Thea Leigh Lara is a nationally certified pharmacy technician at the Veterinary Teaching Hospital. She and our pharmacy team work closely with our veterinarians and staff to provide safe and effective drug therapy to our animal patients.
When genetics and cell biology major Nora Zander graduates from WSU in May, the Toledo, Washington, native hopes to either pursue a career as a forensic DNA analyst or remain in school to earn a master’s degree and eventually teach middle or high school science.
Jonathon Stott plans to return to his home state of Utah next summer and has signed a contract at a mixed animal practice in Roosevelt.
Educator, veterinarian, and leader, Richard DeBowes (’82 MS) has transformed traditional veterinary medicine education. A professor in the College of Veterinary Medicine’s department of clinical sciences, he has pioneered programs in practice management, financial literacy, and communications that help students achieve their personal and professional goals
Jessica Klein, a product of the Immunology and Infectious Diseases program, tests new drugs developed at Genentech.
Jessica Klein (PhD ‘18)
Josie Wray may be headed right back to her hometown of Boise to work at Hendricks Veterinary Hospital, a small animal general practice, after graduation. Referred to by some of her classmates as a “Wray of sunshine,” she is eager to foster the human-animal bond.
Nina Ly plans on pursuing a graduate degree in genetic counseling when she graduates from WSU in December. From University Place, Washington, the Curtis Senior High School is minoring in pre-genetic counseling and majoring in genetics and cell biology in the College of Veterinary Medicine’s School of Molecular Biosciences.
Maria Stogioglou will be headed to Chicago when she graduates to work in small animal general practice and equine medicine.
Dr. Dana Shaw joined the College of Veterinary Medicine in 2018, and today her research in the Department of Veterinary Microbiology and Pathology investigates the molecular mechanisms that govern all phases of pathogen-vector-host interactions.
Taylor Waldron hopes to continue her studies in graduate school when she graduates from the College of Veterinary Medicine in May. From Sumner, Washington, Taylor is a neuroscience major in the Department of Integrative Physiology and Neuroscience. She is minoring in psychology.
