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WDA Student Awards

BioOne Ambassador Award Competition

The WDA Student Activities Committee (SAC) is happy to announce a new collaboration with BioOne this year. The WDA is now officially part of the BioOne Ambassador Award competition. The competition recognizes early career authors dedicated to communicating the importance and impact of their research to the public. The SAC will nominate one rising scholar who significantly contributed to the Journal of Wildlife Diseases in 2019.

For more information, please click here.

Joint IAAAM- WDA Student Award

The Wildlife Disease Association (WDA) and the International Association for Aquatic Animal Medicine (IAAAM) jointly provide an award for the best student-authored aquatic animal paper in the previous year’s Journal of Wildlife Diseases (JWD). The scholarship has a value of $1,500 US, which can be used for fees, books, supplies, equipment and other educational expenses incurred by the winner as a student during the pursuit of their graduate degree, or to support travel to conferences.

Articles eligible for this award - The primary author MUST have been / or be, a student at the time the article was submitted for publication and MUST CURRENTLY be a member in good standing of the IAAAM or WDA. There are approximately 1-15 articles each year whose authors meet these criteria.

The WDA offers a research recognition award, two scholarship awards in addition to a number of presentation and poster awards at the annual international WDA conference.

The aim of these awards is to recognize outstanding student research and scholarship in the field of wildlife health, to encourage student participation in the Association and attendance at our annual international conference.

Applications for the WDA Student Research Recognition Awards and Student Scholarship Achievement Awards 2021 are due Friday, February 26th, 2021.

Eligibility criteria and how to apply for one (or more) of the 2021 WDA student awards can be found here >>

To be eligible for a presentation and / or poster award at the annual international WDA conference, please follow the guidelines for student abstracts found here >> Please submit your abstracts via the annual international WDA/EWDA conference website (#CUENCA2020) by the abstract deadline which is April 18th, 2021.

Learn more about the background to the Terry Amundson Presentation award

Questions? Contact Tiggy Grillo, Co-Chair of the WDA Student Awards Committee: tgrillo@wildlifehealthaustralia.com.au

WDA Student Award Recipients

Year	Research Recognition Travel Award	Terry Amundson Presentation Award	WDA Graduate Student Scholarship Award	Student Poster Award
2019	Chris Cleveland, University of Georgia and SCWDS	Anastasia Towe Honorable Mention: Kaylee Byers, University of British Columbia	Viviana Gonzalez-Astudillo, University of California-Davis Kaylee Byers, University Of British Columbia	Megan Moriarty Honorable Mention: Risa Pesapane
2018	Sarah Sapp, University Of Georgia	Charlie Bahnson, University of Georgia Honorable mention: Molly Martony, University of Florida	Samantha Allen, University Of Guelph, Canada Jennifer Bloodgood, University Of Georgia	Kayla Kauffman, University Of Wyoming Honorable mention: Amanda Dolinski, Michigan State University
2017	Viviana Gonzalez-Astudillo, the University of Queensland, Australia	Marlene Haggblade, Davis School Of Veterinary Medicine, U Of California Honorable Mention: Bieneke Bron, University Of Wisconsin - Madison	Carolyn Hodo, Texas A&M University, USA. Charlayna Cammarata, Texas A&M University, USA	Jamie Rothenburger, Ontario Veterinary College, University of Guelph Honorable mention: Shannon French, Department of Pathobiology, University of Guelph
2016	Michelle Verant, University of Wisconsin-Madison (now working for National Park Service)	Kristen Davenport, Colorado State Univ Honorable Mention: Stuart Patterson, Royal Veterinary College, Univ of London	Krista Jones, Murdoch Univ Jamie Rothenburger, Ontario Veterinary College, U of Guelph	Emilie Couture, Canadian Wildlife Health Cooperative, U of Montreal Honorable Mention: Amanda MacDonald, U of Guelph

2015	Stefano Liccioli, Department of Ecosystem and Public Health Faculty of Veterinary Medicine, U of Calgary	Matilde Tomaselli, U of Calgary Honorable Mention: Melia DeVivo, U of Wyoming	Tiffany Wolf, Veterinary Biomedical Sciences Department, U of Minnesota	Sarah Sapp, U of Georgia Honorable Mention: Sarah Michael, Wildbase, IVABS, Massey U

2014	Christina Hansen, U of Alaska Fairbanks, USA	Chelsea Himsworth, U of British Columbia, Canada Honorable Mention: Taya Forde, U of Calgary, Canada	Chelsea Himsworth, U of British Columbia, Canada	Emily Whitmer, U of California, Davis, USA Honorable Mention: Nistara Randhawa, U of California, Davis, USA
2013	Morne de Wet U of Pretoria	Albert Mercurio U of Georgia Honorable Mention: Ben Stading U of Wisconsin, Madison	Michelle Verant U of Wisconsin, Madison	Annie Page-Karjian U of Georgia Honorable Mention: Kristin Bondo U of Guelph
2012	Karoun Bagamian Emory U	Heather Bryan U of Calgary U	Barbara Shock U of Georgia	Janie Steele Royal Veterinary College
2011	Stacie Robinson U of Wisconsin	Steven van Beurden Utrecht U Caroline Van Hemert U of Alaska	Shamus Keeler U of Georgia	Samantha Allen U of Guelph
2010	Jeffery Lorch U of Wisconsin	Taiana Costa U of Georgia	Sara Hammer Michigan State	Julie Ducrocq U of Montreal
2009	Sarah Hamer Michigan State U	Luis Cruz-Martinez U of Minnesota	Mark Ruder U of Georgia	Jeffrey Lorch U of Wisconsin
2008	Valerie A. O'Brien U Tulsa	Carlos das Neves Norwegian School of Veterinary Science	Nicole Gottdenker U of Georgia	Paul Oesterle Colorado State
2007	Shelly Lachish U of Queensland	David R. Edmunds U of Wyoming	Leslie Reperant Princeton U	Johan Lindsjö U of Saskatchewan
2006	Justin Brown U of Georgia	Pauline Nol Colorado State	Krysten Schuler S. Dakota State
2005	Tammi L. Johnson Kansas State U	Emily J. Jenkins U of Saskatchewan	Cynthia Tate U of Georgia
2004	Emily Jenkins U of Saskatchewan	Michael Yabsley U of Georgia	Justin Brown U of Georgia
2003	Cynthia Tate U of Georgia	Yeen Teen Hwang U of Saskatchewan	Andrea Varela U of Georgia
2002	Samantha Gibbs U of Georgia	Catherine Soos U of Saskatchewan	Michael Yabsley U of Georgia
2001	Melissa Miller (Chechowitz) UC Davis	Darryn Knobel U of Pretoria & James Lloyd-Smith UC Berkeley	Lori Sheeler-Gordon Texas Tech
2000	Catherine Soos U of Saskatchewan	Lauren Ritchie U of Florida	Mark Cunningham U of Florida
1999	Scott Terrell U of Florida	Todd Cornish U of Georgia	Kimberlee Beckman U of Alaska
1998	Walter Cook U of Wyoming	Li-Len Cheng U of Wisconsin	Melissa Chechowitz UC Davis
1997	Igor Mikaelian U of Montreal	Don Coyner U of Florida	Susan Kutz U of Saskatchewan
1996	Grace McLaughlin U of Florida	Randall Singer UC Davis
1995	Mitch Lockhart U of Georgia	Kirk Smith U of Georgia
1994	Kirsten Gilardi UC Davis	Kathy Burek U of WIsconsin
1993	Sandra Honour U of Saskatchewan	Brita Kraabel Colorado State & Charlotte Quist U of Georgia
1992	Kevin Keel U of Georgia	Lisa White U of Georgia
1991	Katherine List U of Wyoming	Ronald Silflow Washington State
1990	Not awarded	Not awarded
1989	Beth Fritz U of Wisconsin	Lynn Hayes U of Georgia
1988	Ronald Silflow Washington State	Diana Goldberg U of Wisconsin
1987	Jeffrey Zuba U of Wisconsin	Sandi Black U of Guelph
1986	Rex Sohn U of Wisconsin	Charles Rupprecht Wistar Institute
1985	Lena Measures U of Guelph	Elizabeth Howerth U of Georgia
1984	Anne Fairbrother U of Wisconsin	Tonie Rocke U of Wisconsin
1983	Mark Drew U of Alberta	Lena Measures U of Guelph
1982	Edwin Jones Virginia Polytech Institute	Tonie Rocke U of Wisconsin & Anne Fairbrother U of Wisconsin
1981	Margo Pybus U of Alberta & Thomas Scott Penn State U	Unknown
1980	Not awarded	Cheryl Bartlett U of Guelph
1979	Robert Swanson Cornell U & Terry Amundson U of Wisconsin & Joseph Conti U of Florida & Donald Davis Texas A & M	Terry Amundson U of Wisconsin
1978	Ann Kier U of Missouri	Terry Amundson U of Wisconsin
1977	Bradley Hicks U of Guelph
1976	Morley Barrett U of Alberta
1975		Richard J. Cawthorn U of Guelph