2025 Morrison Swine Innovator Prize winner Kaydance Hinn (right) and Dr. Perle Zhitnitskiy, CVM professor and coordinator of the competition.
St. Paul, Minn.—Kaydance Hinn, a first-year student at the University of Minnesota College of Veterinary Medicine, received the 2025 Morrison Swine Innovator Prize, an award given to veterinary students who want to make a difference in swine health and production.
2024 MSIP Winner Savannah Thomson presents the Pig-O-Meter at the 2024 Leman Swine Conference
Veterinary students: Did you shadowing a swine practitioner this summer or have you been involved in an interesting clinical case investigation? Did you work on your veterinary skills by designing a differential diagnosis list or working on a treatment plan? Did you investigate a problem by analyzing production records? Share your work at the Allen D. Leman Swine Conference to win the Morrison Swine Innovator Prize!
Attending the Leman Conference is a great opportunity for veterinary students who want to network with industry leaders. Submissions to enter in the selection to present at the DVM student session at the Leman Conference should be uploaded at z.umn.edu/MSIP by the end of the day August 15th.
2024 MSIP Winner Savannah Thomson presents the Pig-O-Meter at the 2024 Leman Swine Conference
Dr. Perle Zhitnitskiy presents Savannah Thomson with the 2024 Morrison Swine Innovator Prize
Valeria Lugo gives her presentation at the 2023 Leman Swine Conference
Dr. Perle Zhitnitskiy introduces the Morrison Swine Innovator Prize during the 2017 Leman Conference
Dr. Cesar Corzo announces Carly Bates as the winner of the 2023 Morrison Swine Innovator Prize
Veterinary students: Are you shadowing a swine practitioner this summer or have you been involved in an interesting clinical case investigation? Did you work on your veterinary skills by designing a differential diagnosis list or working on a treatment plan? Did you investigate a problem by analyzing production records? Share your work at the Allen D. Leman Swine Conference to win the Morrison Swine Innovator Prize!