Member Profile

Carol McCollough

Primary Affiliation:: Phillips Wharf Environmental Center (Non-Profit, Private, MD, United States)
Secondary Affiliation:: Maryland Society Of Histotechnologists (Other, MD, United States)

Workforce Development / Technical Allied Health / Diagnostics Services (Advanced)
Certified Histologist and Histotechnologist: HT\HTL (ASCP)
Science and Technology / Biology / Microbiology (Expert)
Diagnosis, culture, and identification of shellfish pathogens, specifically diseases of the Eastern oyster.
Science and Technology / Biology / Biodiversity (Advanced)
Professional marine scientist, with expertise in the living resources of the Chesapeake Bay region.

Abbe, G.R., C.B. McCollough, L.S. Barker, and C.F. Dungan. (2010). Performance of disease-tolerant strains of eastern oyster (Crassostrea virginica) in the Patuxent River, Maryland, 2003 to 2007 in Journal of Shellfish Research. (29(1): 161-175).
McCollough, CB. (2008). Application of an aqueous acid-fast staining technique for detection of pathogens of aquatic species in Biotechnic and Histochemistry. (83(4): 191-197).
McCollough, C.B., B.W. Albright, G.R. Abbe, L.S. Barker, and C.F. Dungan. (2007). Acquisition and progression of Perkinsus marinus infections by specific-pathogen-free juvenile oysters (Crassostrea virginica Gmelin) in a mesohaline Chesapeake Bay tributary. in Journal of Shellfish Research. (26(2): 465-477).

Lee G. Luna 1st Time Presenter Award (09/2008)
Given to the the most outstanding workshop in histology by a 1st time presenter at the annual NSH Symposium/Convention
MD-DNR Fisheries Service Team of the Year Award (02/2006)
Presented to the Diagnostics & Histology Laboratory at Cooperative Oxford Laboratory
MD Department of Natural Resources Safety Award (10/1999)
Presented to the DNR employee who made the greatest contribution to unit safety during the year