Staff and Faculty Q&A

Tauhid Haque is the new director of development in the College of Veterinary Medicine.

Connie Fraser is a veterinary technician in the neurology service at WSU’s Veterinary Teaching Hospital.

Dr. Sarah Guess got her start at the WSU Veterinary Teaching Hospital as an undergraduate student assisting in the large and small animal hospital.

Dr. Caio Figueiredo joined the WSU College of Veterinary Medicine in 2203 as an assistant professor in the Veterinary Clinical Sciences department and Veterinary Medicine Extension. His research interests include understanding the mechanisms of uterine disease establishment and cure in dairy cows, developing alternative therapy for the treatment of metritis, and implementing precision technology in dairy operations, among others.

Mikayla Perkins has been helping to care for the most critical of patients since May of 2022 at the Veterinary Teaching Hospital as a veterinary technician assistant in the Small Animal Intensive Care Unit.

As a client, you aren’t likely to run into JV Ellorin at the Veterinary Teaching Hospital, but he plays a vital role as a medical technologist with our Clinical Pathology team in ensuring our patients receive the best care possible.

For more than a decade Dr. Allison Coffin has been leading research at WSU’s Vancouver campus with the goal of gaining a better understanding of the cellular mechanisms of hearing loss and developing drugs to prevent hearing damage.

Cole Buser, a vital part of the the Veterinary Teaching Hospital Business Office team.

Regents Professor Dr. Katrina Mealey’s tenure at Washington State University spans more than two decades in which she has established herself as a leader in veterinary pharmacogenetics and made countless contributions to veterinary medicine.

Catherine Clague cares for the most fragile of our patients as a veterinary technician with our small animal emergency and critical care service.