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Columns::August 27, 2001

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Students learning about research: Gerry Hickey, senior director of pharmacology and research at Merck, talks to students in group at rear of photo. In foreground: Roberto Alva (facing camera), Merial director of pharmaceutical research and development, and Susan Little (second from right) and Scott Brown (right), UGA vet med professors and co-chairs of the symposium, talk to student participants.

Symposium focuses on vet research

The College of Veterinary Medicine hosted the Merck-Merial Scholar Symposium, a meeting of about 150 veterinary medical

Symposium participants (from left): Gerry Hickey, senior director of pharmacology and research at Merck; Harry Dickerson, associate dean for research and graduate studies, UGA College of Veterinary Medicine; Scott Brown, professor, UGA College of Veterinary Medicine and co-director of the symposium; and Kevin Schultz, head of worldwide research and development at Merial.

students and faculty from 18 colleges of veterinary medicine across the country, on Aug. 3 and 4.
“This was an historic event because it’s the first symposium ever to be held specifically for research veterinarians,” says Harry Dickerson, associate dean for research. “Supporting veterinary students and their research endeavors allows them to travel across the nation and broaden their horizons.”
Attendees were veterinary students who had taken part in a 12-week summer program sponsored by Merck-Merial. The program is designed to interest veterinary students in a research career, and the symposium provided a forum for learning about each other’s research. Speakers described careers open to researchers, and students described their projects.
Karen Holbrook, UGA’s senior vice president for academic affairs and provost, introduced keynote speakers Nancy and Jerry Jaax, whose ebola virus research inspired the book Hot Zone and the movie Outbreak.
“We’ve set a standard for other symposiums to follow,” says Dickerson. “Everyone really enjoyed it and wants to do it again.”

—Dot Sparer

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