Meet Mackenzie Waller, a recent graduate from the College of Veterinary Medicine with aspirations of a career in medicine. From Eatonville, Washington, the outdoor enthusiast graduated from WSU after majoring in biochemistry and minoring in biology and chemistry.
The injured California condor was brought to the Washington State University Veterinary Teaching Hospital in 2021.
WSU researchers are recruiting for a study they hope will lead to the development of a test to determine if a dog is at risk of significant adverse reactions to commonly used veterinary drugs. The Drugs Optimized by Genomics (D.O.G.) study is focused on a group of liver enzymes, the cytochrome P450, responsible for metabolizing drugs, chemicals and even contaminants from the environment.
From Snoqualmie, Washington, Mount Si High School alum Mariah Landon is set to graduate from WSU’s College of Veterinary Medicine with a bachelor’s degree in biochemistry. While Mariah, an avid gamer, plans to take a year or two off to travel, she hopes to eventually have a career in science.
Wildlife rehabilitators are accustomed to caring for hungry and chirping mouths in spring but starting this April, there’s been a great increase in injured and orphaned wildlife.
From Edmonds, Washington, and a graduate of Holy Names Academy in Seattle, Oliva Mohn is putting the final touches on her undergraduate degree in neuroscience from the WSU College of Veterinary Medicine. When she wraps up her studies in May, she will also graduate from the Honors College with a MESI certification.
Sydney Ackerman dreams of one day becoming a veterinarian. The Spokane native and Mead High School alumna will graduate in May from the WSU College of Veterinary Medicine with a degree in neuroscience (with minors in zoology and French), and while she plans to take a short break from school, she aspires to return to Pullman to pursue a Doctor of Veterinary Medicine degree.
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Michelle Razo will graduate with her genetics and cell biology degree this spring – just one more step toward her dream to be a physician.
A WSU-led study has found the some of the world’s deadliest bacteria seek out and feed on human blood, a phenomenon researchers are calling “bacterial vampirism.”
