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A $5,000 USD Dr. Greg Bossart Memorial Scholarship is available to a graduate student in wildlife biology, epidemiology, veterinary, medical, public health, basic or social sciences or other post-graduate program focusing on the interconnection between people, animals, plants, and their shared environment using a One Health framework. Funds will be awarded before / by November 3, 2024, One Health Day.
Greg Bossart, DVM, Ph.D. was a highly respected veterinarian, pathologist, and conservationist committed to advancing the understanding of marine mammals as sentinels of ocean and human health. With a career spanning 30 years and over 200 publications, Dr. Bossart identified resurgent and emerging diseases in dolphins, manatees, birds, and whales. His research and innovative techniques helped characterize the first viral diseases in manatees and he was responsible for developing the first immunohistochemical technique for diagnosing brevetoxicosis (red tide poisoning) in both marine mammals and birds.
Dr. Bossart was a dedicated proponent of the One Health concept and approach which was a prominent theme in his long-running Atlantic bottlenose dolphin Health and Environmental Risk Assessment (HERA) project. Started in 2003, HERA was developed to monitor how dolphin health in coastal habitats is impacted by environmental stressors and how those stressors potentially also impact human health. His contributions to the study of marine mammal health are far-reaching, and through this scholarship, Georgia Aquarium and the One Health Commission are committed to honoring Dr. Bossart's One Health legacy.
Visit the Bossart Scholarship webpage to learn Eligibility Requirements and How to Apply.
Follow instructions on the webpage closely. Only applications submitted as a single (merged) pdf as instructed on the webpage will be considered and must be submitted electronically by
11:59 pm Eastern Daylight Time, July 31, 2025.
Questions may be directed to:
BossartScholarship@onehealthcommission.org
Learn more about the Review Process, Recognition and Required Reporting on the
Dr. Gregory Bossart Memorial One Health Scholarship webpage.
https://tinyurl.com/OHC-GAI-Bossart
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