ISCAID Oral Abstract Presenters Bio

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Katharina Zwicklbauer
Katharina graduated in veterinary medicine at the Ludwig-Maximilians-University in Munich, Germany 2021. Since then, she worked as an assistant veterinarian in intensive care and emergency medicine at the clinic of small animal medicine at the LMU, Munich. Meanwhile, she started her dissertation on the topic of Treatment of feline infectious peritonitis. Since January 2022, she is working in the administration in the clinic of small animal medicine and since October 2023, she is part of the special consultation hour for preventive healthcare for cats.

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Marina Meli
Marina Meli studied molecular biology at ETH Zurich, Switzerland, and did her PhD at the Center for Radiopharmaceutical Science of the Paul Scherrer Institute in Villigen, Switzerland. Since 1999 she has been working first as a postdoc, later from 2001 as a research assistant and lecturer in the Clinical Laboratory of the Vetsuisse Faculty at the University of Zurich, Switzerland. She is the Laboratory Manager of the Center for Clinical Studies, a core facility financed by the Vetsuisse Faculty dedicated to supporting laboratory-based clinical research. Her research focuses on clinical infectiology and molecular diagnostics of pathogens with a particular interest in coronaviruses and various infections in domestic and wild animals, including vector-borne and zoonotic infections. Her research has resulted in more than 150 publications in peer-reviewed journals.

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Jennifer M. Wenk
Jennifer Wenk received her veterinary degree from the Ludwig-Maximilians-University in Munich in 2022. She is currently pursuing a doctoral thesis (Dr. med. vet.) at the Clinical Infectiology department (Clinical Laboratory and Clinic for Small Animal Internal Medicine) at the Vetsuisse Faculty, University of Zurich. Jennifer is actively involved in a large prospective multicenter study on FIP-treatment with GS-441524, in collaboration with the University of Munich. Her research interests focus on infectious diseases in cats, specifically feline infectious peritonitis, and co-infections that occur with this disease.

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Petra Cerna
Dr. Černa; has completed a Small Animal Internal Medicine Residency at Colorado State University, USA in 2023. She graduated from the University of Veterinary Sciences, Brno, Czech Republic in 2018 where she also obtained her PhD in 2023. She completed a Small Animal Rotating Internship in Glasgow, UK in 2019 and Small Animal Medicine Internship at the University of Edinburgh, UK in 2020. Dr. Černa; has particular interest in feline medicine and is currently doing a PhD degree at Colorado State University in Feline Infectious Peritonitis (FIP).

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Alexandra Schlachet
After graduating in France (ENVA), a rotating internship in Liege (CVU, Belgium) and two specialized internships in internal medicine (Azurvet and Languedocia, France), I started a residency in small animal internal medicine at the University of Bern (Switzerland) in April 2023.

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Katharina Buchta
Education
- October 2018 -; March 2024 Studies in Veterinary Medicine at Ludwig Maximilian University of Munich Internships and Jobs- September 2019 Agricultural internship at the "Lehr- und Versuchsgut" Oberschleigheim- Winter semester 2020/21 Student assistant in the field of Anatomy (LMU Munich)- March 2021 Small curative internship at the Bogenhausen Veterinary Practice- Summer semester 2021 Student assistant in the field of Anatomy (LMU Munich)- July 2021 Internship for hygiene control and food inspection/investigation at the Veterinary Office Neuburg a. d. Donau- August 2021 Internship in public veterinary services at the Veterinary Office Weissenburg/Gunzenhausen- Winter semester 2021/22 Student assistant in the field of Anatomy (LMU Munich)- March 2022 Internship at the Animal Clinic Ismaning- August 2022 - Feburary 2023 Clinical traineeship at the Small Animal Center Germering- August 2022 Internship at the Center for Small Animal Medicine Munich- September - November 2022 Internship at LMU Small Animal Clinic Munich Healthcare, FIP therapy study- Dezember 2022 Internship at the Slaughterhouse Ingolstadt- January - April 2023 doctoral student in the FIP therapy study at the LMU Small Animal Clinic Munich- April - June 2023 Student in specialization at the LMU Small Animal Clinic Munich, doctoral student in the FIP therapy study- June - March 2024 doctoral student in the FIP therapy study at the LMU Small Animal Clinic Munich- Since April 2024 Veterinarian- starting at July 2024 Veterinarian and supervisor of the FIP follow-up therapy study

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Pierre Bergamo

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Katharina Gesa Schmitt
Curriculum vitaeCareer:09/2011 Bachelor of Arts09/2012 Master of Education10/2013 - 06/2019 Studied veterinary medicine at the LMU Munich06/2019 Licence to practice veterinary medicineSince 08/2019 Doctoral student at the LMU Small Animal Clinic, Munich08/2019 - 06/2023 Veterinarian at the LMU Small Animal Clinic, Munich, specialising in emergency services and clinic management10/2023 - 11/2023 Research assistant at the OIE Reference Laboratory for Leptospirosis, Amsterdam, The NetherlandsSince 12/2023 Veterinarian at the LMU Small Animal Clinic, MunichScientific specialisations:Infectious diseases in dogs and catsCanine leptospirosisMain areas of activity:Emergency and critical care medicineAnaesthesia

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Christine Griebsch
Christine graduted from the Justus Liebig University Giessen, Germany in 2003 and then completed an ECVIM residency at the Free University in Berlin, Germany. She is a Specialist in Small Animal Internal Medicine (DipECVIM) and a Senior Lecturer at the Sydney School of Veterinary Science at the University of Sydney. She is currently enrolled into a part time PhD looking into the re-emergence of canine leptospirosis in Sydney, NSW.

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Lorris Lecot
I was graduated from VetAgro Sup, Lyon, France in 2020. Then I performed a rotating small animal internship at the same institution. After a 10-months internal medicine specialized internship at the National Veterinary School of Alfort, France, I began my residency internal medicine (companion animals) training in June 2022 in VetAgro Sup France.

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Michelle Evason
Michelle Evason, BSc, DVM, DACVIM (SAIM), MRCVS, serves as Global Director, Veterinary Clinical Education for Antech (MARS). She has worked in general practice, academia, specialty clinical practice, and in the animal health industry. Michelle has published on numerous infectious diseases, antimicrobial stewardship, nutrition, spectrum of care, veterinary- and pet-owner education related topics. She enjoys ferrying her two-legged (and four-legged) children to various activities and fulfilling most Canuck stereotypes.

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Tina Sørensen
Tina Moller Sorensen is an associate professor in companion animal general medicine at the University of Copenhagen. Tina graduated as doctor of veterinary medicine (DVM) from the Royal Veterinary and Agricultural University in Copenhagen, Denmark, in 2006 and started her career in private first- and second-opinion practices. In 2018 she finished her PhD studies in canine urinary tract infections with a strong focus on the diagnostic process, clinical decision-making and prudent use of antimicrobials in first-opinion practice. She has since been working as a faculty in companion animal general medicine and urology at the University of Copenhagen and is head of the hospital infection control committee. Her research is within clinical decision making in primary practice with special focus on prevention, diagnosis and treatment of infectious diseases including antimicrobial stewardship in companion animals.She was part of the National Danish working-group on antibiotic use guidelines in 2017 and is currently involved in the European Network for Optimization of Veterinary Antimicrobial Treatment (ENOVAT) guidelines initiative (https://enovat.eu) Veterinary Practice Guidelines for Surgical Prophylaxis in companion animals drafting group.

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Zoe Belshaw
Dr Belshaw is a ECVIM-CA diplomate and an RCVS Recognised Specialist in Small Animal Medicine. She completed her residency at Cambridge Vet School, UK in 2009, then moved to the University of Nottingham, UK as a clinical lecturer in small animal medicine. Zoe received a PhD from the University of Nottingham in 2017 for investigating welfare assessment in canine osteoarthritis, and was awarded the BSAVA Petsavers Award in 2020. She has worked in general practice, referral clinics, university teaching hospitals and charity practice. She is currently combining toddler wrangling with collaborative research on how veterinary professionals and owners make decisions about pets with chronic illness, how the quality of life of those pets and owners can best be assessed, and exploring the Pandemic Puppy phenomenon.

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Carole Mauron