2024 CRWAD Keynote Speaker
Christy Petersen MS, PhD, DVM
CRWAD Keynote Speaker
“Global One Health efforts to eliminate vector borne zoonoses”
2024 CRWAD Special Symposium:
Novel Solutions to Problems in Animal Health
Raluca Mateescu
MS, PhD
University of Florida
“Genomic Solutions for Sustainable Beef Production: Climate-Smart Cattle Breeding”
Ariel Ortiz-Bobea
MS, PhD
Cornell University
“R&D needs for US agriculture in a changing climate”
Zhengxia Dou
MS, PhD
University of Pennsylvania
“Food’s journey in the last mile – managing food waste as untapped resources”
AVEPM Featured Speakers
Jan M. Sargeant
DVM, MSc, PhD, FCAHS
Calvin Schwabe Award
University of Guelph
“What question are we trying to answer? Embracing causal inference”
David Renter
DVM, PhD
Kansas State University
“Aligning valid research outcomes with stakeholder values”
Audrey Ruple
DVM, MS, PhD, DACVPM MRCVS
Virginia Tech
“Do our exposure variables tell us what we think they are telling us?”
Annette O’Connor
BVSc, MVSc, DVSc, FANZCVSc
Michigan State University
“Rethinking variable selection and study design approaches”
Animal Vaccinology Research Network Featured Speakers
Hyun Lillehoj
PhD
USDA
“Progresses and Challenges in the Development of Vaccines against Intracellular Intestinal Parasites in Poultry”
Glenn Browning
DVM, PhD
University of Melboure
“Vaccines – critical components of effective veterinary antimicrobial stewardship”
Paul Morley
DVM, PhD, DACVIM
Texas A&M
“Does vaccination prevent antimicrobial resistance?”
ACVM Featured Speakers
Linda Saif
MS, PhD, DACVM
Distinguished Veterinary Microbiologist
Ohio State University
“Coronaviruses: Past, present and future threats to animals and humans”
Stanley Perlman
MD, PhD
University of Iowa
“Pathogenesis of Murine and Human coronavirus infections”
Andrew Bowman
MS, DVM, PhD, DACVPM
Ohio State University
“SARS-CoV-2 spillovers across the human-animal interface”
Gregg Dean
DVM, PhD, DACVP
Colorado State University
“Utilizing Aptamer-based proteomics to investigate feline infectious peritonitis pathogenesis and discover biomarkers”
AAVI Featured Speakers
Christopher Chase
DVM, PhD
Distinguished Veterinary Immunologist
South Dakota State University
“Before there was COVID, there was Bovine Respiratory Disease”
Adam Moeser
MS, PhD, DVM
Michigan State University
“Stressed from the start: Implications of early life stress for lifelong health and disease resistance”
Daniela Rajao
MS, PhD, DVM
University of Georgia
“Host responses during influenza A virus adaptation to a new species”
Congratulations to the 2024 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 – 1st 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 – 2nd 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 – 3rd 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 – 1st 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 – 1st 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 – 2nd 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 – 3rd 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 – 1st 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 – 2nd 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 1st 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 2nd Place Oral Presentation
Award Winner: Camille Holmes
Abstract Title: Mucosal and systemic secretion of antileukoproteinase during equine inflammation - Name of Award: AAVI 3rd 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 1st 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
Saturday, January 21, 2023
- USDA Project Directors Meeting 8:00 am – 10:00 am
- NC1202 Annual Meeting 8:00 am – 5:00 pm
- ACVM Board of Governors Meeting 11:00 am – 2:00 pm
- AVEPM Workshop 12:00 pm – 4:00 pm
- CRWAD Council Meeting 2:00 pm – 5:00 pm
Sunday, January 22, 2023
- AVEPM Calvin Schwabe Symposium 8:00 am – 12:00 pm
- Featured Speakers
- Tim Carpenter, PhD, MS
- Karl Rich, PhD, MS
- Michael Ward, BVSc (Hons 1), MSc, MPVM, PhD, FACVSc
- Mark Stevenson, BVSc, MVS, PhD
- Featured Speakers
- CRWAD Research Abstracts 8:00 am – 12:00 pm
- Conference Break 12:00 pm – 2:00 pm
- CRWAD Fellows Luncheon (Invite only) 12:00 pm – 1:30 pm
- CRWAD Opening Remarks & Introduction of Fellows 1:30 pm – 2:00 pm
- CRWAD Council Keynote Address 2:00 pm – 2:45 pm
- Keynote Speaker: Tony L. Goldberg, DVM, PhD
- CRWAD Special Symposium on Precision Agriculture and Animal Health 2:45 pm – 5:15 pm
- Featured Speakers
- KatieRose McCullough, PhD, MPH
- Dirk Werling, DVM
- Featured Speakers
Monday, January 23, 2023
- Animal Vaccinology Research Network Symposium 8:30 am – 12:00 pm
- Featured Speakers
- Shan Lu, MD, PhD, MHA
- Thanh Nguyen, PhD
- Michael Roof, PhD, MS
- Featured Speakers
- CRWAD Research Abstracts 8:00 am – 12:00 pm
- Conference Break 12:00 pm – 2:00 pm
- ACVM Distinguished Microbiologist Symposium 2:00 pm – 3:30 pm
- Featured Speakers
- Thomas Inzana, PhD
- Jeff Caswell, PhD, DVM, DVSc
- Jose Perez-Casal
- Jodi McGill, PhD, MS
- Featured Speakers
- CRWAD Research Abstracts 2:00 pm – 3:30 pm
- CRWAD Business Meeting 3:30 pm – 4:15 pm
- ACVM Distinguished Microbiologist Symposium (continued) 4:15 pm – 5:45 pm
- Conference Break 5:45 pm – 6:00 pm
- CRWAD Poster Session and CRWAD Reception 6:00 pm – 8:00 pm
Tuesday, January 24, 2023
- AAVI Distinguished Immunologist Symposium 8:30 am to 12:00 pm
- Featured Speakers
- Amelia Woolums, PhD, MS, DVM
- Rahul Nelli, BVSc & AH, MVM, PhD
- Noah Cohen, PhD, MPH, VMD
- Erica Spackman, PhD, MS
- Featured Speakers
- CRWAD Research Abstracts 8:00 am – 12:00 pm
- Conference Break 12:00 pm – 12:15 pm
- CRWAD Closing Comments and Award Presentations 12:15 pm – 1:30 pm
- NC 1192 Annual Meeting 1:30 pm – 5:30 pm
Monday, January 30, 2023
- Recorded presentations become available online to registered participants.
Download a PDF of the 2024 Onsite Presentation and Abstract Grid below.
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