NYSVMS 2026 Power of 10-Deadline is December 12th!
NYSVMS is currently recruiting for the Power of 10 class of 2026. This is a national initiative designed to cultivate leadership capacity in grads 15 years or less from veterinary school who are current NYSVMS members and provide learning experiences that will enrich the individual and benefit the individual’s practice, community and profession. The program provides NYSVMS members with 4 leadership development sessions. NYSVMS provides the experts and covers all meeting and travel expenses for participants to attend sessions. The topics were: wellbeing, what to do when OPD knocks on your door, restructuring student debt and financial planning and the Insights Discovery program. Applications for the Power of 10 Class of 2026 are currently being accepted now through December 12th. The application is on the Recent Graduate page at: https://nysvms.org/graduate-membership/. For more information, please contact Stephanie Quirini at squirini@nysvms.org
Veterinary conservation in action: Experiential learning with the Texas Parks and Wildlife Department
Cornell University CVM
Veterinary medicine offers a wide range of career paths and options, and one of the most interesting and often overlooked is that of a state wildlife veterinarian. This spring, I had the amazing opportunity to work alongside two state wildlife veterinarians at the Texas Parks and Wildlife Department (TPWD). TPWD is a state government agency that oversees and manages Texas’s state parks and protected lands. This includes state parks, wildlife management areas (WMAs), state natural areas, trailways, and historic parks, along with the animals that inhabit these areas.
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AVMA competition tests next generation in assessing animal welfare
AVMA
More than 270 students, coaches, veterinarians, and scientists attended the Fall 2025 AVMA Animal Welfare Assessment Contest (AWJAC), and hosted by Texas A&M University. The annual competition, now in its 25th year, brings together undergraduate, veterinary, and graduate students representing nearly two dozen North American universities, in addition to AVMA member veterinarians, to see who can most accurately assess the treatment and wellbeing of animals in a mix of live and hypothetical scenarios.
Biomarkers provide key clues for diagnosing, treating veterinary patients
AVMA
Biomarkers have long been part of the veterinarian’s toolbox, but how they are being used today is expanding rapidly. Once considered adjuncts to traditional diagnostic methods, data gleaned from biomarkers are now helping clinicians detect common health conditions earlier, refine diagnoses and treatment plans, track disease progression, and even predict outcomes. Across specialties, researchers and clinicians are uncovering innovative ways to integrate these tools into daily practice.
The power of asking ‘why’
AVMA
When Megan Gerhardt, PhD, heard Generation Z feared periods at the end of messages, she sought to understand why and just “how correct punctuation is scary” in a since-viral social media post. Dr. Gerhardt is the creator of Gentelligence, a framework for using generational intelligence to leverage age-gap diversity for better collaboration and outcomes in the workplace, and co-author of “Gentelligence: The Revolutionary Approach to Leading an Intergenerational Workforce.”
Cornell launches clinical trial of once-weekly GLP-1 therapy for feline weight management
DVM360
A Cornell University–led clinical trial is enrolling client-owned cats to evaluate AKS-562c, a once-weekly GLP-1 Fc-fusion candidate developed by Akston, for safety and efficacy as an adjunct to nutritional management of excess body condition. Pending trial results, the therapy could become a practical pharmacologic adjunct to multimodal weight-management plans in feline patients.
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