COMPANION ANIMAL NUTRITION AND WELLNESS INSTITUTE INC

PHD PROGRAM UNIVERSITY OF GEORGIA THE CANWI PHD PROGRAM AND RESEARCH BEGAN DURING 2021 WAS SUCCESSFULLY CONCLUDED IN 2024. THE CANDIDATE COMPLETED HER RESEARCH IN METABOLOMICS, AGE STABILITY IN CANINE URINE SAMPLES AND HER PHD MANUSCRIPT HAS BEEN ACCEPTED BY UGA GRADUATE SCHOOL AND SHE HAS RECEIVED HER PHD. POST DOCTORATE FELLOW AND RESEARCH OUR CANWI FUNDED PHD WILL THEN STAY ON AT UGA COLLEGE OF VETERINARY MEDICINE AS A POST DOCTORATE FELLOW CONTINUING RESEARCH IN AGE ANALYSIS IN PET FOODS AND BIOFLUID. SHE WILL BE INVOLVED IN THE EXPANDED COLLABORATIONS CANWI HAS MADE WITH OTHER RESEARCHERS THEIR LABS AND UNIVERSITIES DISCUSSED BELOW. AGE RESEARCH THE RESEARCH CONTINUES AND CANWI HAS EXPANDED ITS COLLABORATION WITH CANCER RESEARCHERS DR. DAVID TURNER AND VICTORIA FINDLEY TO STANDARDIZE AGE FOODTESTING. THE COLLABORATION HAS RESULTED IN SUBMISSION OF A PUBLICATION EVALUATING DIFFERENT METHODS OF TESTING AN ARRAY OF AGES IN PET FOODS. THE COLLABORATIONS HAVE EXPANDED TO INCLUDE THE FOLLOWING DRS. JLIA GUAZZELLI PEZZALI AT KANSAS STATE UNIVERSITY; GUIDO BOSCH WAGENINGEN UNIVERSITY AND VURAL GKMEN FOOD QUALITY & SAFETY RESEARCH GROUP, HACETTEPE UNIVERSITY, ANKARA, TURKEY TO DEVELOP STANDARDIZATION OF AN ARRAY OF AGES IN DIFFERENTLY PROCESSED PET FOOD AND THE EFFECTS OF SHELF LIFE ON AGE TYPES AND CONTENT. THE COLLABORATORS ARE IN THE PROCESS OF COMPOSING A POSITION PAPER FOR PUBLICATION AS WELL AS PLANNING AND REFINING THE STUDY DESIGN AND DATA ANALYSIS. AGE RESEARCH IN HEALTHY AND DIABETIC CATS SAMPLE COLLECTION IS ALMOST COMPLETED, AND AGE ANALYSIS OF URINE AND PLASMA WILL BEGIN IN 2025. AFTER DATA ANALYSIS, A MANUSCRIPT WILL BE PREPARED AND SUBMITTED FOR PUBLICATION. NUTRITION RESIDENCY A CANWI FUNDED NUTRITION RESIDENCY PROGRAM COMPLETED HER PROGRAM AND PASSED THE CERTIFYING EXAMINATION. SHE IS NOW OFFICIALLY A DIPLOMATE OF THE AMERICAN COLLEGE OF VETERINARY INTERNAL MEDICINE SUBSPECIALTY NUTRITION. SHE IS ON FACULTY AS A FULL PROFESSOR AT THE UNIVERSITY OF THE WEST INDIES. SHE HAS PUBLISHED ON HER RESEARCH OF AGES IN DOG DIETS, PLASMA, AND URINE AND IS WORKING ON A SECOND PUBLICATION ON AGES AND THE GUT MICROBIOME BOTH PUBLICATIONS ARE FROM HER RESEARCH DURING HER NUTRITION RESIDENCY AND PHD PROGRAM WHICH WERE BOTH FUNDED BY CANWI.