Abstract

During the 2016 Annual Conference in Greensboro, North Carolina, excellence and innovation were on open display. With more than 150 abstracts presented and a stellar lineup of some of the profession’s most influential scientists appearing in plenary sessions, the 59th Annual Conference was the appropriate forum to recognize the following award winners:
John M. Adaska
Donald H. Lein
William H. Fales
Durda Slavic
Paul Gibbs
Tessa LeCuyer
Noah Hull
Nanny Wenzlow
Elizabeth R. Houston
Niesa Kettler
Jaing, Crystal J.; Thissen, James B.; Gardner, Shea N.; McLoughlin, Kevin S.; Hullinger, Pam J.; Monday, Nicholas A.; Niederwerder, Megan C.; Rowland, Raymond R. R.
Application of a pathogen microarray for the analysis of viruses and bacteria in clinical diagnostic samples from pigs; JVDI 2015;27:313-325.
Allender, Matthew C.; Bunick, David; Dzhaman, Elena; Burrus, Lucienne; Maddox, Carol
Development and use of a real-time polymerase chain reaction assay for the detection of Ophidiomyces ophiodiicola in snakes; JVDI 2015;27:217-220
Marta Zlotnick, Virginia-Maryland College of Veterinary Medicine
Mitch Caudill, Virginia-Maryland College of Veterinary Medicine
Andy Xin, Virginia-Maryland College of Veterinary Medicine
Kimberly Conway, University of California–Davis
Mina Shibata, University of Illinois
Sophie Leone, Colorado State University
Eliana Greissworth, Michigan State University
Marjorie Gurganus, North Carolina State University
Michelle Albin, University of California–Davis
Kristen Conniff-Rafalko, University of Pennsylvania
Patricia Crystal, University of Pennsylvania
Vincent Tavella, Virginia Maryland College of Veterinary Medicine
Christine C. Casey, University of Georgia
Katherine Franc, University of Georgia
Catharine Cowan, Virginia-Maryland College of Veterinary Medicine
Ashley Patterson, Washington State University
Veronica Pickens, Ontario Veterinary College
Emily Knebel, University of Pennsylvania
Franco Matias Ferreyra, Iowa State
Shubhada Chothe, PADDLS
Noah Hull, University of Wyoming
Jaimie Strickland, Michigan University
Nanny Wenzlow, Florida State University
Tessa LeCuyer, Washington State University
Erica Noland, Michigan State University
Arya Sobhakumari, University of California–Davis
Laila Akhter, Bangladesh (Student)
Jessica Rodriguez, Texas A&M University, College Station
Mathew Abraham, University of Georgia
Colleen Monahan, Michigan State University
Kyriakos Deriziotis, Cornell University
Robert Bowden, Florida State University
Niesa Kettler, Michigan State University
Kevin Lin, Iowa State University
Eric Lee, Cornell University
Feng (Julie) Sun, TVMDL
Nanny Wenzlow
Katherine Barnes
