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Veterinary Student Poster Award

Veterinary students are encouraged to submit abstracts of their research for possible presentation at the ACVP Annual Meeting. All accepted student abstracts will be presented as posters and a small number of student abstract submitters will also be invited to present orally. All student posters will be considered for ACVP Veterinary Student Poster Awards and may be entered for consideration for one other applicable award. 

Read about abstract submission and deadlines.

Read about abstract awards.

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Congratulations to all 2025 Veterinary Student Poster Winners

Best Diagnostic Pathology Poster

First Place: Katie-Ann Fu, Cornell University
EVALUATION OF METASTATIC CANINE APOCRINE GLAND ANAL SAC ADENOCARCINOMAS WITH IMMUNOHISTOCHEMICAL ASSAYS COMMONLY APPLIED TO NEUROENDOCRINE NEOPLASMS AND GRIMELIUS STAIN

Second Place: Lilly Hollingsworth, Michigan State University
METHOD VALIDATION OF TWO HUMAN HBA1C ASSAYS FOR DOGS

Third Place: Evelyn Sullivan, University of Tennessee
CHARACTERIZATION OF GLOMERULAR AND RENAL LESIONS IN CHAMELEONS

Best Experimental Disease Poster

First Place: Laurel Haines, Colorado State University
OSTEOSARCOMA EXTRACELLULAR VESICLES TARGET RESIDENT LUNG MACROPHAGES AND PROMOTE METASTASIS

Second Place: Sarah Hosking, University of Georgia
THE VIRULENCE FACTOR TCDB IS REQUIRED FOR FULL BURKHOLDERIA MALLEI PATHOGENESIS IN A MOUSE MODEL OF AEROSOL INFECTION

Third Place: Jeselle-Ann Laxa, Western University of Health and Sciences
AN ASSESSMENT OF THE PROTECTIVE ABILITY OF SUPPLEMENTAL BLF ON GUT EPITHELIAL INTEGRITY IN AN AVIAN COCCIDIOSIS VACCINE CHALLENGE STUDY

Best Natural Disease Poster

First Place: Dominic Pang, University of Wisconsin-Madison
CLINICOPATHOLOGIC STUDY OF FELINE OCULAR CHORIOCILIARY MELANOMAS (ATYPICAL PRIMARY OCULAR MELANOMAS) – A RETROSPECTIVE STUDY

Second Place: Tatianna Travieso, Colorado State University
A GENOMIC AND TRANSCRIPTOMIC ANALYSIS OF CANINE SMALL CELL B CELL LYMPHOMA

Third Place: Meredith Bellina, North Carolina State University
MICROPTERUS NIGRICANS ADOMAVIRUS-1 IN MELANOPHORE PROLIFERATIONS IN LARGEMOUTH BASS (MICROPTERUS NIGRICANS)

See winning student abstracts from previous years on the Past Annual Meetings page.

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ACVP Veterinary Student and Resident Forum

The Veterinary Student and Resident Forum offers an opportunity for current training program residents and faculty to showcase their programs for veterinary students at the Annual Meeting. For more information, watch the Annual Meeting events page.