ACZM Student Manuscript Award
PROTOCOL FOR STUDENT MANUSCRIPT AWARD SUBCOMMITTEE
Last updated January 2025
The American College of Zoological Medicine (ACZM) is soliciting nominations for its Student Manuscript Award. This award recognizes up to two outstanding papers published in the peer-reviewed scientific literature in calendar year 2023 that resulted from research conducted by veterinarians engaged in a post-graduate training program (internship, residency, Master’s or PhD degree) under the tutelage of an ACZM diplomate. The award, in the form of a plaque and up to $1,000, will be announced and awarded at the ACZM’s annual meeting in September.
An ACZM diplomate or honorary ACZM member, who served as the nominee’s mentor, may nominate several nominees but only one manuscript per nominee may be submitted. To nominate a recipient for this honor, the ACZM mentor should submit a copy of the published paper in .pdf format accompanied by a signed cover letter (also in .pdf format) detailing the paper’s merits and certifying that the work described in the publication was conducted while the nominee was engaged in a training program under the Diplomate’s mentorship. The nominee must be the first author on the paper, and the paper must report on original work conducted by the nominee during his/her training program; case reports are not eligible for this competition. There are no restrictions on the journal in which the nominee’s work was published other than that it must be a peer-reviewed scientific publication.
Nominated manuscripts will be reviewed by the ACZM Student Manuscript Award subcommittee, comprised of a chairperson and a minimum of two additional committee members, and the committee’s recommendation will be forwarded to the ACZM Executive Committee for approval. Manuscripts will be judged according to the following criteria: overall scientific merit; writing quality; and contribution of the work to advancing the field of zoological medicine and the mission of the ACZM.
Nominations are due to the Award Subcommittee chairperson, Maya Kummrow, DVM, DACZM (mkummrow@vetclinics.uzh.ch) by July 1, 2024. Please feel free to contact Maya Kummrow if you have questions.
Previous Winners of the ACZM Student Manuscript Award
2024 Award
Awardee: Ellen Hayes
Mentor: Matt Allender
Manuscript Title: Haynes E, Stanford K, Cox S, Vivirito K, Durante K, Wright A, Gramhofer M, Pohly A, Gartlan B, Fredrickson K, Allender MC. Controlled clinical trial using terbinafine nebulization to treat wild lake Erie watersnakes (Nerodia sipedon insularum) with ophidiomycosis. J Zoo Wildl Med. 2024 Jan;54(4):746-756. doi: 10.1638/2023-0050. PMID: 38251998.
doi: 10.1638/2023-0050
Awardee: Michael McEntire
Mentor: Matt Allender
Manuscript Title: McEntire MS, Landolfi JA, Adkesson MJ, Papich MG, Sander SJ, Roy L, Talley A, Vincent L, Allender MC. The pharmacokinetics and pharmacodynamics of oral ponazuril in the treatment of isosporosis in passerine birds. J Zoo Wildl Med. 2023 Oct;54(3):561-572. doi: 10.1638/2022-0091. PMID: 37817622.
doi: 10.1638/2023-0050
2023 Award
Awardee: Anthony Cerreta
Mentor: Krista Keller
Manuscript Title: Bioencapsulation is a feasible method of terbinafine administration in Emydomyces testavorans-infected western pond turtles (Actinemys marmorata)
doi: 10.2460/ajvr.22.08.0138
2022 Award
Awardee: Juliette Raulic
Mentor: Claire Vergneau-Grosset
Manuscript Title: Pharmacokinetic, pharmacodynamic, and toxicology study of robenacoxib in rainbow trout (Oncorhynchus mykiss)" published in the Journal of Zoo and Wildlife Medicine.
doi: 10.1638/2020-0130
2021 Award
Awardee: Abby McClain
Mentor: Sam Ridgway
Manuscript Title: Physiological Effects of Low Salinity Exposure on Bottlenose Dolphins (Tursiops truncatus)
doi:10.3390/jzbg1010005
Awardee: Kathryn Perrin
Mentor: Mads Bertelsen
Manuscript Title: Biological Variation of Hematology and Biochemistry Parameters for the Asian Elephant (Elephas maximus), and Applicability of Population-Derived Reference Intervals
doi: 10.1638/2020-0007
2020 Award
Awardee: Molly Martony
Mentor: Ruth Francis-Floyd
Manuscript Title: Clinicopathologic prognostic indicators of survival and pathological findings in cold-stressed Florida manatees
doi: 10.3354/dao03306
2019 Award
Awardee: Eva Maria Greunz
Mentor: Mads Bertelsen
Manuscript Title: Elimination of intracardiac shunting provides stable gas anesthesia in tortoises
doi: 10.3354/dao03306
2018 Award
Awardee: Lori SH Westmoreland
Mentor: Michael Stoskopf
Manuscript Title: Altered acrylic acid concentrations in hard and soft corals exposed to deteriorating water conditions
doi: 10.1139/facets-2016-0064
2017 Award
Awardee: Julie Sheldon
Mentor: Sharon Deem
Manuscript Title: Comparison of total leukocyte quantification methods in free-living Galapagos tortoises (CHELONOIDIS SPP.)
doi: 10.1638/2015-0159.1
2016 Award
Awardee: Jennifer Hausmann
Manuscript Title: Experimental challenge study of FV2-like Ranavirus Infection in Previously FV3-like Ranavirus Infected Eastern Box Turtles (Terrapene carolina carolina) to Assess Infection and Survival
doi: 10.1638/2015-0022.1
2015 Award
Awardee: Michelle Verant
Manuscript Title: White-nose syndrome initiates a cascade of physiologic disturbances in the hibernating bat host
doi: 10.1186/s12899-014-0010-4
2014 Award
Awardee: Sally A. Nofs
Manuscript Title: Prenatal passive transfer of maternal immunity in Asian elephants (Elephas maximus)
doi: 10.1016/j.vetimm.2013.03.008
2013 Award
Awardee: Natalie Hall
Manuscript Title: Serum osmolality and effects of water deprivation in captive Asian elephants (Elephas maximus)
doi: 10.1177/1040638712445770
2013 Honorable Mention
Awardee: Marion Desmarchelier
Manuscript Title: Evaluation of a fracture pain model in domestic pigeons (Columbia livia)
2012 No Award
2011 Award
Awardee: Peter A. Black
Manuscript Title: Pharmacokinetics of tramadol hydrochloride and its metabolite o-desmethyltramadol in peafowl (Pavo cristatus)
doi: 10.1638/2010-0054.1
2010 Award
Awardee: Sathya K. Chinnadurai
Manuscript Title: Experimental Infection of Native North Carolina Salamanders with Batrachochytrium dendrobatidis
doi: 10.7589/0090-3558-45.3.631
2009 Award
Awardee: Robert A. MacLean
Manuscript Title: Propofol anesthesia in loggerhead (Caretta caretta) sea turtles
doi: 10.7589/0090-3558-44.1.143
2008 No Award
2007 Award
Awardee: Christine Fiorello
Manuscript Title: Demography, hunting ecology and pathogen exposure of domestic dogs in the Isoso of Bolivia
doi: 10.1111/j.1523-1739.2006.00466.x
2006 Award
Awardee: James Wellehan
Manuscript Title: Varanid herpesvirus 1: a novel herpesvirus associated with proliferative stomatitis in green tree monitors (Varanus prasinus)
doi: 10.1111/j.1523-1739.2006.00466.x
2005 Award
Awardee: Christine V. Fiorello
Manuscript Title: Seroprevalnce of pathogens in domestic carnivores on the border of Madidi National Park, Bolivia
doi: 10.1017/S1367943003001197
2004 Award
Awardee:Brad A. Lock
Manuscript Title: Use of an enzyme-linked immunosorbent assay for detection of antibody responses in Argentine boa constrictors (Boa constrictor occidentalis)
doi: 10.2460/ajvr.2003.64.388
2003 Award
Awardee: Chris Dutton
Manuscript Title: Hydromyelia in a Reeves’ Muntjac (Munteacus reevesi)
doi: 10.1638/1042-7260(2002)033[0256:HIARMM]2.0.CO;2
2002 No Award
2001 Award
Awardee: Tracy Clippinger
Manuscript Title: Morbidity and mortality associated with a new mycoplasma species from captive American alligators (Alligator mississippiensis)
doi: 10.1638/1042-7260(2000)031[0303:MAMAWA]2.0.CO;2
2000 Award
Awardee: Jean Pare
Manuscript Title: Humoral response and protection from experimental challenge following vaccination of raccoon pups with a modified-live canine distemper virus vaccine
doi: 10.7589/0090-3558-35.3.430
1999 Award
Awardee: Keith Bensen
Manuscript Title: Characterization of the Renal Portal System of the Common Green Iguana by Digital Subtraction
1998 Award
Awardee: Peter Holz
Manuscript Title: The anatomy and perfusion of the renal portal system in the red-eared slider (Trachemys scripta elegans)
1997 Award
Awardee: Lee A. Young
Manuscript Title: Disposition of Enrofloxacin and its Metabolite Ciprofloxacin after Intramuscular Injection in Juvenile Burmese Pythons (Python molurus bivittatus)
1996 Award
Awardee: Ramiro Isaza
Manuscript Title: The Prevalence of Benzimidazole-Resistant Trichostrongyloid Nematodes in Antelope Collections in Florida
1995 Award
Awardee: Lucy Spelman
Manuscript Tile: Anesthesia of North American river otters with medetomidine-ketamine and reversal by atipamezole
1994 Award
Awardee: Lucy Spelman
Manuscript Title: Field Anesthesia in the North American River Otter
1993 Award
Awardee: Nadine Lamberski
Manuscript Title: Fluid Dynamics of Intraosseous Fluid Administration in Birds. Journal of Zoo and Wildlife Medicine