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Chapter: Appendix E: Biographical Sketches of the U.S. National Research Council Planning Committee Members

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Suggested Citation:"Appendix E: Biographical Sketches of the U.S. National Research Council Planning Committee Members." National Academy of Sciences. 2016. Indo-U.S. Workshop on Challenges of Emerging Infections and Global Health Safety: Summary of a Workshop. Washington, DC: The National Academies Press. doi: 10.17226/21810.
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Indo-U.S. Workshop on Challenges of Emerging
Infections and Global Health Safety
Biographical Sketches of the U.S. National Research
Council Planning Committee Members

James LeDuc directs the Program on Global Health within the Institute for Human Infections and Immunity at the University of Texas Medical Branch where he is also a professor of Microbiology and Immunology. He also serves as director of the Galveston National Laboratory. Previously he served as the coordinator for Influenza for the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention (CDC) in Atlanta, Georgia and was the director of the Division of Viral and Rickettsial Diseases in the National Center for Infectious Diseases (NCID), CDC. His professional career began as a field biologist working with the Smithsonian Institution’s African Mammal Project in West Africa. Following that he served for 23 years as an officer with the United States Army Medical Research and Development Command. He joined CDC in 1992 and was assigned to the World Health Organization as a medical officer, later becoming the associate drector for Global Health at NCID. His research interests include the epidemiology of arboviruses and viral hemorrhagic fevers, and global health. He has participated in a number of NRC studies.

Indira Nath received MBBS from the All India Institute of Medical Sciences (AIIMS), New Delhi. After the mandatory hospital training undertaken in UK, she returned to AIIMS for MD (Pathology). She was prompted to specialize in immunology due to her exposure to the new discipline while in UK availing the Nuffield Fellowship (1970). She decided to work in the area of infectious diseases, particularly leprosy which was a major concern in India at that time. She worked with Professor John Turk at the Royal College of Surgeons and Dr RJW Rees at the National Institute for Medical Research, London and then joined faculty in AIIMS. She first joined Professor GP Talwar’s Department of

Suggested Citation:"Appendix E: Biographical Sketches of the U.S. National Research Council Planning Committee Members." National Academy of Sciences. 2016. Indo-U.S. Workshop on Challenges of Emerging Infections and Global Health Safety: Summary of a Workshop. Washington, DC: The National Academies Press. doi: 10.17226/21810.
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Biochemistry which had just initiated immunology research in India; then moved back to the Department of Pathology (1980), became head of the new Department of Biotechnology (1986) at AIIMS, and continued to work there as INSA-SN Bose Research Professor even after her retirement (1998). She was invited as dean of School of Medicine in Asian Institute of Medicine, Engineering and Technology in Malaysia and subsequently as director of Blue Peter Research Centre (Lepra Research Centre), Hyderabad. She also received DSc (hc) from Pierre and Marie Curie University, Paris (2002). Academic and Research Dr. Nath made pioneering contributions to immunology research by her seminal work on cellular immune responses in human leprosy. Throughout her career, her research contributions centered on mechanisms underlying immune unresponsiveness in man, reactions and nerve damage in leprosy and a search for markers for viability of the leprosy bacillus which is not cultivable. She has over 120 publications, invited reviews, opinion an/comments on recent developments in prestigious international journals. She also mentored many MBiotech, M.D. and Ph.D. students.

David R. Franz is an independent consultant, he served as deputy commander and commander of the U.S. Army Medical Research Institute of Infectious Diseases and as chief inspector on three United Nations Special Commission biological warfare inspection missions to Iraq. Prior to joining the command, he served as group veterinarian for the 10th Special Forces Group (Airborne). He also served as a member of the first two U.S.-UK teams that visited Russia in support of the Trilateral Joint Statement on Biological Weapons and as a member of the Trilateral Experts’ Committee for biological weapons negotiations. In addition to being a member of the NAS Committee on International Security and Arms Control (CISAC), he has served as chair of the National Research Council (NRC) Committee to Review Proposals from the Former Soviet Union Biological Weapons Personnel and Institutes, and co-chaired the NRC committee on Protecting Occupants of DOD Buildings from Chemical or Biological Release. He serves on the boards of the Federation of American Scientists and the Kansas Bioscience Authority. Dr. Franz was technical editor for the Textbook of Military Medicine volume on Medical Aspects of Chemical and Biological Warfare released in 1997. Dr. Franz holds an adjunct appointment as professor for the Department of Diagnostic Medicine and Pathobiology at the College of Veterinary Medicine at Kansas State University. His

Suggested Citation:"Appendix E: Biographical Sketches of the U.S. National Research Council Planning Committee Members." National Academy of Sciences. 2016. Indo-U.S. Workshop on Challenges of Emerging Infections and Global Health Safety: Summary of a Workshop. Washington, DC: The National Academies Press. doi: 10.17226/21810.
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current focus is on the role of international engagement in the life sciences as a component of national security policy. Dr. Franz holds a D.V.M. from Kansas State University and a Ph.D. in physiology from Baylor College of Medicine.

Diane E. Griffin (NAS/NAM), at the Johns Hopkins Bloomberg School of Public Health, is the Alfred and Jill Sommer Professor and chair of the Department of Molecular Microbiology and Immunology at the Johns Hopkins Bloomberg School of Public Health. She holds joint appointments in the departments of Neurology and Medicine. In 2004, Dr. Griffin was elected to the United States National Academy of Sciences (NAS) in the discipline of microbial biology. After earning her undergraduate degree from Augustana College in Rock Island, Illinois, she joined a joint M.D./Ph.D. graduate program at Stanford University, where she pursued research on immunoglobulins. Griffin received her Ph.D. and M.D. in 1968 and remained at Stanford Hospital for her internship and residency. Dr. Griffin performed postdoctoral research in virology at the Johns Hopkins University School of Medicine. Along with Janice E. Clements and others, Griffin is a notable trainee of neurovirology specialist Richard T. Johnson. Dr. Griffin became a faculty member at Johns Hopkins in 1973 in the Department of Neurology. She attained the rank of full professor in 1986. In 1994, Dr. Griffin became the chair of the Department of Molecular Microbiology and Immunology at the Johns Hopkins School of Hygiene and Public Health, now known as the Bloomberg School of Public Health. Virology has been her specialty since her postdoctoral work. Her research examines how the body responds to viral infection. Dr. Griffin has placed particular emphasis on the central nervous system, researching the effects of Sindbis virus and the measles virus on the brain. In 2013, she was elected vice president of the National Academy of Sciences.

Joseph Kanabrocki, of the University of Chicago, Ph.D., C.B.S.P., is currently the assistant dean for biosafety and associate professor of microbiology in the Biological Sciences Division of the University of Chicago. In this capacity, he serves as Select Agent Responsible Official, University Biosafety Officer and director of the Biosafety programs at the University of Chicago’s Ricketts Regional Biocontainment Laboratory and the Great Lakes Regional Center for Excellence in Biodefense and Emerging Infectious Diseases Research. Dr. Kanabrocki

Suggested Citation:"Appendix E: Biographical Sketches of the U.S. National Research Council Planning Committee Members." National Academy of Sciences. 2016. Indo-U.S. Workshop on Challenges of Emerging Infections and Global Health Safety: Summary of a Workshop. Washington, DC: The National Academies Press. doi: 10.17226/21810.
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received a B.S. degree in biology from the University of Notre Dame and his Ph.D. in microbiology from the University of South Dakota School of Medicine. He was trained as a post-doctoral fellow in the Section of Genetics and Development at Cornell University, Ithaca, N.Y. and in the Laboratory of Molecular Biology at the University of Wisconsin-Madison. He obtained his professional certifications as a Certified Biological Safety Professional from the American Biological Safety Association, where he has been a member since 1992, and from the American (ABSA) Society for Microbiology National Registry of Microbiologists-Specialty Biological Safety. He served for 7 years as the director of biological safety/biological safety officer, assistant director of Environmental Health and Safety and Assistant Research Professor in the Department of Molecular Microbiology at Washington University in St. Louis. He served as the administrative officer for the Washington University Institutional Biological and Chemical Safety Committee as well as the institution’s responsible official for the select agent program. Prior to this appointment, Dr. Kanabrocki served for 8 years as the responsible official and as biosafety officer at the University of Wisconsin-Madison. he is currently a member of the National Institutes of Health Recombinant DNA Advisory Committee (NIH-RAC) and the National Science Advisory Board on Biosecurity. He is an active member of ABSA and just completed a three year term as ABSA councilor. He also serves as chair of the Examination Board for the American Society for Microbiology National Registry of Certified Microbiologists and is a member of the Scientific Advisory Board for the National Institutes of Health National Biosafety and Biocontainment Training Program.

Suggested Citation:"Appendix E: Biographical Sketches of the U.S. National Research Council Planning Committee Members." National Academy of Sciences. 2016. Indo-U.S. Workshop on Challenges of Emerging Infections and Global Health Safety: Summary of a Workshop. Washington, DC: The National Academies Press. doi: 10.17226/21810.
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The United States and India have pledged to deepen the linkages between their people, their businesses, and their governments for the mutual benefit of both countries and for the promotion of global peace, stability, economic growth and prosperity. Both nations are now inclined to improve relations and cooperation, but the nations need specific actions that will yield progress and build confidence and momentum for further cooperation.

The Indo-U.S. Workshop on Challenges of Emerging Infections and Global Health Safety, held in November 2014, encouraged scientists from both countries to examine global issues related to emerging and existing infections and global health safety, to share experience and approaches, and to identify opportunities for cooperation to improve practice and research in these areas. This report summarizes the presentations and discussions from the workshop.

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