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April 5, 2019

Veterinary college and Master of Public Health programs present posters at BugAPalooza

Submitted by Joe Montgomery

Third-year student Emma Winkley and Kate KuKanich

The Master of Public Health Program organized a contingent of representatives from its program and the College of Veterinary Medicine to appear April 1 at BugAPalooza, a public health event hosted in Manhattan City Park and sponsored by the Riley County Health Department.

Ellyn Mulcahy, Kate KuKanich and Barta Stevenson attended the event and were joined by student volunteers, including Heather Poole and Brittany Blattner, both Master of Public Health students in the infectious disease and zoonoses track. Special thanks are extended to the judges of a public health poster session: Susan Nelson, clinical professor in the clinical sciences department; Berlin Londono, assistant professor in the entomology department and Master of Public Health faculty member; Andrew Adams, Riley County Health Department emergency preparedness coordinator; and Jared Tremblay, transportation planning analyst with the Flint Hills Metropolitan Planning Organization. Adams reported a total of 288 community members attending BugAPalooza this year, which is a family-friendly outreach event to educate the public on arboviral disease prevention and personal preparedness.

The following posters and awards were presented:

Ally Fitzgerald, second-year veterinary student, "Evaluating a novel opioid formulation containing an abuse deterrent in a clinical trial of dogs undergoing ovariohysterectomy (OHE) surgery," first place.

Chris Omni, Master of Public Health student in public health physical activity, "Black Butterflyz: A Physical Activity Intervention to Improve the Health of Black Women," second place, tie.

Ron Orchard, first-year veterinary student and Master of Public Health student in infectious disease and zoonoses, "Clinical interactions of oral fluconazole and intravenous ketamine & midazolam," second place, tie. Orchard's poster described some potential drug interactions of a component of an abuse deterrent opioid formulation for dogs presented by Fitzgerald.

Jennifer Delzeit, Master of Science student in statistics, "Univariate gradient statistic for a marginal cure rate model with high-dimensional covariates," third place.

Emma Winkley, third-year veterinary student and Master of Public Health student in infectious disease and zoonoses, "Veterinary Hospital evaluations to maximize usability for clients with mobility disorders," honorable mention.

Brittany Blattner, Master of Public Health student in infectious disease and zoonoses, "Differential salivary protein profile and human immune response against the Lone Star tick (Amblymma americanum) from field and laboratory derived specimens," honorable mention.

Mori Atobatele, Master of Science student in diagnostic medicine and pathobiology, "Detection, Isolation, Characterization and Antimicrobial Susceptibility Testing of Salmonella enterica from Wheat Grain Samples," honorable mention.