Fish Health Section Annual Meeting Update

Greetings!

We wanted to provide some bits of information for members for the upcoming Fish Health Section Annual Meeting in Ithaca, NY.

The meeting will be held from July 13-15th at the Hotel Ithaca. The early registration deadline for the meeting is June 1st. After this date, registration prices will increase.

The Continuing Education session will be held on July 13th and is titled "Prevention of Infectious Diseases in Aquatic Animals: Management Practices and Vaccines".


The deadline for applications for the Snieszko Student Travel Award is June 1st. More information on the award and how to apply can be here.

Finally, we have set up a Google doc for students/early career members looking for a roommate to help defray costs at the meeting. The room rate is good until June 1st or the hotel sells out of the block of rooms. 

56th Annual Western Fish Disease Workshop

Registration for the 56th Annual Western Fish Disease Workshop has opened. The registration website is here. The workshop will be held from June 2-4, 2015 at the Steamboat Sheraton Resort in Steamboat Springs, CO. The continuing education session will be held on June 2nd, and presentations will take place on June 3rd & 4th. This year's CE session is 'What's bugging my fish? Detection, pathology, impacts, and treatment of problematic parasites' and is RACE certified. 

More information will be available soon in the FHS Newsletter.

A Quick Recap of the 2012 FHS Meeting

The 2012 AFS-FHS annual meeting was held in La Crosse, WI in July. Twelve students presented their research at this meeting. Student presentations ranged from treatments to eliminate Viral Hemorrhagic Septicemia Virus (VHSV) from baitfish to great egrets as potential vectors of Aeromonas hydrophila. A full list of abstracts can be found here. 

There were five S.F. Snieszko student travel awards given this year to defray the cost of travel to the meeting. In addition, all student presentations were judged by a panel of professionals. At the end of the meeting, awards were given to the student speakers with the highest points. Congratulations to Nick Phelps (University of Minnesota) who won first place and Amy Long (University of Idaho) who won second place.

A student-professional lunch social held on the first day of the meeting. The goal of the social was to introduce students to each other and to professionals. We also aimed to encourage a dialogue that continued throughout the meeting. Nine professionals sat down with students and discussed their career paths and gave advice on finding jobs and postdoctoral positions.

Thanks to all the students who participated in this meeting. We'll see you in Port Townsend in 2013!