This year, there were five recipients of the 2020 Student Travel Awards:
Erica Chang - Veterinary Student, University of California Davis, “Genetic and Virulence Diversity of Klebsiella pneumoniae Recovered from Southern Sea Otters (Enhydra lutris nereis)”
Molly Martony – Aquatic Animal Medicine Resident, University of Florida, “Establishing Ultrasonographic Criteria for Metastasis in the Superficial Cervical Lymph Nodes of Bottlenose Dolphins (Tursiops truncatus) with Squamous Cell Carcinoma”
Zachary Ready – Veterinary Student, Purdue University, “Total Ear Canal Ablation and Lateral Bulla Osteotomy (TECA-LBO) for Successful Surgical Management of Otitis Media in Harbor Seals (Phoca vitulina)”
Michelle Rivard – Aquatic Animal Medicine Intern, Mystic Aquarium, “Investigation of Prevalence, Predisposing Factors and Clinical Presentation of Megaesophagus in Stranded Phocids”
Izzet Saticioğlu (International awardee) – Post-doctoral Fellow, Erciyes University, “Identification and Antimicrobial Susceptibility of the Possible Novel Flavobacterium Species Isolated from Farmed Trout”
Congratulations to each of these students!
The Student Liaison Committee was highly impressed with the quality of student research that is underway, and we are all looking forward to the student award competition at the upcoming meeting in Tampa, FL.