<?xml version="1.0" encoding="UTF-8"?><item href="/class-notes/kimberly-mcdermid.html" dsn="news"><item_date>12/08/2015 04:31:00 PM</item_date><title>Kimberly McDermid</title><firstname>Kimberly</firstname><middlename/><maidenname/><lastname>McDermid</lastname><graduation_year>'98</graduation_year><body>Kimberly McDermid ('98), Atlanta, Ga. received a master’s degree in wildlife ecology and management from the University of Georgia’s Warnell School of Forestry and Natural Resources. Her graduate research focused on infectious pathogens in free-ranging African lions and the link between infectious agents and domestic animals, livestock and lions in Botswana. She returned to Botswana in May to help develop a large carnivore conservation strategy for the region.</body><image><img src="" width="600" height="600" alt=""/></image><alumni_association_member>Yes</alumni_association_member><author/><type>class-notes</type><categories/><relationships/><main-content>
    
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