Neuroscience affiliated faculty Nick Dervisis is honored with 2016 Zoetis Award for Research Excellence. Nick Dervisis of Blacksburg, Virginia, assistant professor of oncology at the Virginia-Maryland College of Veterinary Medicine at Virginia Tech, recently received the Zoetis Award for Research Excellence at the college’s 27th Annual Research Symposium.

Established in 1985 as the Pfizer Award for Research Excellence, the Zoetis award is a nationally recognized honor for a faculty member at each veterinary school in the United States. The award seeks to “foster innovative research, on which the scientific advancement of the profession depends, by recognizing outstanding research effort and productivity.”

Since joining the veterinary college’s Department of Small Animal Clinical Sciences in 2012, Dervisis has helped build a successful oncology service at the Veterinary Teaching Hospital that offers state-of-the-art services for cancer patients and opportunities to participate in clinical research. The oncology service investigates spontaneously occurred tumors in dogs and cats with similarities to those in humans.

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