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The Center for Wildlife Health
Research is a non-profit, tax-exempt organization and is governed by a
board of directors with a wide range of professional, educational and
animal experience
Daphne Carlson Bremer
received her bachelor degrees in Chemistry and Marine Biology from
Boston University before continuing her education at Tufts University
Cummings School of Veterinary Medicine. After graduating with her
Doctorate of Veterinary Medicine, she practiced small animal and
emergency medicine for 5 years in Texas and California. Daphne the
returned to her interests in wildlife and conservation medicine and
completed her Masters of Preventive Veterinary Medicine at the
University of California, Davis. Her masters thesis work investigated
the population health of a threatened shorebird species, the American
oystercatcher and evaluated the use of the species as an indicator of
local ecosystem health. She is currently working towards her PhD in
wildlife epidemiolgy at UC Davis, studying protozoal parasites of
marine mammals.
Allen Salo received
a BA from Northern Michigan University in psychology (1985), MA from
the University of Nebraska at Omaha (1987), and PhD from the University
of Florida (1992). He completed a NIDA postdoctoral fellowship at the
Medical University of South Carolina investigating the prenatal effects
of abused drugs. His primary teaching experience occurred at Fort Hays
State University (Hays Kansas), and has been at the University of Maine
at Presque Isle since 1997, where he teaches courses in psychology,
including general psychology, research methods, psychobiology, drugs
and behavior and animal behavior. He serves as treasurer for the
Central Aroostook Humane Society. Research interests are broad
including animal behavior, drug use and influence, and student
retention and success issues.
Elizabeth Stone, Executive
Director of the Center for Wildlife Health, earned her doctorate in
veterinary medicine from Tufts School of Veterinary Medicine in 1995.
She practiced small animal medicine for 3 years, then completed a
residency in raptor medicine and a Master's in Conservation Biology at
the Raptor Center and University of Minnesota, respectively. Dr.
Stone's research and publications have included study of Thick-billed
parrots in Mexico (she and her colleagues identified a new species of
parrot flea!), pesticides in birds, and raptor disease. Current
research interests include identifying barriers and opportunities for
conservation-oriented behavior change, and control of feral cats.
Sam Merrill -Sam is Director of the Environmental Finance Center at the University of Southern Maine. Sam's work aims to help land conservation be more cost
effective and strategic from a planning perspective. He conducts this
work through his role as Director of the New England Environmental
Finance Center, housed at the Muskie School. His background is in
applied conservation biology, wildlife management, and private land
protection initiatives. In the last several years he has also developed
an applied policy focus on local adaptation to global challenges of
climate change - specifically in 1) land use permitting issues around
installation of new renewable energy generation capacity and 2) fiscal
preparations municipalities must undertake. His research interests include fiscal and policy connections
between land conservation and development in New England; questions
regarding what constitutes "strategic" land conservation or development
decisions.
Michele Walsh - A
New England native, Michele spent 8 years on the West Coast as a
grantwriter and environmental educator, where she fell in love with
small ruminants and marine mammals. She returned to the East Coast in
1997 as a graduate student in veterinary medicine. As a vet student,
Michele cultivated and combined interests in animal health and ecology
by researching wildlife disease ecology in national park systems in the
U.S. and Canada. Michele received her Doctorate of Veterinary Medicine
from Tufts University in 2001. To support her ice cream and organic
produce habits, she practices clinical veterinary medicine part-time in
Maine on a contract basis, and has served as a scientific advisor to
numerous wildlife pathology projects underway on the US and Canadian
Atlantic coasts. She currently serves as the staff veterinarian at
Micro Technologies, Inc., an aquatic animal diagnostic laboratory in
Richmond, Maine.
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