The new program will place Texas A&M researchers on the front lines of the nation’s food and livestock industry.
A significant portion of the nation’s food animal industry will receive cutting-edge research support that will help producers grow and prosper in a time of increasing global demand and pressing sustainability issues thanks to an innovative partnership between Texas A&M University’s College of Veterinary Medicine & Biomedical Sciences (CVM) and West Texas A&M University.
While this collaboration, known as the Veterinary Education, Research, & Outreach (VERO) program, offers a systematic approach that focuses on education and outreach, VERO has also been increasingly placing CVM and WTAMU researchers at the front and center of the nation’s food livestock industry.
VERO’s roots were planted in 2009, thanks to the combined vision of Dr. Eleanor Green, the Carl B. King Dean of Veterinary Medicine at Texas A&M, and Dr. Dean Hawkins, then-dean of West Texas-A&M’s Paul Engler College of Agriculture & Natural Sciences.
Initially, VERO’s focus was on creating educational and outreach efforts, such as the Food Animal Production & Rural Practice Tour and creating summer internships for CVM students. However, the addition of Dr. Paul Morley, VERO’s director of research, to the VERO team in early 2019 has ramped up the program’s research component.
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