Lectures Sponsored (or Co-sponsored) by the Carlton M. Herman Founders Fund of the WDA

The main scope of activities supported by the fund is the relation of population health and density to changes in habitat. The scope includes all animals, including the human species. Activities may include invited lectures, funding of research, presentation of medals in acknowledgement of contributions, support of publications, or other activities as determined by the trustees of the Fund.

1994 - Hal Salwasser, University of Montana: “Wildlife Populations and Wildlife Health”

1997 - Louis. J. Guillette, Jr., University of Florida: “Environmental Contaminants and Alligator Embryos”

1998 - Brian D. Cooke, CSIRO, Australia: “Rabbit Haemorrhagic Disease in Australia”

2000 - Roy G. Bengis, Kruger National Park, South Africa (co-sponsored with AAWV): “Bovine Tuberculosis in the Kruger National Park.”

2005 - Peter Hudson, Pennsylvania State University: “How do parasites influence the ecology of their host populations? Studies on red grouse and their nematode, Trichostrongylus tenuis”.

2006 - Gary A. Wobeser: “There are now a few gaps in our ignorance”

2007 - André A. Dhont: “Mycoplasmal conjunctivitis in hose finches: host and disease dynamics in the introduced and native range of the host”

2008 - Mark S. Hafner: "Disease, Wildlife Research and the PUblic's Perception of Risk"