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Past Bossart Memorial Scholarship Winners

 

Launched September 17, 2021

 

 

 

 

Second Bossart Fellow - 2022

December 15, 2022 Award Announcement   Miranda Dziobak   for her One Health Project titled    Sentinel Indicators of Marine Microplastic and Phthalate Exposure

Miranda is a PhD Student at the University of South Carolina in Columbia, South Carolina, USA

See Miranda's Video about her project. https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=pWcH85FrCfM

 

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First Bossart Fellow - 2021

 

November 30, 2021  Award Announcement   The inaugural $5,000 USD Bossart Scholarship Award went to:    Taylor Weary   for her One Health Project titled    ‘Healthy Children, Healthy Chimps: Reducing respiratory disease transmission from humans to chimpanzees in Uganda’

Taylor was a DVM/PhD Student at the University of Wisconsin-Madison School of Veterinary Medicine in Madison, Wisconsin, USA. She finished her PhD in 2023 and will complete her DVM in 2025. See December 14, 2021 UW-M SVM News Posting about Taylor Winning See how this scholarship helped expand her research project: May 2022 - Gathering Data, Building a Community by Taylor Weary April 17, 2024  Healthy Children - Healthy Chimps - Final Scholarship Report

Scientific Publications from this research:

Weary TE, Tusiime P, Tuhaise S, Reyes JFM, Ross E, Gern JE, Goldberg TL, Respiratory Disease Patterns in Rural Western Uganda, 2019-2022, Frontiers in Pediatrics, Vol 12, April 8, 2024, https://doi.org/10.3389/fped.2024.1336009

Weary TE, Pappas T, Tusiime P, Tuhaise S, Ross E, Gern JE, Goldberg TL, High Frequencies of Nonviral Colds and Respiratory Bacteria Colonization Among Children in Rural Western Uganda, Frontiers in Pediatrics, Vol 12, May 2, 2024, https://doi.org/10.3389/fped.2024.1379131

Weary, T.E., Pappas, T., Tusiime, P. et al. Common Cold Viruses Circulating in Children Threaten Wild Chimpanzees through Asymptomatic Adult Carriers. Sci Rep 14, 10431 (May 7, 2024). https://doi.org/10.1038/s41598-024-61236-7

Popular Media Articles about this project:

Nuwer R, Nature, Chimpanzees are dying from our colds – these scientists are trying to save them, Vol 625, 442-446, January 2024, doi: https://doi.org/10.1038/d41586-024-00108-6

Nuwer R, The Guardian, Chimps are dying of the common cold. Is great ape tourism to blame?, January 16, 2024, Republished May 2, 2024, https://tinyurl.com/awdztazw