In training the algorithm, James Zou, PhD, assistant professor of biomedical data science at Stanford University, collaborated with the College of Veterinary Medicine at Colorado State University, where a group of veterinary experts annotated more than 100,000 clinical notes, assigning disease codes to each case.
Called comparative or translational oncology, this field is different from traditional animal research in laboratory rodents in a few ways, says Dr. Kristen Weishaar, a veterinarian and clinical trials director at the Flint Animal Cancer Center at Colorado State University in Fort Collins.
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Nearly 200 people attended Zoobiquity Colorado, a national meeting on regenerative medicine advances.
Mather found herself at Colorado State University in Fort Collins, boasting one of the nation's premier veterinary research hospitals. If she were to find an answer to Taz's illness, it would be at CSU.
According to Rodney Page, DVM, a veterinarian and director of the Flint Animal Cancer Center, the sorts of cancers that dogs get — skin cancer, breast cancer, lymphoma — mimic the cancers that humans develop.
Nicole Ehrhart’s mother continually told her she could be anything she wanted when she grew up. “It didn’t occur to me that I would have limits,” said Ehrhart, a veterinary surgeon at Colorado State University.
Graham Rahal announced two $100,000 donations this week from his charitable foundation, with the money to benefit military veterans and the Colorado State University Animal Cancer Center. Another impressive gesture from the Rahal Letterman Lanigan Racing driver who has shown his dedication to worthy causes many times over.
As part of a partnership with Rahal Letterman Lanigan Racing, Letterman and Indy car legend Bobby Rahal visited the Flint Animal Cancer Center at CSU’s James L. Voss Veterinary Teaching Hospital Tuesday, July 24, to learn more about cancer in animals.
Code 3 Associates also provides training to conduct thorough investigations into animal welfare issues, all of which is accredited by Colorado State University and the school’s Veterinary Teaching Hospital.