James A. Roth, DVM, PhD was awarded the SCAVMA Basic Sciences Award at the Spring 1997 Awards Ceremony. Dr. Roth is a Distinguished Professor in the MIPM Department at the Iowa State University College of Veterinary Medicine. Dr. Roth's research is involved in immunosuppression and immunomodulation. In his work with respiratory diseases, he "investigates molecular aspects of neutrophil dysfunction associated with stress, viral infection, or bacterial virulence factors" and how these defects can be reversed with "biologic response modifiers."