Abstract

We congratulate the following recipients of the AAVLD awards presented during the 2024 AAVLD annual meeting in Nashville, Tennessee.
Kristy Pabilonia, Colorado State University
Bruce Akey, Akey Laboratory Consulting LLC
Kristin Zuzek, Wisconsin Veterinary Diagnostic Laboratory
Jeff Hayes, Ohio State University (Retired)
Hemant Kashinath Naikare, University of Minnesota
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Brooklyn Cauwels, 1st place, Iowa State University
MaRyka Smith, 2nd place, Kansas State University
Kendall Mara, 1st place, Michigan State University
Calvin ChengYu Ko, 2nd place, Iowa State University
Dick Hesse, Kansas State University
Sara Lawhon, Texas A&M University
Maria Chaves, Iowa State University
Hayley Masterson, Washington State University
Maria Hakimi, Iowa State University
Blaire MacNeill, Colorado State University
Calvin ChengYu Ko, Iowa State University
Paarthiphan Elankumaran, Iowa State University
Andrew Noel, 1st place, Iowa State University
Calvin ChengYu Ko, 2nd place, Iowa State University
Trevor Arunsiripate, 3rd place, Iowa State University
Andrew Noel, Iowa State University
Emily Blackwell, John Hopkins University
Nora Gardner, North Carolina State University
MaRyka Smith, Kansas State University
Hayley Masterson, Washington State University
Brooklyn Cauwels, Iowa State University
Aurelle Yondo, University of Georgia
Sai Narayanan, Oklahoma State University
Berenice Munguia-Ramirez, Iowa State University
Sydney Epley, Lincoln Memorial University
Calvin ChengYu Ko, Iowa State University
Catie Burgess, Virginia Technology University
Agustin Rebollada-Merino, Cornell University
Stefanie Coates, Virginia-Maryland College of Veterinary Medicine
Myranda Gorman, Virginia-Maryland College of Veterinary Medicine
Sarah Landeck, Virginia-Maryland College of Veterinary Medicine
Elizabeth Ohl, Virginia-Maryland College of Veterinary Medicine
Magdalen Ringley, Virginia-Maryland College of Veterinary Medicine
Sarah Kuchinsky, Virginia-Maryland College of Veterinary Medicine
The primary focus of the Foundation in recent years has been to provide travel funding to enable students (DVM, post-DVM, or other graduate students) to attend and present their work at the annual AAVLD meeting. By increasing the number of students that attend the annual meeting, the Foundation aims to encourage greater involvement in diagnostic laboratory medicine, as well as long-term participation in AAVLD.
The mission of the AAVLD Foundation is to
—recruit, educate, and retain the next generation of veterinary diagnosticians
—reward excellence in veterinary diagnostic medicine.
We are happy to announce that the silent and live auctions at the 2024 AAVLD annual meeting raised
