Dr. Erica McKenzie and Lauren Eyrich.
In 2011, then associate dean Susan Tornquist partnered with the University Honors College (UHC) to create a new program aimed at recruiting high-achievers: Pre-Veterinary Scholars. That program will celebrate it’s first two graduates next week.
As part of the program, Lauren Eyrich worked extensively with two CVM faculty mentors: as an intern with Dr. Karyn Bird in the Veterinary Diagnostics Laboratory, and working with Dr. Erica McKenzie on her honors thesis studying muscle tissue in Arabian racehorses.
Emily Mangan also received valuable mentorship from Dr. Christopher Cebra who helped with her honors thesis on in-vitro neutrophil functions in camelids.
You can read more about their experiences in the OSU Pre-Veterinary Scholars Program on the UHC blog.
