Appendix D
Workshop Planning Committee Biosketches
Anne Maglia (Co-Chair) is the Associate Vice Chancellor for Research Administration and Integrity at the University of Massachusetts Lowell. She oversees the Offices of Research Integrity and Research Administration and the Research Support Services group. Her primary responsibility is to build the research portfolio while ensuring effective administration of the university’s sponsored research portfolio and compliance with terms and conditions, policies, laws, and regulations relating to the conduct of research. She previously served at the National Science Foundation (NSF) as a program director and an animal welfare officer. Prior to the NSF, she was an associate professor of biological sciences at the Missouri University of Science and Technology, where her research program focused on amphibian skeletal development and biodiversity. Dr. Maglia served on the Institute for Laboratory Animal Research Roundtable, the Governing Board of the American Society of Ichthyologists and Herpetologists, and the Executive Committee of the Society for Integrative and Comparative Biology. She holds a B.S. in preveterinary medicine from Ohio University, an M.S. in biology from East Tennessee State University, a Ph.D. in ecology and evolutionary biology from the University of Kansas, and is a certified Project Management Professional.
Robert S. Sikes (Co-Chair) is a professor of biology at the University of Arkansas at Little Rock, with primary interests in behavioral and evolutionary ecology. Dr. Sikes’s research experience has been exclusively with wild vertebrates, both in the field and in captivity, with mammalian subjects ranging in size from shrews to giant pandas. He is the past president of the American Society of Mammalogists (ASM), currently co-chairs the ASM’s Animal Care and Use Committee, was the lead author on the last two revisions of the ASM’s guidelines for the use of wild mammals in research, and has authored a number of additional publications regarding the ethical use of wild animals in research. Dr. Sikes is a former member of the Institute for Laboratory Animal Research of the National Academies of Sciences, Engineering, and Medicine and a current member of the AAALAC Council on Accreditation. Dr. Sikes holds a B.S. in biology from the University of Arkansas at Little Rock (1985), an M.S. in biology from Memphis State University (1990), and a Ph.D. in zoology from the University of Minnesota (1994). Dr. Sikes has retired.
Bonnie V. Beaver is a professor in the Department of Small Animal Clinical Sciences in the College of Veterinary Medicine and Biomedical Science at Texas A&M University. Besides having taught classes in the basic sciences and clinical aspects of veterinary medicine, Dr. Beaver has an extensive background in animal behavior and animal welfare. She has a number of published books, book chapters, and scientific articles on these subjects and is a frequent speaker at veterinary continuing education seminars. In addition to being named as a charter diplomate and the first president of both the American College of Veterinary Behaviorists and the American College of Animal Welfare, Dr. Beaver has served as the chair of several task forces and the president of many other professional organizations including the Texas Veterinary Medical Association and the American Veterinary Medical Association. She obtained her B.S. and D.V.M. in veterinary medicine from the University of Minnesota, M.S. in veterinary medicine and surgery from Texas A&M University, and D.Sc. (hon) from the University of Guelph.
Laura Bies is the executive director of The Ornithological Council. She has a B.S. in environmental science from the University of Delaware (2001) and a J.D. from The George Washington University (2004), where she concentrated on environmental law. Ms. Bies previously worked at The Wildlife Society, where she was the director of government affairs. She has also worked as a government affairs
consultant and freelance writer with a focus on conservation policy. In her position at The Ornithological Council, Ms. Bies works to ensure that ornithologists understand their animal welfare responsibilities and that the regulations and policies governing their work are feasible and effective in light of the unique situations often encountered in ornithological research, particularly fieldwork.
Carol L. Clarke received her bachelor’s degree in natural sciences from Johns Hopkins University and her D.V.M. from the Tuskegee School of Veterinary Medicine. After receiving her D.V.M., she practiced small animal medicine in New York City for 13 years before entering the laboratory animal medicine training program at SmithKline Beecham Pharmaceuticals. Upon completion of the program, she entered the National Institutes of Health (NIH) in 1998 as the primate facility attending veterinarian for the Veterinary Resources Program. In 2001, she accepted a position with the Comparative Medicine Branch of the National Institute of Allergy and Infectious Diseases (NIAID) and became a Diplomate of the American College of Laboratory Animal Medicine in 2005. During her 10 years with NIAID, she served as the Institutional Animal Care and Use Committee coordinator, the vice chair of the Rodent Gnotobiotic Committee, and the chief of Shared and Central Facility Operations. In addition, she prepared all federally required annual reports on animal usage. Dr. Clarke accepted a position with the U.S. Department of Agriculture (USDA) in 2011 and currently serves as the research program manager for animal care. Her duties include representing the USDA on various federal interagency committees; serving as a member of the Roundtable on Science and Welfare in Laboratory Animal Use at the National Academies of Sciences, Engineering, and Medicine; participating in investigative actions; writing policies; and providing outreach to the public. She also served as the project officer for Module #26—Nonhuman Primate Transportation for the National Veterinary Accreditation Program, and has received senior leadership training from American University (2012–2013) and the President’s Management Council Interagency rotation through the U.S. Department of Health and Human Services (2017–2018). Dr. Clarke’s current affiliation is NIH’s Office of Research Services.
Gail C. Golab is currently the chief veterinary officer for the American Veterinary Medical Association (AVMA). In that position she heads the AVMA’s Public Policy Strategic Business Unit, which includes the association’s Animal and Public Health, Animal Welfare, and Global Outreach Divisions. Prior to her current appointment, Dr. Golab served the AVMA as the chief advocacy and public policy officer, and in a variety of other roles in the AVMA’s Publications, Education and Research, Communications, and Animal Welfare Divisions. Dr. Golab is best known for her more than 30 years of work in the human–animal interactions and animal welfare field that began as an undergraduate, transcends both professional degrees, has included opportunities for exposure to a variety of concerns affecting diverse species, and includes both research and policy development. Accordingly, she has served on advisory committees on the care and use of animals in agriculture, biomedical research, the pet industry, entertainment, and human health care applications.
She graduated with a Ph.D. from Texas A&M University, a D.V.M. from the University of Illinois, is certified as a member of the Australian and New Zealand College of Veterinary Scientists (Animal Welfare), is a charter Diplomate of the American College of Animal Welfare (an AVMA-recognized veterinary specialty board) and a Distinguished Practitioner in the National Academies of Practice. Her work experiences in academia, industry, and private practice set the stage for a well-balanced approach to difficult issues.
William Greer graduated from The Pennsylvania State University in 1985 with a degree in microbiology. He currently oversees the animal care and use, biosafety, laboratory safety, controlled substances, and autonomous systems research compliance programs. His previous roles included the associate director for research compliance, Institutional Animal Care and Use Committee (IACUC) vice-chair, and biosafety committee chair at The Pennsylvania State University, and the production manager and safety director at Intervet State College, Pennsylvania (formally Tri Bio Laboratories). Mr. Greer has overseen animal care and biosafety programs for more than 30 years. In 2005, he organized and held the
first research administrators Best Practice meeting, which established a venue for research oversight professionals to informally meet and discuss programmatic concerns. He continues to facilitate at least five annual Best Practice meetings covering both biosafety and animal care and use programs. In 2010, he chaired the founding committee for the nonprofit education-based IACUC Administrators Association, and continues to serve as the organization’s president and the chair of the board of directors. Since 2007, Mr. Greer has served as an ad hoc consultant to the AAALAC Council, where he performs institutional program reviews, assessments, and status determinations.
Elaine K. Kim is currently the senior Institutional Animal Care and Use Committee (IACUC) coordinator in the Research Integrity and Compliance Review Office at Colorado State University (CSU). CSU’s Animal Care and Use Program covers a wide range of activities that include wildlife research and management, veterinary clinical studies, veterinary teaching, agricultural (food/fiber) activities, emerging and infectious disease studies with laboratory and non-typical species, and research activities with multiple regulatory purviews (e.g., the U.S. Food and Drug Administration, the U.S. Environmental Protection Agency, the U.S. Department of Agriculture). She graduated with a B.S. from the University of California, Berkeley, in 2001, and is a Certified Professional in IACUC Administration (CPIA). Ms. Kim has presented at various meetings and conferences, such as for the Programs for Public Responsibility in Medicine and Research IACUC, American Association for Laboratory Animal Science, Office of Laboratory Animal Welfare online seminars, and the IACUC Administrators Association. She has taught several workshops, covering the basics of IACUC regulations for administrators and committee members, focusing on the regulations as a foundation to determine when IACUC purview is appropriate or not required, depending on the situation. She has also taught a workshop on how to apply a quality management system within an animal care and use program.
Patrice N. Klein serves as the U.S. Forest Service (UFS) national program lead for fish and wildlife health and the UFS Institutional Animal Care and Use Committee’s (IACUC’s) attending veterinarian (AV) to oversee wildlife research, having previously worked for the U.S. Department of Agriculture’s Animal and Plant Health Inspection Services’ (APHIS’s) Veterinary Services (VS) as the national coordinator for the Cervid Health and Avian Health Programs and the APHIS VS Wildlife Disease Liaison. She was a commander in the U.S. Public Health Service working on foodborne and zoonotic diseases and the veterinarian’s role in disaster response. She began her career at the U.S. Fish & Wildlife Service’s Patuxent Wildlife Research Center in Maryland, where she managed the health care of endangered avian species in captive propagation and re-introduction programs, and served as the IACUC AV for environmental toxicology research involving wild animals.
She is an invited speaker at national IACUC conferences (Programs for Public Responsibility in Medicine and Research, Scientists Center for Animal Welfare) to present on IACUC oversight of wildlife research, has provided webinars on the IACUC role for wildlife research to national wildlife organizations and state wildlife agencies, and was an organizer for a SCAW Conference on Meeting the Challenges of IACUC Oversight in Fish and Wildlife Research. She has been an advisor to state wildlife agencies on wildlife disease and animal welfare issues and has collaborated with APHIS Animal Care colleagues on developing IACUC guidance for wildlife research.
Dr. Klein is a graduate of University of Pennsylvania School of Veterinary Medicine with an M.S. in toxicology at St. John’s University in New York, and completed a postdoctorate fellowship in comparative pathology at the Johns Hopkins University School of Medicine following a residency in avian medicine and pathology at the University of California, Davis, School of Veterinary Medicine. She is a Diplomate in the American College of Veterinary Preventive Medicine and the American College of Poultry Veterinarians and adjunct faculty at the University of Maryland and the University of Pennsylvania School of Veterinary Medicine presenting lectures on wildlife health, One Health, and animal welfare. She is an active member of The Wildlife Society, the Wildlife Disease Association, the Association of Fish & Wildlife Agencies, the United States Animal Health Association, the American
Association of Wildlife Veterinarians, and the American Veterinary Medical Association to strengthen interdisciplinary wildlife health and animal welfare relationships.
Sharon Shriver is the director of Programs for Public Responsibility in Medicine and Research (PRIM&R), a nonprofit founded in 1974 that works to ensure the highest ethical standards in research by providing education and other professional resources to the research and research oversight community, including those who work with human subjects protections programs (HRPPs), Institutional Review Boards (IRBs), animal care and use programs, and Institutional Animal Care and Use Committees (IACUCs). Dr. Shriver conceives, plans, and executes a wide range of educational programs and resource development to support animal and human research oversight professionals. Most recently, she served as the managing editor and author of three chapters for the third edition of IRB Management and Function, a comprehensive resource for human research oversight published in May 2021. Prior to joining PRIM&R, Dr. Shriver was the assistant director of The Pennsylvania State University’s Office for Research Protections, where she led the university’s research integrity educational initiatives. Dr. Shriver has extensive background in science and ethics, having taught undergraduate and graduate courses in genetics, molecular medicine, and bioethics at Penn State and the University of Pittsburgh. Her doctoral work in molecular genetics at Case Western Reserve University (Ph.D. in 1991) led to her early career as a clinical investigator at the MD Anderson Cancer Center and the University of Pittsburgh Medical Center, using human and animal models to identify smoking-induced mutations that contribute to the increased risk of women for lung cancer.
Michael K. Stoskopf is a professor of wildlife and aquatic health and the director of the Environmental Medicine Consortium at North Carolina State University. His research focuses on population, ecosystem, and landscape approaches to the health management of wildlife, broadly defined to include aquatic and marine species including invertebrates and vertebrates, and their physiologic responses to environmental changes. He is the past president of the International Association for Aquatic Medicine, was active in the establishment of the American Veterinary Medical Association’s Committee on Aquaculture, and has also served on the Institute for Laboratory Animal Research of the National Academies of Sciences, Engineering, and Medicine. He has spoken widely and authored several publications regarding the ethical use of wild animals in research. Dr. Stoskopf earned his D.V.M. at Colorado State University (1975) and his Ph.D. in environmental and biochemical toxicology at Johns Hopkins University (1986). He was instrumental in the establishment of the American College of Zoological Medicine, passing the first examination offered, and serving in various roles, including president, where he encouraged the inclusion of aquatic and wildlife medicine as subspecialties of the developing organization.
