Katarzyna (Kasia) Szymanska Email & Phone Number

Augusta, Me, Us

Certified Fear Free PractitionerCompleted 3 day interactive lecture and wet-lab course on fundamentals of veterinary dentistry at the Animal Dental Training Center, Maryland

Associate Veterinarian in a busy, full-service, six veterinarian practice Responsible for dentistry, spay/neuters and mass removals Providing full in-house work-up, emergency care, weekend hours, and house callsCollaboration with various humane organizations and shelters to provide spay/neuter and medical diagnosis and treatment

Associate Veterinarian in an AAHA accredited hospital Provided efficient but thorough exam room consultation and patient care, including internal medicine, preventative care, and client educationGained proficiency in running and evaluating routine diagnostics including: digital radiography, IDEXX, fecal and urinalysis, FNA, cytology

Paris, Fr

As an Intern in the Communications Unit at the World Organization for Animal Health (OIE) I developed two web portals for avian influenza and bovine spongiform encephalopathy (BSE) using Typo 3, a web content management system. I was involved in day-to-day communication including preparing social media posts and press reviews. Was responsible for the analysis of social media analytics. Completed World Health Organization (WHO) Communications E-learning module and participated in a Regional Communications Corespondent training session. My work at the OIE was in collaboration with the Irish Department of Agriculture, Fish, and the Marine.

Geneva 27, Ge, Ch

As an Intern in the Neglected Zoonotic Disease Unit, a subdivision of the Neglected Tropical Diseases Unit of the World Health Organization I was responsible for conducting a systematic literature review on the global rabies burden. I also developed content for an awareness campaign for World Rabies Day (September, 28th). I attended the Royal Society for Tropical Medicine and Hygiene Biennial Meeting in Cambridge, UK on the challenges in disease elimination. My work at the WHO was in collaboration with the Irish Department of Agriculture, Fish, and the Marine.

Bethesda, Md, Us

• Studied tumor protein expression associated with cholangiofibrosis (CF) and cholangiocarcinoma (CC) in Fischer 344 rats induced by furan• Determined if the alterations associated with cancer progression and malignant transformation exist in the rat CF and CC lesions through immunohistochemical expression of BCL-2, ERB-2, P53, and β-catenin to help better understand these lesions• Presented poster at the annual National Institute of Health Summer Internship Program Symposium • Recipient of the White Horse Travel Bursary, UCD • Author of two articles published in the PATHways, a newsletter for students of Veterinary Pathology and the British Veterinary Association, Careers Record

• Preformed clinical rounds and animal care services, including technical procedures• Looked after genetically engineered animal models, animals with immunocompromised health status, animals recovering from surgery or other invasive procedures, neonates, animals in infectious disease studies• Applied Toyota Production System (TPS) principles to improve customer service and animal well-being by developing Standard Operating Procedures and providing employee training

• Received training in performing cesarean sections in sheep on a Specific-Pathogen-Free "SPF" ovine farm • Gained skills in epidural anesthetic injection, aseptic surgical technique, gowning, instrument preparation, dissections, suturing and post-surgical recovery • Provided anesthesia support and neonatal care, including esophageal (tube) feeding, SQ and IM injections

• Developed a Desktop Assessment for a coordinated international program to minimize the impact of newly emergent zoonotic disease outbreaks in four Southeast Asian countries: Thailand, Vietnam, Cambodia, and Laos

• Performed microbiological diagnostics of clinical specimens submitted to the NHVDL. • Employed and analyzed a variety of standard biochemical tests to identify fungal, bacterial and parasitic pathogens. • Knowledgeable in biological staining, biochemical reactions of microorganisms, ELISA and other serologic techniques including agglutination reactions, commercial identification systems and antibiotic susceptibility testing (Kirby Bauer Disk Diffusion Technique).

• Helped students in private tutor sessions as well as in laboratory exercises to grasp difficult concepts in physics, biology and chemistry. • Responsible for helping students revise their coursework and find new useful studying strategies.

• Managed a heard of 100 adult, milking cows and 100 heifers In UNH's conventional dairy barn. Responsible for daily chores, including milking, as well as general large animal care. • Skills learned include hoof care, general newborn calf care, artificial insemination technique, how to aid in birthing, vaccination administration, and parasite treatment.

• Investigated the role of evolutionary history in adaptation of a plant and animal pathogen (Burkholderia cenocepacia).• Worked on bacterial growth analysis, assay development and experiment revision. • Results of year long research project were presented in annual undergraduate research conference.

• Immunofluorescently labeled smooth muscle actin in lung sections from a postnatal growth series of rats and produced confocal microscopy images to evaluate the spatial and temporal distribution of the contractile element in the alveolar interstitial of the lung.• Contribution to the research project resulted in acknowledgement in publication (American Thoracic Society). • Employed techniques including rat dissection, imunohistochemistry and laser scanning confocal imaging.Contribution acknowledged in “Distribution and Quantity of Contractile Tissue in Postnatal Development of Rat Alveolar Interstitium” The Anatomical Record: Advances in Integrative Anatomy and Evolutionary Biology, Volume 291, Issue 1 (p 83-93)

• Collaborated with Arizeke Inc., a pharmaceutical company, to test and evaluate the penetration of a therapeutic aerosol product in lungs of rats with chronic obstructive pulmonary disease. • Responsible for the assessment of the drug which required: intratracheal installation of drug in rat trachea, dissection, immunoflorescence labeling, confocal microscopy and protocol revision. • Responsible for communication and research updates to Arizeke. • Trained undergraduate and graduate students in software and confocal microscope use.

• Granted an independent research project related to drug development for the treatment of infected fish, of commercial importance. • Researched the effects of an antibacterial peptide, CHP105, on selected bacterial species as it relates to permeability through the bacterial membrane. • Work included in a grant proposal, primary author of the paper “Penetration of the Antibacterial Peptide CHP105.” Participated in necropsy analysis and field investigation of marine fauna and flora health.

• Participated in routine cheek ups, surgeries, sample collection and analysis.

• Prepared adipose tissue sections and fluorescently labeled and stained them. • Applied confocal imaging software for further image analysis to be used in the final grant proposal: “Adipose tissue and its correlation with cancer growth.”

• Trained in general laboratory techniques like sterile technique and tissue culture; including media preparation and in Endnotes software. • Constructed a web page for the BIL project (Bio-Imaging Library). Scanned biological samples with a laser con-focal florescent microscope.

Masters Of Public Health

Medicina Veterinaria Baccalaureate (Mvb), Veterinary Medicine

B.S., Pre-Veterinary Medicine, Microbiology

Full Year Study Abroad, Pre-Veterinary Medicine, Microbiology

Extension School