March 15, 2020

Event

21st Biennial Symposium, in conjunction with the American College of Veterinary Clinical Pharmacology, Aug. 20-23, 2019, Overland Park, Kansas

Program

The theme of the symposium was “New ideas, New Voices.” The AAVPT invited many new speakers to the program to expand its audience and membership, including new academic faculty and industry members. The Tom Powers Keynote Address was presented by Dr. Linda Rhodes, Durham, New Hampshire, speaking on “Change is Coming: New Therapies, Big Data, New Capital for New Companies. Thoughts on the Future.” Dr. Katrina L. Mealey, Pullman, Washington, winner of The Lloyd E. Davis Award, presented “KLM on ABC transporters: A retrospective analysis of cofactors.” A silent auction raised almost $8,000 to help sponsor the annual research grants from the Veterinary Pharmacology Research Fund and American Veterinary Medical Foundation.

Awards

The Lloyd E. Davis Award
Dr. Katrina L. Mealey (Colorado State ’90), Pullman, Washington, for outstanding lifetime achievements in research, teaching, and professional service in the field of veterinary pharmacology. Dr. Mealey is an expert in the field of pharmacogenomics. She is currently associate dean for research, a professor, and chair in small animal medicine and research at Washington State University College of Veterinary Medicine.

AAVPT Service Award
Dr. Mike Apley (Kansas State ’87), Manhattan, Kansas, for exceptional and sustained service either to AAVPT or to the profession of veterinary or comparative pharmacology or therapeutics at large. Dr. Apley is a professor of production medicine and clinical pharmacology at Kansas State University College of Veterinary Medicine. He previously worked in rural general practice and in feedlot consulting and contract research, joining academia in 1996. He has provided support to multiple veterinary and food animal producer organizations in the area of clinical pharmacology and currently serves on the Presidential Advisory Council for Combating Antibiotic-Resistant Bacteria.

AAVPT Teaching Award
Dr. Butch KuKanich (Virginia-Maryland ’97), Manhattan, Kansas, for significant teaching activities in the fields of veterinary or comparative pharmacology or therapeutics. Dr. KuKanich is a professor and assistant department head at Kansas State University College of Veterinary Medicine, where he has been on the faculty for 15 years. Dr. KuKanich’s research interests focus on companion animal pharmacology, drug interactions, drug metabolism, and analgesia.

ACVCP/AAVPT Resident/Graduate Student Research Award
Sophie Gretler, University of California-Davis, for her presentation “Characterization of CYP450 mediated metabolism of the polymorphic CYP2D6 probe drug codeine in horses,” and Ally Fitzgerald, Kansas State University, for her presentation “Clinical efficacy of an oral long-acting analgesic with a human abuse deterrent in perioperative dogs”

Distinguished Fellows
Drs. Mike Apley, Manhattan, Kansas; Scott Brown, Galesburg, Michigan; Virginia Fajt, College Station, Texas; Cory Langston, Starkville, Mississippi; Marilyn Martinez, Gaithersburg, Maryland; Katrina L. Mealey, Pullman, Washington; Jane Owens, Indianapolis; Mark Papich, Raleigh, North Carolina; Jim Riviere, Raleigh, North Carolina; Steve Sundlof, Silver Spring, Maryland; and Lauren Trepanier; Madison, Wisconsin

Officials

Drs. Rob Hunter, Olathe, Kansas, president; Jonathan Hare, Port Perry, Ontario, president-elect; Luke Wittenburg, Davis, California, treasurer; Jennifer Davis, Blacksburg, Virginia, secretary; Virginia Fajt, College Station, Texas, immediate past president; and councilors—Mathias Devreese, Merelbeke, Belgium; Jonathan Mochel, Ames, Iowa; Mohammed Al-Bataineh, Pittsburgh; and Lisa Tell, Davis, California