{"id":1688,"date":"2026-09-17T18:46:34","date_gmt":"2026-09-17T18:46:34","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/grad.biology.ualberta.ca\/merrill\/?page_id=1688"},"modified":"2026-09-30T20:04:41","modified_gmt":"2026-09-30T20:04:41","slug":"julie-herrick","status":"publish","type":"page","link":"https:\/\/grad.biology.ualberta.ca\/merrill\/julie-herrick\/","title":{"rendered":"Julie Herrick"},"content":{"rendered":"<p><a href=\"https:\/\/grad.biology.ualberta.ca\/merrill\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/46\/2026\/09\/Julie-Herrick.png\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"size-medium wp-image-1711 alignleft\" src=\"https:\/\/grad.biology.ualberta.ca\/merrill\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/46\/2026\/09\/Julie-Herrick-300x260.png\" alt=\"\" width=\"300\" height=\"260\" srcset=\"https:\/\/grad.biology.ualberta.ca\/merrill\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/46\/2026\/09\/Julie-Herrick-300x260.png 300w, https:\/\/grad.biology.ualberta.ca\/merrill\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/46\/2026\/09\/Julie-Herrick.png 738w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 300px) 100vw, 300px\" \/><\/a>The majority of my career, before starting my master\u2019s, was focused on wildlife behavior and disease management. Previously, I worked with several disease surveillance and management projects, including chronic wasting disease (CWD). As part of the Merrill Lab, my research is focused on engaging Alberta stakeholders through Structured Decision-Making (SDM) to understand stakeholder priorities when it comes to CWD management, develop alternative management actions for CWD that are supported for long-term implementation, and analyze the actions using predictive simulation tools to highlight which management actions align with stakeholder\u2019s priorities. Additionally, I am evaluating the use of SDM as a tool to engage with the public and develop actions that Alberta Government wildlife management agencies would consider as potential additions to CWD management. My work is part of a large collaborative effort involving multidisciplinary research to develop tools and frameworks that provide transparent, scientifically informed support for adaptive CWD management in Alberta.<a href=\"https:\/\/grad.biology.ualberta.ca\/merrill\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/46\/2026\/09\/Julie.png\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"size-medium wp-image-1712 alignright\" src=\"https:\/\/grad.biology.ualberta.ca\/merrill\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/46\/2026\/09\/Julie-300x225.png\" alt=\"\" width=\"300\" height=\"225\" srcset=\"https:\/\/grad.biology.ualberta.ca\/merrill\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/46\/2026\/09\/Julie-300x225.png 300w, https:\/\/grad.biology.ualberta.ca\/merrill\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/46\/2026\/09\/Julie.png 504w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 300px) 100vw, 300px\" \/><\/a><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>The majority of my career, before starting my master\u2019s, was focused on wildlife behavior and disease management. Previously, I worked with several disease surveillance and management projects, including chronic wasting disease (CWD). As part of the Merrill Lab, my research is focused on engaging Alberta stakeholders through Structured Decision-Making (SDM) to understand stakeholder priorities when &hellip; <\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":22,"featured_media":0,"parent":0,"menu_order":0,"comment_status":"closed","ping_status":"closed","template":"","meta":{"footnotes":""},"class_list":["post-1688","page","type-page","status-publish","hentry","entry"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/grad.biology.ualberta.ca\/merrill\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/pages\/1688","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/grad.biology.ualberta.ca\/merrill\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/pages"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/grad.biology.ualberta.ca\/merrill\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/page"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/grad.biology.ualberta.ca\/merrill\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/22"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/grad.biology.ualberta.ca\/merrill\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=1688"}],"version-history":[{"count":4,"href":"https:\/\/grad.biology.ualberta.ca\/merrill\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/pages\/1688\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":1714,"href":"https:\/\/grad.biology.ualberta.ca\/merrill\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/pages\/1688\/revisions\/1714"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/grad.biology.ualberta.ca\/merrill\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=1688"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}