2017 CVM News: Alumna Dr. Kelly S. Santangelo '04 is first veterinarian to receive a Boettcher Investigation grant

Abstract

The news item from Colorado State University is about: Cornell DVM alumna Dr. Kelly Santangelo '04 is one of two Colorado State University biomedical researchers to receive Webb-Waring Biomedical Research Awards from the Boettcher Foundation. Now in its eighth year, the Webb-Waring Biomedical Research Awards program honors early-career researchers with three-year, $235,000 grants to advance their independent research and position them to compete for major federal and private awards. Santangelo, the first veterinarian to ever receive the Webb-Waring award, will explore “Prevention and therapy of post-traumatic osteoarthritis.”