Tags: Wildlife Disease


Tobias Haymes

Tobias Haymes is a graduate research assistant co-advised by Drs. Susan Wilde and Gino D’Angelo. His research interests include mammal susceptibility to Vacuolar Myelinopathy (VM), particularly semi-aquatic mammals, white-tailed deer, and Florida panthers. Haymes earned his bachelor’s degree in fisheries and wildlife from the University of Georgia. During his time as an undergraduate, he worked with Dr. Wilde on his senior thesis research that…


Cassidy Brown

Cassidy Brown is a master’s student from West Georgia who joined the Wilde lab in August of 2022. She has worked for the Georgia Department of Natural Resources as a trapping/banding technician of mourning doves and wood ducks. In collaboration with the Georgia Department of Natural Resources, she conducted a study to show wood duck nest box success across three of Georgia’s geographic regions. Currently, she is researching the potential…


Katy Callaghan

Katy Callaghan is a research professional in the Wilde Lab. Katy completed both her bachelor’s and master’s degrees at the University of Georgia Warnell School of Forestry and Natural Resources with emphases in Fisheries and Wildlife, and Wildlife Management. During her time at Warnell, she held field technician positions at both the state and federal level. She specialized in trapping and lethal control of mesocarnivores and non-native wildlife…


Dr. Sonia M. Hernandez

I am an Associate Professor of Wildlife Disease, in a shared position between the Warnell School of Forestry and Natural Resources and the Southeastern Cooperative Wildlife Disease Study, Department of Population Health, at the College of Veterinary Medicine.


Dr. Susan Wilde

Dr. Susan Wilde’s research and teaching is focused on impaired aquatic systems and challenges with invasive plants/animals, nutrient pollution, harmful algal blooms, emerging contaminants and their implications for fish, wildlife, and even humans depending on these valuable water resources. She discovered a new species of cyanobacteria growing on invasive aquatic plants producing the neurotoxin responsible for killing bald eagles and other…


James Beasley


Dr. Olin E. Rhodes, Jr.


Dr. Michael Yabsley

Service Diagnostic parasitologist for SCWDS clinical cases


Dr. Karl V. Miller

Professional Experience: Wildlife habitat and population responses to forest management practices Associate Professor of Wildlife Ecology and Management, D. B. Warnell School of Forestry and Natural Resources, University of Georgia, 1996-2000. Associate Research Scientist. D. B. Warnell School of Forestry and Natural Resources, University of Georgia. 1995-1996. Assistant Research Scientist, D. B. Warnell School of Forestry and Natural Resources…
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