The 2019 Distinguished Alumni Awards recipients are Dr. Linda Fineman (’92 DVM) – Excellence in Veterinary Practice, Dr. Emily Pieracci (’09 DVM) – Excellence in Veterinary Practice, Dr. Susan J. Tornquist (’96 PhD) – Distinguished Graduate Alumni, and Dr. Stacy Pritt – Outstanding Service.
We reached an exciting milestone in the WSU elk hoof disease research program with the arrival of our first resident captive elk.
Just a few short hours after illness-causing bacteria enter the human body, a sophisticated defense system goes to work. The immune system quickly recognizes the foreign invaders and sends a well-orchestrated, frontline defense.
“Innate immunity is ancient,” says Alan Goodman, assistant professor in the School of Molecular Biosciences and affiliate faculty in the Paul G. Allen School for Global Animal Health. “Our bodies have many ways of fighting infectious disease, but innate immunity is something that must be important for it to have persisted.”
Researchers have developed a more accurate method of measuring bisphenol A (BPA) levels in humans and found that exposure to the endocrine-disrupting chemical is far higher than previously assumed.
