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Curriculum Vitae
Nicole L. Gottdenker
1. Academic History
Name: Nicole L. Gottdenker
Present Rank: Assistant Professor
Proportion Time Assignment: 2009-Present: Research 40%, Service 40%, Teaching 20%
Graduate Faculty Status: Member, Graduate Faculty
Highest Degree:
PhD
Ecology, Odum School of Ecology, UGA
2009
MS
Wildlife Ecology & Conservation, University Florida
1996
DVM Tuskegee University School of Veterinary Medicine
1993
BS
1989
Biology, Colgate University
Specialty Training and Certification: Diplomate, American College of Veterinary Pathologists,
2004
Academic Positions:
2009-Present: University of Georgia: Assistant Professor, Dept. of Veterinary Pathology
2004-2005:
University of Georgia, Teaching Assistant, Biological Sciences
2005-2006:
University of Georgia, Teaching Assistant, Ecology
2001-2003:
University of Georgia, Wildlife Disease Diagnostician, Southeastern Cooperative
Wildlife Disease Study
June-July 1999: Bard College, Visiting Instructor, Environmental Science
1996-1999:
Wildlife Conservation Society, Anatomic Pathology Resident, Zoo and Wildlife
Pathology
1995-1996:
University of Florida, Teaching Assistant, Tropical Conservation & Development
Program and Wildlife Ecology
1994-1995:
University of Florida, Teaching Assistant, Biological Sciences
1993-1994:
University of Florida, Teaching Assistant, Veterinary Anatomy
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1990-1993:
Tuskegee University, Teaching Assistant, Veterinary Anatomy
UGA Affiliate Faculty Member:
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Computational Ecology and Epidemiology Study Group
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Faculty of Infectious Disease
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International Veterinary Medicine Certificate Program Group
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Interdisciplinary Life Sciences Faculty- Insect Biology Group
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Biomedical Health Sciences Institute
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Latin American and Caribbean Studies (LACSI)
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CICR- Center for Integrative Conservation and Research
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Mentor for NSF-REU Population Biology of Infectious Disease Program at UGA Odum
School of Ecology (2013-present)
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Research Mentor for the Native American and Pacific Islander Undergraduate Research
Experience in Tropical Biology at the Organization for Tropical Studies (2010)
Post-Graduate Awards/Honors:
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Nominated for the Richard Reiff Internationalization Award, 2015
John M. Bowen Award for Excellence in Animal/Biomedical Research, 2014
Invited Keynote Speaker, Phi Zeta Research Day, Tuskegee University, 2013
American Committee of Medical Entomology Travel Award, 2008, to attend the
American Society of Tropical Medicine and Hygiene Conference.
Wildlife Disease Association Graduate Student Scholarship Award, 2008.
AAAS/Science Program for Excellence in Science, 2008.
University of Georgia, Global Health Symposium, Poster Competition, Second Place
2008.
Sigma Xi Grants-In-Aid of Research Award 2008.
Dissertation Completion Award Graduate School, University of Georgia 2008-2009
Order of Scientific Merit from the citizens of Galapagos for the work of the UMSL-Saint
Louis Zoo partnership to study avian disease threats to the Galapagos Islands 2008.
EPA STAR Graduate Research Fellowship 2006-2009.
Travel Award, Ecology and Evolution of Infectious Disease Conference, Cornell
University 2007.
Tinker Graduate Research Travel Award, Center for Latin American and Caribbean
Studies, University of Georgia 2006.
Robert A. Sheldon Memorial Travel Award, UGA Institute of Ecology 2006
UGA Institute of Ecology Teaching Assistant Award 2006
Field Research Grant, Wildlife Conservation Society 2000-2001
University Scholar Award (2 years full scholarship veterinary school for maintaining 4.0
GPA during first 2 years of veterinary school) 1990,1991
Pfizer Animal Health Student Award 1992
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Phi Zeta Veterinary Honor Society 1992-present
Tropical Conservation and Development Program Research Fellowship Award for M.S.
Field Work, 1995
Invited Workshops/Panels:
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Land Use Change and Infectious Disease Working Group, National Center for Ecological
Analysis and Synthesis, Santa Barbara, California, September 2013
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1st International Workshop on Anthropization and Vector-Borne Diseases in Amazonia:
Chagas Disease as a Model System” Universidade de Brasilia, November 2013. Currently
working on a collaborative research project in Bolivia with Dr. Frederique Breniére from
IRD (Institut de Recherche e Devéloppement), Montpellier.
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Second Workshop, Land Use Change and Infectious Disease Working Group, SESYNC,
National Socio-Environmental Synthesis Center, Annapolis, MD, February 2014
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Land Use Change and Infectious Disease Working Group, SESYNC, National SocioEnvironmental Synthesis Center, Annapolis, MD, September 2014
2. Instruction
a) Existing Courses Taught
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VPAT 5400. Anatomic Pathology Rotation. I served as course co-coordinator with Dr.
Holly Brown for VPAT 5400 from 2010 to the Fall of 2013. VPAT 5400 is offered year
round and is a core (required) rotation for all senior veterinary students. This course has
undergone significant restructuring during the time I have been coordinator, and the
renovations for this course are ongoing.
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FYOS 1011 (Fall 2012). First Year Odyssey Seminar. One Credit hour Freshman
Seminar entitled “Anthropogenic Environmental Change and Infectious Disease
Emergence”
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VPAT 8100. Microscopic Pathology (Fall 2009, Fall 2010, Fall 2011, Fall 2012, Fall
2013). I taught 2 lectures in the basic electron microscopy features of various cell types
and cell structures. I taught an additional (third) lecture in the Fall of 2010 and 2013 on
Immunohistochemistry. I renovated existing teaching materials and developed new
material for the electron microscopy section and developed new teaching materials for the
immunohistochemistry section of this course.
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VPAT 8130. Diagnostic Oncology (Summer Semester 2009, 2010, 2011, 2012, 2013). I
have taught the gastrointestinal pathology section of Diagnostic Oncology (2009, 2010,
2011), and a novel section of the course, tumors of wildlife and exotic animals (2011,
2012, 2013). My participation in this course included two lectures on tumors of the
gastrointestinal system and two lectures on tumors of wildlife and exotic animals. I
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developed new instructional materials for tumors of wildlife and zoo animals and also
updated the notes for the gastrointestinal pathology section of this course. I continue to
work on adding new teaching materials to the sections of this course that I teach. The
notes are updated yearly.
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VPAT5401. Anatomic pathology clerkship (2009-present). I participate in teaching
veterinary students in the elective pathology clinical rotation, and review biopsy and
necropsy cases with these students.
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VPAT5301. Studies in Diagnostic Pathology (2009-present). I participate in this junior
elective on clinical and anatomic pathology diagnostics.
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VPAT5401. Diagnostic Pathology Clerkship (2009-present). I participate in the
diagnostic pathology clerkship reviewing biopsies and necropsies with senior vet
students.
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GENE4960/ECOL4960/VPAT4960. Directed Reading/Independent research
credit(2010, 2011, 2012). I have guided the following undergraduate students on directed reading
and research projects. Ronke Olojowesiku, Karen Christ, Mark Montes.
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VPAT8140 Pathology Seminar. Instructor, 1 hour seminar in the pathology slide seminar.
Spring 2012, Spring 2011.
b) Continuing Education: I presented a lecture on general cellular features at the Electron
Microscopy workshop held by the Department of Pathology. January 2010, April 2010.
3. Scholarly Activities
a. Publications: * Graduate student, §Undergraduate or Veterinary Student Mentee
Journal Articles, Peer reviewed publications:
1) Calzada, JC, A Saldana, K. Gonzalez, C. Rigg, V. Pineda, A.M. Santamaria, I. Rodriguez, N.
Gottdenker, M.D. Lorenti, L.F. Chaves. In Press. Cutaneous Leishmaniasis in dogs: is endemic
transmission indicative of a reservoir role? Parasitology.
2) Gonzalez K, Saldaña A, Calzada J, Rigg C, Alvarado G, Rodriguez-Herrera, Kitron, U., Adler
G., Gottdenker NL, Chavez, LF, Baldi M. 2015. Survey of Wild Mammal Hosts of Cutaneous
Leishmaniasis Parasites in Panamá and Costa Rica. Tropical Medicine and Health. published
online 12/06/2014.
3) Gottdenker, NL, Streicker D, Faust C, Carroll CR. 2014. Evaluation of Evidence for
Anthropogenic Land Use Change and Infectious Diseases. Ecohealth, Published online ahead of
print, DOI: 10.1007/s10393-014-0941-z
4) Fung, HM*, Calzada J, Saldana A, Gottdenker NL. 2014 Domestic dog health worsens with
socio-economic deprivation of their home communities. Acta tropica. 135:67-74. *MS thesis.
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5) Castro, L.§, Saldana A., Peterson J., Calzada, J., Rowena M., Gottdenker. N. 2014. Flight
behavior and Performance of Rhodnius pallescens (Hemiptera: Reduviidae) on a Tethered Flight
Mill. Journal of Medical Entomology 51(5):1010-8 Mentored undergraduate student honors
thesis Princeton University.
6) Seguel, M*, E.W. Howerth, J. Ritter, E. Paredes, K. Colegrove, N. Gottdenker. 2014
Encephalitozoonosis (Encephalitozoon sp.) in two South American fur seal (Arctocephalus
australis) pups. Veterinary Pathology. Sep 23. pii: 0300985814551424.
7) Annie Page-Karjian, D.V.M.*, Terry M. Norton, D.V.M., Dipl. A.C.Z.M., Maya Groner, Ph.D.,
and Nicole L. Gottdenker, D.V.M., Ph.D., Dipl. A.C.V.P..2014. A Retrospective
clinicopathologic study of fibropapillomatosis in rehabilitating green sea turtles (Chelonia
mydas). Journal of Zoo and Wildlife Medicine.
8) Santamaria, AM, Calzada JE , Saldaña A, Yabsley MJ, Gottdenker, NL*. 2014. Molecular
Diagnosis and Species Identification of Ehrlichia and Anaplasma infections in dogs from
Panama, Central America. Vector Borne and Zoonotic Diseases 14(5): 368-70.
9) Seguel, M*. Paves H, Paredes E, Gottdenker, N. Pathology of Acute Capture Stress in South
American Fur Seal Pups (Arctocephalus australis). Marine Mammal Science. 2013; Published
online DOI: 10.1111/mms.12079.
10) Smith GR§, Nemeth NM, Howerth EW, Butler AM, Gottdenker NL.2013. Spontaneous
Pulmonary Hemangiosarcoma in a Norway Rat (Rattus norvegicus). Journal of Exotic Pet
Medicine. Published online 04 December 2013.
11) Chaves LF, JE Calzada, C Rigg, A. Valderrama, NL Gottdenker, A Saldaña. Leishmaniasis
sand fly vector density reduction is less marked in precarious housing after insecticide thermal
fogging. Parasites & Vectors 2013; 6(1):164. [Epub ahead of print]
12) Hwang, J* and Gottdenker NL. Bartonella spp. in raccoons and feral cats from Georgia,
USA. Emerging Infectious Diseases 2013; 19 (7):1167-8.
13) Mejia-Fava J, Divers SJ, Jiménez DA, Ambrose DL, Rech R, Gottdenker NL, Mayer J.
Diagnosis and treatment of proventricular nematodiasis in an umbrella cockatoo (Cacatua alba).
Journal of the American Veterinary Medical Association. 2013; 242:1122–1126.
14) Gottdenker NL, Gerhold R, Cartoceti A, Keel MK, Goltz JP, Howerth E. Reports of
oligodendrogliomas in three white-tailed deer (Odocoileus virginianus). Journal of Veterinary
Diagnostic Investigation. 2012; 24:202–206.
15) Gottdenker NL, Chaves LF, Calzada JE, Saldaña A, Carroll CR. Host life history strategy,
species diversity, and habitat influence Trypanosoma cruzi vector infection in changing
landscapes. PLoS Neglected Tropical Diseases. 2012; 6:e1884. .
16) Ellis AE, Mackey E, Moore PA, Divers SJ, Hensel P, Carmichael KP, Accola P, Brown J,
Gottdenker N, Keel MK, Shock BC, Yabsley MJ. Debilitation and mortality associated with
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besnoitiosis in four Virginia opossums (Didelphis virginiana). J. Zoo Wildl. Med. 2012 Jun;43:
367–374.
17) Rabinovich JE, Kitron UD, Obed Y, Yoshioka M, Gottdenker N, Chaves LF. Ecological
patterns of blood-feeding by kissing-bugs (Hemiptera: Reduviidae: Triatominae). Memórias do
Instituto Oswaldo Cruz. 2011; 106:479–494.
18) Pineda V, Saldaña A, Monfante I, Santamaría A, Gottdenker N, Yabsley M, Rapoport G,
Calzada J. Prevalence of trypanosome infections in dogs from Chagas disease endemic regions in
Panama, Central America. Veterinary Parasitology. 2011; 178:360–363.
19) Gottdenker NL, Calzada JE, Saldaña A, Carroll CR. Association of anthropogenic land use
change and increased abundance of the Chagas disease vector Rhodnius pallescens in a rural
landscape of Panama. The American Journal of Tropical Medicine and Hygiene. 2011; 84:70.
20) Segundo V, Monfante I, Gottdenker N, Saldaña A, Santamaria A, Puga S, Calzada L J.
Trypanosome infections in dogs from Chagas disease endemic regions in Panama, Central
America. International Journal of Infectious Diseases. 2010; 14:e157–e158.
21) Hernandez SM, Gammons DJ, Gottdenker N, Mengak MT, Conner L, Divers SJ. Technique,
Safety, and Efficacy of Intra Abdominal Transmitters in Nine-Banded Armadillos. The Journal of
Wildlife Management. 2010; 74:174–180.
22) Soos C, Padilla L, Iglesias A, Gottdenker N, Cruz Bedon M, Rios AP. Comparison of
pathogens in broiler and backyard chickens on the Galapagos Islands: implications for
transmission to wildlife. The Auk. 2008; 125:445–455.
23) Gottdenker NL, Walsh T, Jiménez-Uzcátegui G, Betancourt F, Cruz M, Soos C, Miller RE,
Parker PG. Causes of mortality of wild birds submitted to the Charles Darwin Research Station,
Santa Cruz, Galapagos, Ecuador from 2002-2004. Journal of Wildlife Diseases. 2008; 44:1024–
1031.
24) Travis E, Vargas F, Merkel J, Gottdenker N, Uzcategui G, Miller R, Parker P. Health Survey
of Flightless Cormorants (Phalacrocorax harrisi) and Galapagos Penguins (Spheniscus
mendiculus) in the Galapagos Islands, Ecuador. Joint Conference-American Association of Zoo
Veterinarians. 2007; 223.
25) Merkel J, Jones HI, Whiteman NK, Gottdenker N, Vargas H, Travis EK, Miller RE, Parker
PG. Microfilariae in Galápagos penguins (Spheniscus mendiculus) and flightless cormorants
(Phalacrocorax harrisi): genetics, morphology, and prevalence. Journal of Parasitology. 2007;
93:495–503.
26) Travis EK, Vargas FH, Merkel J, Gottdenker N, Miller RE, Parker PG. Hematology, serum
chemistry, and serology of Galapagos penguins (Spheniscus mendiculus) in the Galapagos
Islands, Ecuador. Journal of Wildlife Diseases. 2006; 42:625–632.
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27) Travis EK, Vargas FH, Merkel J, Gottdenker N, Miller RE, Parker PG. Hematology, plasma
chemistry, and serology of the flightless cormorant (Phalacrocorax harrisi) in the Galapagos
Islands, Ecuador. Journal of Wildlife Diseases. 2006; 42:133–141.
28) Gottdenker NL, Walsh T, Vargas H, Merkel J, Jiménez GU, Miller RE, Dailey M, Parker
PG. Assessing the risks of introduced chickens and their pathogens to native birds in the
Galápagos Archipelago. Biological Conservation. 2005; 126:429–439. .
29) Ellis AE, Mead DG, Allison AB, Gibbs SE, Gottdenker NL, Stallknecht DE, Howerth EW.
Comparison of immunohistochemistry and virus isolation for diagnosis of West Nile virus.
Journal of Clinical Microbiology. 2005; 43:2904–2908.
30) Allison A, Gottdenker N, Stallknecht D. Wintering of neurotropic velogenic Newcastle
disease virus and West Nile virus in double-crested cormorants (Phalacrocorax auritus) from the
Florida Keys. Avian Diseases. 2005; 49:292–297.
31) Gottdenker NL, Howerth EW, Mead DG. Natural infection of a great egret (Casmerodius
albus) with eastern equine encephalitis virus. Journal of Wildlife Diseases. 2003;39:702–706.
32) Yabsley MJ, Gottdenker NL, Fischer JR. Description of a new Eimeria sp. and associated
lesions in the kidneys of double-crested cormorants (Phalocrocorax auritus). J. Parasitol. 2002
Dec; 88:1230–1233.
33) Gottdenker N, Wallace R, Gómez H. La importancia de los atropellos para la ecología y
conservación: Dinomys branickii un ejemplo de Bolivia. Ecología en Bolivia. 2001;35:61–67.
34) Karesh W, Uhart M, Painter R, Wallace R, Braselton W, Thomas L, House C, McNamara T,
Gottdenker N. Health evaluation of white-lipped peccary populations in Bolivia. Proceedings of
the Annual meeting of the American Association of Zoo Veterinarians. 1998; 445–449.
35) Gottdenker N, Bodmer RE. Reproduction and productivity of white-lipped and collared
peccaries in the Peruvian Amazon. Journal of Zoology. 1998; 245:423–430.
36) Gottdenker N, McNamara T, Braselton W. Evaluation of hemosiderosis in captive
Callithricidae. Annual Conference-American Association of Zoo Veterinarians. 1998; 63–70.
37) Raphael BL, Calle PP, Gottdenker N, James S, Linn W, McNamara T, Cook R. Clinical
significance of Cryptosporidia in captive and free-ranging chelonians. Proceedings of the Annual
meeting of the American Association of Zoo Veterinarians. 1997;19–24.
38) Gottdenker N, Bodmer R, Puertas P, Bodmer R, Fang T, Aquino R, Valqui M. Ecología
reproductiva de Tayassu pecari y de Tayassu tajacu en la Amazonia peruana. Manejo de Fauna
Silvestre en la Amazonia. La Paz, Bolivia. 1997; 313–318.
39) Gottdenker NL, Jacobson E. Effect of venipuncture sites on hematologic and clinical
biochemical values in desert tortoises (Gopherus agassizii). American Journal of Veterinary
Research. 1995; 56:19–21.
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Book Chapters:
1) Gottdenker, N.L. and R.E. Bodmer. 2004. The Peccaries: Family Tayassuidae in Hutchins,
M. (ed). Grzimek’s Animal Life Encyclopedia. Gale Group.
Research articles submitted, Reviewed, In Revision:
Hwang, J.* N.Gottdenker, Misook Min, Myunsun Chun, Hang Li. Comparison of body
condition and infection status to selected pathogens in feral cats from urban and rural habitats,
Journal of Feline Medicine and Surgery.
Page-Karjian, A., TM. Norton, C. Harms, D. Mader, L.H. Herbst, N. Stedman, N.L. Gottdenker.
Terry M. Norton, D.V.M., Dipl. A.C.Z.M., Craig Harms, D.V.M., Ph.D., Fibropapillomatosis in
rehabilitationg Loggerhead sea turtles (Caretta caretta). In Revision. Diseases of Aquatic
Organisms.
Research articles submitted, In Review:
Hwang, J*, D. Volokhov, V.E. Chizhikov, H. Danaceau, N.L. Gottdenker. Species Diversity and
Infection Patterns of Hemotropic Mycoplasmas in Raccoons (Procyon lotor) in Protected and
Developed Barrier Island Ecosystems. Journal of Wildlife Diseases.
D. Volokhov, J.Hwang , V.E. Chizhikov, H. Danaceau, N.L. Gottdenker. Identification of Novel
Hemotropic Mycoplasmas in Raccoons (Procyon lotor) from Barrier Islands off the Georgia
Coast, the USA, Journal of Applied Microbiology.
Page-Karjian, A., T. Norton, B. Ritchie, C. Brown, M. Jackwood, C. Mancia, N. Gottdenker.
Quantifying Chelonid Fibropapilloma-Associated Herpesvirus in Symptomatic and
Asymptomatic Rehabilitating Green Turtles (Chelonia mydas). Endangered Species Research.
Watson, M., K. Sakamoto, P. Cazzini, N. Gottdenker, J. Fox, N. Parry, D. Reavill, J. Mayer.
Gastrointestinal tract histopathology and immunohistochemistry of severe inflammatory bowel
disease versus lymphoma in the ferret (Mustela putorius furo). Journal of Veterinary Diagnostic
Investigation.
b. Presentations and Posters at National and International Meetings:
Invited speaker:
December 2014: Meeting of the Associación de Médicos Veterinarios de Fauna Silvestre,
Santiago, Chile
November 2014: Entomological Society of America Annual Meeting, Portland Oregon
June 2014: 1st Annual Joint Research Symposium of the Smithsonian Tropical Research Institute
and the Gorgas Memorial Institute, Panamá
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October 2014: Entomology Department, University of Georgia
April 2014: Ecology of Chagas Disease. Princeton University Tropical Ecology Course, Panama
November 2013: 1st International Workshop on Anthropization and Vector-Borne Diseases in
Amazonia: Chagas Disease as a Model System” Universidade de Brasilia, Brasilia, Brasil-2 talks
given
September 2013: Phi Zeta Research Day, Keynote Speaker “Environmental change and
infectious disease emergence”, Tuskegee University School of Veterinary Medicine, Tuskegee,
Alabama
March 2013: Tuskegee University School of Veterinary Medicine Annual Veterinary Medical
Symposium- 2 invited talks on Avian and Wildlife Pathology
May 2013: Ecology and Conservation in Veterinary Research- Georgia Veterinary Scholar
Orientation Program
January 2013: McGill-Smithsonian Tropical Research Institute NSF-funded IGERT course n
tropical ecology for graduate students- Ecology of Chagas disease talk- Panama.
May 2012: Ecology and Conservation in Veterinary Research- Georgia Veterinary Scholar
Orientation Program
April 2012: Climate Change and Disease Ecology. Biotechnology Program, Athens Technical
College.
March 2012: Ecology of Chagas Disease. Princeton University Tropical Ecology Course,
Panama
October 2011: Climate Change and Disease. Georgia Climate Coalition Symposium, Athens, GA
October 2011. Molecular methods of blood meal detection in hematophagous arthropods. Athens
Technical College
September 2011. Gorgas Memorial Institute Wednesday Science Seminars, Panama City, Panama
May 2011. Disease and Conservation. For the Georgia Veterinary Scholar Orientation Program,
Athens, GA
October 2010: APANAC, Panamanian Association for the Advancement of Science, Ciudad de
Saber, Panama City, Panama, talk on Deforestation and Chagas Disease in Panama. Invited round
table presenter for a One Health Symposium at the meeting.
June 2010, College of Veterinary Medicine, University of Costa Rica. Land Use Change and
Infectious Disease Transmission.
August 2009, Computational Ecology and Epidemiology Study Group, UGA.
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August 2009 Smithsonian Institution Tropical Ecology and Conservation Field Course, McGill
University .“Anthropogenic Land Use Change and the Ecology of Chagas Disease”
Presentations, Posters, Abstracts: *Denotes graduate student, § Undergraduate or veterinary
student mentee, ᶴ Award given for presentation or poster
Influences of food web dynamics on multi-host vector-borne pathogen transmission: using Chagas disease
as a model system Christina Pilar Varian*, Azael Saldana, Jose Calzada, Nicole Gottdenker. 2014
Ecological Society of America Annual Meeting, Sacramento, Ca.
Jusun S Hwang, Dmitriy V Volokhov, Vladimir E Chizhikov, Heather Danaceau. Nicole L.
Gottdenker. Species diversity and infection patterns of hemotropic mycoplasmas in raccoons
(Procyon lotor) in protected and developed barrier island ecosystems. 2014. Annual Meeting of
the Wildlife Disease Association, Albequerque, NM.
Gottdenker, N., A. Saldaña, J. Calzada, K. Gonzalez, D. Smith, C. Rigg, M. Perea, A. Santamaria,
V. Pineda. Trypanosome infection in sloths (Choloepus hoffmanni and Bradypus variegatus) in
rural Panamá. 2014. II Latin-American Network of Molecular Epidemiology and Evolutionary
Genetics of Infectious Diseases (LAN MEEGID), Quito, Ecuador.
Lauren A Castro§, Jennifer K Peterson, Jose E. Calzada, Azael Saldaña, Milixia Y.
Perrea,Vanessa Pineda, Andrew P. Dobson, Nicole Gottdenker. 2013.Use of a flight mill to
measure flight behavior and performance of Rhodnius pallescens in response to experimental
infection with Trypanosoma cruzi and Trypanosoma rangeli. American Society of Tropical
Medicine and Hygiene Annual Meeting, Washington DC.
M. Seguel*, F. Muñoz, E. Paredes, H. Pavés, M.J. Navarrete, R Schlatter, N. Gottdenker. 2013.
Hookworm Disease in South American fur seal (Arctophoca australis gracilis) pups at Guafo
Island, Chile. Poster presented at the international meeting of the wildlife disease association at
Knoxville, Tennessee and at the Research day symposium in the College of Veterinary Medicine,
University of Georgia, Athens, Georgia (First place resident poster competition).
Mauricio Seguel*, Nicole Gottdenker, Elizabeth Howerth, Enrique Paredes, Kathleen M.
Colegrove. 2013. Microsporidian Granulomatous Encephalitis in a South American fur seal pup.
Oral presentation at the VI C.L Davis Marine histopathology workshop, Sausalito, California.
Seguel M*ᶴ, Paredes E., Pavés H., Gottdenker N. L. 2013. Acute capture stress in South
American fur seal pups (Arctophoca australis gracilis). Oral presentation at the annual meeting
of International Association of Aquatic Animal Medicine, Sausalito, California (Student Travel
award).
Lauren A Castro§, Jennifer K Peterson, Jose E. Calzada, Azael Saldaña, Milixia Y.
Peirrera,Vanessa Pineda, Andrew P. Dobson, Nicole Gottdenker. 2013. Flight performance of
Rhodnius pallescens in response to experimental infection with Trypanosoma cruzi and
Trypanosoma rangeli and disease modeling Ecology and Evolution of Infectious Disease
Meeting, State College, Pennsylvania.
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Christina Varian* , Dr. Jose Calzada, Dr. Azael Saldana, Dr. Donald Windsor, Dr. Nicole
Gottdenker. Influences of Intra Palm Food Webs on Vector Abundance and Chagas Disease
Transmission in Central Panama. 2013. Society for the Advancement of Chicanos and Native
Americans in Science, San Antonio, TX and The Wildlife Society, National Conference,
Milwaukee, WI
Page-Karjian A*ᶴ, Norton TM, Zhang J, Brown CC, Gottdenker NL. 2013. Investigating
chelonid fibropapilloma-associated herpesvirus in symptomatic and asymptomatic infected green
sea turtles. 62Nd International Conference of the Wildlife Disease Association, Nashville, TN.
Best student poster award
Page-Karjian A*, Norton TM, Groner M, Gottdenker NL. 2013. Factors affecting survivorship in
rehabilitating sea turtles with fibropapillomatosis. University of Georgia, Wildlife Disease
Association, Student Research Symposium, Athens, GA.
Page-Karjian A*, Norton TM, Zhang J, Brown CC, Gottdenker NL. 2013. Investigating
chelonid fibropapilloma-associated herpesvirus in symptomatic and asymptomatic infected green
sea turtles.Florida Keys Sea Turtle Medicine and Rehabilitation Workshop, Marathon Turtle
Hospital, FL.
Page-Karjian A*, Norton TM, Zhang J, Brown CC, Gottdenker NL. 2013. Investigating
chelonid fibropapilloma-associated herpesvirus in symptomatic and asymptomatic infected green
sea turtles. University of Georgia, College of Veterinary Medicine, Science of Veterinary
Medicine Symposium, Athens, GA.
Page-Karjian A*,Norton TM, Krimer P, Groner M, Nelson SE, Gottdenker NL. 2013. Factors
affecting survivorship in rehabilitating sea turtles with fibropapillomatosis. Sea Turtle Health and
Rehabilitation Workshop, Townsville, Australia.
Page-Karjian A*, Norton TM, Zhang J, Brown CC, Gottdenker NL. 2013. A retrospective
clinicopathologic study of fibropapillomatosis in rehabilitating sea turtles. International
Association for Aquatic Animal Medicine, Sausalito, CA.
Page-Karjian A*, Norton TM, Groner M, Gottdenker NL. 2013. Factors affecting survivorship
in rehabilitating sea turtles with fibropapillomatosis. 33Rd Ann Symposium Sea Turtle Biology
and Conservation, Baltimore, MD.
Jusun Hwang*, Heather Danaceau§ and Nicole L. Gottdenker. 2013. Overlap of Pathogen
species between Raccoons and Feral cats from Urban versus Rural Habitat. 2013 Southeastern
Ecology and Evolution Conference.
Page-Karjian A*, Norton TM, Gottdenker NL. 2012. Fibropapillomatosis in rehabilitating sea
turtles. Florida Keys Sea Turtle Medicine and Rehabilitation Workshop, Marathon Turtle
Hospital, FL.
Page-Karjian A*, Gottdenker N, George C . 2012. Pulmonary nematodiasis in a juvenile
bottlenose dolphin (Tursiops truncatus). Southeastern Veterinary Pathology Conference, Tifton,
GA. http://www.vet.uga.edu/vpp/activities/sevpac/archive/sevpac2012/29-Page.pdf
Christina Varian*ᶴ, Gilbert Alvarado, Eduardo Boza, Dr. Nicole Gottdenker. 2012. Effects of
Land Use on Trematode Infection in Tadpoles Found within the Las Cruces Biological Station .
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Southeastern Ecoloyg and Evolution Conference, Florida and Vet Med Research Day, College of
Vet Med, UGA, GA.
Jusun Hwang* , Heather Danaceau§ and Nicole L. Gottdenker. 2012. Identification of Pathogen
Infection in Raccoon (Procyon lotor) Populations from Georgia Barrier Islands. Science of
Veterinary Medicine Symposium, UGA
Jusun Hwang*ᶴ, Heather Danaceau§ and Nicole L. Gottdenker. 2012. of Pathogen Infection in
Raccoon (Procyon lotor) Populations from Georgia Barrier Islands, Southeastern American
Society for Microbiology Meeting. Identification Winner, Best Graduate Student Poster
Jusun Hwang*, Rachel Lampley^, Dana Cole, Nicole Gottdenker 2011. Science of Veterinary
Medicine Symposium, UGA Investigating the effects of urbanization on gastrointestinal parasite
infection in raccoons (Procyon lotor).
Christina Varian*, Gilbert Alvarado, Eduardo Boza, Nicole Gottdenker. 2010. Land use and
elevation effects on amphibian community and disease transmission at Las Cruces Biological
Station Society for the Advancement of Chicanos and Native Americans in Science, Anaheim,
CA.
Gottdenker, NL*, JE Calzada, A. Saldana, AM Santamaria. “El Cambio de paisaje
antropogenico,huespedes silvestres y la ecologia de la enfermedad de Chagas” (Anthropogenic
change, wildlife reservoirs, and Chagas disease ecology). May 2010- IX International Congress
on Wildlife Management in Amazonia and Latin America, Santa Cruz, Bolivia.
Gottdenker, NL and C. Hodo§. “Enfermedades zoonóticas de los mamíferos Neotropicales: La
Cacería y el riesgo de transmisión” Zoonotic Diseases of Neotropical Mammals: Hunting and the
Risk of Transmission. Presented in Spanish. May 2010- International Congress on Wildlife
Management in Amazonia and Latin America, Santa Cruz, BoliviaGottdenker, N, J. Calzada, A. Saldaña, and C.R. Carroll. 2010. Vector blood meal diversity,
community structure, and life history in relation to vector infection index with Trypanosoma
cruzi in a fragmented forest landscape. 59th Annual Meeting of the Wildlife Disease Association,
Iguazu, Argentina.
Gottdenker, N., H. Membache, A.M. Santamaria, J. Calzada, A. Saldaña, and C.R. Carroll.
2008. Effects of Forest Fragmentation on Relative Abundance, Blood Meal Species Composition,
and Trypanosome Infection of the Chagas disease vector Rhodnius pallescens in a Panamanian
Landscape. American Society of Tropical Medicine and Hygiene Meeting, New Orleans, LA.
Gottdenker, N., H. Membache, A.M. Santamaria, J. Calzada, A. Saldaña, and C.R. Carroll.
2008. “Anthropogenic land use change is associated with increased vector abundance and
Trypanosoma cruzi infection in Panama.” 18th Annual Molecular Parasitology/Vector Biology
Symposium, Center for Tropical and Emerging Global Diseases, University of Georgia.
Gottdenker, N., H. Membache, A.M. Santamaria, J. Calzada, A. Saldaña, and C.R. Carroll.
2008. “Forest fragmentation affects vector abundance and infection with Trypanosoma cruzi and
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Trypanosoma rangeli in a Panamanian landscape.” Wildlife Disease Association Annual
Meeting, Edmonton, Alberta, Canada.
Gottdenker, N. 2006. “What do Kissing Bugs, Palms, and Opossums Have In Common?
Modeling the Effects of Land Use Change on the Ecology of the Trypanosoma cruzi.” 2006.
Ecology and Evolution of Infectious Disease Conference, Pennsylvania State University.
Gottdenker, N. 2006, “Environmental Drivers of Infectious Disease: Modeling the Effects of
Forest Fragmentation and Palm Density on the Dynamics of the Protozoan Parasite Trypanosoma
cruzi “ Institute of Ecology, University of Georgia 12th Annual Graduate Student Symposium
Gottdenker, N., T. Walsh, D.S. Alacorn, J.Merkel, P. Parker, R.E. Miller. 2004. “Urban Wildlife
of the Galapagos Archipelago: Rock Doves (Columba livia), Disease, and Conservation of
Native Avifauna.” Society for Conservation Biology Annual Meeting, New York.
Gottdenker, N. M. Yabsley, and J. Fischer. 2003. “Besnoitiosis in a Virginia Opossum”.
Southeastern Veterinary Pathology Conference, Tifton.
Gottdenker, N. 2001. ¿Cuantos pecáries pueden habitar un paisaje? Disponibilidad de Recursos
Nutritivos y Heterogenidad de Habitat con Relación a Tayassu pecari en el Parque Nacional
Madidi y la Tierra Comunitaria de Origen (TCO) Tacana, La Paz, Bolivia, V Congreso
Internacional Sobre Manejo de Fauna Silvestre en la Amazonía, Cartagena, Colombia.
Gottdenker, N. 2001. Enfermedades de los Ungulados Amazónicos con Relación a su
Conservación y Manejo: Una Revisión. V Congreso Internacional Sobre Manejo de Fauna
Silvestre en la Amazonía, Cartagena, Colombia.
Gottdenker, N. 1997. “La ecologia reproductiva de los pecaríes en la Amazonía Peruana
Nororientale”. III Congreso Internacional sobre Manejo de Fauna Silvestre en La Amazonía.
Santa Cruz, Bolivia.
Gottdenker, N.L. and T. McNamara. 1999. “ Atoxoplasmosis in a Superb Starling and Avian
Haemosporidiosis in an Inca Tern”. Electron Microscopy Rounds, Albert Einstein College of
Medicine.
Gottdenker, N.L., T. McNamara, E. Brasleton, M. Linn. 1997. “Hemosiderosis of Captive
Callitrichidae” American Association of Zoological Veterinarians Annual Meeting, Omaha.
Gottdenker, N. L., T. McNamara, and M. Linn. 1997. “Adenovirus in a Striped Skunk”. Electron
Microscopy Rounds, Albert Einstein College of Medicine
Gottdenker, N.L., T. McNamara, and M. Linn. 1997. “Chlamydiosis in an Argentinean Horned
Frog”. Electron Microscopy Rounds, Albert Einstein College of Medicine.
Gottdenker, N. L., T. McNamara, and B. Karesh. 1996. “Dipetalonema sp. in a Free-Ranging
Spider Monkey”. Northeast Veterinary Pathology Conference, Cobleskill, NY.
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Gottdenker, N. and R. Bodmer. 1995. “ La Ecología Reproductiva y la Evaluación de la Cosecha
de Tayassu pecari y Tayassu tajacu: Implicaciones para su manejo”. II Congreso Internacional
Sobre Manejo de Fauna Silvestre en la Amazonía. Iquitos, Peru.
c. Grants and Awards Received:
1) UGA-CDC Collaborative Seed Research Grant, Integrating Anthropology, Ecoepidemiology,
and Veterinary Science to Define Drivers of Vector-Borne Zoonotic Disease Transmission in
Changing Landscapes, $100,000 Nov 2014- Nov 2016.
2) UGA One Health Award, Next generation sequencing for blood meal identification and
analysis of Chagas Disease vector population structure, Travis Glenn, Co-PI $5,000 January
2014-Jan 2015.
3) OVPR Faculty Research Grant, UGA Research Foundation, 'In Situ Evaluation of Sloths as
Chagas Disease Reservoirs', $10,000.00 (full amount request awarded) 2013-2014.
4) Animal Necessity Grant for Sea Turtle Immunology Research, co-PI with Annie Page-Karjian,
Bob Gogal, and Joerg Mayer, $3500.00. 2013-2014.
5) AAZV Research Grant-In-Aid, co-PI with Annie Page-Karjian, PhD Student, American
Association of Zoo Veterinarians. ‘Investigating chelonid fibropapilloma virus in symptomatic
and asymptomatic infected green sea turtles, $6,630.00. 2013-2014.
6) Rufford Foundation Grant, co-PI with Mauricio Seguel, PhD student, for fur seal work,
$8,842.00, 2013-2014.
7) Sophie Danforth Conservation Fund, co-PI with Annie Page-Karjian, PhD student, $850.00.
2013-2014.
8) St. Catherine’s Island Research Foundation, PI with Jusun Hwang (PhD Student).
Investigating the effect of multiple hosts on the transmission dynamics and evolution of canine
parvovirus in raccoon populations. 2012-2013. $3,000.00, 2012-2013.
9) SENACYT, Panama- Collaborative research grant on ecoepidemiology of Chagas disease and
leishmaniasis in Panama, co-PI with Azael Saldana, Jose Calzada, and CR Carroll. 2012-2014.
$80,000.00
10) Faculty Research Grant, UGA Research Foundation, Effects of trypanosome infection on
flight performance in Rhodnius pallescens. $8,483.00 (full amount requested awarded), 20112012
11) VMES research Grant, UGA College of Vet Med, for Bowhead Whale Histopathology Atlas
2011-2012. $10,000.
12) American Committee of Medical Entomology Travel Award, 2008. To attend the American
Society of Tropical Medicine and Hygiene Conference. $800.00
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13) Travel Grant, Ecology and Evolution of Infectious Disease Conference, Colorado State
University, 2008, $500.00
14) Sigma Xi Grants-In-Aid of Research Award 2008, $500.00
15) EPA STAR Graduate Research Fellowship 2006-2009 $106,720.00
16) Travel Award, Ecology and Evolution of Infectious Disease Conference, Cornell University
2007.
17) Tinker Graduate Research Travel Award, Center for Latin American and Caribbean Studies,
University of Georgia 2006. $1,000.00
18) Robert A. Sheldon Memorial Travel Award, UGA Institute of Ecology 2006. $500.00
19) Field Research Grant, Wildlife Conservation Society 2000-2001, $15,000.00
20) Tropical Conservation and Development Program Research Fellowship Grant Award for
M.S. Field Work, 1995. $1,000.00
Grants applied as PI or co-PI-Declined:
1) March 2014- Integrating community ecology, anthropology, and geospatial analysis to
study zoonotic disease transmission in the context of tropical deforestation. $56,000. Co-PI
with Julie Velasquez Runk, Susan Tanner. UGA OVPR Interdisciplinary Research Grants.
2) November 2012- Effect of Hookworms on the immune response of South American fur
seal (Arctocephalus australis) pups, $10,730, Morris Animal Foundation, co-PI with Mauricio
Seguel and Kaori Sakamoto-status: selected for full review
3) November 2012- Investigating chelonid fibropapilloma-associated herpesvirus in
symptomatic and asymptomatic turtles, $ 96,907 Morris Animal Foundation-Mentored
Graduate Research Fellowship for Cynthia Anne Page-status: selected for full review
4) November 2012- Effect of urbanization on potential bloodborne pathogen transmission
between feral cat and raccoons co-PI: Nicole Gottdenker with Jusun Hwang, Morris Animal
foundation-wildlife research pilot study
5) August 2012- Enhanced Application of Next-Generation Sequencing to Vector-Borne
Disease Ecology and Outbreak Investigations, $99,462, CDC/UGA Collaborative Research
Grant, co-PI with Greg Dasch
6) December 2011- Influence of forest fragmentation on interactions between reservoir host
health status and vector-borne pathogen transmission , $310,707, NSF/NIH Ecology of Infectious
co-PI with E. Allen Herre and S. Zeichner,(not competitive: good, fair, fair, fair)
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7) November 2011-Leatherback Sea Turtle Health Assessment in Matura Beach, Trinidad:
Applications for Conservation, Morris Animal Foundation-Mentored Graduate Research
Fellowship for Cynthia Anne Page
8) November 2011 Understanding canine parvovirus infection in raccoon population influenced
by human activity, Morris Animal foundation-wildlife research pilot study (result: good
reviews/main comment was that increased replicate study sites needed-eligible for resubmission)
Applicant: Jusun Hwang co-PI: Nicole Gottdenker
9) July 2011: Evaluating host life history traits and vector coinfection as drivers of vector-borne
pathogen transmission, $966,888, NSF CAREER AWARD, not competitive: very good, good,
good, fair)
10) November 2010 Morris Animal Foundation Seed Funds, PI Evaluating Impacts of
Urbanization on an Emerging Disease of Raccoons (Procyon lotor) $108,000
11)August 2010 Facilitated Vector-Borne Disease Outbreak Investigations and Ecological
Modeling for Control Measures, $100,000, CDC/UGA Collaborative Research Grants, co-PI with
Greg Dasch.
c) Recognition and Outstanding Achievement:
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John M. Bowen Award for Excellence in Animal/Biomedical Research, 2014.
d) Student Mentoring/Supervision
UNDERGRADUATE AND VETERINARY STUDENTS
Carmen Mancia, Georgia Veterinary Scholars Program (GVSP) Student, Summer 2014
Nicholas Means, NSF Population Biology of Infectious Disease REU Student, Summer 2014
Darlisha Owens, NSF Population Biology of Infectious Disease REU Student, Summer 2014
Kebora Weir- Laboratory Volunteer, 2013-present
Chandler Sharpe- Laboratory Volunteer, 2013-2014
Nicole Woller- DVM Student Georgia Veterinary Scholar GVSP, Summer 2013, Effects of
urbanization on raccoon pathogens in Georgia
Lauren Castro-Undergraduate Student, Princeton University- mentor for undergraduate thesis and
experimental/field work in Panama
Carolina Cabrera-NSF Population Biology of Infectious Disease REU, mentor, Summer 2013,
Modeling Chagas disease transmission in response to changes in host community structure
Leslie Ganshow- Athens Technical College Student in Biotechnology: laboratory research
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assistant Spring and Summer 2012.
Heather Danaceau- Georgia Veterinary Scholar, summer 2012: Relationships of human
development on tick-borne pathogens in raccoon populations
Ronke Olojowesiku: Honors Student, Genetics, 2011-Current: Mentoring study on comparative
methods of blood meal detection in triatomine bugs CURO Research Fellow for Summer 2012.
Rachel Lampley: Merial- Georgia Veterinary Scholar, Summer 2011: -mentored study of effects
of landscape structure on intestinal helminths of raccoons.
Stephanie Dietzel and Jamie Barnabei, Summer 2010, 3rd year veterinary students-international
veterinary medicine externship at the Gorgas institute in Panama
Carolyn Hodo, 4th year veterinary student, University of Georgia- externship on diseases of
Central American agoutis and domestic dogs, Costa Rica 2010
Jessica Brown, 2nd year veterinary student, University of Georgia- parasites of golden mice 2011
Mark Montes, Ecology (2009-2010)–independent study identification of pathogens of the kissing
bug Rhodnius pallescens
Maggie Trefney, 2nd year veterinary student, Kansas State University- Merk-Merial ScholarSummer 2010-mentored study of environmental factors influencing leishmania transmission in a
deforested landscape
3 Students mentored for the NAPIRE (Native American and Pacific Islander Undergraduate
Research Experience) program, Organization of Tropical Studies, Las Cruces Biological Station,
Costa Rica- Summer 2010:
o Christina Varian- Humboldt State University- Effects of land use and elevation on
amphibian pathogens (now a PhD student in my laboratory)
o Nicole Kenote- University of Colorado- Anthropogenic Factors Influencing
Abundance, Behavior, and Pathogen Communities in the Central American
Agouti Dasyprocta punctate (now an MS student at Colorado State University)
o Cassandra Camp- Oklahoma State University- The Risk of Zoonotic Disease
Transmission from Domestic Dogs to Humans in the Ngöbe-Buglé Community of
La Casona, Coto Brus, Costa Rica (now a graduate student at the University of
Oklahoma)
Celia Lorenza- undergraduate laboratory technician, UGA- molecular techniques, lab
management (2009-2013)
Karen Christ- undergraduate lab worker, UGA- also working on paper “What Veterinarians Need
to Know About Climate Change”, currently doing an independent study project for biology
credit. (Fall 2009-Spring 2011)
Si-ing Chen- undergraduate laboratory technician, UGA (Fall 2009-Spring 2010)- molecular
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techniques
Erin Clark- vet student mentee (Fall 2010-2014)
Courtney Sampson- vet student mentee (Fall 2010-2014)
UGA Vet Student, International Certificate mentees:
Hanna Jackson (DVM 2014)
Wade Won (DVM 2014)
Rachel Morgan (DVM 2016)
Darlene Casuga (DVM 2016)
Victor Oppenheimer (DVM 2017)
Jenny Taylor (DVM 2017)
Amanda Jara (DVM 2017)
Honors Program Mentees:
Malavika Rajeev, Ecology 2009-2011
Muhan Hu 2009-2011
Meryom Patillo, Ecology 2010-2011
Corinne Bicknese, Ecology 2010-2011
GRADUATE STUDENT MENTORING
Primary graduate advisor- Committee chair
Christina Varian, PhD student Pathology, GRO scholar- Fall 2012-present
Mauricio Seguel, DVM, PhD student Pathology, Fulbright Fellow-Fall 2012-present
Annie Page, DVM- PhD student Pathology - Fall 2011-present
Jusun Hwang, DVM-PhD student Pathology- Fall 2010- present
Ming Fung, BS- MS student Pathology- Defended MS Thesis May 2012, graduation date August
2012
Graduate committee member/advisor:
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Kishana Taylor Williams, PhD Student, Biomedical Sciences
Cecilia Sanchez- PhD student, Ecology
James Moree, MS Student, Ecology, MS received Summer 2012
Megan Jones, PhD student, Pathology
Daniel Becker, PhD student, Ecology
Malavika Rajeev, MS student, Ecology
Jennifer Peterson, PhD student, Princeton University, Ecology and Evolutionary Biology
f) Ad hoc reviewer for the following journals:
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PloS Neglected Tropical Diseases, Ecohealth, F1000 Research, Parasites and Vectors, PlosOne,
Emerging Infectious Diseases, Journal of Veterinary Diagnostic Investigation, Journal of Zoo and
Wildlife Medicine, Journal of Zoology, London, Journal of Wildlife Diseases, Veterinary
Pathology, Colciencias, Journal of Ecology, Veterinary Preventative Medicine, Ecologia en
Bolivia, African Journal of Biotechnology, International Journal of Health Geographics,
American Society of Tropical Medicine and Hygiene
Grant reviews for the following: Texas Sea Grant, CIRAD grant (French government
organization), Washington DC conservation organization
4. Public Service
Diagnostic Pathology Service Duty. I am on three pathology services: Biopsy/Mail-in, Necropsy,
and the Zoo and Exotic Animal Pathology Services. Current service for FY 15 is 9 weeks of duty,
17 weeks of duty in FY14, 24 weeks per year in FY 2013, 21 weeks per year in FY12, FY11, and
19 weeks in FY10. 13 All service duties have a heavy teaching component integrated with them,
because we work with veterinary pathology residents and students on the cases. Below is a table
demonstrating most of my case load, based on a search of UVIS. Case numbers may be slightly
inaccurate due to UVIS search criteria. I have finalized a total of 1948 cases since July 2009. The
below table summarizes case numbers.
YEAR
Biopsy(in-house) Necropsy
Mail-In
ZEAPS
6/2009-6/30/3
153
94
122
NA
2010
7/1/2010156
92
58
NA
6/30/2011
7/1/2011225
126
45
175
6/30/2012
7/1/2012260
68
38
121
6/30/2013
7/1/201370
63
11
71
2/28/2014
There were a few legal cases included in the diagnostic service duty. I served in court in Dekalb
county on one legal case, and on another legal case in Clarke County. There was another legal
case for which I also signed an affidavit form.
5. Other Service
Research service:
Merial Program on Evaluation of a Anti-IgE as a model for atopy in Mongrel Dogs and a test for
therapeutic agents for Atopy –with Paola Cazzini (resident)- Fall 2011-Spring 2012.
Merial Program on Evaluation of Anti-IgE drug as a model for atopy in Mongrel dogs and a test
for therapeutic agents for Atopy- with Jennifer Dill (resident)- Fall 2013.
Service to Professional National Organizations
1) Secretary for the Disease Ecology section of the Ecological Society of America
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2) Mentor- SEEDS program Ecological Society of America
3) American College of Veterinary Pathology Annual Meeting- 2011, Co-chair of Evolutionary
Pathology Session with Dr. Betsy Uhl.
4) American Society of Microbiology Annual Meeting- Southeastern Section- 2012- Judge for
graduate student poster sessions
5) Wildlife Disease Association Annual Meeting-2013, Judge for student talk sessions
6) Wildlife Disease Association- Membership Committee Member
Service on College/University Level Committees/Organizations:
1) Member, Search Committee, Vector Ecology/Emerging Infectious disease hire joint with the
CVM and Odum School of Ecology 2014.
2) Affiliate Faculty Member in the following campus organizations: Faculty of Infectious
Disease, Latin American and Caribbean Studies (LACSI) Program
3) Member, CVM Research Committee- 5 year appointment. Summer 2012-present
4) Member and mentor, International Veterinary Medical Certificate Program 2011-present
5) Stakeholder in the evaluation of Electronic Research Administration bids to evaluate a new
OVPR electronic research administration system. Attended two 3-hour long sessions on
October 19th and 20th, 2011, to evaluate two bids for the ERA system for OVPR. Invited by
members of the Animal Care and Use Committee.
6) Member, UGA Faculty Learning Commmunity “Making the Academic More than
Academic”. 2011-2012.
7) Volunteer Reviewer of Veterinary School Applications, CVM : 2010, 2011, 2012, 2013
8) I substituted for Dr. Betsy Uhl for the Research Committee Year 2011 Clinical Research
Funding Call for the College of Veterinary Medicine and reviewed proposals for funding
9) Judge, Student Talks and/or Posters for Veterinary Research Day at UGA College of
Veterinary Medicine: 2011, 2012, 2013
Departmental Committees:
1)
Chair, website committee, Dept. of Veterinary Pathology 2010-Spring 2013
2)
Member, Search Committee, Tifton Veterinary Diagnostic Laboratory anatomic
pathologist- 2011
3)
Member, website committee- Dept Veterinary Pathology- Summer 2013- present
Professional Organization Memberships:
 American College of Veterinary Pathologists (2004-present)
 Faculty of Infectious Diseases, UGA (2009-present)
 Wildlife Disease Association (1990-present)
 Ecological Society of America (1996-present), additional member of Theoretical Ecology
Section, Physiological Ecology Section, new Disease Ecology Section, Southeastern Chapter
Section.
 American Society for Tropical Medicine and Hygiene (2006-present)
Community- Other service
1) Volunteer, Oglethorpe Avenue Elementary School, educational cluster on dogs and dog
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diseases, birds, and nature walking- Spring 2012-Present
2) Necropsy demonstration of a juvenile manatee for the Marine mammal ecology and
conservation class, UGA, Summer 2010 and 2011.
3) Chair, Oglethorpe Avenue Elementary School first annual Yard sale, Spring 2013
4) Parent member, School Council, Oglethorpe Avenue Elementary School, 2013-Present
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