Progress 09/01/22 to 08/31/23
Outputs
Target Audience:Target audience reached during this reporting period (Sept 1, 2022to Aug 31, 2023)included: General public at State Fair (Perry, GA) and Sunbelt Ag Expo (Moultrie, GA). 4H middle schooler and high schoolers from SouthGeorgia Undergraduates (pre-vet, pre-med, biology, animal sciences) fromAbraham Baldwin Agricultural College (ABAC), Fort Valley State University (FVSU), 4H programs, Valdosta State University. DVM students, Veterinary technicians, MS students and Veterinary Technicians. Changes/Problems:Due to COVID pandemic in 2020-2022, we were not able to fully complete the objectives planned in this proposal. Therefore, we would like to seek a no cost extension until August 31, 2023. If the extension gets approved,we will carry out experiential learning opportunities (workshops, internships, visit different schools, universities and increase the awareness of the opportunities to get experiential learning at the Tifton Veterinary Diagnostic and Investigational Laboratory -host institute). We will alsomake presentations of the accepted abstracts in October 2023 and submit abstracts at other conferences and workshops. We will also work on writing manuscripts to share the findings in peer-reviewed journals. What opportunities for training and professional development has the project provided?In total, there were82 participantsin the 4workshops (Fall 2022, Spring 2023, Summer 2023)and 13 internship participants(Summer2023) that received training and professional development during this time period (September 1, 2022 to August 31, 2023). How have the results been disseminated to communities of interest?In total, there are 3 abstracts accepted for presentations at national conferences in Fall 2023. Two of these abstract are fororal presentations and one abstract has been accepted forposter presentation to be made in October 2023. Please refere to "Products" section for details- title, authors, conference venue and timeline. What do you plan to do during the next reporting period to accomplish the goals?Due to COVID pandemic in 2020-2022, we were not able to fully complete the objectives planned in this proposal. Therefore, we would like to seek a no cost extension until August 31, 2023. Once the extension is approved, we will continue conducting workshops, internships, make presentations of the accepted abstracts, visit different schools, universities and increase the awareness of the opportunities to get experiential learning at the Tifton Veterinary Diagnostic and Investigational Laboratory (host institute)
Impacts
What was accomplished under these goals?
A) Four workshops: 1) November 4, 2022: Veterinary Diagnostics and Careers in Veterinary Medicine workshop: 24 ABAC student participants (ABAC: Abraham Baldwin Agricultural College) 2) February 17, 2023: Veterinary Diagnostics & Careers in Veterinary Medicine Workshop: 20 ABAC student participants. 3) June 5, 2023: 4H Veterinary Career Exploration Day. 26 student participants from middle school and high schools in South Georgia 4) July 19, 2023:Veterinary Diagnostics & Food/Large Animal Medicine Workshop for Veterinary Technicians and Instructors: 12 participants. B) Internships: Summer 2023 semester: 13in total (1 from FVSU, 1 from Tift Area High School, 3 from Valdosta State University, 8from ABAC)
Publications
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Conference Papers and Presentations
Status:
Accepted
Year Published:
2023
Citation:
Naikare H., N. Mirajkar, G. Sreenilayam, J. Harper, M. Miller, S. Mobini, Y. Mosley, B. Velayudhan, J. Hostetter, D. Blakey, M. Coarsey, L. Whittington, C. Watson, E. Graham, M. Ilha, L. Jones, A. McDaniel, A. Kalantari, D. Neely, T. Vann, S. Benson, T. Doscher, B. Dutta, P. Moore, M. Woldemeskel and L. Nolan: Advancing diversity and inclusion in higher education through multi-institutional collaborations and creation of experiential learning opportunities at the Tifton veterinary diagnostic laboratory for students from rural Georgia. Veterinary Educator Symposium- 2023 conference on Building partnerships and community in veterinary education . October 27-28, 2023, Amarillo, TX.
- Type:
Conference Papers and Presentations
Status:
Accepted
Year Published:
2023
Citation:
Velayudhan B.T , Naikare H.K. Engaging rural communities in veterinary education. Veterinary Educator Symposium- 2023 conference on Building partnerships and community in veterinary education . October 27-28, 2023, Amarillo, TX.
- Type:
Conference Papers and Presentations
Status:
Accepted
Year Published:
2023
Citation:
Naikare H., N. Mirajkar, D. Blakey, M. Miller, J. Harper, S. Mobini, G. Sreenilayam, J. Beier, L. Mead, A. Dukes, B. Dutta, B. Croom, Y. Mosley, M. Coarsey, L. Whittington, E. Graham, K. Goins, B. Velayudhan, L. Jones, A. Mcdaniel, M. Ilha, A. Kalantari, D. Neely, C. Watson, J. Hostetter, D. Miller, P. Moore, T. Vann, S. Benson, T. Doscher, K. West, M. Woldemeskel, D. Altman, M. Ethridge, M. Brick, M. Anderson, S. Williams, P. Melendez, S. Quisenberry, and L. K. Nolan: Building the next generation of One Health rural workforce pipelines through a multi-institutional collaborative network in South Georgia. 2023 AAVLD-USAHA annual meeting, October 12 to 18, 2023, National Harbor, MD.
- Type:
Other
Status:
Accepted
Year Published:
2023
Citation:
"The 2023 Inspiring Programs in STEM Awards" awarded by the "INSIGHT Into Diversity" magazine which is the leader in advancing best practices in DEI (diversity, equity, and inclusion) in higher education.
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Progress 09/01/21 to 08/31/22
Outputs
Target Audience:Target audience reached during this reporting period (Sept 1, 2021 to Aug 31, 2022)included: General public at State Fair (Perry, GA) and Sunbelt Ag Expo (Moultrie, GA). 4H middle schooler and high schoolers from SouthGeorgia (at the Tifton TVDIL Lab) undergraduates (pre-vet, pre-med, biology, animal sciences) fromAbraham Baldwin Agricultural College (ABAC), Fort Valley State University (FVSU), 4H programs, Valdosta State University (at the Tifton TVDIL Lab, and on the campuses of various schools and Universitities listed above and Savannah State University-College of Science ans Technology, Savannah, GA. DVM students, Veterinary technicians, MS students and Veterinary Technicians from University of Georgia, FVSU, Vet Tech colleges, Savannah State University, Valdosta State University. This has enabled reaching out to underrepresented and/or underserved students from rural Georgia, primarily- MIddle Georgia and South Georgia,to consider attracting and engaging them into career opportunities in veterinary medicine, agriculture, animal health and human health Changes/Problems:Co-investigator: Dr. Pedro Melendez left University of Georgia in January 2021 and was active pn this grant from Texas Tech University. However,he has recently selected for another Professor position overseas in Hong Kong in 2023.We will have Dr. Marcia Ilha serve in his place and she will serve as mentors to undergraduate students that would come for internships at the laboratory. She is a board-ceritiied veterinary Pathologist and will be able to leverage her expertise to meet the scope of the work enlisted in this grant. What opportunities for training and professional development has the project provided?1) Offered six workshops in FY2022 and over 140 participants benefited from these workshops; 2) Offered competitive paid internships to 15 students that participated in 2 to 12 weeks of paid internships at the laboratory. This has enabled underrepresented and/or underserved students from rural Georgia to consider careers in veterinary medicine ,animal sciences, human health and biomedical sciencesat the University of Georgia and other institutions. How have the results been disseminated to communities of interest?A poster presentation was made at the "University of Georgia2022 Extension Conference" at Rock Eagle 4-H Center in Eatonton, Georgia on Jan. 12, 2022. Naikare H., Hawkins I., Woldemeskel M., Anis E., Jones L., Melendez P. "Opportunities to explore veterinary career options with special emphasis on veterinary laboratory diagnostics: new approaches to promote diversity and inclusion". What do you plan to do during the next reporting period to accomplish the goals?Continue with workshops, internships, and promoting the program at regional, national and international meetings and at stakeholder conferences.
Impacts
What was accomplished under these goals?
We conducted workshops andinternships at the Tifton Veterinary Diagnostic and Investigational Lab, Tifton, Georgia, We also made presentations at the different institutions and at stakeholder conferences and meetings. Please see below: GVDL Workshops (4H, high school, undergraduates, veterinary technicians): ? September 24, 2021: Veterinary Diagnostics and Careers in Veterinary Medicine full day- workshop (lectures and hands-on shadowing experiences): 26 participants (22 ABAC students, 1 ABAC faculty, 1 UGA Tifton faculty, 2 UGA- Tifton Staff). ?January 26, 2022: 4H Career Day (seven rotations: Bacteria, Blood, Calving, DNA, Infectious Disease, Poop, Seeing is Believing): 40 participants from 10 counties (31 students; 9 adult). ? February 16, 2022: Visit to Savannah State University, College of Science and Technology. Presentation " Veterinary Diagnostics and Careers in Veterinary Medicine". ?April 20, 2022: Veterinary Diagnostics and Careers in Veterinary Medicine full day-workshop (lectures and hands-on shadowing experiences): 15 ABAC student participants. ? March 16, 2022: "How Agricultural and Natural Resource (ANR) agents can utilize Services & Diagnostics", ANR Foundation Training, March 16, 2022. ?April 29, 2022: Veterinary Diagnostics Lab Tour ½ day-workshop (lectures and hands-on shadowing experiences): 30 participants (27 students from Pataula Charter Academy high school participants; 3 teachers from Edison, Georgia) ?April 27, 2022: Veterinary Diagnostics and Careers in Veterinary Medicine full day-workshop (lectures and hands-on shadowing experiences): 11 participants from Valdosta State University (9 students, 2 Professors) ? May 4, 2022: Hemant Naikare "Infectious Disease Diagnostics, Surveillance and Antimicrobial Resistance in Animal and Human Public Health: Promoting One Health solutions for rural Georgia." Key note speaker - Annual Research Day, Philadelphia College of Osteopathic Medicine, South Georgia campus, GA. May 4, 2022. ?June 30, 2022: Veterinary Diagnostics & Food/ Large Animal Medicine full-day workshop for veterinary technician students from Southern Regional Technical College, Fort Valley State University, Ogeechee Technical College): 15 participants from 9 counties (13 technician students and 2 instructors). ? July 12-14, 2022: Hemant Naikare "Securing the future of animal agriculture through education". GASAHA Annual Meeting & joint sessions with the National Association of State Meat & Food Inspection Directors (NASMFID), July 12-14, 2022 Savannah, GA. ? July 12-14, 2022: Binu Velayudhan "National Animal Health Laboratories Network (NAHLN)". GASAHA Annual Meeting & joint sessions with the National Association of State Meat & Food Inspection Directors (NASMFID), July 12-14, 2022 Savannah, GA. Farm Visits with students: ?April 2022: Yung-Yi Mosley. Dairy farm visits in Morgan, Thomas, Grady, and Mitchell counties, GA April 2022.
Publications
- Type:
Other
Status:
Other
Year Published:
2021
Citation:
Recipient of the 2021 Inspiring Programs in STEM award from Insight into Diversity, the oldest and largest diversity publication in higher education.
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Progress 09/01/20 to 08/31/21
Outputs
Target Audience:Due to the ongoing COVID-19 pandemic (since March 2020 to present), general guidance from the College of Veterinary Medicine, University of Georgia was to not plan for any unnecessary activities that will group people together with only a few exceptions that included activities that are programmatic requirements for program completion and/or student graduation (examples-DVM students that transfer in from other schools; existing training agreements with other entities or institutions such as laboratory experiences necessary for registered veterinary technician training). We had to cancel activities (high school and undergraduate student shadowing, workshops, and internships for fall 2020 and spring 2021) within the Tifton Veterinary Diagnostic and Investigational Laboratory for the foreseeable future. Upon revisiting the situation in mid-fall 2021, we were permitted to resume these activities by submitting the program for review for safety to host these activities. Therefore, in the first year of the grant (September 1, 2020 to August 31, 2021), we could not conduct any in-person sessions at our laboratory nor reach out to other institutions to advertise the activities that we could conduct within the scope of this grant. On September 24, 2021, we were able to conduct our first full-day workshop on career options with special emphasis on laboratory diagnostics which was attended by 24 participants from three institutions: Fort Valley State University (n=2), Telfair county high school (n=1) and Abraham Baldwin Agricultural College (n=21). Changes/Problems:Due to the ongoing COVID-19 pandemic (since March 2020 to present), general guidance from the College of Veterinary Medicine, University of Georgia was to not plan for any unnecessary activities that will group people together with only a few exceptions that included activities that are programmatic requirements for program completion and/or student graduation We had to cancel activities (high school and undergraduate student shadowing, workshops, and internships for fall 2020 and spring 2021) within the Tifton Veterinary Diagnostic and Investigational Laboratory for the foreseeable future. Upon revisiting the situation in mid-fall 2021, we were permitted to resume these activities by submitting the program for review for safety to host these activities. Therefore, in the first year of the grant (September 1, 2020 to August 31, 2021), we could not conduct any in-person sessions at our laboratory nor reach out to other institutions to advertise the activities that we could conduct within the scope of this grant. On September 24, 2021, we were able to conduct our first full-day workshop on career options with special emphasis on laboratory diagnostics which was attended by 24 participants from three institutions: Fort Valley State University (n=2), Telfair county high school (n=1) and Abraham Baldwin Agricultural College (n=21). Due to the pandemic COVID19 situation, we will have to request a no-cost extension. What opportunities for training and professional development has the project provided?
Nothing Reported
How have the results been disseminated to communities of interest?
Nothing Reported
What do you plan to do during the next reporting period to accomplish the goals?1) Work on advertising the program at different HBCUs and other institutions, 2) Work on hosting workshops, 3) Work on possibly have a few students do the internship in Summer of 2022 assuming the COVID-19 pandemic situation improves, and it allows to host students.
Impacts
What was accomplished under these goals?
Objective 1: Due to the ongoing COVID-19 pandemic (since March 2020 to present), general guidance from the College of Veterinary Medicine, University of Georgia was to not plan for any unnecessary activities that will group people together with only a few exceptions that included activities that are programmatic requirements for program completion and/or student graduation (examples-DVM students that transfer in from other schools; existing training agreements with other entities or institutions such as laboratory experiences necessary for registered veterinary technician training). We had to cancel activities (high school and undergraduate student shadowing, workshops, and internships for fall 2020 and spring 2021) within the Tifton Veterinary Diagnostic and Investigational Laboratory for the foreseeable future. Upon revisiting the situation in mid-fall 2021, we were permitted to resume these activities by submitting the program for review for safety to host these activities. Therefore, in the first year of the grant (September 1, 2020 to August 31, 2021), we could not conduct any in-person sessions at our laboratory nor reach out to other institutions to advertise the activities that we could conduct within the scope of this grant. On September 24, 2021, we were able to conduct our first full-day workshop on career options with special emphasis on laboratory diagnostics which was attended by 24 participants from three institutions: Fort Valley State University (n=2), Telfair county high school (n=1) and Abraham Baldwin Agricultural College (n=21). Objective 2: While we could advertise the summer internships on September 2021, we could not host any internships in summer 2021 due to COVID restrictions in compliance with the safety guidance from the University of Georgia- College of Veterinary Medicine.
Publications
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