This news item is about: Dr. Karin Hoelzer has been awarded a Young Investigator Award and will present her research at the 2008 Merck-Merial NIH Scholars Symposium in August. Hoelzer, a graduate research assistant at the Baker Institute for Animal Health, will offer The road to viral emergence - understanding the emergence of canine parvovirus, which is based on research conducted in the laboratory of Colin Parrish and in close collaboration with Professor of Biology Edward Holmes from Pennsylvania State University.