Hello All:
A reminder that elections for the GRC Board end in ONE week (Friday, 31 March). Please join the GRC today (https://www.ranavirus.org/register/) and vote!!!!
NOTE: After you join the GRC, Jesse Brunner ([log in to unmask]) will send a link to you for voting.
Best, Matt
Elections for the GRC Board are open and will close at
17:00 Eastern Daylight Time (New York, USA) on
Friday, 31 March 2017. Information about the nominees for each position is below.
Voting is open to GRC members. If you are a current GRC member, you will be receiving a link soon from Jesse Brunner or Amanda Duffus to a confidential poll for submitting ballots. You can renew your
membership or join the GRC here:
https://www.ranavirus.org/register/
Current members are listed on the GRC website (https://www.ranavirus.org/resources/members/). If you have questions about membership, please contact Jesse Brunner
([log in to unmask]).
Thank you very much for participating in the GRC election!
Best, Matt
Nominees(Positions
start 12 June 2017)
Associate Director
James Jancovich (California State University-San Marcos):
http://faculty.csusm.edu/jjancovich/
Jake Kerby (University of South Dakota):
http://www.usd.edu/faculty-and-staff/Jacob-Kerby
David Lesbarreres (Laurentian University, Canada):
https://gearg.jimdo.com/people/
Tom Waltzek (University of Florida):
http://www.vetmed.ufl.edu/about-the-college/faculty-directory/thomas-b-waltzek/
Amanda Duffus (Gordon State College):
http://fwf.ag.utk.edu/mgray/ranavirus/elections/2017/DuffusBiosketch.pdf
Maria Forzan (Cornell University):
http://fwf.ag.utk.edu/mgray/ranavirus/elections/2017/ForzanBiosketch.pdf
Emily Hall (Vanderbilt University):
https://hub.wsu.edu/emilyhall/
North America Representative
Maria Forzan (Cornell University): http://fwf.ag.utk.edu/mgray/ranavirus/elections/2017/ForzanBiosketch.pdf
Jake Kerby (University of South Dakota):
http://www.usd.edu/faculty-and-staff/Jacob-Kerby
South (and Central) America Representative
Claudia Maris Ferreira (Instituto de Pesca São Paulo, Brazil):
http://fwf.ag.utk.edu/mgray/ranavirus/elections/2017/MarisFerreiraBiosketch.pdf
Claudio Soto Azat (Universidad Andrés Bello, Chile):
Europe (and Africa) Representative
Marja Kik (Utrecht University, Netherlands):
http://fwf.ag.utk.edu/mgray/ranavirus/elections/2017/KikBiosketch.pdf
Stephen Price (University College London, Great Britain):
https://2infectious.wordpress.com
Qiwei Qin (South China Agricultural University):
http://fwf.ag.utk.edu/mgray/ranavirus/elections/2017/QinBiosketch.pdf
Ellen Ariel (James Cook University):
https://research.jcu.edu.au/portfolio/ellen.ariel/
NOTE: All positions will begin on 12 June 2017, and last for four years. In addition, the current Director (Dr. Matt Gray, University of Tennessee) will become the Past
Director and the current Associate Director (Dr. Jesse Brunner, Washington State University) will become the Director on 12 June.
Matthew J. Gray, Ph.D., Professor
Director, Global
Ranavirus Consortium
Co-chair, PARC National Disease Task Team
Associate Director, Center for Wildlife Health
University of Tennessee
274 Ellington Plant Sciences Building
Knoxville, TN 37996-4563
865.974.2740 [ofc] [log in to unmask]
865.974.4714 [fax] http://fwf.ag.utk.edu/personnel/mgray.htm
For more information about Forestry, Wildlife and Fisheries at UTK,
Please visit http://fwf.ag.utk.edu/ or
call 865.974.7126
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