The Fisheries Podcast

This week, Kadie chats with Savanah Leidholt. Savanah is a PhD student in the Vega-Thurber lab at Oregon State University where she is studying the role of viruses in marine fishes. We cover Savanah's career path to date, her current research studying the causal agents of Puffy Snout Syndrome in captive tunas and mackerels, her science outreach work for an upcoming microbiology summer camp, and more! If you would like to get in touch with Savanah, you can find her on twitter @LeidholtSavanah, or

Aaron Bunch (co-host) emphasizes that inclusion can happen now—in an instant—with genuine positive communication directed at someone who has a different identity than you. A person feeling included really comes down to an individual having a sense of belonging and value within a group of people. Over the past year as hosts of the Fisheries Diversity and Inclusion Podcast have interviewed guests, significant themes have emerged in context to “inclusion.” We challenge you to use inclusion principles