SGUSVM
SGUSVM Career Fair
Saturday, October 26 · 7:30am – 4pm AST
Come check out the SGUSVM Career Fair to explore job opportunities and network with potential employers in person!
Welcome message from the Director of Veterinary Professionalism
Career Development stands as a pivotal domain within the Veterinary Professionalism curriculum, serving as the gateway through which students explore diverse career opportunities. In this context, a career fair serves as an excellent platform, offering students invaluable exposure to an array of job and externship possibilities. It is, therefore, with great pleasure that I extend a warm welcome to you for our inaugural SGU Veterinary Career Fair. This event is designed to open doors, foster connections, and propel our students towards promising professional pathways.
This Career Fair provides a unique opportunity for veterinary employers, such as yourselves, to showcase their companies and to foster connections with our talented pool of students. Furthermore, it serves as an invaluable opportunity to engage with potential candidates, discuss your organization’s values and goals, and, ultimately, identify outstanding individuals to join your team.
The Veterinary Career Fair is not, however, just a recruitment event. It also serves as a forum where meaningful professional relationships can be established. The Career Development team have encouraged students to take advantage of this occasion to interact and network with you, to gain insights into industry trends, and to explore potential job and externship opportunities.
We are confident that your participation in this event will not only enhance your company’s visibility but also contribute to the development of our students as they embark on their veterinary careers.
Thank you for your support and welcome to the wonderful island of Grenada.
Stuart Gordon, BSC (Hons), BVSc, MSc, PhD
Director of Veterinary Professionalism
St. George’s University
Welcome message from the Dean of the School of Veterinary Medicine
We are pleased to announce that St. George’s University School of Veterinary Medicine will be holding its inaugural Career Fair on Saturday, October 26, 2024. The objective of the career fair is to bring together SVM corporate partners who provide opportunities for veterinary students. This event will be in-person and will provide:
– Networking opportunities
– Discussion on job opportunities
– Showcase company products/facilities
– Highlight new trends and practices in veterinary medicine.
The inaugural SVM Career Fair will also provide both host and guests with a chance to formalize unique relationships that can foster opportunities for students to determine which path they will take on their journey to becoming doctors of veterinary medicine.
The Career Fair encourages SVM sponsors, specialists, and business leaders to converge at St. George’s University and enjoy exceptional prospects on the scenic campus. Career Fairs are notably scheduled for recruitment; however, this collaboration will be an opportunity to provide mentorship and guidance from industry personnel who already have a partnership with our school.
We are optimistic that this first ever event for the School of Veterinary Medicine will be beneficial to all concerned. We expect exhibitors to promote their brands, share their various roles, and encourage students to choose the field that best suits their individual career paths. Let me encourage you to join us for this special occasion at the beautiful St. George’s University on the “Island of Spice!”
Neil Olson, DVM, PhD
Dean of the School of Veterinary Medicine
St. George’s University
Keynote Speakers
Roz Laing, BVMS, PhD
I am a Senior Research Fellow at the University of Glasgow. I qualified as a veterinary surgeon in 2004 then after two years in practice undertook a PhD in molecular parasitology in the Gilleard lab. This project, which focused on ivermectin resistance in parasitic helminths, led to my involvement in the Haemonchus contortus genome project, when the need for significantly improved genomic resources to identify the genetic basis of resistance became clear. Since then, I have worked extensively with the Wellcome Sanger Institute and Moredun Research Institute, including as a Researcher Co-I on a BBSRC funded strategic Lola (The BUG Consortium). In 2020, I was awarded a Wellcome Clinical Research Career Development Fellowship and a Lord Kelvin Adam Smith Fellowship to study the evolution of moxidectin resistance in parasitic helminths of veterinary and medical importance. Ongoing work in my lab includes the use of genetic crosses to study drug resistance in Haemonchus, the development of genetic markers and field-based tests for anthelmintic resistance, the optimisation of functional tools such as RNAi in parasitic helminths, and the use of transcriptomics and metabolomics to investigate anthelmintic mode of action.
Eric Morgan MA, VetMB, PhD, DipEVPC, MRCVS
Eric Morgan graduated from Cambridge University in 1997 with degrees in veterinary medicine and zoology and after a short period in mixed veterinary practice completed a PhD at the University of Warwick in the United Kingdom on parasite epidemiology and ecology, joining Bristol Veterinary School in 2003. There he further developed research interests in parasite transmission and sustainable control and taught parasitology to veterinary students, moving to Queen’s University Belfast in 2017. He is author or co-author of more than 150 peer-reviewed papers on this subject, many on helminths in grazing ruminants, and particularly seeks to understand the impact of weather and climate change on infection patterns and how these can be managed. This includes a combination of computer modelling, laboratory experiments, and field epidemiology, increasingly exploring applications of novel and complementary approaches alongside anthelmintics. He is a Diplomate of the European Veterinary Parasitology College and core group member of the international initiatives Combating Anthelmintic Resistance in Ruminants (COMBAR) and the Livestock Helminth Research Alliance (LiHRA), and as such contributes to the development of sustainable parasite control strategies and their translation into practice in the UK and internationally.
Featured Speakers
Carlos Lanusse, MV, DCV, PhD, DipECVPT
Dr. Carlos Lanusse is a full Professor of Veterinary Pharmacology at the Universidad Nacional del Centro, Tandil, Argentina, former Director and Member of the Center for Veterinary Research (CIVETAN) at Tandil. He has had an outstanding research and academic career in veterinary pharmacology oriented to improving the control of veterinary parasites. Since 1992 he acted as Scientific Director of the research program on “Pharmacology of Antiparasitic Drugs in Ruminants”, which has received financial support from several national/international agencies. An important number of Ph.D. students and Fellowship recipients have received their formation in Veterinary Pharmacology and Parasitology under Dr. Lanusse´s supervision. He is a global leader in addressing the control of veterinary parasites by understanding drug pharmacological features and optimizing the use of veterinary anthelmintics. He has made an outstanding scientific contribution to the integrated understanding of the plasma disposition kinetics, tissue distribution, biotransformation in the animal host and patterns of parasite influx/efflux/metabolism for different antiparasitic compounds in livestock animals. This pharmaco-parasitological knowledge applied to optimize parasite control in the presence of drug resistance, has been worldwide disseminated in over 300 peer-reviewed publications in the most reputed Parasitology/Pharmacology Journals (Scopus: 6653 citations, h index: 45; Google Scholar: 9431 citations, h index: 54). Professor Lanusse has received numerous international scientific awards throughout his career. He was the recipient of the 2015 WAAVP-Bayer Award for Excellence in Research in Veterinary Parasitology, the 2019 Research Award of the AAVP, and the 2023 LLoyd Davis Award of the American Academy of Veterinary Pharmacology and Therapeutics, amongst several other national/international recognition/awards.
Felipe Torres-Acosta, MV, MSc, PhD
Studied Veterinary Medicine and Animal Science at the FMVZ, Universidad Autónoma de Yucatán, Mexico (1988), a MSc degree at the University of Edinburgh, Scotland (1991) and a PhD at the Royal Veterinary College, University of London, England (1999). Professor of Veterinary Medicine and the MSc and PhD programs on Animal Science at the FMVZ-UADY since 1993. Has taught various undergraduate, graduate, and continuing education courses at UADY and other national and international institutions and with producer organizations. Works with tropical goats and sheep production since 1986 conducting teaching and research with an emphasis on small ruminant nutrition and health, sustainable methods of controlling ruminant gastrointestinal nematodes, and epidemiology of anthelmintic resistance in ruminant parasites. He is a member of the National System of Researchers of CONACYT (level 3), the International Goat Association. Member of the Mexican Association of Veterinary Parasitologists, the Mexican Veterinary Academy and the Parasitology Committee of Mexico’s Technical Advisory Committee on Animal Health (CONASA). Member of the Editorial Board of Small Ruminant Research (since 2010) and Associate Editor of Veterinary Parasitology Regional Studies and Reports (since 2015), Tropical and Subtropical Agroecosystems (since 2019), and Tropical Animal Production and Health (since 2020). He has supervised more than 60 bachelor’s theses, 50 MSc theses and 18 PhD theses. His publications include more than 170 articles in indexed scientific journals, many articles in extension journals, more than 30 book chapters and 5 books with ISBN.
Registration for the SVM Career Fair
St. George’s University School of Veterinary Medicine invites you to register to be part of our first ever career fair.
Join us at the scenic SGU True Blue campus in St. George’s, Grenada.
This in-person event is your chance to connect with students, establish professional relationships, be part of an inaugural event, network with peers, and explore business opportunities.
Hope to see you on the spice island of Grenada!
Saturday, October 26 · 7:30am – 4pm AST
Schedule
Participating Companies/Clinics
Affiliates List
SGU Department of Public Health & Preventative Medicine
SGU School of Graduate Studies
GSPCA (animal shelter)
Ministry of Agriculture (veterinary division)
Accommodations
Feel free to check out other hotels in the area listed below
Blue Horizons Garden Resort
Grand Anse
St. George’s, Grenada
+1 473 444 4316
www.grenadabluehorizons.com
Rooms begin at US170.00 p/n
True Blue Bay Resort
Old Mill Road, True Blue,
St. George’s, Grenada
(473) 443-8783
www.truebluebay.com
mail@truebluebay.com
Rooms begin at US312.00 p/n
The University Club
Lance-Aux-Epines,
St George’s, Grenada, West Indies
+1 473-439-2001
Visit Site
Contact
Rooms begin at US110.00 p/n
Radisson Grenada Beach Resort
Grand Anse,
St. George’s, Grenada
+1 473-444-4371
Visit Site
Contact
Rooms begin at US206.00 p/n
Coyaba Beach Resort
Grand Anse
St. George’s, Grenada
+1 473 444 4129
Visit Site
Contact
Rooms begin at US360.00 p/n
La Heliconia Hotel
Point Salines, Maurice Bishop Highway, Grenada, West Indies
+1 473 439-8585
Visit Site
Contact
Rooms begin at US132.00 p/n
About Grenada
Stay an extra day and explore Pure Grenada! In addition to traditional Caribbean activities like snorkeling, hiking the rain forest, and fishing, there are many must see attractions on the island of Grenada, including the Grenada National Museum, Fort George, Fort Frederick, Seven Sisters Falls, Grenada Chocolate Company, Rhum Runner, River Antoine Rum Distillery, and Annandale Falls. Visit puregrenada.com for details on these and other attractions.
FAQs
The career fair is open to students and business leaders, top employers, alumni, industry professionals, and clinicians.
Yes, a valid passport is required of all visitors when entering the independent island-nation of Grenada.
Yes, click here to view the campus map or visit SGU’s virtual tour.
Because of our tropical location, most of our visitors will be comfortable in casual attire. However, the career fair venue is fully air conditioned, thus if dressing for the tropical environment, participants may like to bring a sweater or light jacket to the venue.
The SGU bus route will be shared with you.
Your registration confirmation is immediate, following completion of the online registration form and payment. Bring a printed or electronic copy of your confirmation to the registration desk. Have further questions? Send us an email: svmcareerguidance@sgu.edu.
St. George’s University makes every effort to accommodate individuals with disabilities. If you require disability accommodations to attend an event, please contact us. in advance of the event.
Yes! There are 3 ATMs on campus: one at Charter Hall (lower campus, adjacent to the Welcome Centre) and two at David Brown Hall (upper campus, near to the clock tower).
Drop us an email! The career fair organizers monitor and respond to the mailbox quickly: svmcareerguidance@sgu.edu.