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TThe Texas A&M College of Veterinary
Medicine & Biomedical Sciences
(CVM) congratulates Dr. Angela
Bordin, who has been selected by the
college to receive the George Bush
Presidential Library Foundation Grant.
Dr. Bordin was selected by the college
on behalf of her exemplary academic
record. The $500 award allowed
her to travel to the Conference of
Research Workers in Animal Diseases
held in Chicago, Illinois, giving her the
opportunity to increase her professional
network, improve her research
project, and interact with some of the
best researchers in the world.
“I feel proud and honored to have
been chosen for this grant, out of all
the dedicated students,” said Bordin.
A new program has started for
graduate students that is similar to the
post-doctoral research award program.
The Texas A&M College of Veterinary
Medicine & Biomedical Sciences
(CVM) Graduate Research Award is a
competitive program in which students
must develop proposals for grant applications
that are reviewed by professors
inside and outside of the program.
“This program encourages graduate
students to compete for grant proposals
at the state and national level,” said
Dr. Bhanu Chowdhary, associate dean
for research and graduate studies.
“The program serves as an incentive
for students and mentors to gather
funds in order to generate preliminary
data. It also lays the foundation
for them to get acquainted with the
process of grant writing, and to further
develop skills that will help them be
successful in providing funding for
themselves.”
“This is the first time I have won
something,” said Aishwarya Sooresh.
“It gives me confidence to know that
something I have written is recognized.
I just started the graduate program, so
winning this award is an encouragement
to keep going. I would like to
thank my advisor, Dr. Christie Sayes,
for all of her encouragement and support,”
Sooresh said.
“The Graduate Student Research
Award is the first grant I have received,”
said Ahmed Ridha.
“I am happy; this is very meaningful
to me. The money will be used to
support the experiments I proposed.
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Bordin receives Bush Presidential Library Foundation Grant
Dr. Angela Bordin
“The travel award enabled me to attend
a conference that provided invaluable
experience for my career. The grant
was used to fund the travel expenses I
incurred while attending the Conference
of Research Workers in Animal
Diseases in Chicago where I presented
a poster on a project that was conducted
in the Equine Infectious Diseases
Laboratory at the CVM.”
Bordin attributes her success of
winning the George Bush Presidential
Library Foundation Grant to hard work
and persistence combined with the support
she receives from her advisor, Dr.
Noah Cohen, Dr. William Moyer, Head
of the Department of Veterinary Large
Animal Clinical Sciences, the CVM,
and of course, the Bush Foundation.
New competitive awards for graduate research
I would also like to thank my advisors,
Dr. Kraemer and Dr. Sayes, for their
support and encouragement.”
This year’s winners of the Graduate Student Research Awards include (left to right); Dr. Bhanu
Chowdhary, associate dean, Aishwarya Sooresh, Lauren Dobson, Priyanka Kachroo, Lavoisier
Akoolo, Ahmed Ridha, Mike Peoples, and (not pictured) Glenda Bingham, Jana Caldwell,
Christina Du, Xin Guo, Sara Mashoof, and Lisbeth Ramirez-Carvajal.
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