Binge-Worthy TV Recommendations from

the AAVN Executive Board

White Lotus

House of the Dragon (pre-quel to Game of Thrones)

The Mindy Project

Mare of Eastwick

Ted Lasso

Emily in Paris

Mythic Quest

The Recruit

The Last of Us

The Big Bang Theory

Wednesday

Extraordinary Attorney Woo

Executive Board Strategic Planning and Tour of Disney’s Animal Kingdom Nutrition Center

The AAVN’s executive board met January 18-19 in Orlando, Florida for a comprehensive strategic planning session. 

The Board has developed some exciting goals and initiatives to strengthen the reach of AAVN and better serve our members and will share all the details at our virtual annual board meeting on Thursday, June 1 at 7 pm ET.

While the group certainly worked hard brainstorming and planning, there was also time for a little fun. The picture above shows about half our group dining on sushi. 

The highlight of the trip was a behind the scenes tour of Disney’s Animal Kingdom Nutrition Center. We all learned that the world of zoo nutrition has a lot in common with veterinary nutrition, and we hope to build a stronger relationship with organizations like the AZA Nutrition Advisory Group and the Comparative Nutrition Society.

Waltham and ESVCN have reserved two spaces at their upcoming Animal Nutrition Science Early Career Workshop for AAVN members. The program will take place June 26-29 in Belgium.

All activities, accommodations and food will be provided at no charge. The AAVN will provide a $1,000 travel grant to each AAVN participant.

This opportunity is open to early career researchers with an interest in comparative nutrition. Potential candidates include veterinary residents, post-doctoral grad students or fellows or academic faculty within their first three-years of appointment. Qualified candidates must be members of the AAVN.



Interested applicants should send a CV and cover letter / statement of interest to aavnexecutive@gmail.com by March 15.

For more details, click here 

Happy New Year!

Check Out Some AAVN Members' Resolutions for 2023!

"Be better about exercising 4-5x per week, to eat more fruits and vegetables (I’m terrible about this), and to play soccer and football more regularly this year!" ~Dr. Chris Margrey

"Drink more water and to do more yoga." 

~Dr. Katie Tolbert

" Be more organized and procrastinate less. Keep a cleaner desk space.

Clean out my closet…again.

Prepare lunches for the week ahead so I can make healthier choices.

Not miss runs/weight workouts, stick to my schedule, and schedule these into my appointment calendar.

Eat healthy when traveling, no excuses!

Practice patience and give kindness every day.

Take a deep breath, pause, and press on."

~ Anonymous

"One of our family's resolutions is to "stay committed to puppy training, four times/day for 3-5 minutes." ~Dr. Michelle Evason, AAVN Executive Board Member and Outreach Committee Chair

"Submit items and articles to the AAVN e-newsletter!"

~ Dr. Lisa Weeth, AAVN Treasurer

"I resolve to do more biking, birding, and baking in 2023."

~ Dr. Sarah Abood, AAVN E-Newsletter Editor

The AAVN has planned a series of four CE webinars on scientific topics designed to engage a large audience of veterinarians, veterinary technicians, and animal scientists in veterinary nutrition. Webinars are live but recorded and available for viewing by registered attendees for two weeks after the event.

Are you interested in sponsoring a webinar (or the webinar series)?

Contact Jen at aavnexecutive@gmail.com to learn more.

23rd Annual Clinical Nutrition & Research Symposium

Keynote Speakers

Stephanie Clark, PhD, CVT, PAS, CFS, DACAS

Assistant Director of Special Services, BSM Partners

David Dzanis, DVM, PhD, DACVIM (Nutrition)

Regulatory Discretion, Inc.

Izabelle Teixiera, MS, PhD

Assistant Professor, Dairy Extension Specialist, University of Idaho

Flavia Vaduva, DVM

Nutrition Resident and Visiting Scholar

University of Tennessee

For a full schedule (and other details) click here

Richard R. Weiss Memorial Student Research Award

Amount: $500 (student),  $2,000 (mentor)

The AAVN is pleased to offer offer the Richard R. Weiss Memorial Student Research Award again this year.

Criteria: All oral and poster abstracts submitted to the AAVN Clinical Nutrition & Research Symposium by primary authors in training programs will be considered for this award. Research projects with a focus on companion animal product testing are preferred. 

Priority will be given to 1st- 4th year veterinary student submissions, although graduate student and resident submissions are also eligible. A professor affiliated with an academic institution must be identified as mentor to the project, and agree to all terms and conditions for use of the mentor portion of the award, which should be used to promote future student research projects.

The abstract review committee will decide the recipient for the Richard R. Weiss Memorial Award. The award will be announced in advance of the Symposium so that the recipient may opt to use the student portion of the funding to cover the cost of travel and/or accommodations to the Symposium.

The Richard R Weiss Memorial Student Research Award was established by Laurie Martin, DVM in honor of her brother who pursued truth and honesty in all things. Their last conversation together was about inaccurate pet food product labeling claims.

The AAVN has set aside funding to support student chapter activities. Student chapters may request up to $500 annually.

Only active student chapters may apply. Active student chapters must submit a register of current officers and faculty advisors with contact information by October 15 of each calendar year. New student chapters who have submitted their draft constitution to the AAVN Student Committee for review are also eligible for funds if a list of officers and faculty advisors with contact information has been received.

Requests for funding must include:    

Date of the fund request

Name of the student chapter requesting funds

Primary student and faculty advisor of contact with contact information including phone number and email

Date(s) of the activity/event

Amount requested with outlined budget

Description of the activity including goal(s) and anticipated outcome(s)

Requests for funds should be submitted to aavnexecutive@gmail.com.

Student Chapters receiving funds will be required to:

Submit a write up (250 words MAX) of the event/activities including pictures to our newsletter editor, Sarah Abood at aboodsarah@gmail.com (copy aavnexecutive@gmail.com on the submission). This summary is due within one week of the event/activity.

Create a post including pictures to be shared on the Student Member and General AAVN Facebook page. This post must be shared within one week after the event/activity. This event can be shared on the Facebook pages by the student chapter or the Facebook page administrator (aavnexecutive@gmail.com).

Provide receipts to AAVN executive director (aavnexecutive@gmail.com) following the event.

AAVN at SAVMA

AAVN Student Members - will you be attending the SAVMA Symposium

at the University of Illinois

March 17-19, 2023?

If YES – please fill out this short survey. Please share this survey with members of your student chapter.