September 2015 SPADA Meeting
CHAIR BIOS: WORKING GROUP CHAIRS
Paul spent 24 years as a Technical Staff Member at Los Alamos National Laboratory where he was heavily involved in development of the biological threat reduction efforts there. He was appointed a Laboratory Fellow at Los Alamos – a lifetime appointment ‐ in recognition of his efforts. He moved to Lawrence Livermore National Laboratory in 2005 where he was a Senior Scientist in the Global Security and Physical and Life Sciences Directorates until his retirement in 2013. In addition to his work at the National Laboratories, he has served on the FBI's Scientific Working Group for Microbial Forensics, on NIH study sections and review panels, and continues to serve on steering and oversight committees for other federal agencies.
Eileen N. Ostlund, DVM, MS, PhD Head, Equine and Ovine Viruses Section, Diagnostic Virology Laboratory National Veterinary Services Laboratories, STAS, VS, APHIS, USDA APHIS SPADA STAPHYLOCOCCAL ENTEROTIXIN TYPE‐B (SEB) WORKING GROUP CHAIR
Eileen N. Ostlund received her DVM (1980) and MS (1982) from the University of Illinois and then spent 5 years in private veterinary practice with an equine focus. Subsequently, she completed a PhD in Veterinary Science from the University of Kentucky (1992) and conducted postdoctoral research in infectious diseases at the Animal Health Trust, Newmarket, England and the National Institute of Allergy and Infectious Diseases, National Institutes of Health, Bethesda, MD. She then served on the faculty at the University of Missouri, College of Veterinary Medicine, Veterinary Diagnostic Laboratory. In 1998, Dr. Ostlund joined USDA/APHIS/VS as the Head of the Equine and Ovine Viruses Section in the Diagnostic Virology Laboratory, National Veterinary Services Laboratories, Ames, Iowa. Dr. Ostlund served as the USDA co‐chair of the Intragovernmental Select Agent and Toxin Technical Advisory Committee (ISATTAC) from 2005 through 2013. She has been named a designated expert for the World Organization for Animal Health, Office International des Epizooties (OIE), for eastern, western, and Venezuelan encephalomyelitis, West Nile Fever, equine infectious anemia, and bluetongue.
James Samuel, PhD Professor and Chair of Microbial Pathogenesis and Immunology Texas A&M SPADA Q‐FEVER WORKING GROUP CO‐CHAIR
Professor and Chair at the Department of Microbial Pathogenesis and Immunology, Texas A&M Health Science Center College of Medicine. His research is primarily focused on the human respiratory
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