1997 Richard J. Duma/NFID Annual Press Conference and Symposium on Infectious Diseases
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» Richard J. Duma, M.D., Ph.D.
» Daniel L. Engeljohn, Ph.D.
» Ruth A. Etzel, M.D., Ph.D.
» Joseph M. Madden, Ph.D.
» William J. Martone, M.D., M.Sc.
» John E. McGowan, Jr., M.D.
» Michael T. Osterholm, Ph.D., M.P.H.
» Benjamin Schwartz, M.D.
Richard J. Duma, M.D., Ph.D.
Director
Division of Infectious Diseases
Halifax Medical Center
Daytona Beach, FL
Dr. Richard J. Duma is director, Division of Infectious Diseases, Halifax Medical Center, Daytona Beach, FL, and clinical professor of medicine, Medical College of Virginia (MCV). He is also a trustee and one of the founders of the National Foundation for Infectious Diseases (NFID), a nonprofit, public foundation established in 1973, to support research and education into the causes, cures and prevention of infectious diseases. Duma, known internationally in the field of infectious diseases, was elected vice president of the NFID Board of Directors from 1973 to 1975 and president from 1975 to 1991. He served as its executive director from 1991 to 1995.
Prior to becoming executive director of NFID, Duma was professor of medicine, pathology and microbiology and chairman, Division of Infectious Diseases, MCV. He was also director of hospital epidemiology and chairman of the MCV Hospital Infection Control Committee.
Duma has served as chairman of the Steering Committee, National Coalition for Adult Immunization (NCAI), which is a national network of more than 85 health care organizations dedicated to promoting adult immunization, primarily through educational and motivational activities. He was also the first chairman of the U.S. Pharmacopeia National Coordinating Committee on Large Volume Parenterals, which played a major role in setting standards and ensuring the safety of the nation's intravenous fluids and medicinals. He is the author of more than 100 scientific articles and research studies, more than 30 chapters and is a reviewer for numerous medical journals.
Duma received his medical degree from the University of Virginia Medical School and his doctorate in experimental pathology and microbiology from Virginia Commonwealth University. He is board-certified in internal medicine and infectious diseases and is a fellow of both the American College of Physicians and the Infectious Diseases Society of America.
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Daniel L. Engeljohn, Ph.D.
Chief, Standards Development Branch
Labeling, Product and Technology Standards Division
Office of Policy, Program Development and Evaluation
Food Safety and Inspection Service
U.S. Department of Agriculture
Washington, D.C.
Dr. Engeljohn is chief, Standards Development Branch, Food Safety and Inspection Service, U.S. Department of Agriculture (USDA). He is responsible for establishing food safety regulatory requirements for meat, poultry and egg products. He supervises a diverse group of scientists with food science, veterinary medicine, statistical, microbiological and nutritional expertise.
Engeljohn has a doctorate in human experimental nutrition and a master of science degree in meat science. Throughout his 18-year career at USDA, Engeljohn has worked with a variety of food safety, nutrition and quality issues. In 1986, he was responsible for developing and implementing inspection procedures related to pork irradiation. In 1992, he was responsible for implementing the poultry irradiation regulations. In response to the food-borne outbreaks involving cooked hamburger and Escherichia coli O157:H7, he was instrumental in writing the 1993 cooked meat patty regulations.
Engeljohn is a professional member of the American Society of Testing and Materials, the Institute of Food Technology and the American Institute of Nutrition.
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Ruth A. Etzel, M.D., Ph.D.
Assistant Director for Special Projects
Division of Environmental Hazards and Health Effects
National Center for Environmental Health
Centers for Disease Control and Prevention
Atlanta, GA
Dr. Ruth Etzel is a pediatrician and epidemiologist at the Center Disease Control and Prevention (CDC). She is also the chair of the Committee on Environmental Health for the American Academy of Pediatrics.
For the past six years, she has been chief, Air Pollution and Respiratory Health Branch, CDC. She has conducted investigations of numerous respiratory diseases, including studies which identified the cause of epidemic asthma in Barcelona and New Orleans, as well as investigations of the health effects of exposure to serious air pollution in Eastern Europe and Mexico City. She was sent to Kuwait immediately after the cessation of hostilities in 1991 to determine the health impact of the more than 750 oil well fires burning near Kuwait City. At CDC, her research interests include investigating the effects of passive smoking on children, the environmental precipitants of asthma attacks and the health effects of exposure to molds and other indoor air pollutants. In 1994, Etzel led the team which made the discovery that infants with pulmonary hemorrhage in Cleveland were being exposed to toxigenic molds in their home environments.
Etzel is a fellow of the American Academy of Pediatrics and the American College of Epidemiology. She is a member and trustee of the American Board of Preventive Medicine. Etzel has been, and continues to be a consultant to international and national organizations and agencies such as the World Bank and the World Health Organization. She served on the National Heart, Lung and Blood Institute's first expert panel on the management of asthma, which produced the 1991 Guidelines for the Diagnosis and Management of Asthma. In 1992, Etzel was awarded the Arthur S. Flemming Award, one of the most prestigious and coveted awards given to federal employees.
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Joseph M. Madden, Ph.D.
Strategic Manager for Microbiology
Center for Food Safety and Applied Nutrition
U.S. Food and Drug Administration
Washington, D.C.
Dr. Madden, as the strategic manager for microbiology, is responsible for leadership, direction and management of the development and implementation of research and regulatory activities concerning the microbiological discipline within the Center for Food Safety and Applied Nutrition, U.S. Food and Drug Administration (FDA). Many scientific disciplines including microbiology, entomology, mycology, virology, biochemistry, molecular biology and food technology, are used in the generalized area of microbiology to provide effective guidance to the regulated food industries. Areas that overlap other scientific disciplines are coordinated through dealings with other strategic managers within the center.
Madden earned his bachelor's degree in zoology from the University of California, Santa Barbara, and his master of science and doctor of philosophy degrees in microbiology from Arizona State University.
He joined the U.S. Public Health Service in 1978 after serving as a commissioned officer in the U.S. Army for a period of two years. He was assigned to the Division of Microbiology, FDA, as a research microbiologist upon reporting for duty in 1978. Madden was named deputy director, Division of Microbiology in 1988, and acting director of the division in 1990. He became the permanent director of the division in May 1991, and was named strategic manager for microbiology in November 1992.
Madden's awards include the Meritorious Service Medals from both the U.S. Army and the U.S. Public Health Service, the Outstanding Service Medal, the Commendation Medal, three outstanding unit citations and two unit citations, all from the U.S. Public Health Service. He is a member of the National Advisory Committee for Microbiological Criteria for Foods and is a fellow of the American Academy of Microbiology. He has authored or co-authored over 80 scientific papers and abstracts.
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William J. Martone, M.D., M.Sc.
Senior Executive Director
National Foundation for Infectious Diseases
Bethesda, MD
Dr. Martone is senior executive director, National Foundation for Infectious Diseases (NFID)--a nonprofit foundation that promotes research, education and prevention of infectious diseases. Prior to NFID, Martone was director, Hospital Infections Program, National Center for Infectious Diseases, Centers for Disease Control and Prevention. In addition, he is a clinical associate professor of medicine at Emory University School of Medicine and a staff physician at the Atlanta V.A. Medical Center and the Washington, D.C., V.A. Medical Center.
Martone is the immediate past president of the Society for Healthcare Epidemiology of America. He is a fellow of the Infectious Diseases Society of America and is a member of the American Society for Microbiology, the American College of Physicians, the American College of Epidemiology and numerous national and international scientific program committees. In addition, Martone also is a member of the American Hospital Association Ad Hoc Committee on AIDS Policy as well as the Technical Panel on Infections in Hospitals, and he serves as a consultant to the U.S. Food and Drug Administration.
Martone received his bachelor's degree from Union College in Schenectady, New York, his master of science from the University of Virginia and his medical degree from New York University.
Martone has authored and/or coauthored more than 75 research papers and book chapters on infectious disease topics. In addition, as an editorial board member, he has reviewed several scientific journals and numerous proceedings.
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John E. McGowan, Jr., M.D.
Professor of Epidemiology
Rollins School of Public Health
Professor of Pathology and Laboratory Medicine
Emory University School of Medicine
Atlanta, GA
Dr. McGowan currently serves as professor of epidemiology, Rollins School of Public Health, Emory University. He is professor of pathology and laboratory medicine as well as professor of medicine (infectious diseases) at Emory University School of Medicine. In addition, McGowan is the director of the clinical microbiology laboratory at Grady Memorial Hospital in Atlanta.
In 1981, McGowan was the first president of the Society for Healthcare Epidemiology of America. He is a current member of the Governing Council for the Infectious Diseases Society of America, a former council member for the American Society for Microbiology and is a former chair of the Microbial Devices Panel, U.S. Food and Drug Administration.
Serving on editorial boards of numerous medical journals, McGowan has written more than 200 journal articles, books and book chapters, primarily in the area of hospital infection control, infectious disease epidemiology, antibiotic resistance and clinical applications of laboratory microbiology. He received his undergraduate degree from Dartmouth and his medical degree from Harvard Medical School.
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Michael T. Osterholm, Ph.D., M.P.H.
State Epidemiologist
Chief, Acute Disease Epidemiology Section
Minnesota Department of Health
Minneapolis, MN
Dr. Osterholm is state epidemiologist and chief, Acute Disease Epidemiology Section, Minnesota Department of Health. He is also adjunct professor, Division of Epidemiology, School of Public Health, University of Minnesota. Osterholm and his team at the Minnesota Department of Health have been leaders in the area of infectious disease epidemiology for the past two decades. He has led numerous investigations of infectious disease outbreaks of international importance, including the\ association of tampons and toxic shock syndrome, the transmission of hepatitis B in health care settings, the use of L-tryptophan and eosinophilia myalgia syndrome, and foodborne disease. Osterholm's team was one of the first to call attention to the changing epidemiology of foodborne disease and its importance to human health in the United States. The Minnesota group has conducted and published on many outbreak investigations and prospective studies of foodborne disease. They serve as a model for the public health approach to this important and growing problem.
Osterholm is the author of more than 150 papers and 12 book chapters regarding infectious disease epidemiology issues. Many of these involve the area of foodborne disease. He is past president of the Council of State and Territorial Epidemiologists (CSTE) and currently serves on the Forum on Emerging Infectious Diseases for the National Academy of Sciences Institute of Medicine and on the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention (CDC) Board of Scientific Counselors. He also chairs the Committee on Public Health for the American Society for Microbiology. Osterholm has received numerous honors for his work, including the "Pump Handle Award," CSTE; Charles C. Shepard Science Award, CDC; Harvey W. Wiley Medal, U.S. Food and Drug Administration; and "Squibb Award," Infectious Diseases Society of America. Osterholm serves as a principal investigator for the CDC Emerging Infections Program.
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Benjamin Schwartz, M.D.
Chief, Childhood and Vaccine Preventable Diseases Epidemiology Section
Childhood and Respiratory Diseases Branch
National Center for Infectious Diseases
Centers for Disease Control and Prevention
Atlanta, GA
Dr. Benjamin Schwartz is chief, Childhood and Vaccine Preventable Diseases Epidemiology Section, National Center for Infectious Diseases, Centers for Disease Control and Prevention (CDC). He also is a member of the Division of Pediatric Infectious Diseases, Epidemiology and Immunology at Emory University.
Schwartz's research activities have focused on the epidemiology, prevention and control of pediatric bacterial infections in the United States and around the world. He has been instrumental in characterizing recent changes in the epidemiology of severe group A streptococcal infections and in developing strategies to prevent their morbidity and mortality. He also has had a lead role in developing the CDC program to combat the spread of antimicrobial resistance by promoting judicious antimicrobial use. Internationally, Schwartz has worked extensively with the World Health Organization and other agencies to improve treatment of children with pneumonia and to promote development, evaluation and implementation of new vaccines to prevent respiratory infections.
Schwartz is a member of the Pediatric Infectious Diseases Society and the American Society for Microbiology. He serves as the CDC liaison on the American Academy of Pediatrics Committee on Infectious Diseases and frequently has served as a consultant to the World Health Organization. He has authored over 50 peer-reviewed articles and written several book chapters.