2023 Student Award Winners

Congratulations to the 2023 Student Award Winners!

American College of Veterinary Microbiologists Awards (ACVM)

• Name of Award: Don Kahn Award (Overall best presentation)
  Name of Winner: Flavio Cargnin Faccin
  Institutional Affiliation: University of Georgia
  Title of Abstract: Development of a modified live attenuated influenza virus vaccine against H9N2 for poultry
• Name of Award: ACVM Student Presentation Award Oral – 1^st place
  Name of Winner: Molly McClurg
  Institutional Affiliation: Texas A&M University
  Title of Abstract: Does antimicrobial-free beef production reduce transmission of resistant bacteria to human consumers?
• Name of Award: ACVM Student Presentation Award Oral – 2^nd place
  Name of Winner: Chia-Ming Su
  Institutional Affiliation: University of Illinois at Urbana-Champaign
  Title of Abstract: Immune outcome of IFN suppression-negative and NF-κB activation-negative PRRSV infection in vitro and in vivo
• Name of Award: ACVM Student Presentation Award Oral – 3^rd place
  Name of Winner: Taeyong Kwon
  Institutional Affiliation: Kansas State University
  Title of Abstract: Gene editing of pigs to control swine influenza virus infections
• Name of Award: ACVM Student Presentation Award Poster – 1^st place
  Name of Winner: Mehdi Maury Laouedj
  Institutional Affiliation: University of Montreal
  Title of Abstract: Identification and characterization of nidovirus-host molecular interactions using global proteomic profiling
• Name of Award: ACVM CRWAD Elankumaran Subbiah Memorial Travel Award
  Name of Winner: Sachithra Gunasekara
  Institutional Affiliation: Oklahoma State University
  Title of Abstract: Characterization of the neutrophil response to SARS-CoV-2 infection in a feline animal model

Association for Veterinary Epidemiology and Preventative Medicine Awards

•  Name of Award:  AVEPM Best oral presentation – 1^st Place
  Name of Winner: Lucas Horton
  Institutional Affiliation:  Kansas State University
  Title of Abstract: Outcomes affected by metaphylaxis from a clinical trial of feedlot calves at medium risk for respiratory disease.
• Name of Award: AVEPM Best oral presentation – 2^nd Place
  Award Winner: Colette Nickodem
  Institutional Affiliation:  Texas A&M
  Title of Abstract: Natural and targeted bacteriophage treatments as a salmonella pre-harvest mitigation technique in cattle feedlots.
• Name of Award:  AVEPM Best oral presentation – 3^rd Place
  Award Winner: Christopher Panaretos
  Institutional Affiliation:  Texas A&M
  Title of Abstract: Design of an RNA bait set to enrich M bovis genomic DNA in samples of the bovine respiratory tract

Animal Health Institute/Joseph J. Garbarino Foundation Biosafety & Biosecurity Award

• Name of Award: Biosafety & Biosecurity – 1^st Oral Presentation
  Award Winner: Megan Neveau
  Affiliation: Iowa State
  Abstract Title:Analysis of IAV transmission in large U.S. swine production systems using active surveillance
• Name of Award: Biosafety & Biosecurity – 2^nd Oral Presentation
  Award Winner: Ilya Slizovskiy
  Affiliation: University of Minnesota
  Abstract Title: Showering as a biosecurity intervention to disrupt work-related shifts in swine worker skin microbiomes
• Name of Award: Biosafety & Biosecurity – Poster Presentation
  Award Winner: L. Wang
  Affiliation: University of Minnesota
  Abstract Title:Evaluation of an electrostatic precipitator on PRRS virus aerosol removal and inactivation

American Association of Veterinary Immunologists (AAVI)

• Name of Award: AAVI 1^st Place Oral Presentation
  Award Winner: Leonie Bettin
  Abstract Title: Kinome analysis reveals age-dependent mechanisms of TLR7/8 induced signaling in porcine gamma-delta T cells.
• Name of Award: AAVI 2^nd Place Oral Presentation
  Award Winner: Camille Holmes
  Abstract Title: Mucosal and systemic secretion of antileukoproteinase during equine inflammation
• Name of Award: AAVI 3^rd Place Oral Presentation
  Award Winner: B. Tegner Jacobson
  Abstract Title: Impaired alveolar macrophage phagocytosis contributes to bacterial persistence in M. ovipneumoniae infected sheep
• Name of Award: AAVI 4th Place Oral Presentation
  Award Winner: Beulah Samuel
  Abstract Title: Trained immunity in bovine innate cell populations followed by subcutaneous BCG administration
• Name of Award: AAVI 1st  Place Poster Presentation
  Award Winner: Lauren Crawford
  Abstract Title: Characterization and effects of bacterial modified live vaccination on natural killer cell populations in cattle
• Name of Award: AAVI 1st Place Virtual Presentation
  Award Winner: Wenliang He
  Abstract Title: Role of glutamate and other crystalline amino acids in diets for the growth of juvenile hybrid striped bass
  

American Association of Veterinary Parasitologists Awards

• Name of Award:  AAVP 1^st Place Presentation
  Name of Winner: Izabela de Assis Rocha
  Institutional Affiliation:  University of Kentucky
  Title of Abstract: Pharmacokinetics of Bumped Kinase Inhibitor-1708 in horses: a candidate for EPM treatment

CRWAD Post-Doctoral Researcher Awards

• Award Title: CRWAD Post-Doc Research Award
  Award Winner: Bo Wang
  Affiliation: Virginia Tech
  Abstract Title: Investigation of ribavirin resistance-associated hepatitis E virus mutations using genotype 3 rabbit HEV model
• Award Title: CRWAD Post-Doc Research Award
  Award Winner: Lee Pinnell
  Affiliation: Texas A&M
  Abstract Title: Fusobacteria or Bacteroidetes? Microbial communities in bovine liver abscesses arise from throughout the gut

NC1202 Enteric Diseases of Food Animals Awards

• Name of Award: Lynn Joens Memorial Award (1st Place)
  Name of Winner: Jessica Kincade
  Institutional Affiliation: Colorado State University
  Title of Abstract: Global epigenomic changes observed postnatally elucidate lifelong defects following fetal BVDV infection
• Name of Award: Lynn Joens Memorial Award (2nd Place)
  Name of Winner: Kush Yadav
  Institutional Affiliation: The Ohio State University
  Title of Abstract: Expanding host range and cross species transmission potential of rat hepatitis E virus
• Name of Award: David Francis Award
  Award Winner: Siqi Li
  Institutional Affiliation: University of Illinois at Urnana-Champaign
  Abstract Title: Immunogenicity characterization of a multivalent vaccine for porcine post-weaning diarrhea

Society for Tropical Veterinary Medicine

• Name of Award: Best Oral Presentation
  Name of Winner: Naemi Bickmeier
  Institutional Affiliation:   Kansas State University
  Title of Abstract: Pregnancy success among eastern Kansas beef cows infected with _Anaplasma marginale_ and/or Bovine Leukemia Virus

2023 Student Travel Award Winners