Cummings School of Veterinary Medicine in the Media

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.

This article links to a Cummings School Ask the Expert article on the health problems that overweight cats are at risk of developing, noting that nearly 60% of cats are overweight.

Cummings School’s Allan Rutberg comments on deer population management methods in this news segment on the significant increase in deer-related vehicle accidents in Massachusetts.

Cummings School’s Seana Dowling-Guyer and A&S psychologist Aniruddh Patel are quoted in this article examining the effect of music on dogs.

Cummings School’s Sam Telford appears in this news segment about “Mice Against Ticks,” an MIT research project that involves immunizing mice against Lyme disease.

In this article about the One Health approach to surveilling for avian influenza in wildlife, livestock, and pets, Cummings School’s Wendy Puryear notes that H5N1 bird flu is “going into a much broader range of wild birds than other forms of influenza have in the past.”

Cummings School’s Trinita Barboza and Stephanie Borns-Weil are featured experts in this regular Ask the Vet column with Barboza advising on pet box turtle care and Borns-Weil explaining possible factors influencing a Shiba Inu’s behavior.