Conferences & Presentations

Oral presentations
2026​
Garwood, T., Alder, J., Hathaway, S., Wittemyer, G., Bastille-Rousseau, G., Kishimoto, T., … and Pepin, K. M. Exploring how movement patterns and human encounters influence SARS-CoV-2 seropositivity in deer. Wildlife Disease Association Conference, Chicago, IL (July 2026)
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Rosenblatt, E.G., Bastille-Rousseau, G.; Egan, M.; Forester, J.; Gardner, B.J.; Garwood, T.; Grove, D.; Kishimoto, T.; Manlove, K.R.; Muller, L.I.; VanAcker, M.C.; Wilber, M.Q.; Walter, W.D.; Duik-Wasser, M.; Wolf, T.; Pepin, K.M.; Craft, M.E. Ecological drivers of SARS-CoV-2 outbreaks in white-tailed deer. Ecology and Evolution of Infectious Disease Conference, Virginia Tech, VA (June 2026)
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Forester, J. D., M. Craft, T. Garwood, E. Rosenblatt, K. Smith, T. Wolf. Movement, Habitat Use, and SARS-CoV-2 Dynamics in Suburban White-Tailed Deer. IALE-NA Conference, Athens, GA (April 2026)
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Gardner, B. et al. Fine-scale movement patterns reduce SARS-CoV-2 persistence in white-tailed deer., Ecology and Evolution of Infectious Disease Conference, 06/2026
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2025​
Forester, J. D., M. Craft, T. Garwood, E. Rosenblatt, T. Wolf. Movement, Habitat Use, and SARS-CoV-2 Dynamics in Suburban White-Tailed Deer. The Wildlife Society—MN Chapter Conference, Duluth, MN (February 2026, but publishing year 2025 authorship—retained in 2025 category on request)
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Forester, J.D. Fragments of spread: Understanding disease dynamics in changing landscapes. INVITED SEMINAR. Universidade de São Paulo. Pirassununga, Brazil (September 2025)
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Craft, M.E. et al. INVITED SEMINAR. University of Chicago, Ecology and Evolution (April 2025)
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Chan, A. & Manlove, K. Integrating dyadic interactions of an ungulate species can better understand a highly transmissible disease. Gordon Research Seminar on Animal Movement Ecology. Ventura, CA. July 26–27, 2025.
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Chan, A. & Manlove, K. Integrating dyadic interactions of an ungulate species can better understand a highly transmissible disease. Gordon Research Conference on Animal Movement Ecology. Ventura, CA. July 27–August 1, 2025.
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Manlove, K.R. Gordon Research Conference on Animal Movement Ecology. Ventura, CA, July 27–Aug 01, 2025.
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Manlove, K.R., Berger, D. & Morrison, M. A cross-scale model connecting individual physiological metrics to vital rates in mule deer. National Meeting of The Wildlife Society, Edmonton, AB, October 2025
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Evans, R.G., Lauritson, L., Chan, A., Pepin, K., & Manlove, K.R. Understanding Habitat-Driven Variation in Mule Deer Densities... National Meeting of The Wildlife Society, Edmonton, AB, October 2025
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Morrison, M., et al. Survival of mule deer fawns to does with evidence of chronic wasting disease. National Meeting of The Wildlife Society, Edmonton, AB, October 2025
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Horpiencharoen, W, et al. Contact network of white-tailed deer exposed to SARS-CoV-2 in a residential community in central Pennsylvania. NEAFWA Annual Conference, Bretton Woods, NH (April 2025). (Contributed Oral)
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Horpiencharoen, W., et al. Predicting densities of white-tailed deer throughout their range in the contiguous United States. NEAFWA Annual Conference, White Sulphur Springs, WV (April 2025). (Contributed Oral)
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Høy-Petersen, J., Brown J.D., et al. Are wild white-tailed deer in Pennsylvania dying with or of chronic wasting disease? TALK International Wildlife Congress, Lillehammer, Norway (September 2025)
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Dr. Kevin Niedringhaus presenting: Are wild white-tailed deer in Pennsylvania dying with or of chronic wasting disease? American College of Veterinary Pathologists Annual Meeting, New Orleans, LA (October 2025)​
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Hoarau et al. Portrait of viral communities in deer upper respiratory tracts across the United States. TALK Regional U.S. North Eastern EEID Meeting, State College, PA (November 2025)
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Bastille-Rousseau, G. From patterns to processes: Using movement ecology to inform management and conservation. University of Wyoming Seminar (2025)
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Bastille-Rousseau, G. Beyond the tracks: Decoding how animals move to inform management and conservation. Illinois Natural History Survey Seminar (2025)
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Bastille-Rousseau, G. Beyond pretty maps: Decoding the processes behind animal movement. Emory University Departmental Seminar (2025)
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Alder, J., Wittemyer, G. Spatio-temporal Interactions Between Sympatric Mule Deer and White-tailed Deer. The Wildlife Society Annual Conference, Edmonton/Calgary (Nov 2025)
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Windell, R.M., et al. Assigning probability of infection for ecological studies of chronic wasting disease. Annual Meeting of The Wildlife Society, Edmonton, AB, Canada. Oral Presentation (2025)
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Windell, R.M., et al. Chronic wasting disease exposure risk to male cervids during the mating season in a multi-host community. Wildlife Disease Association Global Voice Virtual Conference. Oral Presentation (2025)
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Windell, R.M., et al. Chronic wasting disease exposure risk to male cervids during the mating season in a multi-host community. Colorado State Chapter TWS. Oral Presentation (2025)
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2024
Pepin, Kim. Wildlife disease surveillance and management. Food and Agriculture Organization of the United Nations, Rome, Italy, (May 2024)
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Manlove, K.R. Inferring social drivers and fitness consequences of animal contacts in two real-world systems. Brin Symposium, University of Maryland, February 1, 2024
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Bastille-Rousseau, G. What can you do with a 1000 collared deer and 15M locations? Conference on health and emerging disease in wild cervids (Fort Collins, CO, 2024)
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2023
Manlove, K.R., et al. A targeted surveillance scheme for understanding SARS-CoV-2 dynamics in deer. Ecological Society of America, Portland, OR, Aug 04, 2023
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Bastille-Rousseau, G. Looking past the pretty maps: Exploring animal movement complexity. Université de Sherbrooke Departmental Seminar, Sherbrooke, Canada (2023)
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Bastille-Rousseau, G. Shifting from describing animal movement to characterizing behaviors. Gordon Research Conference – Movement Ecology of Animals (Lucca, Italy, 2023)
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VanAcker, M.C., Plimpton, L.D. Implications of urban-living on pathogen exposure, transmission, and persistence dynamics in city wildlife: A tale of two species and two viruses. New York State Wildlife Services Biennial Meeting (04/2023)
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Posters
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2026
David B. Dayan, Tyler J. Garwood, Tiffany M. Wolf, James D. Forester, Julia C. Pritchard, Anna S. Jaeger, Matthew T. Aliota, Meggan E. Craft. Linking space-use and pathogen exposure in Minnesota white-tailed deer. POSTER Wildlife Disease Association Conference, Chicago, IL (July 2026)
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Høy-Petersen, J., Brown J.D., et al. Are wild white-tailed deer in Pennsylvania dying with or of chronic wasting disease? POSTER 49th Southeast Deer Study Group Meeting, Roanoke, VA (February 22–24, 2026)
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Axel O.G. Hoarau, et al. Portrait of viral communities in deer upper respiratory tracts across the United States. POSTER Institute for Infectious & Zoonotic Diseases Symposium, Philadelphia, PA (March 2026)
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Huang, Y.-H.; Plimpton, L.D.; Grete, W.-H.; Smith, L.; Chandler, J.C.; Diel, D.G.; Pepin, K.M.; Diuk-Wasser, M.A.; VanAcker M.C. Investigating spatial and behavioral drivers of SARS-CoV-2 exposure in urban white-tailed deer. EEID Conference (06/2026), Poster presentation
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2025
Garwood, T.J., et al. Development – dwelling deer catch SARS-CoV-2. POSTER Ecology and Evolution of Infectious Disease Conference, Notre Dame, IN (June 2025)
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Axel O.G. Hoarau, et al. Portrait of viral communities in deer upper respiratory tracts across the United States. POSTER Wildlife Disease Association, Victoria, British Columbia, Canada (July/August 2025)
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Høy-Petersen, J., Brown J.D., et al. Are wild white-tailed deer in Pennsylvania dying with or of chronic wasting disease? POSTER Wildlife Disease Association, Victoria, BC (July/August 2025)
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Høy-Petersen, J., Brown J.D., et al. Are wild white-tailed deer in Pennsylvania dying with or of chronic wasting disease? POSTER Ecology and Evolution of Infectious Diseases North-East Meeting, State College, PA (November 2025)
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Windell, R.M., et al. A (in progress) model to evaluate chronic wasting disease occurrence and infection stage. Colorado State Chapter TWS. Poster Presentation (2025)
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2024
Kosiewska, J., Grove, D., Wilber, M., Ruder, M., Osborn, D., Muller, L. Comparison of BAM and NalMed-A in White-tailed Deer in a High-Prevalence CWD Area. Deer Study Group Meeting, 02/2024 (Poster)
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Vargas-Soto, J., et al. Correlated host movements can reshape spatio-temporal disease dynamics: Modeling the contributions of space use to transmission risk using movement data. EEID Conference, 06/2024