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Appendix C Forum Member Biographies
Pages 209-230

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... He completed postgraduate training in internal medicine and infectious diseases at the University of North Carolina at Chapel Hill and is board certified in both. From 1977 to 1983 he served with the U.S.
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... He was president of the Infectious Disease Society of America from 1996 to 1997. He was also a member of the IOM's Committee on Microbial Threats to Health (1991–1992)
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... In 2001 she came to her current position at Emory University, directing a center focused on emerging infectious disease and other urgent threats to health, including terrorism. She has also consulted with the biologic program of the Nuclear Threat Initiative and is most recognized for her work in infectious diseases and disease surveillance.
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... His main commitment is to the Defense Threat Reduction Agency's Biological Weapons Proliferation Prevention program in Europe, the Caucasus, and Central Asia. Steven J
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... She is responsible for identifying emerging health issues and making policy recommendations for the United States foreign policy concerns regarding international health, and she coordinates the department's interactions with the nongovernmental community. She is a member of the Infectious Diseases Society of America (IDSA)
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... Erickson has held a number of leadership positions within the Army Medical Department, including: director of the General Preventive Medicine Residency Program, Walter Reed Army Institute of Research; director of Epidemiology and Disease Surveillance, U.S. Army Center for Health Promotion and Preventive Medicine; commander of the U.S.
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... , with applied science programs from pathogen biology and material science to deployed systems. CBNP accomplishments include performing more than one million assays on national security samples; set up and operation of 24/7 reach-back capabilities; set up of a nationwide bio-alert system; three R&D 100 awards; design of signatures for validated assays in the CDC Laboratory Response Network and the National Animal Health Laboratory Network; and the BASIS biodetection system was designed, demonstrated, and deployed, leading to the nationwide BioWatch system.
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... Galloway, MSC, Ph.D., is Chief of Medical S&T Division for the Chemical & Biological Defense Directorate at the Defense Threat Reduction Agency. He received his baccalaureate degree in microbiology from California State University in Los Angeles in 1973.
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... He is editor of the book "Tick Borne Diseases of Humans" published by ASM Press in 2005 and is a staff physician and infectious diseases consultant at the NIH Clinical Center and the National Naval Medical Center/Walter Reed Army Medical Center, as well as adjunct professor of medicine at the University of Minnesota. He is active in a wide variety of clinical, public health, and product-development issues, including pandemic and emerging infectious disease threats, bioterrorism preparedness and response, and blood, tissue and vaccine safety and availability.
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... , the Scientific Program of Infectious Diseases Society of America (2000-2003) , the International Organizing Committee of the International Congress of Infectious Diseases (1994-present)
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... Heilman has contributed articles on vaccine design and development to many scientific journals and has served as a consultant to the World Bank and WHO in this area. She is also a member of several professional societies, including the Infectious Diseases Society of America, the ASM, and the American Society of Virology.
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... He completed a residency in internal medicine at the University of Washington and a fellowship in infectious diseases at the University of Virginia. He is board certified in internal medicine, infectious diseases, and preventive medicine.
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... In 1979 he moved to Tufts Medical School and New England Medical Center in Boston to found the Division of Geographic Medicine, which focused on the molecular and cellular biology of tropical infectious disease. In 1986 he integrated the clinical infectious diseases program into the Division of Geographic Medicine and Infectious Diseases, continuing as division chief until 1998.
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... As dean and professor of large animal clinical sciences, Dr. King was instrumental in obtaining funds for the construction of the $60 million Diagnostic Center for Population and Animal Health, initiated the Center for Emerging Infectious Diseases in the college, served as the campus leader in food safety and had oversight for the National Food Safety and Toxicology Center.
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... He served as a consultant and member of the Board of Scientific Counselors to the CDC's National Center for Infectious Diseases, is a member of the IOM's Committee on Microbial Threats to Health, editor for the OIE Scientific Review on Emerging Zoonoses, is a current member of FDA's Board of Scientific Advisors, and is president of the American Veterinary Epidemiology Society.
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... He has been a member of the NAS since 1957 and is a charter member of the IOM. Lynn Marks, M.D., is board certified in internal medicine and infectious diseases.
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... He served as principal investigator for the CDCsponsored Emerging Infections Program in Minnesota. He has published more than 240 articles and abstracts on various emerging infectious disease problems
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... Relman, M.D., Ph.D., is an associate professor of medicine (infectious diseases and geographic medicine) and of microbiology and immunology at Stanford University School of Medicine in Stanford, California, and chief of the infectious disease section at the Veterans Affairs (VA)
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... He has published over 150 peer-reviewed articles, reviews, editorials, and book chapters on pathogen discovery and bacterial pathogenesis. He has served on scientific program committees for the ASM and the Infectious Diseases Society of America (IDSA)
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... At IISS he was one of the Institute's leading experts on issues associated with nuclear, biological, and chemical weapons and their means of delivery. In his previous appointments he has had particular responsibilities for issues affecting public safety and security in relation to biological risks and advances in the life sciences.
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... He served as a career office in the British Army on operations in many parts of the world including counterterrorist operations and UN peacekeeping. His publications include monographs, book chapters and articles for, among others, Stanford University, the World Economic Forum, Stockholm International Peace Research Institute (SIPRI)


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