Awards Committee
This committee is a standing committee of the WDA as specified in the appendix to the WDA Bylaws.
Purpose
To recommend recipients for the WDA awards to WDA Council and to decide and announce the recipients of the WDA student awards.
Membership
Chair, Laurie Baeten, labdvm@gmail.com
Member, Michael Kock, mdkock@kingsley.co.za
Member, Tokuma Yanai, tokumayanai@gmail.com
Member, Tim Portus, timp@zoovet.com.au
Awards Subcommittee - Student Awards
Co-Chair, Michelle Verant, mverant@gmail.com
Co-Chair, Stuart Patterson, SPatterson@rvc.ac.uk
Member, Andrea Miller, andreavet15@gmail.com
Member, Shaleen Angwenyi, shaleen.angwenyi@gmail.com
Member, Allison Tuttle, IAAAM liaison, atuttle@mysticaquarium.org
Scope
To recommend to Council nominees for:
Ed Addison Distinguished Service Award
Emeritus Award
Tom Thorne and Beth Williams Memorial Award
And to decide the:
Student Research Recognition Award
Graduate Student Scholarship Award
Terry Amundson Best Presentation (and Honorable Mention) and Best Poster Presentation (and Honorable Mention) awards at the Annual International Conference
International Association of Aquatic Animal Medicine and WDA joint student Manuscript Award
BioOne Ambassador Award