Samantha Beeson
Contact Info
MD, Current DVM/PhD Student, Veterinary Medicine, University of Minnesota
BS, Animal Science, University of Minnesota
Summary
Awards & Recognition
NIH Training Program in Muscle Research Fellowship, 2015 Morris Animal Foundation Travel Award, 2015 USDA-NRSP8 Equine Genome Workshop Travel Award, 2015 CVM Travel Scholarship, 2014
Research
Research Summary/Interests
Projects
- Recurrent Exertional Rhabdomyolysis (RER)
Sam's thesis project is focused on determining the genetic basis of recurrent exertional rhabdomyolysis (RER) in Thoroughbreds and Standardbreds. Additional projects she is involved in include investigation of genetic determinants of gait in Standardbred horses, creation of a fine-scale recombination map for the domestic horse, and assessment of genotype imputation performance between low- and high-density equine SNP arrays.