DR.
BONNIE RUSH
Professor of clinical sciences
Head of equine medicine and surgery
Associate dean of career development
Director of early admissions program for pre-veterinary scholars
Bonnie
Rush's research focuses on equine respiratory disease with emphasis
on respiratory physiology, immunology and aerosol drug therapy.
Rush, professor of clinical sciences at Kansas State University, has applied her research of aerosol drug therapy to evaluate systems for pulmonary drug delivery in horses. Rush studies horses with heaves, or recurrent airway obstruction. Rush also has studied pulmonary immunity, developmental immunity and immunostimulant medications for horses.
Rush received the Pfizer Award for Research Excellence in 2002, and the Carl J. Norden Distinguished Teaching award in 1996 and 2003. She is a member of Sigma Xi Scientific Research Society and the editorial boards of Equine Veterinary Education and Standards of Care.
Rush received her bachelor's degree in zoology, her D.V.M. and her master's degree in veterinary clinical sciences from Ohio State University.
Rush can be reached at 785-532-5700, brush@k-state.edu.