Cummings School of Veterinary Medicine in the Media

This feature on Cummings School’s Annual Veterinary Research Day, held September 11, quotes Cheryl London at length from her remarks and highlights student projects from School of Medicine alumna Clara Goltz and current student Ava Van Gelder, School of Medicines student Ava Ardito, and Cummings student Nicole Mason.

Longtime Cummings School faculty Melissa Mazan has been appointed dean ad interim of Cummings School, replacing Alastair Cribb as he prepares for retirement.

Cummings School’s Megan Mueller and student Nicole Mason are quoted from a Tufts Now news story about their new research examining how teen-dog relationships can help adolescents deal with stress and social anxiety.

Tufts Wildlife Clinic found traces of bromethalin, chlorophacinone, and diphacinone in six female bald eagles found dead from March 2021 through July 2026. The article links to a 2020 Tufts Now news story on Cummings School research on rodenticides that was conducted by Maureen Murray, director of Tufts Wildlife Clinic.

Cummings School’s Sam Telford is quoted throughout this article on how to reduce the risk of tick-borne illnesses.

Cummings School’s Eric Richman is quoted throughout this article on helping children cope with the loss of a family pet.

Cummings School’s Cheryl London is quoted about her approach to enrolling pets in clinical cancer trials.

Cummings School held its 44nd commencement on May 17 on the Grafton campus, Megan Mueller and Nicole Freeman gave faculty addresses, and Massachusetts Veterinary Medical Association Executive Board member Monica Mansfield welcomed the graduates into the profession.

Cummings School’s Marieke Rosenbaum explains how hantavirus spreads, highlighting the health risks associated with cleaning up rodent feces, urine, and saliva. Rosenbaum also discusses her ongoing research leading the Boston Urban Rat Study, exploring urban rodent control and disease surveillance.

Cummings School’s Heidi Goethert joins this episode of The Point for an in-depth discussion of tick-borne illnesses on the Cape and Islands and Tufts’ ongoing research to help reduce incidents of these diseases. (Her comments begin at 6:32.)

Cummings School’s Sam Telford joins this episode of NightSide With Dan Rea to discuss Alpha-gal syndrome, a growing threat from Lone Star ticks, which have expanded into the New England region.

Cummings School’s Henry and Lois Foster Hospital for Small Animals successfully treated and released an injured Shih Tzu.