CRWAD 2008 NEWSLETTER
Photo Left to Right: Dr. Lynn Joens, President; 2007 Dedicatee, Dr. Richard F. Ross and Karen Ross.
Photo Left to Right: Dr. Robert P. Ellis, Executive Director; Dr. Lynn Joens, 2007 President; and in-coming President for 2008, Dr. Richard Isaascon.
2008 COUNCIL MEMBERS
President - Dr. Richard E. Isaacson,
U. of Minnesota
Vice-President - Dr. Bill Stich, University of Missouri,
Columbia, MO
Executive Director - Dr. Robert P. Ellis, Colorado State
University
Council Member - Dr. Eileen Thacker, USDA - ARS - NP Leader Animal Health, Beltsville, MD
Council Member - Dr. Laura Hungerford, University of
Maryland, Baltimore, MD
Council Member - Dr. Donald L. Reynolds, Iowa State University,
Ames, IA
Council Member - Dr. Rodney A. Moxley, University of Nebraska,
Lincoln, NE
THE 2008 CRWAD PRESIDENT - Dr. Richard E. Isaascon
It is a pleasure to serve the Conference of Research Workers in Animal Diseases as your President. The CRWAD is more than just a “Conference” but is an association of scientists who actively pursue important research on animal diseases. Over my many years attending the annual meeting, I’ve come to see the Conference as a place to communicate with other scientists with similar and dissimilar interests and convert those conversations into new research projects. Unlike some of the large scientific Societies, we are a small and interactive group. This directly benefits us by promoting dialogues between scientists. The sense of community within CRWAD rewards us with open dialogue and this in turn is the basis for out of the box thinking. This thinking benefits our research programs and the health and well being of animals.
As I gazed around the ballroom during the opening mixer last December, one of the things that struck me was the number of students in attendance. As President and a long time member of CRWAD, this was gratifying because I know that we will continue to be in good hands in the future. Many of you know that over the past few years, your Council advocated for changes in membership requirements and application procedures for CRWAD. The membership as a whole has embraced those recommendations and as a result we’ve seen our membership grow. As members of CRWAD, it is our responsibility to make sure that others are made aware of who we are and what we do. Please be an ambassador for CRWAD and help identify potential new members. Urge them to apply for membership. One of the membership areas that we want to increase is our scientists from animal health based industries. Changes we made to the application process and membership requirements should help in this process.
Annually, the CRWAD Vice President is charged with the important responsibility of coordinating the selection of the Conference dedicatee. I can’t begin to tell you how gratifying it was to call Dr. Richard Ross to tell him that he was selected the dedicatee of the 2007 Conference. This year, Dr. Bill Stich will have this responsibility. I’m sure that under his guidance that you will be pleased with our selection.
One of the responsibilities of Council is to raise funds to support the Conference. In past years we’ve been successful in our proposals for funding to the USDA/NRI. We’ve also charged the Council to request support from our Animal Health Industry colleagues. At the last meeting of Council, Council Member Dr. Donald Reynolds suggested that we establish an industry based steering committee whose responsibility will be to work with Council in a proactive way to solicit funds. We’re excited that this will be an effective way to keep the CRWAD the vital scientific organization that it is.
Finally, I want to welcome Dr. Rodney Moxley to the Council. We are looking forward to his insights, expertise, and new ideas on Council. By the way, if you have a good idea for CRWAD, contact me or any of the other Council members.
I hope that everyone is able to attend the 2008 Conference and make it the best meeting in our history. Best Wishes to All.
Richard Isaacson, President
NEWS FROM THE EXECUTIVE DIRECTOR - Dr. Robert P. Ellis
Dear CRWAD Colleagues,
Our 2007 year and meeting were memorable. We dodged another blizzard, which was not as severe as 2006. Our meeting began with the reception and poster session Sunday. We all look forward to the science that is communicated during this session, and to renewing friendships and making new acquaintances. We added many new members again in 2007. I am convinced that the upswing in membership is due to the change in Membership Requirements, as mentioned by our President, Richard Isaacson, and due to current members recruiting fellow animal disease research scientists. Keep up the good work. Another good indication of the viability of CRWAD is the number and quality of the student presentations. There were 24 student awards which totaled $5100 in cash, plus books, memberships and plaques. The number of awards and the amount awarded seems to grow a little each year.
Many of you are affiliated with one or more of the Satellite Meeting groups who meet before the CRWAD meeting. The satellite groups continue to grow, in numbers of satellites and in numbers of total attendees. Most of the satellite meeting attendees stay for CRWAD, and are presenters at our annual meeting. This increases the visibility of CRWAD to those who may not attend unless they come to the satellite meetings, and enhances our meeting and membership. The satellites pay for all their meeting expenses, and save themselves significantly by affiliating with CRWAD so that their meeting rooms are free and their guest rooms are at the CRWAD reduced rate. This is a win/win situation for both the satellites and CRWAD.
Our meeting was up in attendance again for 2007 over the past years. A group of about 40 scientists from eastern European countries attended, and were provided with simultaneous translation of the sessions they attended. This is a significant advancement for CRWAD, and we plan for it to continue. Several CRWAD members were able to visit with additional international colleagues who attended CRWAD for the first time.
Although our total sponsorship was down, we thank Fort Dodge and Intervet (a part of Schering Plough) for their continued support. By negotiating with the hotel for the best rates possible, and by keeping the overall meeting expenses down, we are able to continually conduct a high quality international meeting that is less, about one third the registration cost of similar meetings. The CRWAD Council will appoint a committee, consisting of CRWAD members who are in industry, to assist in gaining more support from our industrial associates. Member volunteers would be welcome. If we need more members on the committee, we will be calling members to assist with this endeavor.
An effort to allow companies with “tools” that we could use in our animal disease research was initiated last year. We plan to offer the companies to exhibit their tools as table tops. The charge to the companies will be reasonable. Bill Stich, CRWAD Vice President, contacted several companies last year, and they are definitely interested in this opportunity. The criteria and other details are being determined, so that we will have these table tops at our meeting this December. If any of you have comments regarding the table top exhibits, please contact Bill Stich or me.
A new item of interest to me, and I am sure to all of you, is the activity generated by our web pages. We have gone to Google Dashboard to track our activity. It has been very gratifying to see that the efforts of our web master, Suzy Squires, have been paying off for all of us. We are averaging above 40 site visits per day, with highs above 400 per day when the abstracts are due and the program was published. Two of our most consistently visited pages are our Faculty Positions and Post Doc pages. People know that our web pages have current listings and they are using them to find their next position. Our Program page and Awards page also receive high use.
We look forward to another great year for CRWAD, and we will see you in Chicago this December.
Sincerely, Bob Ellis, Executive Director
CALVIN W. SCHWABE AWARD to Dr. Clive C. Gay
Biography – Dr. Clive C. Gay, DVM, MVSc, FACVSc
Dr. Gay served on the faculty at Washington State University from 1979 until
2005, and was the division head for population medicine, theriogenology,
and food animal medicine and surgery within the Department of Clinical
Sciences from 1988 through 2005. Dr. Gay received DVM and MVSc degrees from
the University of Guelph, and later became a Fellow of the Australian College
of Veterinary Scientists. Before joining the faculty at WSU, he served
as a Lecturer at the University of Glasgow and the University of Melbourne.
In 1983, Dr. Gay led in the development of the Field Disease Investigation
Unit (FDIU) at WSU, a much-admired service unit in applied veterinary epidemiology.
The FDIU quickly established an excellent reputation with livestock producers
for responding meaningfully to their problems, with research faculty for
integrating field research with bench science, and with the academic veterinary
community for raising the standard and image of field-based epidemiological
service and research. 
Emulation of this integrative model has been attempted
by veterinary institutions from around the world, but none have superseded
the original, which is undoubtedly due in large part to the spirit infused
by Clive Gay. Dr. Gay’s unique blend of clinical skills, self-effacing demeanor, practical
knowledge, and scientific ability are hallmarks of his interaction with producers,
students, veterinarians, researchers, and decision-makers at the local, national,
and international level. The hallmark of his research activity has been its
applicability to practical issues faced by livestock producers. He is a dedicated
and effective teacher, having contributed to the education of veterinary students
for more than 40 years, particularly in the art and skill of physical diagnosis.
Dr. Gay was also an advisor, invaluable mentor, and committee member for 29
PhD and MS students during his career. He is an author on more than 90 peer-reviewed
journal publications, in addition to publishing numerous book chapters, including
several for the Merck Veterinary Manual. To some, he may be best
known for his contribution to one of the most influential veterinary textbooks
ever published, Veterinary Medicine - A Textbook of the Diseases of Cattle,
Horses, Sheep, Pigs and Goats. Dr. Gay was a contributing author to the
5 th, 6 th, and 7 th editions, and was a co-editor for the 8 th, 9 th, and
most recently, the 10 th edition which was published in 2007. With his broad
expertise and unequalled knowledge of pertinent literature, it is not surprising
that he was also a co-author of the 3 rd edition of Saunders Comprehensive
Veterinary Dictionary .
DISTINGUISHED VETERINARY IMMUNOLOGIST
Dr. John E. Butler, University of Iowa, Iowa City, IA,
was named the Distinguished Veterinary Immunologist for 2007. Dr. Christopher
Davies, President of The American Association of Veterinary Immunologists,
presented Dr. Butler with this award.
Biography - Dr. John E. Butler
John E. Butler received his bachelor’s degree from the University of Wisconsin-River Falls in biology/chemistry in 1961 and his Ph D. in zoology/biochemistry from the University of Kansas in 1965. Butler also served as a Ranger-naturalist in the National Park Service from 1961-1963, participated in the South Eastern Pacific Oceanographic Expedition in 1966 and interned at the Duke Marine Biology Institute. His first full-time professional position was as a Research Biologist in Allergens Investigations, USDA, Washington, D.C. Since 1971 he has been a faculty member in the Department of Microbiology in the University of Iowa Medical School.
He has received numerous awards including a fellowship from the Max Planck Society of Germany, Citations Classic Award, Fogarty International Fellowship and most recently Distinguished Veterinary Immunologist award from the International Union of Immunological Societies (IUIS).
Dr. Butler has published > 150 peer-reviewed articles including ≈70 in high profile immunology/ biochemistry journal but also ≈ 30 in veterinary journals. Butler has also published > 60 invited reviews and book chapters. He initiated the Comparative Immunoglobulin Workshop (CIgW) and still maintains the website of that committee www.medicine.uiowa.edu/CIgW. During his tenure at Iowa he has trained > 30 graduate and postdoctoral students, > 30 undergraduate researchers, 10 research associates and has taught basic immunology and molecular immunology to >1500 students. He currently serves as Director of Graduate Studies fro the Department of Microbiology and Co-chairman of the Comprehensive Examination Committee for the Interdisciplinary Immunology Program.
His research has been supported by the NSF, NIH, USDA-NRI, USDA-ARS, Carver Trust of the University of Iowa, National Porkboard, Max-Planck Society and German Department of Agriculture.
DISTINGUISHED VETERINARY MICROBIOLOGIST
The Distinguished Veterinary Microbiologist for 2007 was Dr. Gordon R. Carter, Blacksburg , VA . Dr. M. M. Chengappa gave a presentation about Dr. Carter's work during a meeting session.
Biography - Dr. Gordon Robert Carter
Dr. Gordon R. Carter was born in Manitoba, Canada and received his early education in the Guelph, Ontario area. He obtained his DVM in 1943 from the Ontario Veterinary College, his MSc from Iowa State University in 1950 and his DVSc from the University of Toronto in 1956. Dr. Carter’s field has been the microbiology of infectious diseases of animals with special emphases on the laboratory diagnosis of these conditions as well as a lifetime of work with the Genus Pasteurella.
Dr. Carter’s professional experiences have been in a number of institutions and countries. He was employed at Connaught Medical Laboratories, Toronto, Government of Jamaica, Animal Diseases Research Institute, Ottawa during his early career. As a graduate student at Ames, Iowa he taught veterinary students and this experience lead him to academic institutions. For a ten year period he was a faculty member at the Ontario Veterinary College primarily in research. A shorter period followed at the University of Georgia where he gained experience in diagnostic microbiology and wrote the first edition of his book on this subject. As a professor at Michigan State University for 15 years he was active in teaching, research and the supervision of the clinical microbiology laboratory. While there, he supervised 30 graduate students and received the Distinguished Faculty Award in 1976. In 1981, he moved to the Virginia-Maryland Regional College of Veterinary Medicine. In 1986 he retired as Professor Emeritus. He continued writing and revising books, some published in Spanish, Portuguese, Japanese and Persian. With associates he has recently contributed 3 books for online publication with the International Veterinary Information Service.
The extent of his research is indicated by more than 100 articles published in refereed journals. He contributed reviews and articles on pasteurellosis in many venues, including Bergey’s Manual of Determinative Bacteriology. The 1 st edition of his “Diagnostic Procedures in Veterinary Bacteriology and Mycology” published in 1967 has been followed by 4 further editions. His popular “Essentials” book has gone through six editions.
His international activities have included a year in Burma under the Canadian Colombo Plan, a year with FAO as advisor on animal health problems in Thailand, Cambodia, Burma and Vietnam. He was a participant in UNESCO training courses on Diagnostic Veterinary Microbiology in Sri Lanka and Tanzania.
Dr. Carter has been a consultant on pasteurellosis and infectious diseases in Burma, Thailand, Malaysia, Brazil, Mexico and Africa. He is an emeritus and past member of 6 professional organizations, making contributions at conferences and annual meeting. In 1997 the CRWAD meeting was dedicated in his honor.
The distinguished career during the last 60 years makes Dr. Carter worthy of recognition by his peers.
During the Bacterial Pathogenesis Section, Dr. M. M. Chengappa gave a presentation about Dr. Carter's work entitled: "The life and times of a renaissance man: Dr. Gordon Carter."
NEW MEMBERS 2008
The Following New 2008 Regular Member Applicants, approved by the Council, were announced and presented with Member Certificates:
33 New Regular Members
1) Gerard P Andrews, University of Wyoming, Laramie, WY
2) Jianfa Bai, Kansas State University, Manhattan, KS
3) Christine M. Corl, Michigan State University, East Lansing, MI
4) Rami A. Dalloul , Virginia Tech University, Blacksburg, VA
5) Benjamin J. Darien, University of Wisconsin, Madison, WI
6) Cheryl Dvorak, University of Minnesota, St. Paul, MN
7) Margaret K. Elliott, ARS, USDA, National Animal Disease Center, Ames,
IA
8) Roman R. Ganta, Kansas State University, Manhattan, KS
9) José A. Gutiérrez-Pabello, Universidad Nacional Autónoma
de México, Ciudad Universitaria, Coyoacan, MEXICO
10) Sangeeta Khare, Texas A & M University, College Station, TX
11) Jeremy J. Kroll, Boehringer Ingelheim, Ames, IA
12) Linda K. Lord, Ohio State University, Columbus, OH
13) Pradip K. Maiti, Nutratech, Winnipeg, Manitoba
14) Agricola Odoi, University of Tennessee, Knoxville, TN
15) Francisco J. Olea-Popelka, Colorado State University, Fort Collins,
CO
16) Tanja Opriessnig, Iowa State University, Ames, IA
17) Bapi Pahar, Tulane National Primate Research Center, Covington, LA
18) Katherine H. Petersson, University of Rhode Island, Kingston, RI
19) Ratree Platt, Iowa State University, Ames, IA
20) Balaji Ramanathan, University of Prince Edward Island, Charlottetown,
PEI, Canada
21) Adrian J. Reber, University of Georgia, Athens, GA
22) Yongming Sang, Kansas State University, Manhattan, KS
23) Holger Schoenenbruecher , National Animal Disease Center, Ames, IA
24) Ruud Segers, Intervet International B.V., Boxmeer, THE NETHERLANDS
25) Joe H. Simmons, Charles River Laboratories, Wilmington, MA
26) Sambasivarao Tadepalli, Novartis Animal Health US, Inc., Sioux Falls,
SD
27) Andrea Varela-Stokes, Mississippi State University, Mississippi State,
MS
28) Patty Sue D. Weber, Michigan State University, East Lansing, MI
29) David A. Williams, University of Illinois, Urbana, IL
30) Ying Yuan, Pfizer, Inc., Kalamazoo, MI
31) Eric M. Vaughn, Boehringer Ingelheim Vetmedica, Inc., Ames, IA
32) Chengming Wang, Auburn University, Auburn, AL
33) Bereket Zekarias, Arizona State University, Tempe, AZ
2 New Life Members
1) Simmons, Donald G., Apex, NC
2) Wilkie, Bruce N. University of Guelph, Guelph, Ontario
2008 ABSTRACT SUBMISSION DEADLINE
Electronic Abstract submission will be required for the 2008 meeting. The Abstract deadline for the 2008 CRWAD Annual Meeting is August 25. Abstract submission instructions and information are available at AUTHOR INSTRUCTIONS.
Chicago Marriott (Downtown) Room Reservations 2008
A custom Web site has been created by the Chicago Marriott Hotel for CRWAD attendees to reserve their 2008 hotel sleeping rooms. Guests can access the site to learn more about the event and to book, modify, or cancel a sleeping room reservation.
Meeting Attendees please note:
The custom link will direct you to the Marriott property's home page and
will have the CRWAD group code already entered in the appropriate field.
Just make your sleeping room reservation by entering your arrival date
to begin the reservation process.
Please place your hotel sleeping room reservations
at the following custom site:
Chicago
Marriott (Downtown) Hotel custom
CRWAD Room Reservations Web site
If you call the hotel (Toll-Free: 1-800-228-9290) to make your sleeping room reservation make sure you indicate your affiliation with the CRWAD in order to receive the special CRWAD group rate. Place your reservation by November 1, to secure a sleeping room under the CRWAD group rate.
THANK YOU PAST PRESIDENT Dr. Lynn Joens
LEFT PHOTO: Dr. Robert P. Ellis discusses business with 2007
President, Dr. Lynn Joens
RIGHT PHOTO: Dr. Lynn Joens accepts the President's Plaque from
in-coming 2008 President Dr. Richard Isaacson.
AHRR (Animal Health Research Reviews)
Dr. Carlton Gyles , Editor-in-Chief, University of Guelph, Guelph, Ontario, Canada, presented a report on the status of Animal Health Research Reviews. AHRR is now being marketed by Cambridge Publishing.
"Animal Health Research Reviews provides an international forum for the publication of reviews and commentaries on all aspects of animal health. Papers include in-depth analyses and broader overviews of all facets of health and science in both domestic and wild animals."
Animal Health Research Reviews may be ordered
from Cambridge Journals:
AHRR
Subscription Order Form
CRWAD Proceedings may be ordered by contacting Dr. Robert P. Ellis