JOSHUA PELLOW

Focused student with exceptional leadership, communication, and critical-thinking skills under pressure. Dedicated to learning new skills and being adaptable in changing environments. Very self-motivated and goal-oriented individual.

• Mimados Small Animal Clinic- [Internship, 06/2023 - 07/2023], Located in Buenos Aires, Argentina, Shadowed and assisted Dr. Camila Montoya for physical exams and daily responsibilities, Assisted veterinary staff of inpatient hospital outside of shadowing Dr. Montoya, Greatly improved conversational skills in Spanish
• Wildlife Center- Humane Animal Rescue of Pittsburgh- Volunteer, Fall 2022 - Present, Husbandry including cleaning, feeding, enrichment with wild animals such as skunks, opossums, raptors, turtles and snakes, Occasionally assist veterinary staff with medical rounds and procedures
• National Aviary- Internship, Spring 2023, Husbandry including cleaning, feeding, enrichment, and monitoring, Observed and assisted veterinary staff with medical procedures, Independently studied cases, behavior, anatomy, Learned protocols related to pharmacy, treatment/ procedures, lab and surgery with established curriculum, Medical rounds with veterinary staff
• Rood and Riddle Equine Hospital- Externship, 07/11/22 - 07/22/22, Observed several procedures including tie backs, TPS, laceration stitching, tracheotomy, colic operation, EOTRH treatment, emergency neuro operation, Observed lameness/physical exams, daily checkups, Assisted in pre-op shaving, scrubbing, handling of horses, administering of sedation, Assisted in post-op cleaning and recovery
• Dr. Scott Ahlschwede, DVM- Shadowing, Summer 2022, Ambulatory veterinarian for Rood and Riddle, Observed screw removals, ultrasound palpitations, hernias, Assisted in weaning foals, handling mares, sample collection, sedation

• Ecology Lab Self-Directed Field Research, Fall 2023, Buck Rub Preference in Urban Habitats
• CURE Antibiotic Discovery: Honors Organic Chemistry Laboratory, Fall 2022, Authentic research involving antibiotic isolation and purification techniques, Characterization of antibiotics using spectroscopic techniques
• Duckweed Survivor: Foundations of Biology Laboratory, Spring 2022, Authentic research analyzing the effects of different chemical stressors on the genetic variants of Lemna minor and Spirodela polyrhiza
• Viral Genomes: Foundations of Biology Laboratory, Fall 2021, Authentic research involving the annotations of genes of Gordonia terrae bacteriophage BobBob, Will be one of authors on file once annotation is fully completed, which will be submitted to Genbank database

• Dr. Ken Rotondo, DVM, MBA, (518) 669-3016, President- Mind Genomics
• Dr. Camila Montoya, DVM, camila.montoya88@gmail.com, Clinical Director, Mimados
• Dr. Shannon Smith, DVM, Shannon.Smith@aviary.org, Associate Veterinarian, National Aviary
• Jess Lindberg, (814) 341-4120, Jess.Lindberg@aviary.org, Assistant Manager, Veterinary Department, National Aviary
• Dr. Scott Ahlschwede, DVM, (518) 223-2243, sahlschwede@roodandriddle.com, Ambulatory Veterinarian at Rood and Riddle Equine Hospital

• SSOAR- Summer Volunteer Program at Saratoga Hospital, Summer 2019, Orthopedic Floor and Emergency Department, Assisting nurses and doctors, Tending to patients
• STRIVE- Mentor Program, 2018-2020, Weekly meetings with mentee of underprivileged background, Used my own past hardships as springboard for advice on my mentee's hardships and other obstacles
• Science National Honor Society, Secretary, 2018-2019, President, 2019-2020, As Secretary, responsibilities included communicating with members on meeting dates and other opportunities, leading Eco Committee, As President, responsibilities included organizing meetings, partitioning team workload, Constitution alterations, leading Eco Committee, Science Night
• Class Council, Vice President, 2019-2020, Planning and conducting meetings, Organizing events, Planning graduation, graduation speech

• Breakthrough at Pitt, Tutor, 2020-2021
• Outdoors Club at Pitt, Member, 2020-present
• Wrestling Club at Pitt, Member, 01/2022-present
• General hobbies: Fishing, hiking, videography, travel