2024 AAVLD awards

We congratulate the following recipients of the AAVLD awards presented during the 2024 AAVLD annual meeting in Nashville, Tennessee.

E. P. Pope Memorial Award

Kristy Pabilonia, Colorado State University

Distinguished Service Award

Bruce Akey, Akey Laboratory Consulting LLC

Outstanding Performance Award for Diagnostic Services

Kristin Zuzek, Wisconsin Veterinary Diagnostic Laboratory

AAVLD Life Membership

Jeff Hayes, Ohio State University (Retired)

President’s Award

Hemant Kashinath Naikare, University of Minnesota

JVDI Best Manuscript Award

Birckhead EM, Das S, Tidd N, Raidal SL, Raidal SR. Visualizing neutrophil extracellular traps in septic equine synovial and peritoneal fluid samples using immunofluorescence microscopy. J Vet Diagn Invest 2023;35(6):751–760. doi:10.1177/10406387231196552

JVDI Best Brief Report Award

Smith CR, Miller AD. In situ hybridization to detect Escherichia coli in canine granulomatous colitis. J Vet Diagn Invest 2024;36(1):142–145. doi:10.1177/10406387231213358

Best Oral Presentation

Brooklyn Cauwels, 1st place, Iowa State University

MaRyka Smith, 2nd place, Kansas State University

Best Poster Presentation

Kendall Mara, 1st place, Michigan State University

Calvin ChengYu Ko, 2nd place, Iowa State University

Pioneers in Virology Award (sponsored by VMRD)

Dick Hesse, Kansas State University

Award for Excellence in Diagnostic Veterinary Microbiology (sponsored by Giles Scientific/BIOMIC)

Sara Lawhon, Texas A&M University

Molecular Diagnostics & Bioinformatics Oral Presentation

Maria Chaves, Iowa State University

Molecular Diagnostics & Bioinformatics Poster Presentation

Hayley Masterson, Washington State University

J. Lindsay Oaks Best Student Molecular Biology Presentation (sponsored by VMRD)

Maria Hakimi, Iowa State University

Richard L. Walker Bacteriology Award (sponsored by Anaerobe Systems)

Blaire MacNeill, Colorado State University

Brenda Love Best Student Bacteriology Poster Presentation (sponsored by Giles Scientific/BIOMIC)

Calvin ChengYu Ko, Iowa State University

David Bemis Microbiology Trainee Travel Award (sponsored by ACVM & Sree Rajeev)

Paarthiphan Elankumaran, Iowa State University

Diagnostic Pathology Slide Seminar Resident/Graduate Student Award

Andrew Noel, 1st place, Iowa State University

Calvin ChengYu Ko, 2nd place, Iowa State University

Trevor Arunsiripate, 3rd place, Iowa State University

AAVLD/ACVP Diagnostic Pathology Resident/Graduate Student Award (awarded by AAVLD)

Andrew Noel, Iowa State University

ACVP/AAVLD Diagnostic Pathology Resident/Graduate Student Travel Award (awarded by ACVP)

Emily Blackwell, John Hopkins University

Pathology Oral Presentation Award

Nora Gardner, North Carolina State University

AAVLD Trainee Travel Awards

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

Bacteriology/Foundation sponsored

Calvin ChengYu Ko, Iowa State University

Epidemiology/Foundation sponsored

Catie Burgess, Virginia Technology University

Pathology/Foundation sponsored

Agustin Rebollada-Merino, Cornell University

Virginia-Maryland College of Veterinary Medicine (CPCVM) Travel Award

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

AAVLD Foundation auction

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 $15,353.

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