Awards & Grants
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Dr. Berrian and Dr. Hoet Awarded $414,679 Gates Foundation Sub-award from Iowa State University
Amanda Berrian, DVM, PhD, MPH, DACVPM, Associate Professor and Armando Hoet, PhD, DVM, DACVPM, Professor of Veterinary Preventive Medicine, were recently awarded a $414,679 sub-award from Iowa State University for a project entitled “Day 1 platform for veterinary education: Closing the loop.” The prime sponsor is the Bill & Melinda Gates Foundation. This would be the first disbursement, with a similar one in 2026. This is the third renewal of this project.
The overall aim of the project is to strengthen the global veterinary workforce to meet the needs of National Veterinary Services and Small-Scale Producers (SSPs). In this project phase, the OSU team will focus their efforts in Southeast Asia and Ethiopia, utilizing their Assessment and Implementation of Day 1 Competencies (AID-1C) methodology to improve and align veterinary curricula with the World Organisation for Animal Health competencies for graduating veterinarians and strengthen local capacity and partnerships.
Dr. Jacqueline Nolting Awarded $147,346 Cooperative Agreement from USDA APHIS VS
Jacqueline Nolting, MS, PhD, Assistant Professor in Veterinary Preventive Medicine, was recently awarded a $147,346 cooperative agreement from USDA APHIS VS for a project entitled, “OH NAHMS show pigs data collection 2025”.
This cooperative agreement covers research into quantifying the risk of the spread of a Foreign Animal Disease (FAD) associated with the movement of people and pigs while exhibiting swine. The project builds upon a previous project by allowing investigators to target smaller community shows and compare their responses to data already collected. This will allow APHIS to better complete the FAD spread risk picture.
The objectives of the project remain as follows:
Characterize the U.S. show pig industry demographics, such as the types of shows (e.g., “jackpots”), when and where these types occur and how they are organized. Determine potential contribution to the spread of an established FAD through the movements of swine show exhibitors when they attend shows.
Assess the contact rate swine show exhibitors have at and between shows in a show season (e.g., contacts with commercially sold pigs, other exhibitors, and their pigs).