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It also includes an interview with the current chair, addressing the performance of WDA in Latin America and proposals to increase interest in wildlife disease research, highlighting membership strengths and the need to expand undergraduate student engagement.","8th WDA Latin America Section Newsletter  \nEdited by:  \nCarlos Sacristán Yagüe, Ana Carolina Ewbank, Pedro Enrique Navas-Suárez, Lucas Federico Arce  \n\n| THE CURRENT BOARD | April 2020 |\n| --- | --- |\n\nWe began our work as the new board of the Latin America Section (LA-WDA) at the end of 2019, with great enthusiasm. Below are our profiles:  \nPEDRO ENRIQUE NAVAS SUÁREZ, CHAIR  \nPedro is a veterinarian associated to the Laboratory of Wildlife Comparative Pathology (LAPCOM) atthe Department of Animal Pathology, School of  \nVeterinary  \nMedicine and Animal Science, University of São Paulo. Pedro is currently developing his PhD studies evaluating the epidemiology, pathological characteristics and impacts of trauma by vehicular collisions in wild mammals of Brazil, as well as evaluating roadkill wildlife species as a pivotal source for disease monitoring. Pedro is a WDA-LA member since 2012.  \nDIEGO SOLER TOVAR, VICECHAIR  \nVeterinarian with a master’s degree in  \nAnimal Health  \n(Microbiology and  \nEpidemiology) from the National University of Colombia and a PhD student in Agrosciences (Population Medicine and Public Health) at the University of La Salle. Assistant professor at the College of Agricultural Sciences, both  \nundergraduate and  \npostgraduate, in the areas of Epidemiology, Food Safety and Public Health. Researcher of the Epidemiology and Public Health Group, Coordinator of the Research Seedbed Health and Editor of the Journal of Veterinary Medicine of the University of La Salle. Manager of the Technical Cooperation Project between the Pan American Health Organization (PAHO), the Ministry of Health and Social Protection (MSPS) and the University of La Salle. WDA member since 2010.  \nOSCAR RICO CHÁVEZ, SECRETARY  \nVeterinarian and Zootechnician with a PhD in Production and Animal Health Sciences from the National Autonomous University of Mexico (UNAM) . Full  \ntime professor atthe Faculty of Veterinary Medicine and Animal Science of the UNAM, and member of the Laboratory of Disease Ecology and One Health ([www.eefmvz.net](www.eefmvz.net)), in the field of parasite and host research. Founding member of the Mexican Association of Conservation Medicine - Kalaan Kab and active member of the WDA.  \nMARINA GALVÃO BUENO, TREASURER  \nGraduated in  \nVeterinary Medicine at the School of Veterinary Medicine and Animal  \nSciences (FMVZ),  \nUniversity of São Paulo (USP), Brazil (2002), residency in wildlife health and management at the São Paulo Zoo Foundation and PhD in wildlife comparative pathology atthe Laboratory of Wildlife Comparative Pathology -  \nLAPCOM, FMVZ / USP (2002), studying parasitic diseases in wild and captivity primates. Over the years, she has worked in projects involving conservation medicine, wildlife translocation, infectious diseases and wildlife health and management, mainly in the Mata Atlântica and Amazon biomes. She has been a WDA member since 2010 and participated in the WDA-LA committee between 2015-2017. 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