Along with Scout and WeatherTech, we want to again thank you for making a difference in pets’ lives. In the weeks since the release of
Scout’s story
, featured in WeatherTech’s 2020 Super Bowl commercial, thousands of individuals such as yourself — combined with organizations and corporations including Petco Foundation and State Farm Insurance — have made gifts to support clinical cancer research and equipment at the University of Wisconsin School of Veterinary Medicine. Your outpouring of support, heartwarming messages and desire to advance the fight against cancer have been incredible.
Your gifts are already having an immediate impact.
Your support has allowed our Oncology Service to hire an additional clinical trials intern (a post-graduate veterinarian pursuing specialty training in oncology) who will begin in March. This additional staffing will let us move ahead with more oncology clinical trials, meet client demand for trial participation and accelerate our clinical research program — transforming promising research into innovative treatments and helping patients, particularly those affected by cancer, wherever they live.
Our clinical trials in client-owned animals with spontaneously occurring cancers are a critical step in helping veterinarians test new cancer-fighting drugs and treatments and new ways to diagnose or prevent cancer, monitor response to therapy, and better manage cancer symptoms. Importantly, these findings inform more effective cancer diagnostics and treatments to benefit both animals and people — discoveries that are shared with the world.
The power of your support will only continue to grow as we purchase specialized equipment to aid clinicians and researchers in identifying new cancer-fighting drugs and therapies. We look forward to continuing to share occasional updates on the advances that you’ve made possible. In the meantime, if you’d like to receive our monthly e-newsletter,
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Thank you again for your support of the UW School of Veterinary Medicine’s work to better diagnose, treat, and prevent cancer for both veterinary and human patients.
