010
Course Co-instructor
• Veterinary Pharmacology I (5 hr. course)
• Fall, 2005-2011
• Clinical Pharmacology/Evidence-Based Medicine Rounds (2-week rotation)
• 1 hour of rounds every other week, Class of 2012, 2013
• Veterinary Pharmacology (Undergraduate) as Study Abroad in Padua, Italy (3 hr. course)
• Summer, 2011
• Clinical Pharmacology/Evidence-Based Medicine Rounds (2-week rotation)
• 2 hours of rounds every other week, Class of 2007, 2008
• Clinical Pharmacology (1 hr. course)
• Spring, 2006, 2007
Colorado State University-Pueblo
• Histology, Spring 2005
• Virology, Fall 2004
• Immunology, Spring 2001 and 2004
• Vertebrate Physiology, Fall 2003
CONTINUING EDUCATION PRESENTATIONS (last 5 years) • Small Ruminant Antimicrobial Pharmacology
• AVMA Convention, Seattle, Washington, 7/09
• Southwest Veterinary Symposium, Dallas, Texas, 10/08
• IVMA Convention, Ames, Iowa, 9/08
• ACVIM Forum, San Antonio, Texas, 6/08
• Cattle Antimicrobial Pharmacology
• Central Veterinary Conference, San Diego, 11/10
• Central Veterinary Conference, Kansas City, 8/10
• Auburn Annual Veterinary Conference, Auburn, Alabama, 4/10
• Southwest Veterinary Symposium, Dallas, Texas, 10/08
• AVMA Convention, New Orleans, Louisiana, 7/08
• Food Animal Drug Use Regulations
• Antimicrobials and public policy: impacts on veterinary practice, Beef Cattle Short Course
Preconference Meeting for Veterinarians, Texas Veterinary Medical Diagnostic Laboratory,
College Station, Texas, 8/12
• Case-based approach to drug regulations for the food animal veterinarian: what’s legal, what’s
not, and why, Nebraska Veterinary Medical Association, 6/12
• Antimicrobial resistance and public policy: impacts on veterinary practice, Nebraska
Veterinary Medical Association, 6/12
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• Consumer perception and public policy on drugs used in cattle, Central Veterinary
Conference, San Diego, 11/10
• Consumer perception and public policy on drugs used in cattle, Central Veterinary
Conference, Kansas City, 8/10
• Auburn Annual Veterinary Conference, Auburn, Alabama, 4/10
• Beef Practitioners, College Station, Texas, 1/10
• Beef Practitioners, Amarillo, Texas, 12/09
• AVMA Convention, Seattle, Washington, 7/09
• North American Veterinary Conference, Orlando, Florida, 1/09
• Southwest Veterinary Symposium, Dallas, Texas, 10/08
• IVMA Convention, Ames, Iowa, 9/08
• Evidence-Based Medicine
• Central Veterinary Conference, San Diego, 11/10
• Central Veterinary Conference, Kansas City, 8/10
• Auburn Annual Veterinary Conference, 4/10
• AVMA Convention, Seattle, Washington, 7/09
• North American Veterinary Conference, Orlando, Florida, 1/09
• AVMA Convention, New Orleans, Louisiana, 7/08
• General pharmacology
• How drugs move through the body, Central Veterinary Conference, San Diego, 11/10
• How drugs work, Central Veterinary Conference, San Diego, 11/10
• Anti-inflammatories and analgesics for cattle, Central Veterinary Conference, San Diego,
11/10
• How drugs move through the body, Central Veterinary Conference, Kansas City, 8/10
• How drugs work, Central Veterinary Conference, Kansas City, 8/10
• Anti-inflammatories and analgesics for cattle, Central Veterinary Conference, Kansas City,
8/10
• Review of how drugs move through the body, North American Veterinary Conference,
Orlando, Florida, 1/09
• Review of how drugs work, North American Veterinary Conference, Orlando, Florida, 1/09
• Perioperative antibiotics, 15th
Veterinary Technician Conference, College Station, Texas, 1/08
• Teaching pharmacology
• Program Chair, American Academy of Veterinary Pharmacology and Therapeutics Veterinary
Teaching Workshop, College Station, Texas, 6/12
• Something for everyone: engaging and assessing learning with cell phones and clickers,
Bridges Teaching Academy, Texas A&M University College of Veterinary Medicine, College
Station, Texas, 9/11
• Session moderator, Veterinary Pharmacology Curriculum in Veterinary Schools, American
Academy of Veterinary Pharmacology and Therapeutics, Madison, Wisconsin, 5/11
• Teaching drug decision-making, American Association of Bovine Practitioners, Albuquerque,
New Mexico, 8/10
• Session moderator, Teaching Topics in Pharmacology and Sharing Pharmacology Teaching
Resources, American Academy of Veterinary Pharmacology and Therapeutics, Rockville,
Maryland, 6/09
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GRADUATE STUDENTS Committee Co-chair
Ahmed M.T. Ridha, Ph.D., Veterinary Physiology and Pharmacology, 2012
Dissertation: Evaluation of contraceptive properties of cilostazol (a phosphodiesterase-
3 inhibitor) in mice
Committee Member
Tom Hairgrove, Ph.D., Animal Science
Expected completion in 2013
Andrea Davila, M.S., Biomedical Sciences
Expected completion in 2012
Non-thesis Master’s
Susan Rollo, Ph.D., Epidemiology, 2011
Dissertation: Herd-level risk factors associated with antimicrobial susceptibility
patterns and distributions in fecal bacteria of porcine origin
Angie Dement, M.S., Epidemiology, 2009
Thesis: Opportunities and Barriers to Manage Antibiotic Resistance in Feedlots:
Results of a Multi-state Survey
Kristi Christian, M.S., Epidemiology, 2008
Thesis: The Relationship Between The Level Of Antibiotic Use And Resistance Among
Enteric Bacteria In A Multi-Site Integrated Human And Swine Population
Shawn Ashley, M.S., Veterinary Microbiology, 2007-2008
Major changed in 2008
Todd Stewart, M.S., Biomedical Sciences, 2007
Non-thesis Master’s
PROFESSIONAL SERVICE National Level
American Academy of Veterinary Pharmacology and Therapeutics
• Program Chair, Pharmacology Teaching Workshop, 2012
• Program Committee, 18th
Biennial, 2012-2013
• Education Committee Chair, 2011-2012
• Website liaison, 2006-2012
• Membership Committee, 2006-2012
• Program Committee, 17th
Biennial, 2009-2011
• Councilor, 2007-2010
• Program Committee, 16th
Biennial: Education Sessions Chair, 2008-2009
American Association of Bovine Practitioners
• Committee on Pharmaceutical and Biological Issues, American Association of Bovine
Practitioners, 2005-2011; Chair 2006-2011
• Program Committee, 2009 Annual Convention: General Session Chair
• Information Management Committee, 1999-2005
• AABP Representative to the Drug Advisory Committee, AVMA, 2000-2001
American College of Veterinary Clinical Pharmacology
• Vice President and Chair of Credentials Committee, 2007-2013
• Credentials Committee, 2004-2007
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American Veterinary Medical Association
• Delegate representing the American Association of Bovine Practitioners to AVMA
Legislative Advisory Committee, 2010-2013
• Antimicrobial Use Task Force, representing the American Association of Bovine
Practitioners, 2009-2010
• Noninhalant Agents Working Group, AVMA Panel on Euthanasia, 2009-2011
• Alternate Delegate representing the American Association of Bovine Practitioners to AVMA
Legislative Advisory Committee, 2004-2010
Evidence Based Veterinary Medical Association
• Education Committee, 2008-2012
• Director, Southern Region, 2010-2012
Veterinary Antimicrobial Susceptibility Testing Subcommittee of the Clinical and Laboratory
Standards Institute
• Member, 2008-2012
• Observer, 2006-2007
College Level
Current
• Academic Building Oversight Committee, 2012
• Veterinary Medical Curriculum Committee, 2008-present
• Pharmacy and Therapeutics Committee, 2005-present
• Infection Control Committee, 2006-present
Previous
• Ad hoc committee to revise Faculty Tenure and Promotion Guidelines to include non-tenure
track faculty, 2010-2012
• Search Committee for Analytical Epidemiologist, Veterinary Integrative Biosciences, 2009
• Search Committee for Food Animal Surgeon, Large Animal Clinical Sciences, 2008
• Instructional Technology Committee, 2006-2008
• Scholarship and Awards Committee, 2005-2008
• Search Committee for Analytical Epidemiologist, Veterinary Integrative Biosciences, 2008
• Search Committee for Associate Director of the Executive Leadership Center, 2007
• Committee to evaluate service for VIBS faculty member for promotion and tenure, 2007
• Ad Hoc Interviewer, College of Veterinary Medicine, 2005, 2007, 2008, 2009
University Level
Previous
• Teaching-Learning Roadmap Committee, to develop the Teaching-Learning Roadmap portion
of the Academic Master Plan – Accelerating Excellence, 2009
Final Report: “Teaching and Learning Roadmap Committee Report for the TAMU
Academic Master Plan”
Editorial Positions and Manuscript/Grant Reviews
• Editorial Board, Journal of Veterinary Pharmacology and Therapeutics, 2010-2012
• Editorial Advisory Board, Veterinary Therapeutics, 2007-2010
• Editorial Advisory Board, Small Ruminant Research, 2001-2005
• Editorial Advisory Board, The Veterinary Journal, 2013
• Member of committee to create criteria for and evaluate the inaugural Evidence-Based Veterinary
Medicine Association Research Funding Opportunity, 2012
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• Ad hoc proposal reviews
• North Carolina Biotechnology Center Multidisciplinary Research Grant Program, 2011
• National Fund for Scientific and Technological Development (FONDECYT), Chile, Initiation
into Research Funding Competition, 2012
• Ad hoc manuscript reviews: Antimicrobial Agents and Chemotherapy, American Journal of
Veterinary Research, Bovine Practitioner, Canadian Journal of Veterinary Research, Journal of Animal
Science, Journal of Dairy Science, Journal of Veterinary Internal Medicine, Journal of the American
Veterinary Medical Association, Journal of Veterinary Medical Education, Journal of Zoo and Wildlife
Medicine, Research in Veterinary Science, Small Ruminant Research, Veterinary Therapeutics,
Zoonoses and Public Health
MEMBERSHIPS
• Academy of Veterinary Consultants
• American Academy of Veterinary Pharmacology and Therapeutics
• American Association of Bovine Practitioners
• American Association of Small Ruminant Practitioners
• American Association of University Professors
• American Veterinary Medical Association
• Evidence Based Veterinary Medical Association
• Texas Veterinary Medical Association