UF veterinary pathologist honored with Kansas State alumni award

John Harvey, D.V.M., Ph.D., professor and chair of the University of Florida College of Veterinary Medicine's department of physiological sciences, has received an alumni recognition award from Kansas State University.

Harvey is one of two Kansas State College of Veterinary Medicine alumni to receive the award, which was bestowed Jan. 13 during the North American Veterinary Conference in Orlando.

The award is given to acknowledge time and effort devoted to the veterinary profession, and for serving as exemplary role models for future alumni of the Kansas State veterinary college.

A Kansas native, Harvey earned both his bachelor's and D.V.M. degrees from Kansas State, and his Ph.D. from the University of California-Davis. He is board certified in clinical pathology by the American College of Veterinary Pathologists.

Harvey's research interests are comparative hematology and erythrocyte enzyme deficiencies. He discovered and named the Ehrlichia platys organism that infects dog platelets and, along with co-workers, first recognized and reported four different inherited erythrocyte enzyme deficiencies.

Among the honors Harvey has received at UF are the Daniels Pharmaceutical Senior Clinical Investigator Award, the Norden Distinguished Teacher Award and the C.L. Davis Foundation Journal Scholarship Award.

A former president of the American Society for Veterinary Clinical Pathology, Harvey also served a four-year term on the Morris Animal Foundation's scientific advisory board. He has published more than 120 journal articles and book chapters concerning comparative hematology, and has presented more than 170 scientific and continuing education talks and seminars.