Evelyn Smith
Davis
Summary
Hardworking and reliable fourth-year Animal Science student at UC Davis with extensive horse care and small animal experience. Capable of managing and resolving difficult circumstances while maintaining a professional attitude.
Overview
9
9
years of professional experience
Work History
Equine Nurse
UC Davis Veterinary Hospital
03.2022 - Current
- 500 hours of direct veterinary experience thus far working as an equine nurse for the inpatient horses at the hospital.
- Perform physical exams on all patients as well as collect blood, feces, or mucus samples to submit for lab analysis.
- Ensure patient comfort while in hospital, by monitoring mentation, feed and water intake, and excretions. Abnormalities documented and doctors notified when necessary. Additionally, learned efficient patient transfer between nursing shifts, to ensure all patient information is communicated properly.
- Place and start IV catheter fluids, calculate drug dosages, draw up/prepare, and administer treatments and medications via oral, IV, and intramuscular injections.
- Assist veterinary students and doctors with treatments of inpatients, as well as working up emergency cases of colic, lacerations, choke, and more.
- Basic cleaning and restocking responsibilities within our office to ensure quick access to required tools.
Undergraduate Research Assistant
UCD Veterinary Genetics
04.2023 - Current
- Veterinary Genetics Researcher in Dr. Carrie Finno's lab, with a focus on equine genetics
- Conducted a validation study for a disease known as Kissing Spines, which had a previously identified SNP variant
- Performed PCR and gel electrophoresis on DNA samples that were extracted from whole blood, before sending amplified samples for Sanger Sequencing
- Analyzed Sanger Sequencing data to determine variants, and ultimately was able to refute the previously published study on Kissing Spines in horses. This data was presented at the UCD Undergraduate Research Conference in 2025.
- Helped care for mouse colony, including feeding, breeding, weighing, and general health checks, in addition to giving supportive care (SubQ saline injections) for mice receiving chemotherapy treatments. Additionally, proficient in ear tagging and sexing of the mice.
- Participated in regular lab meetings, presentations, and journal club reviews, and supported graduate researchers with their projects.
Veterinary Assistant
Harvest Hills Veterinary Hospital
07.2022 - 09.2022
- 265 hours of veterinary experience.
- Worked as a veterinary assistant at the small animal clinic.
- Gathered patients from the waiting room, began the exam by talking to owners, getting a brief history and identifying concerns, then updated the doctors and assisted with their exams.
- Assisted during appointments with restraint, drew up vaccines, prepared prescriptions, watched surgical procedures, and shot x-rays.
- Watched surgical procedures including spays, neuters, foreign body surgeries, cruciate repairs/TPLOs, and bladder stone removals.
- Learned to draw blood from the leg as well as the jugular vein and take fecal samples.
- Learned to read fecal slides and identify various internal parasites and their eggs.
Working Student
Arcadia Hills Equestrian
05.2016 - Current
- Taking care of the horses and helping my coach with various tasks.
- Cleaning stalls, filling and cleaning water buckets, making feed, turning out horses, basic wound care, and tacking/untacking the horses. Carried out day-day-day duties accurately and efficiently.
- Organizing, prepping, and packing equipment at horse shows. This includes: bales of hay, bags of feed, tack, horse care items, bathing tools, etc.
- Night checks including checking on horse health, feeding, watering, and blanketing.
- Organizing schedule and horse care needs for 20+ horses.
- Mentor to younger students as well as beginner riding instructor.
Education
Bachelor of Science - Animal Science
University of California- Davis
Davis, California05.2025
High school diploma - undefined
Heritage Hall High School
Oklahoma City, Oklahoma08.2017
Skills
- Hard working
- Multitasking abilities
- Responsible
- Teamwork
- Animal Handling
- Researching skills
- Data analysis
Accomplishments
- Dean's List 2025
- Hunter Jumper Exhibitors of Oklahoma Scholarship Recipient 2021
- National Honor Society 2017-2021
- Mu Alpha Theta Honor Society 2017-2021
- National Spanish Honor Society 2017-2021
- AP Scholar
Timeline
Undergraduate Research Assistant
UCD Veterinary Genetics
04.2023 - Current
Veterinary Assistant
Harvest Hills Veterinary Hospital
07.2022 - 09.2022
Equine Nurse
UC Davis Veterinary Hospital
03.2022 - Current
Working Student
Arcadia Hills Equestrian
05.2016 - Current
High school diploma - undefined
Heritage Hall High School
Bachelor of Science - Animal Science
University of California- Davis
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