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2022 H. Allen Tucker Graduate Student Travel Scholarship Recipients
Sponsored by: H. Allen Tucker Appreciation Club

Mia Y. Kawaida is a second-year doctoral student from Japan. Her passion for animals led her to pursue higher education and a career in animal science. She holds a B.S. degree in animal science with equine management emphasis from Murray State University. After graduating, she completed a year-long apprenticeship at the University of Vermont Morgan Horse Farm. In 2019, she started her Ph.D. in the Animal Science Department at the University of Connecticut under Dr. Sarah A. Reed. Her dissertation research focuses on the effects of antioxidant supplementation on exercise-induced oxidative stress in polo ponies. She is also investigating the effect of poor maternal nutrition during gestation on the growth and development of offspring muscle in sheep. This spring, she received Graduate Student Mentorship Excellence Award. Presentation Details: Session: Astaxanthin Supplementation During Deconditioning and Reconditioning Periods Reduces Oxidative Stress in Circulation in Polo Ponies Date: Wednesday, June 29, 2022 Time: 10:00 AM Location: OKC Convention Center, Room 201	Mia Y. Kawaida University of Connecticut
Nicole Tillquist is a second-year Ph.D. student in the Department of Animal Science at the University of Connecticut. Nicole earned her BS and MS degrees in Animal Sciences from Colorado State University in 2018 and 2020, respectively. Nicole is a research assistant in Dr. Kristen Govoni’s lab, where her research is focused on the effects of poor maternal nutrition on offspring growth and development using a sheep model. Nicole placed first at the 2021 Northeast ASAS meeting and second at the 2021 National ASAS meeting in the graduate student Ph.D. poster competitions. Nicole has published two papers as a first author and co-author in peer-reviewed journals and eleven abstracts at national conferences. Presentation Details: Session: Poor Maternal Nutrition Impacts Metabolic Factors and Glucose Tolerance in Sheep Offspring Date: Monday, June 27, 2022 Time: 8:35 AM Location: OKC Convention Center, Room 209 A/B	Nicole M. Tillquist University of Connecticut