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Investigating the effect of oil spills
on the environment and public health.
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Funding Source: Year 6-8 Investigator Grants (RFP-V)

Project Member Institutions

Investigation of Mechanisms for Reproductive Failure in the Aftermath of the Deepwater Horizon Oil Spill to Understand Population Recovery Scenarios for Cetaceans

Auburn University

College of Veterinary Medicine

Forrest Townsend
Research Scientist

Chicago Zoological Society

Sarasota Dolphin Research Program

Jason Allen
Research Staff
Aaron Barleycorn
Research Staff
Larry Fulford
Research Staff
Randall Wells
Research Scientist

Dolphin Adventure & Cabo Dolphins

Abraham Cardenas
Research Scientist

Animal Care

Wayne Phillips
Research Staff

Epitracker

Department of Epidemiology

Stephanie Venn-Watson
Research Staff

Jardon and Howard Technologies

Environmental and Marine Sciences

Brian C. Balmer
Research Scientist
Jeanine Morey
Research Staff
Brian Quigley
Project Data Point of Contact,
Research Staff,
Data Team
Todd Speakman
Research Staff
Eric S. Zolman
Research Scientist

Louisiana Department of Wildlife and Fisheries

Mandy Tumlin
Research Scientist

Medical University of South Carolina

Marine Biomedicine and Environmental Sciences

Thomas Galligan
Graduate Student - PhD Level

National Marine Mammal Foundation (NMMF)

Administration

Mike Marchesano
Administrative Staff
Brian Quigley
Project Data Point of Contact,
Research Staff,
Data Team

Communications

Kristina Martz
Outreach Team
Steve Walker
Outreach Point of Contact

Conservation Medicine

Mark Baird
Research Staff
Brian Balmer
Research Scientist
Brenda Bauer
Research Staff,
Administrative Staff
Veronica Cendejas
Research Staff
Kerry Coughlin
Research Staff
Forrest Gomez
Research Scientist
Marina Ivancic
Research Scientist
Ross Martinson
Research Staff
Jennifer Meegan
Research Scientist
Jeanine Morey
Research Staff
Whitney Musser
Research Staff
Lori Schwacke
Co-Principal Investigator
Sarah Sharp
Post-Doc
Cynthia R. Smith
Principal Investigator,
Program Manager / Technical Coordinator
Todd Speakman
Research Staff
Ryan Takeshita
Research Scientist
Eric Zolman
Research Scientist

Human Resources

Katie Michelmore
Administrative Staff

Outreach

Celeste Parry
Outreach Team
Jim Rohr
Outreach Team

Translational Health and Medicine

Kevin P. Carlin
Project Data Point of Contact,
Data Team
Stephanie Venn-Watson
Co-Principal Investigator,
Research Staff

National Oceanic and Atmospheric Administration (NOAA)

Marine Mammal Health and Stranding Response Program

Teri Rowles
Co-Principal Investigator

University of Connecticut

Department of Pathobiology and Veterinary Science

Sylvain De Guise
Research Scientist
Erika Ann Gebhard
Graduate Student - PhD Level
Milton Levin
Research Scientist

University of Illinois at Urbana-Champaign

School of Veterinary Medicine

Kathleen M. Colegrove
Research Scientist

University of Southern California

Department of Philosophy

Sophie Waitt
Undergraduate Student
This research was made possible by a grant from The Gulf of Mexico Research Initiative.
www.gulfresearchinitiative.org