August 27, 2014
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Paige Adams, 1xbet online games login Olathe faculty member in the veterinary biomedical science Master of Science program, was invited, for the fourth year, to participate as a faculty member at a Burroughs Welcome Fund-sponsored short course.
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The Burroughs Welcome Fundhas sponsored this program for veterinary scientists for the last six years under the direction of senior program officer Victoria McGovern.
The course was recently at Cornell University in conjunction with the 15th annual Merial-NIH Veterinary Scholars Symposium.
The Burroughs Welcome Fundis an independent private foundation dedicated to advancing the biomedical sciences primarily by helping scientists early in their careers develop as independent investigators and by advancing fields in the basic biomedical sciences that are undervalued or in need of encouragement.