AMR Seminar: Virginia R. Fajt, Texas A & M

Cornell Center for Antimicrobial Resistance Research & Education Spring Seminar Series 2025

Title: The complicated picture of antimicrobial stewardship in veterinary settings

Speaker Bio: After receiving her DVM at Auburn University, Dr. Fajt did a food animal internship and served as a clinical instructor at Kansas State University, followed by a PhD in Physiology at Iowa State University. She is a diplomate of the American College of Veterinary Clinical Pharmacology. Since joining the Department of Veterinary Physiology and Pharmacology at Texas A&M University, she has taught pharmacology courses and concepts of evidence-based veterinary medicine to undergraduates, graduate students, and DVM students. She also collaborates with clinical veterinary faculty, epidemiologists, microbiologists, and librarians to study drug disposition and other aspects of clinical drug use, such as drug safety, storage, and decision-making. Dr. Fajt has served in several roles relevant to antimicrobial stewardship, including as the inaugural chair of the AVMA Committee on Antimicrobials, a voting member of the CLSI Veterinary Antimicrobial Susceptibility Testing Subcommittee, chair of the working group that developed the CLSI document VET09, and a voting member of the Presidential Advisory Council on Combating Antibiotic-Resistant Bacteria.