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Current Small Animal Scientific
Advisory Board Members
Gregory Acland, BVSC
Fifth–Year Board Member
Cornell University
Anne C. Avery, VMD, PhD
Third–Year Board Member
Colorado State University
Duncan C. Ferguson, VMD, PhD
Third–Year Board Member
University of Illinois
William C. Kisseberth, DVM, PhD
Second–Year Board Member
The Ohio State University
Barbara E. Kitchell, DVM, PhD
Second–Year Board Member
Michigan State University
Joanne Messick, VMD, PhD
First–Year Board Member
Purdue University
Carlos Rodriguez, DVM, PhD
First–Year Board Member
University of California, Davis
Lauren A. Trepanier, DVM, PhD
Third–Year Board Member
University of Wisconsin, Madison
Cynthia R. Ward, VMD, PhD
Second–Year Board Member
The University of Georgia
Current Large Animal Scientific
Advisory Board MembersErnie Bailey, PhD
First–Year Board Member
University of Kentucky
George Barrington, DVM, PhD
First–Year Board Member
Washington State
Noah D. Cohen, VMD, MPH, PhD
First–Year Board Member
Texas A&M University
Mark V. Crisman, DVM, MS
Third–Year Board Member
Virginia–Maryland Regional College of Veterinary Medicine (Virginia Tech)
Beth Davis, DVM, PhD
First–Year Board Member
Kansas State
Lisa Fortier, DVM, PhD
First–Year Board Member
Cornell University
James N. Moore, DVM, PhD
Third–Year Board Member
University of Georgia
Current Wildlife Scientific Advisory Board Members
Janine L. Brown, PhD, Chair
Third–Year Board Member
Conservation & Research Center at Smithsonian National Zoological Park
George Amato, PhD
First–Year Board Member
Museum of Natural History (AMNS) Sackler Institute for Comparative Genomics
Sylvain DeGuise, DMV, PhD
First–Year Board Member
University of Connecticut
Thomas R. Gillespie, PhD
Third–Year Board Member
University of Illinois
Edward Ramsey, DVM
First–Year Board Member
The University of Tennessee
Bonnie L. Raphael, DVM
Second–Year Board Member
Global Health Program, Wildlife Conservation Society
Bruce A. Rideout, DVM, PhD
First–Year Board Member
San Diego Zoo's Institute for Conservation Research
Tonie E. Rocke, PhD
Second–Year Board Member
National Wildlife Health Center



