The Health and Education Committees of both the IWCA and IWF will celebrate research and publications improving IW health by bringing six well known speakers to the 100th birthday party of the IWCA on May 18, 2026. Each will give a short presentation describing their involvement with IW health and participate in a town hall question and answer session.
Included are:
- Dr. Bill Tyrrell and Dr. Steven Rosenthal with 20 years experience examining IW hearts
- Dr. Magi Casal from UPenn published her first paper describing IW seizures in 2025 and continues to work for the hounds
- Dr. Susannah Sample from the University of Wisconsin is responsible for creation of the new state of the art IW research genome and is researching osteosarcoma in young wolfhounds
- Dr. Dan Fletcher investigates clotting abnormalities in the IW and will introduce a new pneumonia study
- Dr Jaime Modiano will provide an update on the COED Study involving 75 IWs and now in its 4th year
Please plan to join the celebration!