Wildlife Disease Student Research Symposium held this Wed., March 6
The UGA Student Chapter of the Wildlife Disease Association (UGAscWDA) invites all UGA students – undergraduate, graduate, and veterinary – to participate in their annual Wildlife Disease Student Research Symposium taking place this Wed. March 6 from 11 a.m. to 1 p.m. at the Paul D. Coverdell Center for Biomedical and Health Sciences.
The event is hosted by UGAscWDA and BHSI Division of One Health.
The deadline to compete for travel awards has passed, but students, faculty and staff are encouraged to listen to oral presentations and mingle with other researchers during the poster presentation that follows.
[UPDATE: If you missed the symposium, videos of the featured student speakers can be viewed here.]
Check out the agenda below…
AGENDA
*11:00 a.m. – 12:00 p.m.
Oral Presentations by Travel Award Winners
Coverdell Center Auditorium, Room 175
Investigation of Wellfleet Bay Virus Epidemiology in the American Common Eider (Somateria mollissima dresseri)
Jenn Ballard, DVM, PhD Student
Department of Population Health, College of Veterinary Medicine, and Southeastern Cooperative Wildlife Disease Study (SCWDS)
Surveillance for Lymphoproliferative Disease Virus (LPDV) in Hunter-Killed Eastern Wild Turkeys (Meleagris gallopavo)
Jesse Thomas, MS Student
Warnell School of Forestry and Natural Resources, and SCWDS
Surveillance for various pathogens and lead in American Black Ducks (Anas rubripes) from the northeastern and mid-Atlantic United States
Whitney Kistler, MS, PhD Student
Warnell School of Forestry and Natural Resources, and SCWDS
Runners Up: Julie Rushmore, PhD Student, Odum School of Ecology; Sarah Budischak, PhD Student, Odum School of Ecology; Annie Page-Karjian, PhD Student, College of Veterinary Medicine.
*12:00 p.m. – 1:00 p.m.
Poster Session and Social
Coverdell Center Lobby and Rotunda, Food and Refreshments to be provided
Contact Barbara Shock (bshock@uga.edu) or Sonia Hernandez (shernz@uga.edu) with questions about the symposium.