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Appendix E: Speaker Biographies
Appendix E: Speaker Biographies
Pages 385-396
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K Acheson, M.D., FRCP, graduated from the University of London Medical School in 1980, and following training in internal medicine and infectious diseases in the United Kingdom, moved to the New England Medical Center and Tufts University in Boston in 1987.
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Dr. Daszak's work includes identifying the first case of a species extinction due to disease, the discovery of chytridiomycosis, the major cause of global amphibian declines, publishing the first paper to highlight emerging diseases of wildlife, coining the term "pathogen pollution," discovery of the bat origin of SARS-like coronaviruses, identifying the drivers of Nipah and Hendra virus emergence, and producing the first ever emerging disease "hotspots" map.
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He has published more than 500 scientific papers on food microbiology and food safety topics and has received several awards for his research accomplishments, including the Nicholas Appert Award of the Institute of Food Technologists. He is a fellow of the American Academy of Microbiology, the American Association for the Advancement of Science, the Institute of Food Technologists, and the International Association for Food Protection, and is a member of the IOM, for which he chairs the Food Forum.
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Dr. Hueston has extensive experience working with livestock producers, animal health officials, national government agencies, and intergovernmental organizations as well as consumer groups and multinational food companies.
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Karesh is the Technical Director for the USAID Emerging Pandemic Threats PREDICT program, a $75 million effort focused on predicting and preventing pandemic diseases.
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King was instrumental in obtaining funds for the construction of a $60 million Diagnostic Center for Population and Animal Health; he initiated the Center for Emerging Infectious Diseases in the college, he served as the campus leader in food safety, and he had oversight for the National Food Safety and Toxicology Center.
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He was the first to use purely molecular methods to identify infectious agents, implicated West Nile virus as the cause of the encephalitis epidemic in New York in 1999, assisted the WHO and the Peoples Republic of China during the 2003 SARS outbreak, developed MassTag PCR and Greenechip technology, and pioneered the use of high-throughput sequencing in pathogen discovery. He and his team have discovered or characterized more than 400 infectious agents including Borna disease virus, West Nile virus, LuJo virus, human rhinovrirus C, piscine reovirus, and canine hepacivirus.
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He is a member of the Board of the Global Food Safety Initiative (GFSI) , the American Meat Institute, the National Turkey Federation, GMA's Science Institute Executive Board, past Chairman of the U.S Poultry and Egg Association's Research Advisory Committee, a member of the International Association of Food Protection, the Institute of Food Technologists, and the American Society for Microbiology.
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Mr. Taylor is a nationally recognized food safety expert, having served in high-level positions at FDA and the USDA, as a research professor in academia, and on several NAS expert committees.
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He is an associate editor of the Emerging Infectious Diseases Journal, and he has published more than 100 scientific papers and book chapters. Craig Wilson is Vice President, General Merchandising Manager of Quality Assurance and Food Safety for Costco Wholesale Corporation.
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government food safety policy development and the USDA's continuity of operations planning.
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