Dr. Donald Reynolds, Dean of AVC, was recently named president of the Conference of Research Workers in Animal Diseases (CRWAD). The purpose of CRWAD is to discuss and disseminate the most current research advances in animal diseases. Each year research scientists from around the world meet to present their recent research in the areas of bacterial pathogenesis, biosafety and biosecurity, companion animal epidemiology, epidemiology and animal health economics, food and environmental safety, gastroenteric diseases, immunology, respiratory diseases, vector–borne and parasitic diseases, and viral pathogenesis. Graduate students, and industry and academic professionals present and discuss the most recent advances on subjects of interest to the CRWAD and of importance to the global livestock and companion animal industries. Abstracts of new and unpublished data presented at the meeting sessions are published in the CRWAD Proceedings and are available online.