AOAC SPADA February 2015 Meeting Book

CHAIR BIOS: WORKING GROUP CHAIRS

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 VENEZUALAN EQUINE ENCEPHALITIS (VEE) 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 University

SPADA Q-FEVER WORKING GROUP 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 pathogen, Coxiella burnetii , the agent of Q fever, with basic studies on mechanisms of pathogenesis and applied goals of novel vaccine and diagnostic development. Dr. Samuel has taught courses in genetics, microbiology and microbial pathogenesis for both medical and graduate education.