The American Association of Equine Practitioners Foundation introduced Jennifer G. Janes, DVM, a doctoral candidate at the University of Kentucky, as the recipient of the 2009 AAEP Foundation Past Presidents’ Research Fellow at the 55th Annual Convention in Las Vegas, Nev.

The $5,000 research grant is awarded each year to a doctoral or residency student who has excelled in the field of equine research. Dr. Janes was recognized during the Frank J. Milne State-of-the-Art Lecture on Dec. 7.

Dr. Janes is an anatomical pathology resident at the University of Kentucky’s Gluck Equine Research Center investigating diagnostic imaging techniques to identify musculoskeletal diseases in horses. Her thesis project accesses new techniques and technologies to identify the genetic determinations that contribute to the etiology and pathogenesis of cervical stenotic myelopathy, or Wobbler Syndrome. She collaborated with Drs. James MacLeod, doctoral advisor, Stephen M. Reed, Neil M. Williams, Katherine S. Garrett and Michael Voor while conducting the project.

Dr. Janes is a graduate of the University of Tennessee College of Veterinary Medicine. She completed an internship at Wisconsin Equine Hospital in 2007 and externships at Saratoga Equine Veterinary Service and Kendall Road Equine Hospital. She received the Morris Animal Foundation Fellowship Training Grant in 2009.

The AAEP Foundation established the Past Presidents’ Research Fellow in 2006. The award is made possible through monetary contributions of AAEP past presidents.

For more information about this program and other scholarships offered through the AAEP Foundation, please visit the scholarship section of the AAEP Foundation’s Web site at www.aaepfoundation.org.

The AAEP Foundation, Inc., a 501(c)(3) organization, was created in 1994 as the charitable arm of the American Association of Equine Practitioners. The AAEP Foundation’s mission is to improve the health and welfare of the horse through the support of research, education, benevolence and the equine community.