Congratulations to Eliza Baker and Samantha Gammon Kuschke for winning the 2024 Phi Zeta Manuscript competition!

Clinical Research Category winner: Eliza Baker (with Alex Jensen, Debra Miller, Kayla Buck Garrett, Christopher A. Cleveland, Justin Brown, Kyle Van Why & Richard Gerhold). Hepatozoon spp. infection in wild canids in the eastern United States. Parasites & Vectors. Volume 16, Article number: 372 (2023). https://doi.org/10.1186/s13071-023-05968-x

Basic Science Category winner Samantha Gammon Kuschke (with Wyneken J, Cray C, Turla E, Kinsella M and Miller, DL). (2023) Fusarium spp. an emerging fungal threat to leatherback (Dermochelys coriacea) eggs and neonates. Frontiers in Marine Science. 10:1170376. doi: 10.3389/fmars.2023.1170376

Baker and Kuschke will advance to represent the UT College of Veterinary Medicine at the national level.