{"id":2440,"date":"2018-08-14T12:39:31","date_gmt":"2018-08-14T12:39:31","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/cals.ncsu.edu\/vetpac-new\/?page_id=2440"},"modified":"2025-09-25T09:50:08","modified_gmt":"2025-09-25T13:50:08","slug":"2440-2","status":"publish","type":"page","link":"https:\/\/cals.ncsu.edu\/vetpac\/2440-2\/","title":{"rendered":"Alex Grobman"},"content":{"rendered":"\n\n\n\n\n<p>My name is Alex Grobman and I am a member of the NCSU CVM class of&nbsp;2022. I&#8217;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 &#8220;foal watch&#8221; 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&#8217;m currently an equine medicine focus and I hope to work with sport\/performance horses in the future.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p><strong>Veterinary Experience:<\/strong><\/p>\n\n\n\n<ul class=\"wp-block-list\">\n<li>Wild game mobile practice in South Africa<\/li>\n\n\n\n<li>Small animal\/exotic clinic<\/li>\n\n\n\n<li>Small animal cardiopulmonary clinic<\/li>\n\n\n\n<li>Small animal general practice<\/li>\n\n\n\n<li>Equine mobile practice<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n\n\n\n<p><strong>Animal Experience:<\/strong><\/p>\n\n\n\n<ul class=\"wp-block-list\">\n<li>Small ruminant husbandry<\/li>\n\n\n\n<li>Dairy cow husbandry<\/li>\n\n\n\n<li>Exotic animal foster<\/li>\n\n\n\n<li>SPCA volunteer<\/li>\n\n\n\n<li>NCSU equestrian team president<\/li>\n\n\n\n<li>Hippotherapy volunteer<\/li>\n\n\n\n<li>Equestrian\/stablehand<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n\n\n\n<p><strong>Research Experience:<\/strong><\/p>\n\n\n\n<ul class=\"wp-block-list\">\n<li>Honors thesis- TGF- b2 downregulates MHC expression &amp; cytotoxicity of bone marrow-derived mesenchymal stem cells<\/li>\n\n\n\n<li>Assisted on project- Efficacy of antibiotic treatment of biofilms in four septic osteoarthritic horses<\/li>\n\n\n\n<li>Assisted on project- Limited pasture could reduce equine body weight, body condition score &amp; serum insulin<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n\n\n\n<p><strong>Awards:<\/strong><\/p>\n\n\n\n<ul class=\"wp-block-list\">\n<li>Summa Cum Laude<\/li>\n\n\n\n<li>CALS Honors grad<\/li>\n\n\n\n<li>Outstanding graduating senior award<\/li>\n\n\n\n<li>Global Perspectives Certificate<\/li>\n\n\n\n<li>Horse show awards from regionals, zones, and nationals<\/li>\n\n\n\n<li>North American comparative immunology attendee and co-author<\/li>\n\n\n\n<li>ASAS scholastic achievement award<\/li>\n\n\n\n<li>Office of undergrad research summer grant<\/li>\n\n\n\n<li>Poster presentations at three symposiums<\/li>\n\n\n\n<li>Invited to join Phi Kappa Phi, SCLA, Sigma Alpha Pi, Golden Key<\/li>\n\n\n\n<li>Caldwell fellowship finalist<\/li>\n\n\n\n<li>Park scholarship finalist<\/li>\n\n\n\n<li>Provost Scholarship recipient<\/li>\n\n\n\n<li>Dean\u2019s list<\/li>\n\n\n\n<li>VOLAR certificate of achievement<\/li>\n\n\n\n<li>CALS scholarship<\/li>\n\n\n\n<li>AP Psych outstanding student award<\/li>\n\n\n\n<li>World language competition champion<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n\n\n\n<p><strong>Extracurriculars:<\/strong><\/p>\n\n\n\n<ul class=\"wp-block-list\">\n<li>VetPAC internship at NCSU<\/li>\n\n\n\n<li>Global Village resident &amp; active member<\/li>\n\n\n\n<li>Pre-veterinary medical association active member<\/li>\n\n\n\n<li>Teaching Assistant for ANS 110, ANS 281, and ANS 495<\/li>\n\n\n\n<li>Student tutor for TRIO SSS<\/li>\n\n\n\n<li>VOLAR (Spanish volunteer club) active member<\/li>\n\n\n\n<li>Spanish honor society active member<\/li>\n\n\n\n<li>Rho Kappa (social studies honors society) active member<\/li>\n\n\n\n<li>English honor society active member<\/li>\n\n\n\n<li>RMI horse show office volunteer<\/li>\n\n\n\n<li>Community HOPE mentor and tutor<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n\n\n\n<p><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>My name is Alex Grobman and I am a member of the NCSU CVM class of&nbsp;2022. 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