Item talk:Q47276

usgs_staff_profile:

 meta:
   status_code: 200
   timestamp: '2023-09-30T16:57:49.721779'
   url: https://www.usgs.gov/staff-profiles/susan-knowles
 profile:
   abstracts: []
   affiliations:
   - Diplomate American College of Veterinary Pathologists
   education:
   - Ph.D. Veterinary Pathology, University of Georgia, 2013
   - D.V.M., Virginia-Maryland Regional College of Veterinary Medicine, 2006
   - B.S. Biology, Bucknell University, 1995
   email: sknowles@usgs.gov
   expertise_terms:
   - Wildlife Pathology
   - Aquatic Pathology
   - Invertebrate Pathology
   - Toxicologic Pathology
   - Pathogen Discovery
   honors: []
   intro_statements:
   - Susan Knowles is a Wildlife Veterinary Pathologist at the National Wildlife
     Health Center.
   name: Susan Knowles
   name_qualifier: null
   orcid: 0000-0002-0254-6491
   organization_link: https://www.usgs.gov/centers/nwhc
   organization_name: National Wildlife Health Center
   personal_statement: She earned a Doctorate of Veterinary Medicine from the Virginia-Maryland
     Regional College of Veterinary Medicine and completed a residency in veterinary
     pathology and earned a Doctorate in Veterinary Pathology from the University
     of Georgia. She is a Diplomate of the American College of Veterinary Pathologists.
     She joined the Center in 2013 and her interests include wildlife, aquatic, invertebrate
     and toxicologic pathology, and pathogen discovery. Before joining the Center,
     she gained a variety of experience in and around her native Maryland, performing
     research on shortnose sturgeon, serving as a Veterinary Officer in the United
     States Public Health Service stationed at the National Institutes of Health,
     and working as a Natural Resources Biologist for the Maryland Department of
     Natural Resources where she was a member of the Fish and Wildlife Health Program
     and served as the Marine Mammal and Sea Turtle Stranding Coordinator for the
     state.
   professional_experience:
   - "2013 \u2013 Present Wildlife Veterinary Pathologist, U.S. Geological Survey,\
     \ National Wildlife Health Center, Madison, WI"
   - "2006 \u2013 2013 Resident of Anatomic and Aquatic Pathology and Graduate Assistant,\
     \ Department of Veterinary Pathology, University of Georgia, Athens, GA"
   - "2003 \u2013 2003 Veterinary Officer, Junior COSTEP, United States Public Health\
     \ Service, Rockville, MD stationed at NIH, Diagnostic and Research Services\
     \ Branch, Veterinary Pathology, Bethesda, MD"
   - "1996 \u2013 2002 Natural Resources Biologist, Maryland Marine Mammal & Sea\
     \ Turtle Stranding Coordinator, Fish and Wildlife Health Program, Maryland Department\
     \ of Natural Resources, Cooperative Oxford Laboratory, Oxford, MD"
   - "1995 \u2013 1996 Histology Technician, Maryland Department of Natural Resources,\
     \ Cooperative Oxford Laboratory, Oxford, MD"
   title: Wildlife Pathologist