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Appendix F: Biographical Sketches of Workshop Speakers and Session Chairs
Appendix F: Biographical Sketches of Workshop Speakers and Session Chairs
Pages 183-202
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from the National Sugar Institute, Kanpur. Karen Byers is an assistant professor of medicine in the Division of Infectious Diseases and Clinical Director for the Division and director of the Surgical Infectious Diseases Unit.
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Davis directs molecular epidemiologic research activities for animal influenza viruses and conducts small animal studies to determine, among other things, the consequences of influenza virus evolution on antigenic properties and the pandemic potential of these viruses. As part of the Influenza Divisions' pandemic planning/response, this team utilizes molecular and virologic approaches to characterize and select vaccine candidates for potential use in influenza vaccine manufacturing.
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Raghavendra Gadagkar is the president of the Indian National Science Academy, New Delhi, and a JC Bose National Fellow at the Centre for Ecological Sciences, Indian Institute of Science. His research interests are in understanding the diverse research methodologies of different disciplines and create opportunities to rethink the foundations of his own disciplines.
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He has published over 250 research papers and articles and two books. His research work has been recognized by a number of awards including the Shanthi Swarup Bhatnagar Prize, B.M.Birla Science Prize, Homi Bhabha Fellowship, B.P.
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He is also an adviser to the Centre for Drug Development Sciences, PSG Institute of Medical Sciences and Research, Coimbatore and a consultant in the Department of Biotechnology at the National Institute of Immunology. He is the director of the Biotech Consortium India, Limited as well as director of EmProCell Clinical Research Private Limited, Mumbai.
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Mr. Handley also served as associate director for Prevention Research and International Programs at the NIH Eunice Kennedy Shriver National Institute of Child Health and Human Development; associate director for International Relations at the NIH Fogarty International Center; and global public health advisor for the U.S.
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Studies carried out by his group in collaboration with others have led to important new findings and new technologies such as enzyme based methods in the 1980s, molecular biology based techniques in the 1990s and genomics based methods in the recent past. He is a fellow of the National Academy of Sciences, Allahabad; the National Academy of Medical Sciences; and the Indian Academy of Sciences, Bangalore.
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He is currently chairing the International Committee on Taxonomy of Viruses Study Groups and is a subject-matter expert for the National Center for Biotechnology Information for all mononegaviruses; is a member of the editorial boards of Applied Biosafety–Journal of the American Biological Safety Association, Archives of Virology, BioMed Research International, Journal of Bioterrorism and Biodefense, PLoS One, PLoS Pathogens, Viruses, Virologica Sinica, Voprosy Virusologii, and World Journal of Virology; was a member of the U.S. National Academy of Sciences' committee on animal models for assessing countermeasures to bioterrorism agents; and is continuously involved with the American Association for the Advancement of Science and the U.S.
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His basic research has helped in establishing the origin of diffuse X-ray scattering from crystals; made it possible to directly observe and characterize the effect of external electric fields on real structure of semiconductors and insulators; enabled characterization of effect of processing steps for solid state devices fabrication on substrate materials; and enabled growth of single crystals of unprecedented perfection level. He has edited eight books and published more than one hundred research papers in refereed journals.
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In this capacity Dr. Martin worked with the CDC Global AIDS Program, Department of Defense, World Bank, and World Health Organization in Africa, Southeast Asia and Central Asia to address strengthening of laboratory systems.
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Nair received the prestigious Shanti Swarup Bhatnagar award for Medical Sciences in 1998 for his contributions to the discovery of Vibrio cholerae O139 Bengal. Under his supervision, 29 students have obtained doctoral degrees.
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K Prasad is a professor in the Department of Biotechnology at the All India Institute of Medical Sciences (AIIMS)
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He is a member of several scientific societies including the Indian Immunology Society, the Molecular Immunology Forum, the Society of Biological Chemists, the Society for Scientific Values, the American Society for Microbiology and the Guha Research Conference. He has published 53 research papers and three chapters in books.
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In January 1999, he became an associate faculty member of the Jawaharlal Nehru Centre for Advanced Scientific Research. He became a fellow of the Indian National Science Academy, a member of the editorial board of Journal of Genetics and a member of the Asia-Pacific International Molecular Biology Network.
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He has coordinated programs related to medical biotechnology, human genetics and genome analysis, National Bioethics Committees, and vaccine research and development since 1988-1989. This includes the Jai Vigyan Mission program on S&T for new and improved vaccines, Vaccine Grand Challenge Programme, glue grant, rapid grant for young investigators and also the two human vaccine production units established under Technology Mission on Immunization, namely Bharat Immunologicals and Biologicals Corporation Limited and Indian Vaccines Corporation Limited, Gurgaon.
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He has advised the U.S. government on emerging infectious diseases, human-microbe interactions, and future biological threats.
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Notable among them are: the prestigious Bhatnagar Award of CSIR; Chakravorty Award; Birbal Sahni Medal of the Botanical Society; Birbal Sahni Birth Centenary Award of Indian Science Congress; Godnev Award Lecture of Belarus Academy of Sciences and Padma Shri, Government of India. He is an elected Fellow of the Indian National Science Academy (New Delhi)
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Dr. Swayne has served on OIE international committees to update the avian influenza chapters in Terrestrial Animal Health Code and Manual of Standards for Diagnostic Tests and Vaccines.
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Appendix F 201 tuberculosis using RNA subtractive hybridization, development of TB diagnostic tool box, the development of novel dormancy cell infection model for Mycobacterium tuberculosis and the development of inhibitors against DevR dormancy regulator. She received her Ph.D.
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