My name is Alex Grobman and I am a member of the NCSU CVM class of 2022. I’m from Weston, Florida and gained a solid amount of veterinary experience hours in my hometown (small animal and equine) before graduating high school in 2014 and transitioning to undergrad at NCSU as an out-of-state student. I graduated in 2018 with a major in Animal Science- Veterinary Bioscience and a minor in Foreign Language-Spanish. The incredible resources available to undergrads at NCSU (the animal units, research opportunities, etc.) helped me to gain experience hours in various fields. I worked at the dairy unit, small ruminant unit, and even helped to perform “foal watch” at the equine unit. I worked as an undergraduate research assistant in the Schnabel lab where we manipulated mesenchymal stem cells. I was very involved with the Hunt Seat Equestrian Club and functioned as the service coordinator, secretary, VP, and president through my four years in undergrad. I worked as a teaching assistant in various Pre-Vet track courses and as a student tutor for the TRIO program. I traveled to Limpopo, South Africa twice- once as a student and once as a faculty member for ANS 495: Wildlife Management and Conservation in South Africa. I’m currently an equine medicine focus and I hope to work with sport/performance horses in the future.
Veterinary Experience:
- Wild game mobile practice in South Africa
- Small animal/exotic clinic
- Small animal cardiopulmonary clinic
- Small animal general practice
- Equine mobile practice
Animal Experience:
- Small ruminant husbandry
- Dairy cow husbandry
- Exotic animal foster
- SPCA volunteer
- NCSU equestrian team president
- Hippotherapy volunteer
- Equestrian/stablehand
Research Experience:
- Honors thesis- TGF- b2 downregulates MHC expression & cytotoxicity of bone marrow-derived mesenchymal stem cells
- Assisted on project- Efficacy of antibiotic treatment of biofilms in four septic osteoarthritic horses
- Assisted on project- Limited pasture could reduce equine body weight, body condition score & serum insulin
Awards:
- Summa Cum Laude
- CALS Honors grad
- Outstanding graduating senior award
- Global Perspectives Certificate
- Horse show awards from regionals, zones, and nationals
- North American comparative immunology attendee and co-author
- ASAS scholastic achievement award
- Office of undergrad research summer grant
- Poster presentations at three symposiums
- Invited to join Phi Kappa Phi, SCLA, Sigma Alpha Pi, Golden Key
- Caldwell fellowship finalist
- Park scholarship finalist
- Provost Scholarship recipient
- Dean’s list
- VOLAR certificate of achievement
- CALS scholarship
- AP Psych outstanding student award
- World language competition champion
Extracurriculars:
- VetPAC internship at NCSU
- Global Village resident & active member
- Pre-veterinary medical association active member
- Teaching Assistant for ANS 110, ANS 281, and ANS 495
- Student tutor for TRIO SSS
- VOLAR (Spanish volunteer club) active member
- Spanish honor society active member
- Rho Kappa (social studies honors society) active member
- English honor society active member
- RMI horse show office volunteer
- Community HOPE mentor and tutor