Speakers
82 Speakers from 21 Countries
Lynn C. Anderson
DVM, DACLAM
United States
Lynn C. Anderson
DVM, DACLAM
Consultant Animal Care and Use Programs, Animal Welfare, IACUC Administration
Short Biography:
Lynn C. Anderson earned her Doctor of Veterinary Medicine degree from Iowa State University and completed an NIH Postdoctoral Fellowship in Laboratory Animal Medicine at the University of Michigan Medical School. She is board certified by the American College of Laboratory Animal Medicine (ACLAM) and currently serves as an expert consultant for animal care and use programs, including animal welfare considerations and IACUC administration. In her prior position with Covance Laboratories, Inc, Dr. Anderson served as Vice President, Global Animal Welfare and Comparative Medicine and as the corporate Institutional Official. She provided global executive leadership for veterinary services and animal welfare regulatory compliance for 10 AAALAC-accredited facilities located throughout the U.S., Europe and Asia. She and her staff of more than 30 veterinarians supported and advanced excellence in veterinary medical care of research animals and supported 3Rs initiatives to reduce, refine and replace the need for animals used in research. Dr. Anderson previously served as the Attending Veterinarian for Merck Research Laboratories, Rahway, NJ, and, ultimately, served as the Merck Institutional Official. Dr. Anderson also served as Corporate Vice President of the Consulting and Staffing Services division of Charles River Laboratories. Dr. Anderson is the co-editor of the ACLAM textbooks Laboratory Animal Medicine, editions 2 and 3. She also served as founding Editor of Contemporary Topics in Laboratory Animal Science (now JAALAS). Dr. Anderson has published over 50 book chapters, peer-reviewed manuscripts and abstracts and presented over 100 national and international professional meeting lectures on relevant topics in Laboratory Animal Medicine. In addition, she served as Chair of the AAALAC Board of Directors and as President of ACLAM, the American Society for Laboratory Animal Practitioners (ASLAP) and the American Association for Laboratory Animal Science (AALAS). She also served as Chair of the American Veterinary Medical Association’s (AVMA’s) Board of Veterinary Specialists.
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Ken Applebee
OBE, FIAT, FRSB
United Kingdom
Ken Applebee
OBE, FIAT, FRSB
Chief Executive Officer, Applebee Advisory Ltd. London, United Kingdom
Short Biography:
Ken is the CEO of Applebee Advisory, which specialises in vivo management solutions. Previously Ken had a long and successful career in managing research animal facilities, ending in 2020 after ten years as Director of Biological Services at King’s College London. Ken’s other professional activities include, Chair of the Board of Trustees College of Laboratory Animal Science and Technology (CLAST) and is a founding Trustee of Animals in Science Education Trust (AS-ET). Previously until May 2019 Ken served as Chair and CEO of the Institute of Animal Technology (IAT) and for six years until May 2019, was an expert member of the UK Government’s Animals in Science Committee (ASC), a statutory body to provide independent, expert advice to the UK Government Minister of State for the Home Office. Along with management of research animal facilities, another of Ken’s ongoing major interest is the provision and development of education and training for laboratory animal care staff, for which in 2014 he was awarded the public honour of Officer of the British Empire, “for services to Animal Technician Education and Animal Technology”.
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Masahide Asano
PhD
Japan
Masahide Asano
PhD
Professor, Kyoto University Graduate School of Medicine / Director, Institute of Laboratory Animals
Short Biography:
Masahide Asano is Professor of Kyoto University Graduate School of Medicine and Director of Institute of Laboratory Animals. Since 2017, he is engaged in the National Bioresource Project-Rat (NBRP-Rat) as a Director. Dr. Asano obtained his Ph.D. from Kyoto University in 1989. In 2000, he became Professor of Kanazawa University Faculty of Medicine and carried out his research in the field of glycobiology and epigenetics by generating and analyzing gene-manipulated mice using ES cells. In 2015, his group moved to Kyoto University and he is currently continuing these researches. He also serves as a Director of Japanese Association for Laboratory Animal Science (JALAS), and he was awarded the Ando-Tajima Prize of JALAS in 2019.
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Neel Aziz
DVM, DACVP
United States
Neel Aziz
DVM, DACVP
Supervisory Veterinary Pathologist Department of Wildlife health Sciences Supervisory Veterinary Medical Officer / Supervisory Pathologist Smithsonian Conservation Biology Institute / National Zoological Park Washington, D.C., U.S.A.
Short Biography:
Dr. Neel Aziz is the Supervisory Veterinary Pathologist for the Smithsonian Conservation Biology Institute (SCBI) and the Smithsonian National Zoological Park (NZP). Dr. Neel Aziz earned his Doctor of Veterinary Medicine from Tuskegee University in 2002. Dr. Neel Aziz has over 10 years of veterinary pathology experience. His previous positions have included Chief of Comparative Pathology and Diagnostic Imaging, Walter Reed Army Institute of Research/Naval Medical Research Center; Lecturer, Faculty of Veterinary Science, Mahidol University; Visiting Fellow, Jockey Club College of Veterinary Medicine and Life Sciences, City University of Hong Kong; Associate Pathologist, Covance Pharmaceutical R & D (Shanghai) Co. Ltd. in Shanghai. He is a Diplomate of the American College of Veterinary Pathologist. He currently serves as a member of the ACUC and research review board at SCBI/NZP.
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Diana P. Baumann
BSc (Hons), RLATG, CMAR
United States
Diana P. Baumann
BSc (Hons), RLATG, CMAR
Head, Reptile & Aquatics, Stowers Institute for Medical Research, Kansas City, MO, USA
Short Biography:
Diana P. Baumann is the Head of Reptile & Aquatics at the Stowers Institute for Medical Research in Kansas City, Missouri. To date, the AAALAC accredited facility has cared for over 65 different species including lizards, snakes, fish, frogs, and aquatic invertebrates. Diana has been a member of the IACUC for 16 years. She is a member of AALAS, IAT, LAMA, LAWTE, ZHA, and ANZLAA, speaking regularly at local, National, and International meetings. She teaches all three levels of the AALAS animal technician certification courses as well as courses in laboratory animal management. Diana has achieved foundation and advanced certifications in herpetology. She was an ILAM graduate in 2008, serving as class president, and obtained CMAR certification in 2010. Diana served on the Institute of Laboratory Animal Management committee for eight years, and now works with the AALAS Education Resources Committee. She is an active member of the LAMA Education Committee and serves as an Ad Hoc Specialist for AAALAC International. Diana is recipient of the 2011 Ron Orta Memorial Award, the 2015 LAWTE IMPACT Award, the 2016 Charles River CHARTER Medallion, and the 2018 AALAS George R. Collins Education and Training Award.
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Kathryn Bayne
MS, PhD, DVM, DACLAM, DACAW, CAAB
United States
Kathryn Bayne
MS, PhD, DVM, DACLAM, DACAW, CAAB
Chief Executive officer, AAALAC International Frederick, Maryland, USA
Short Biography:
Dr. Bayne is Chief Executive Officer for AAALAC International, a private, nonprofit organization that promotes the humane treatment of animals in science through voluntary assessment and accreditation programs. She has worked for AAALAC International for 25 years, having also served as Global Director during which time she directed the worldwide accreditation program for AAALAC. Prior to working for AAALAC International, she led a research program on nonhuman primate psychological well-being and environmental enrichment programs for primates, dogs, cats and swine at the National Institutes of Health. She has over 100 publications to her credit, is a certified applied animal behaviorist, and is internationally renowned for her work in laboratory animal behavior and welfare. She serves as Executive Editor-in-Chief of Laboratory Animal (Animal Welfare) for the CALAS journal, Animal Models in Experimental Medicine. Dr. Bayne has held several leadership positions including service as president of the American College of Laboratory Animal Medicine (ACLAM), the Association of Primate Veterinarians, as well as the District of Columbia Veterinary Medical Association. She is past Chair of the American Veterinary Medical Association’s Animal Welfare Committee and was the inaugural Chair of the American Society of Laboratory Animal Practitioner’s Animal Welfare Committee. She was a member of the OIE ad hoc working group that developed the chapter on Research Animal Welfare for the Terrestrial Animal Code and was a member of the committee that revised the CIOMS International Guiding Principles for Biomedical Research Involving Animals. She was the recipient of the 1993 Henry and Lois Foster Award for high score on the ACLAM certifying examination and the recipient of AALAS’s prestigious Garvey Award which recognizes outstanding accomplishments relating to the humane treatment of animals used in biomedical research. Dr. Bayne is also the 2009 recipient of the American Veterinary Medical Association’s Animal Welfare Award and Washington State University’s 2009 Excellence in Research and Teaching Award. In 2012 she was awarded the Charles River Prize for her international efforts in advancing laboratory animal welfare, and in 2016 she was presented with a Plaque of Appreciation by the Korean College of Laboratory Animal medicine for her efforts to improve research animal welfare in that country. She is an honorary member of the Thai Association for Laboratory Animal Science.
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Abdelouafi Benmouloud
PhD
Algeria
Abdelouafi Benmouloud
PhD
Secretary General of AASEA, Algeria Member of ICLAS Africa Regional committee Lecturer in animal physiology, University of Boumerdes, Algeria
Short Biography:
Abdelouafi Benmouloud is the secretary general of the Algerian Association of Experimental Animal Sciences (AASEA) as well as a member of ICLAS Africa Regional committee. He holds a PhD in Animal Physiology and Biology from USTHB University (Algiers). He is the chair of physiology and physiopathology Master degree at Boumerdes University. Dr. Benmouloud holds a certificate in experimental animal sciences at the 3rd International course of animal experimentation from ICLAS (Tunisia, 2004) and certificate of completion at the current international best practice in the care and use of laboratory rodents workshop (Tunisia, 2019). He also coordinates a number of training and conference on animal laboratory sciences in various universities. He teaches courses in experimental animal science for Master degree students since 2011. Dr. Benmouloud participated in the training of implementation of species conservation strategies in Mediterranean region organized by UICN, (Algiers, 2013). His area of research included comparative animal physiology and endocrinology, specifically the biochemical and physiological adaptations of wildlife to arid environment.
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Manuel Berdoy
MPhil, DPhil PGDipLATHE
United Kingdom
Manuel Berdoy
MPhil, DPhil PGDipLATHE
Course Director and lead NTCO, University of Oxford Oxford, United Kingdom
Short Biography:
Dr. Manuel Berdoy was born in France and has had the privilege to work with animals such as primates in Africa, reptiles in America and penguins in Antarctica. He then climbed up the alphabet by moving to Britain, settling in Oxford in particular where he completed his PhD and worked with wild small mammals (the hardest of them all). Manuel is responsible for the competence of the large team of biomedical scientists at Oxford and serves on a number UK, European and International Boards (e.g. LASA, FELASA and ICLAS). His interests have ranged from animal behaviour to parasite manipulation and, in the last 15 years, animal welfare, experimental design and statistics, and education in some fields of biomedical sciences. His film “The Laboratory Rat: A Natural History” (now freely available on YouTube https://tinyurl.com/ratlife) was nominated for 14 international awards. He is one of the co-authors, with Michael Festing, of the book on the “The Design of Animal Experiments” and was awarded the RSPCA Sir Peter Moore award for outstanding contribution to animal welfare science.
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Cory Brayton
DVM, Diplomate, ACLAM, ACVP
United States
Cory Brayton
DVM, Diplomate, ACLAM, ACVP
Associate Professor; Director, Phenotyping Core Molecular and Comparative Pathobiology / Johns Hopkins University School of Medicine, Baltimore, MD, USA
Short Biography:
Cory Brayton is a diplomate of the American College of Laboratory Animal Medicine (ACLAM), and of the American College of Veterinary Pathologists (ACVP). She served as president of ACVP in 2014. She is an associate professor of molecular and comparative pathobiology, and director of the Phenotyping Core at the Johns Hopkins University School of Medicine. Her work focuses on phenotyping and pathology in diverse translational research areas, including cancer, aging, immunology, infectious diseases. Dr. Brayton’s expertise includes the spontaneous pathology and genetics of research mice, experimental pathology, and the impacts of infectious and other environmental factors on pathology, disease expression, and other phenotypes in diverse research models. She has been involved in research and teaching in medical schools and affiliated academic institutions as a scientist, collaborator, pathologist, clinical veterinarian, attending veterinarian, IACUC member, and laboratory director. She currently serves on ILAR council and is co Editor in Chief of ILAR Journal.
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Laurie Brignolo
DVM, DACLAM
United States
Laurie Brignolo
DVM, DACLAM
Executive Director, Research and Teaching Animal Care Program / Clinical Professor, Department of Medicine and Epidemiology, School of Veterinary Medicine University of California, Davis, USA
Short Biography:
Laurie Brignolo is the Executive Director of the Research and Teaching Animal Care program at the University of California, Davis. Dr. Brignolo earned her veterinary degree from the University of Wisconsin, Madison in 1993 and completed her Laboratory Animal Medicine Residency at the University of California, Davis in 1996. She served multiple roles as a clinical veterinarian at the California National Primate Research Center from 1995 to 2011 before moving to the main campus at UCD where she served as the Associate Director for Campus Veterinary Services before taking on her current role. She is a Diplomate of the American College of Veterinary Medicine and is an ad hoc AAALAC International site visitor. She is the current Treasurer of the Association of Primate Veterinarians.
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Marco Brocca
MS
Italy
Marco Brocca
MS
Sales & Marketing Manager, Aquatic Solutions, TECNIPLAST S.p.A., Italy
Short Biography:
I took my Master Degree in Biological Sciences with a specialization in Biotechnology at the University of Insubria (Varese – Italy) in 2002. After a short experience working for an Italian based Pharmaceutical Company (Menarini Group), I have joint Tecniplast in December 2003. Since then, my first priority has been the one of understanding the real needs related to the housing of aquatic species used as laboratory animal models. After two years of product development, we have launched a series of systems specifically designed for the housing of small teleost fish and amphibians. The product range is huge, listing different models of various dimensions, from small systems, generally used as quarantine units, up to “oceanic facility” managed through dedicated “centralized life supports” (CLS). Over the years, we have been able to establish an international group of experts specifically involved in the design, development and installation of RAS (Recirculating Aquaculture Systems) for biomedical research. Nowadays we can count on hundreds of systems installed worldwide (in more than 50 different Countries), housing different aquatic models, such as: Danio rerio (zebrafish), Oryzias latipes (medaka), Nothobranchius furzeri (killifish), Xenopus laevis, Xenopus tropicalis, Ambystoma mexicanum (axolotl), Poecilia reticulata (Guppy), water snails and crayfish. Even if our main focus has been zebrafish, being so far the most widely used model organism for biomedical research. My scientific background is valuable in my daily job and especially in product development, but I now have responsibilities on sales and marketing as well.
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Nattharee Chanchareonsook
DDS, MDS (OMFS), PhD
Singapore
Nattharee Chanchareonsook
DDS, MDS (OMFS), PhD
Senior Consultant, National Dental Centre Singapore / Deputy Head of Research Committee, National Dental Centre Singapore / Senior Clinical Lecturer, Faculty of Dentistry, National University of Singapore / Adjunct Assistant Professor, Duke-NUS Medical Sc
Short Biography:
Nattharee Chanchareonsook is a Senior Consultant at the Department of Oral & Maxillofacial Surgery and a Clinician Scientist at National Dental Centre Singapore. She is also a Senior Clinical Lecturer at the Faculty of Dentistry, National University of Singapore and an Adjunct Assistant Professor at Duke-NUS Medical School in Singapore. Dr. Nattharee received her dental degree from the Faculty of Dentistry, Khon Kaen University, Thailand, her Master of Dental Surgery in Oral and maxillofacial Surgery from The University of Hong Kong and her PhD in Medical Science from Radboud University, Nijmegen, The Netherlands. Apart from her clinical work as a dental surgeon, she performs research on tissue engineering, bone tissue regeneration and medical devices for jaw bone reconstruction. She is also a research supervisor for undergraduate and postgraduate dental students from National University of Singapore. The majority of Dr. Nattharee’s research projects focus on translational medicine that involve animal experimentation and she has over 10 years of experience working with SingHealth Experimental Medicine Centre and the National Large Animal Research Facility, Singapore.
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Yan Chang
MS, PhD
China
Yan Chang
MS, PhD
President, Shanghai Innostar Bio-tech Co. Ltd. Shanghai, P.R. China
Short Biography:
Yan Chang is President, Shanghai Innostar Bio-tech Co. Ltd., Shanghai, People’s Republic of China. Dr. Chang received her master’s degree in toxicology from Zhejiang University, Hangzhou, Zhejiang and her doctorate degree in toxicology from the Shanghai Institute of Pharmaceutical Industry in Shanghai. She has expertise in reproductive and genetic toxicology, and has a special interest in the development and validation of alternative methods in accord with the tenets of the Three Rs. Dr. Chang currently serves as a member of AAALAC International Council on Accreditation.
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Chris J. Charles
PhD
New Zealand
Chris J. Charles
PhD
Research Professor, University of Otago, Christchurch, New Zealand / Visiting Research Professor, National University Singapore
Short Biography:
Chris J. Charles is a Research Professor with the Christchurch Heart Institute, Department of Medicine, University of Otago, Christchurch and Visiting Research Professor, Cardiovascular Research Institute (CVRI) and Department of Surgery, Yong Loo Lin School of Medicine, National University of Singapore. In both Institute’s he heads up the large animal programme within larger integrated bench-bedside biomedical and clinical research programmes studying underlying causes, diagnosis and treatment of cardiovascular disease. Prof Charles earned his PhD in experimental medicine from the University of Otago, Christchurch in 1993. He has 30 years experience in large animal models of cardiovascular disease utilizing sheep as experimental model in New Zealand (30 years) and pigs in Singapore (4 years) to model normal cardiovascular physiology and models of common cardiovascular disorders including hypertension, myocardial infarction, atrial fibrillation, and various models of heart failure (HF) including pacing induced congestive HF, post-MI HFrEF and pressure overload HFpEF. He has actively contributed to leadership roles on various National (New Zealand) Societies covering the disciplines of Physiology, Endocrinology and Medical Sciences.
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Hou-Chun Chen
PhD
Thailand
Hou-Chun Chen
PhD
Advisor, Central Animal Facility, Faculty of Science, Mahidol University, Thailand
Short Biography:
Dr. Hou-Chun Chen is Advisor, Central Animal Facility, Faculty of Science, Mahidol University, Bangkok, Thailand. He has been giving regular guest lectures regarding animal use and care program, regulations related to animal welfare and Intellectual Property in several universities in Taiwan and Thailand. He received his doctorate degree in philosophy from the University of New England, Australia with special interest in the study of nonhuman primate behavior and communication. He specializes in his field as well as working with various animals in different kinds of environments including laboratories, facilities, zoos, and rescue centers across South-East Asia. He currently serves as an ad hoc Specialist for AAALAC International.
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Sonja (Scout) Chou
VMD, MS, DACLAM
China
Sonja (Scout) Chou
VMD, MS, DACLAM
Director, Laboratory Animal Resources / Assistant Clinical Professor, NYU Shanghai
Short Biography:
Scout Chou earned her veterinary degree from the University of Pennsylvania School of Veterinary Medicine in 2000, and her Master of Science degree in Comparative Medicine from the University of Washington in 2004. She is currently the Director of Laboratory Animal Resources and Assistant Clinical Professor at NYU Shanghai. Prior to joining NYU Shanghai, she worked with different business segments within Charles River for 7 years, including Animal Welfare and Training, Genetically Engineered Models and Services, Surgical Services, Phenotyping Services, Discovery and Imaging Services, and Preclinical Services. In addition to supporting research efforts within North America and China, she also supported animal care and use programs at several academic institutions in the New England area as a consultant. In 2012, Scout joined WuXi AppTec in Suzhou as their Executive Director of Veterinary Science and Animal Welfare, and provided training and oversight to animal care and use programs in Suzhou and Shanghai. Scout is a Diplomate of the American College of Laboratory Animal Medicine and currently serves as a Council Member for AAALAC International.
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Suzanne Craig
DVM, DACLAM, MBA
United States
Suzanne Craig
DVM, DACLAM, MBA
Director, Division of Laboratory Animal Resources / Chair, Department of Comparative Medicine, Medical University of South Carolina
Short Biography:
Suzanne Craig is the Director of both Division of Laboratory Animal Resources and the Transgenic Genome Editing Core, as well as Chair of the Department of Comparative Medicine in Charleston, SC. Dr. Craig earned her veterinary degree from Tuskegee University in 1989. She spent several years prior to and during veterinary school as a veterinary assistant in private practice. She worked five years at American Cyanamid caring for primarily agricultural animals as well as rats and mice followed by two years as a postdoctoral fellow at the Medical University of South Carolina. While working at American Cyanamid, she was a small animal private practitioner and practiced emergency medicine for a number of years. She then worked for five years at a Contract Research Organization overseeing flea and tick studies. She worked sixteen years at MD Anderson Cancer Center as Deputy Chair and Section Chief of several areas within the Department of Veterinary Medicine and Surgery. She has served on 4 different IACUCs during her career. She is a Diplomate of the American College of Laboratory Animal Medicine and currently serves as an ad hoc specialist for AAALAC International. She is the recipient of the 2019 Joseph J. Garvey Management Award proffered by the American Association of Laboratory Animal Science.
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Yuan-Ji (Eric) Day
MD, MS, PhD
Taiwan
Yuan-Ji (Eric) Day
MD, MS, PhD
Professor and Director, Department of Anesthesiology, Hualien Tzu Chi Hospital and Tzu Chi University, Buddhist Tzu Chi Medical Foundation // President, Chinese Taipei Society of Laboratory Animal Science, Taiwan R.O.C.
Short Biography:
Yuan-Ji (Eric) Day, M.D., M.S., Ph.D. is Professor and Director, Department of Anesthesiology, Hualien Tzu Chi Hospital and Tzu Chi University, Buddhist Tzu Chi Medical Foundation, Hualien, Taiwan, Republic of China (ROC). Dr. Day received his medical degree and a master’s in Pharmacology from the National Defense Medical Center, Taipei, and a master’s and doctorate degree in Physiology from the University of Virginia, Charlottesville, Virginia. He is the President, Chinese Taipei Society of Laboratory Animal Science, Taiwan R.O.C. He currently serves as a member of the AAALAC International Council on Accreditation..
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Thierry Decelle
DVM, MSc, DipVetLAS
France
Thierry Decelle
DVM, MSc, DipVetLAS
Chief Veterinary Officer, Sanofi-Aventis Group, Lyon, France
Short Biography:
Thierry Decelle serves as the Chief Veterinary Officer for the Sanofi group. His current global mission is to protect the reputation of Sanofi and to preserve the privilege of using animals in the research, development and manufacturing of medicines and vaccines by: leading and implementing Sanofi’s global vision and the strategy related to the Policy on the Protection of Animals; serving as senior advocate in Sanofi’s commitment to animal welfare and 3Rs program as part of good science and good business; and providing oversight of all animals used by Sanofi and partners. Dr. Decelle has been engaged in many professional organizations and conferences. For example, he is currently Vice-Chair of EFPIA Research & Animal Welfare; Board member of the European Animal Research Association and of Institutional Officials Consortium, US; Director of AAALAC International; Member of the Organization Committee of FELASA 2022.
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Carlo Demaldè
Italy
Carlo Demaldè
Area Manager – EMEA, Tecniplast Group, ITALY
Short Biography:
Carlo is a Mechanical Engineer specialized in Technological Processes. After graduation at Polytechnic of Milan (Italy), he has been involved in sales management activities for multinational companies operating in the mechanical engineering industry. Since 2014, he’s been working as Area Manager for Tecniplast covering South-East Pacific and African regions. He attended practical trainings in different animal facilities like University College of London, Oncology Institute IEO-IFOM (Milan) and Mario Negri Institute for Pharmacological Research (Milan). He developed a specific knowledge in housing systems, laminar flow equipment, washing and decontamination solutions. Carlo is working for a Company permanently committed to the improvement of the quality and safety standards in animal facilities. Tecniplast high product quality/reliability, project management consultancy and efficient after sales service make Tecniplast, the leading company in the lab animal industry since 1949. Further information: www.tecniplast.it www.iwtsrl.it
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Marcel Frajblat
DVM, MS, PhD
Brazil
Marcel Frajblat
DVM, MS, PhD
Professor of Physiology and Laboratory Animal Science / Director Office of Laboratory Animals / Chair of Institutional Care and Use Committee Federal University of Rio de Janeiro, UFRJ, Brazil
Short Biography:
Marcel Frajblat is the Director of the Office of Laboratory Animals and a full professor of physiology and laboratory animal science at the Federal University of Rio de Janeiro (UFRJ), Brazil. Dr. Frajblat earned his veterinary degree at the Fluminense Federal University, Rio de Janeiro in 1989 and a Master (1997) and Ph.D. (2000) from Cornell University in reproductive physiology and technology. Dr. Frajblat has been involved in several areas of laboratory animal science regulation and teaching. He was President of the Brazilian Association of Laboratory Animal Science from 2007-2009. He is a member of the Brazilian Council of Animal Experimentation from 2009-2012 and from 2017 to now. He is the Secretary of the Brazilian Federation of Experimental Biology since 2015. He has been elected member of the ICLAS Governing Board for the 2019-2023 term. At UFRJ, he is the chair of the local IACUC committee and he is in charge of the Cryopreservation and Transgenic Core Facilities.
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Ran Gao
PhD
China
Ran Gao
PhD
Director, Science and Technology Department, Institute of Laboratory Animal Sciences (ILAS), Chinese Academy of Medical Sciences & Peking Union Medical College, P.R. China
Short Biography:
Ran Gao is the board member of CALAS, and the vice chairman of International collaboration and communication committee, CALAS. She is the director of Science and Technology Department of Institute of Laboratory Animal Sciences (ILAS), Chinese Academy of Medical Sciences (CAMS) and Peking Union Medical College (PUMC). She received her PhD degree from University of Tsukuba, Japan in 2012, was a postdoctoral fellow at the National Institute of Advanced Industrial Science and Technology (AIST), Japan. Dr. Gao is also the associate professor of CAMS & PUMC. As a group leader, Dr. Gao has been engaged in laboratory animal models for human cancer and comparative medicine, mainly focuses the development of human cancer animal models and mechanism of cancer metastasis. Her work has led to the generation of more than 200 patient derived tumor xenograft models, which would be of great use for personalization therapy of those cancer patients. She is an author of over 40 papers appeared in domestic and international literature. Dr. Gao is the editorial board member of Animal Models and Experimental Medicine (AMEM, the only English journal in laboratory animal field in China).
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Montip Gettayacamin
DVM, DACLAM
Thailand
Montip Gettayacamin
DVM, DACLAM
Senior Director for Southeast Asia AAALAC International
Short Biography:
Dr. Montip Gettayacamin is Senior Director for Southeast Asia at AAALAC International, a position she has held for the past eleven years. In this role she supports AAALAC International’s accreditation program to advance research animal welfare in the region and assists institutions to attain accreditation. Dr. Montip received her veterinary medicine degree from Chulalongkorn University, Bangkok, Thailand in 1984. She is a Diplomate of the American College of Laboratory Animal Medicine. She has over 30 years of experience in Laboratory Animal Medicine and previously served as Assistant Chief for Research and Laboratory Animal Medicine, and Senior Research Scientist at Department of Veterinary Medicine, United States Army Medical Component, Armed Forces Research Institute of Medical Sciences (USAMC-AFRIMS), Bangkok, Thailand. The program has attained AAALAC International accreditation since 1999. She has authored and coauthored more than 50 scientific publications. She translated the Guide for the Care and Use of Laboratory Animals, National Research Council (NRC, 1996 and 2011), the Occupational Health and Safety in the Care and Use of Research Animals (NRC, 1997) and the Guide for the Care and Use of Agricultural Animals in Research and Teaching (FASS 2010) to Thai. Dr. Montip is a reviewer of Journal of Visualized Experiments (JoVE) and a member, Editorial Board, Animal Models and Experimental Medicine (AMEM) Journal. She is a former member of AAALAC International Council on Accreditation. She has served on International Council for laboratory Animal Science (ICLAS) Governing Board and the Chair of Asia Regional Committee for 2019-2023. Dr. Montip is the Chair of the Educational and Scientific Program Committee, AFLAS Congress 2020.
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John Zhaolong Gong
PhD, MD
China
John Zhaolong Gong
PhD, MD
Chairman and CEO, 3D Medicines Co. Ltd. Beijing/Shanghai, P.R. China
Short Biography:
Dr. John Zhaolong Gong is Chairman and Chief Executive Officer, 3D Medicines, a biopharmaceutical company focused on immune-oncology drug development in China. Dr. Gong received his doctorate degree in toxicology from New York University and a medical degree from Beijing Medical College. Dr. Gong has extensive experience in new drug development, from preclinical to clinical development, including ten years with the United States Food and Drug Administration. He currently serves as a member for the AAALAC International Council on Accreditation.
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Kazuo Goto
PhD
Japan
Kazuo Goto
PhD
Professor, Department of Clinical Laboratory Mediine, Teikyo University, Tokyo, Japan
Short Biography:
Kazuo Goto is a Professor at Teikyo University in Tokyo, Japan. He obtained his Doctor degree in Health Science (2000), and has contributed at levels of teaching and research in the area of Laboratory Medicine, Medical Technology and Laboratory animal Medicine. He also serves as a council member of Japanese Association for Laboratory Animal Science (JALAS), and a committee member of International Communication Committee of JALAS. His research interest includes creation of human disease model animals using genetic modification, search of infectious disease of laboratory animals, and education of medical technologist.
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Nobuhito Hayashimoto
DVM, PhD, DJCLAM
Japan
Nobuhito Hayashimoto
DVM, PhD, DJCLAM
Director, CIEA Monitoring Center, Central Institute for Experimental Animals / Adjunct Associate Professor, United Graduate School of Veterinary Science, Gifu University
Short Biography:
Nobuhito Hayashimoto is the Director of CIEA Monitoring Center, Central Institute for Experimental Animas as well as an Adjunct Associate Professor at the United Graduate School of Veterinary Science, Gifu University in Japan. Dr. Hayashimoto earned his veterinary degree from Azabu University School of Veterinary Medicine in 1999, and Ph.D. degree from Azabu University in 2010. He has consistently engaged in the microbiological quality control of laboratory animals and related research like as elucidation of the pathogenicity of various microorganisms and development of testing methods for pathogens for 20 years at the Central Institute for Experimental Animals. He is also working as a Managing Director of Japanese Association for Laboratory Animal Science (JALAS), a Governing Board Member of International Council for Laboratory Animal Science (ICLAS) and Assistant Secretary of Asian Federation of Laboratory Animal Science Associations (AFLAS).
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Kristi L. Helke
DVM, PhD, DACVP
United States
Kristi L. Helke
DVM, PhD, DACVP
Director, MUSC-VA Veterinary Diagnostic Laboratory / Professor, Medical University of South Carolina, U.S.A.
Short Biography:
Kristi L. Helke is the Director of the Veterinary Diagnostic Laboratory at the Medical University of South Carolina. She is a Professor in both Comparative Medicine and Pathology and Laboratory Medicine departments. Dr. Helke earned her veterinary degree from the University of Wisconsin – Madison in 2000. Prior to beginning her career in pathology of laboratory animals, Dr. Helke worked in small animal private veterinary practice, including exotics and wildlife. After leaving private practice, Dr. Helke completed her pathology residency and a Ph.D. in pathobiology focused on mechanisms of neurodegeneration in the SIV model at Johns Hopkins University. She is a Diplomate of the American College of Veterinary Pathologists. Dr. Helke is the director of the MUSC-VA Veterinary Diagnostic Laboratory and provides guidance and collaborates with several investigators. She has over 50 publications and book chapters and is currently working on a textbook on Pathology of Pigs in research.
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Jussi Helppi
MSc, LAS
Germany
Jussi Helppi
MSc, LAS
Head of Biomedical Services, Speaker of Services and Facilities, Max Planck Institute of Molecular Cell Biology and Genetics, Dresden, Germany
Short Biography:
Jussi Helppi received his Master’s degree of Applied Zoology and Environmental Sciences at the University of Kuopio, Finland, in 1994. After further studies of Farm Animal Breeding and Biotechnology at the University of Helsinki, he joined the European Molecular Biology Laboratory (EMBL, Heidelberg, Germany) in 1996. Since 1999 he has been working for the Max Planck Institute of Molecular Cell Biology and Genetics (MPI-CBG) in Dresden, Germany as the Head of Biomedical Services (BMS). The BMS is a full-service facility offering scientists a wide variety of techniques on top of normal husbandry services. In 2004 he was promoted to Senior Scientific Facility Leader, and in 2009 he was additionally appointed as the Speaker of Services and Facilities with the responsibility to manage and represent the Scientific Services and Facilities and the Scientific Administration Offices at the MPI-CBG. He completed the FELASA Category C course in 1997 in Tartu, Estonia, and graduated from the Institute of Laboratory Animal Management (ILAM, AALAS educational program in Memphis, USA) in 2003. He was appointed as an Animal Welfare Officer by the government of Saxony in 1999, and he is currently the Vice-Chair of the Regional Animal Care and Use Committee in Dresden (member since 2005). He obtained the FinLAS registered Laboratory Animal Science (LAS) Expert qualification in 2017 – this fulfils the requirements of the former FELASA Category D qualification. Jussi Helppi is an active member of the GV-SOLAS (Management Board), ICLAS (Executive Committee), LAL (Board of Directors) and AALAS. He was appointed as an AAALAC ad hoc consultant in 2018. Jussi Helppi has been an invited speaker for more than 20 international scientific conferences world-wide. As a recognised expert and provided under consultant agreements, Jussi Helppi has advised academic institutions and universities throughout Europe how to plan, build and manage a Scientific Core Facility, and how to establish a successful scientific service culture. His research interest are the environmental influences on mouse welfare, especially for optimizing the welfare of mice in Individually Ventilated Cage systems. Current projects concentrate on environmental factors that may influence breeding performance of mice.
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Renee R. Hukkanen
DVM, MS, DACVP
United States
Renee R. Hukkanen
DVM, MS, DACVP
Principal Scientist, Drug Safety Cambridge / Attending Veterinarian, Eisai Center for Genetics Guided Dementia Discovery / Affiliate Faculty, University of Washington, Department of Comparative Medicine
Short Biography:
Renee R. Hukkanen is a Principal Scientist at Eisai Drug-Safety, Cambridge and Attending Veterinarian of the Eisai Center for Genetics Guided Dementia Discovery (G2D2). Dr. Hukkanen earned her veterinary degree from the University of Illinois @ Urbana-Champaign and is board certified in veterinary pathology (ACVP). She completed an AALAS Internship at the University of Illinois @ Chicago, Biological Resources Laboratory and an NIH Post-doctoral fellowship in Comparative Medicine at the University of Washington, Seattle. She served as a fellow and pathologist at the Washington National Primate Research Center (WaNPRC) from 2001 to 2010. After leaving the WaNPRC, she served as a Pathologist and the Attending Veterinarian for The Dow Chemical Company prior to joining Eisai in 2016. She has served on six IACUC’s and worked as an Attending Veterinarian at The Pacific Science Center of Seattle, Benaroya Research Institute, Western Washington University, Sound Pharmaceuticals, The Dow Chemical Company, and Eisai G2D2. Dr. Hukkanen maintains an Affiliate Faculty position at the University of Washington, Department of Comparative Medicine.
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Arvind Ingle
MVSc, PhD, DICVP, FNAVS, FIAVP
India
Arvind Ingle
MVSc, PhD, DICVP, FNAVS, FIAVP
Scientific Officer ‘G’, Laboratory Animal Facility, Tata Memorial Centre, ACTREC, Mumbai, India.
Short Biography:
Dr. Ingle is Officer-in-Charge of the Laboratory Animal Facility of Tata Memorial Centre, ACTREC, Mumbai, India. Dr. Ingle regularly organizes training courses and workshops for the laboratory animal professionals in the country. Dr. Ingle underwent one year post doctoral training at National Institute of Health, USA during Dec. 1999- Nov. 2000 under the Fogarty International Fellowship. Dr. Ingle is selected as an ad hoc Specialist by the AAALAC International, USA in 2010. Dr. Ingle reported the first laboratory mouse papilloma virus in 2010. Dr. Ingle served as an “Education Committee Member” of the ICLAS, Brussels, Belgium from 2012-15. Dr. Ingle is elected as a Fellow of the National Academy of Veterinary Sciences (NAVS), New Delhi in 2013. He is a recipient of the ‘Best Laboratory Animal Pathologists’ Award of the IAVP, 2013. Dr. Ingle is recipient of the “TurnKey Facility Leader of the Year-2014” Award of the ALN Magazine, USA. Dr. Ingle is Board certified Veterinary Pathologist of the Indian College of Veterinary Pathologists, Izatnagar, India. Dr. Ingle has research interest in animal models, quality control including microbiological and genetic monitoring, embryo cryopreservation, human tumor xenograft and comparative pathology. Dr. Ingle have delivered more than 130 invited lectures in a national and international conferences/workshops. Dr. Ingle has more than 80 publications to his credit published in the journals of national and international repute. Dr. Ingle is serving as a Reviewer/Editorial board member of several national/international journals. Dr. Ingle is selected as a ‘Fellow’ of the Indian Association of Veterinary Pathologists, 2018. Dr. Ingle is a current President, Laboratory Animal Scientists’ Association (LASA) India and an Immediate Past President of AFLAS. Dr. Ingle is recently elected as Governing Board Member of ICLAS.
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Atsushi Iriki
DDS, PhD, DMSc
Japan
Atsushi Iriki
DDS, PhD, DMSc
Team Leader, Laboratory for Symbolic Development, RIKEN Center for Biosystems Dynamics Research, Japan
Short Biography:
Atsushi Iriki received his Ph.D. in Neuroscience from Tokyo Medical and Dental University in 1986. He held research associate positions at the Tokyo Medical and Dental University and then at The Rockefeller University (USA). He joined the faculty of Toho University Medical School as an assistant professor and then as an associate professor in Physiology (1991-1999). In 1999, he returned to Tokyo Medical and Dental University as a full professor and chairman of Cognitive Neurobiology. In 2004, Atsushi IRIKI was appointed a head of Laboratory for Symbolic Cognitive Development at RIKEN Institute (first at its Brain Science Institute and then 2018 onward at Center for Biosystems Dynamics Research). He is currently a visiting professor of University College London (UK) and Nanyang Technological University (NTU, Singapore), an adjunct professor of Keio University, a research professor of Kyoto University, a senior fellow of the Canadian Institute for Advanced Research (Canada), founding co-director of RIKEN-NTU Research Centres (Singapore & Japan), and Vice President of ICLAS (International Council for Laboratory Animal Science).
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Kirsten R. Jacobsen
DVM, PhD
Denmark
Kirsten R. Jacobsen
DVM, PhD
Laboratory Animal Veterinarian, Ellegaard Göttingen Minipigs, Denmark
Short Biography:
Dr. Kirsten Rosenmay Jacobsen earned her veterinary degree specialized in Biomedicine in 2009 and Ph.D. degree in Experimental Medicine at University of Copenhagen, Denmark in 2012. Kirsten is specialized in laboratory animal welfare and has worked with topics such as pain, stress, behavior, enrichment and refined models and veterinary care. She has numerous publications within the field and has several years of experience working with rodents and large animals. Kirsten is a Council Member of the National Animal Ethics Council in Denmark.
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Vanessa Jensen
DVM, DACLAM
United States
Vanessa Jensen
DVM, DACLAM
Department Chair, Veterinary Medicine and Surgery MD Anderson Cancer Center, Houston, Texas, USA
Short Biography:
Dr. Vanessa Jensen earned her veterinary degree from Iowa State University and continued as a Post-doctoral Research Associate at The University of Iowa in the Department of Microbiology and the Department of Immunology. She is a Diplomate for the American College of Laboratory Animal Medicine and serves currently as the Chair and Attending Veterinarian for the Department of Veterinary Medicine and Surgery at The University of Texas MD Anderson Cancer Center. Along with this role, Dr. Jensen is the Director of the Cancer Center Support Grant Research Animal Support Facility for the Houston campus. The Department of Veterinary Medicine and Surgery is MD Anderson’s largest core shared resource, providing animal research facilities and services to 280 principal investigators on 900 active approved animal protocols. Dr. Jensen provides oversight of the vivarium operations to ensure research continues seamlessly while at the same time assuring animal welfare has precedence. She is responsible for developing and implementing processes and policies designed to serve as guidelines for humane handling and care that safeguard the well-being of the animals and personnel. Dr. Jensen provides logistical and procedural support to various researchers as well as collaborations on research protocols. She serves on the Institutional Biosafety Committee and the Institutional Animal Care and Use Committee that advises principal investigators on protocol design and implementation. Along with the duties mentioned above, Dr. Jensen is the Co-Director of Education associated with mentoring and teaching in the department’s summer student program involving veterinary students wanting to pursue a career in the field of laboratory animal medicine. She is a board member for the Texas Society for Biomedical Research and an ad hoc consultant for AAALAC International. In addition to her role at MD Anderson, Dr. Jensen spends her time consulting as the Attending Veterinarian for a biotech company and is the Attending Veterinarian for the laboratory animal program at a neighboring institution.
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Byeong-Cheol Kang
DVM, PhD, DKCLAM
South Korea
Byeong-Cheol Kang
DVM, PhD, DKCLAM
Associate Dean for Planning Affairs / Professor, Seoul National University College of Medicine / Director, Institute for Experimental Animals, Seoul National University College of Medicine / Director, Biomidical Cener for Animal Resource and Development,
Short Biography:
Professor Kang is the Associate Dean for Planning Affairs of Seoul National University College of Medicine, and is the director of laboratory animal facility of SNU. He is a specialist of laboratory animal medicine and toxicology. Research in Prof. Kang’s laboratory focuses on the evaluation of safety and efficacy of medical drugs, medical devices, and functional foods including cell therapy and tissue engineering materials using various animal disease models. Other research themes are development of new disease model animals and diagnosis of microbiological disease in laboratory animals. Prof. Kang and his colleagues are managing the Department of Experimental Animal Research of Biomedical Research Institute which is certified as KGLP by KFDA and accredited by AAALAC International
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Jill M. Keller
DVM, PhD, DACLAM
United States
Jill M. Keller
DVM, PhD, DACLAM
Clinical Assistant Professor, Unit for Laboratory Animal Medicine University of Michigan, Ann Arbor, Michigan, USA
Short Biography:
Jill M. Keller serves on the faculty at the University of Michigan’s Unit for Laboratory Animal Medicine in Ann Arbor, Michigan, USA. Dr. Keller earned her veterinary degree from Michigan State University in 1998. After graduation from veterinary school she did a residency in laboratory animal medicine at the University of Michigan, followed by a PhD in pathology. It was during graduate studies that she developed an interest in aquatic animal medicine and particularly in zebrafish as animal models of disease. She currently oversees clinical care of a wide variety of laboratory animal species. Dr. Keller is a Diplomate of the American College of Laboratory Animal Medicine.
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Phisit Khemawoot
RPh, MS, PhD
Thailand
Phisit Khemawoot
RPh, MS, PhD
Associate Professor, Preclinical Pharmacokinetics and Interspecies Scaling for Drug Development Research Unit, Faculty of Pharmaceutical Sciences Chulalongkorn University, Bangkok, Thailand / Chakri Naruebodindra Medical Institute, Faculty of Medicine Ram
Short Biography:
Associate professor Phisit Khemawoot graduated with a bachelor’s degree in pharmacy from Prince of Songkla University (Thailand), and received doctoral degree in pharmacokinetics from Kanazawa University (Japan). He spent four years in European pharmaceutical companies, and three years in US research institute for drug development program. Dr. Phisit started his academic career at Chulalongkorn University in 2012. He has developed a new research unit in preclinical pharmacokinetics and interspecies scaling for drug development program in Thailand. Recently, his research interest is focusing on herbal pharmacokinetics and phytopharmaceutical product development. He is responsible as a section editor in Thai Journal of Pharmaceutical Sciences, a reviewer of high ranked journal of Planta Medica, and also a key opinion leader in phytopharmaceutical research of Thailand. Dr. Phisit has received several research grants and funding from various organizations to develop herbal product champions of Thailand. His current research projects are phytopharmaceutical product development of Centella asiatica and Cannabis sativa, the two most interesting herbal species from tropical zone.
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Yottana Khunatorn
B.Eng , MS, PhD
Thailand
Yottana Khunatorn
B.Eng , MS, PhD
Deputy Director, Energy Research and Development Nakornping Institute Chiang Mai University, Thailand
Short Biography:
Dr. Yottana is a Deputy Director at the Energy Research and Development Nakornping Institute, Chiang Mai University, Thailand. He also serves as a faculty member of the Department of Mechanical Engineering, Faculty of Engineering at Chiang Mai University. He received his mechanical engineering degree from Chiang Mai University in 1992 and his Ph.D. in Mechanical Engineering from University of Colorado at Boulder, USA in 2002. He participated in Laboratory Animal Center, Chiang Mai University facility construction during 2010-2011 as a HVAC consultant. He was also a HVAC designer for many building construction projects in Chiang Mai University, such as Faculty of Engineering Building Modification, Underground Parking Building, Faculty of Economic, Faculty of Law Building and Faculty of Nursing. Dr. Yottana has more than 15 years experiences in cardiovascular engineering, computational fluid dynamics, heat transfer, flow visualization, fuel cell and engineering piping.
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Hironari Koyama
DVM, PhD, DJCLAM
Japan
Hironari Koyama
DVM, PhD, DJCLAM
Senior Manager, Quality Management Group Research Regulatory Management Drug Discovery Research Astellas Pharma Inc.
Short Biography:
Hironari Koyama is the Senior Manager of Quality Management Group, Research Regulatory Management, Drug Discovery Research, Astellas Pharma Inc. in Japan. Dr. Koyama received a master’s veterinary degree from Obihiro University of Agriculture and Veterinary Medicine Graduate School in 1989, and Ph.D. degree from Tokyo University of Agriculture and Technology in 2019. He had been studying new veterinary medicines at Astellas since 1989, and had developed several new antibiotics for cattle, swine, farmed fish and feed additives for swine. Since 2002, he has been managing the laboratory animal facilities of Astellas Pharma Inc. as an animal care & facility director / the attending veterinarian, and has been leading achievement and continuation AAALAC International accreditation of Astellas. He serves also the councilor of the Japanese Society of Veterinary Science (JSVS) and Japanese Association for Laboratory Animal Science (JALAS). He also contributes to the Japanese Society for Laboratory Animal Resources (JSLAR) as an expert committee member.
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Dennis E. Kyle
PhD, FAAAS, FASTMH
United States
Dennis E. Kyle
PhD, FAAAS, FASTMH
Director, Center for Tropical and Emerging Global Diseases / Professor, Cellular Biology and Infectious Diseases Georgia Research Alliance Eminent Scholar University of Georgia, Athens, GA, USA
Short Biography:
Dennis E. Kyle earned his BA in Biology at the University of Tennessee at Chattanooga, a PhD at Clemson University, and conducted postdoctoral research at the University of Georgia. He served in a number of positions both in the U.S. and abroad for the US Army. He was chief of the Malaria Research Laboratory at the Walter Reed Army Institute of Research; chief of parasitology for the Armed Forces Research Institute of the Medical Sciences in Bangkok, Thailand; and he served as deputy director of the Division of Experimental Therapeutics for the U.S. Army’s Drug and Vaccine Development program in Washington, D.C. After serving as a Distinguished University Health Professor of Global Health at the University of South Florida, he moved to the University of Georgia where he currently is Director of the Center for Tropical and Emerging Global Diseases, one of the largest groups internationally that study parasites and the diseases they cause. He also is a Professor in the Departments of Cellular Biology and Infectious Diseases as well as the Georgia Research Alliance Eminent Scholar in Antiparasitic Drug Discovery. His research focuses on the mechanisms of antimalarial drug resistance and discovery of new antiparasitic drugs for a variety of infectious diseases, including malaria and brain-eating amoebae. Kyle’s research is funded by the US National Institutes of Health, Bill & Melinda Gates Foundation, and Medicines for Malaria Venture.
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Han-Woong Lee
PhD
South Korea
Han-Woong Lee
PhD
President, Korean Association of Laboratory Animal Science / Professor, Department of Biochemistry, Yonsei University / Adjunct Associate Professor, Department of Internal Medicine, Yonsei University College of Medicine
Short Biography:
Han-Woong Lee is the Professor in the department of Biochemistry, Yonsei University in Republic of Korea, and is serving as a President of the Korean Association of Laboratory Animal Science. He has been a director in the Yonsei Laboratory Animal Research of Yonsei University and of Sungkyunkwan University School of Medicine for last 20 years. Dr. Lee earned his Ph.D. degree in Molecular Genetics from the Albert Einstein College of Medicine, New York in 1987. He has been publishing over 150 papers in the field of cancer, genetically-engineered mice, and CRISPR. His previous positions have included: Principal Investigator of Samsung Biomedical Research Institute, Visiting Professor of Department of Adult Oncology, Dana Farber Cancer Institute, Harvard Medical School, Director of Basic Research Laboratory, Korean Research Foundation, Director of the Center for Mouse Models of Human Diseases, Korean Ministry of Food and Drug Safety, and Scientific Advisor of CamBioScience Inc, Cambridge, UK.
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Marcus Litman
BSc, DVM, DipLAS
Canada
Marcus Litman
BSc, DVM, DipLAS
Veterinary Director, Animal Care Services, Office of Research University of Guelph, Canada
Short Biography:
Dr. Litman graduated from the Ontario Veterinary College in Canada in 2000 and spent 2.5 years working in small animal practice before moving to the University of Guelph in January 2003 to take a position as Staff Veterinarian for Animal Care Services. In 2005 he became Veterinary Director, with veterinary responsibility for all animals used in research and teaching by the University. In 2007 he completed a Graduate Diploma in Laboratory Animal Science at the Ontario Veterinary College. He is a Past President of the Canadian Association of Laboratory Animal Medicine (CALAM) and currently sits on the Board of Directors of the Canadian Association for Laboratory Animal Science (CALAS) and the Governing Board of the International Council for Laboratory Animal Science (ICLAS). Most recently he assisted the Office of Research in the re-organization and re-envisioning of the Animal Care Services Department and sits as co-Director of that unit. His interests include anesthesia, analgesia and environmental enrichment of laboratory animals, training of animal users and public education surrounding the use of animals in science.
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Jin Liu
DVM, PhD
China
Jin Liu
DVM, PhD
China Country Manager, Ellegaard Göttingen Minipigs A/S 3/F, #139 Ruijin Rd. (No. 1) , Shanghai 200020, China
Short Biography:
Jin Liu is the Country Manager of Ellegaard Göttingen Minipigs A/S in China. Dr. Liu earned his veterinary degree from China Agricultural University in 1997 and Ph.D. in Microbiology and Immunology at the University of Minnesota in 2008. Then Dr. Liu worked as an Immunology postdoc researcher at the Scripps Research Institute in San Diego and an associate professor in Shanghai National Veterinary Research Institute. Prior to beginning his career in Ellegaard Göttingen Minipigs, he led the establishment of the animal health and welfare team and lab animal management system at Novo Nordisk Research Center China and worked as the Senior Veterinarian and IACUC chair, and then was the founder of Phenotek Biotechnologies in Shanghai. He currently serves as the General Secretory of Chinese Laboratory Animal Ethics and Welfare Committee, Council Member of CNAS (China National Accreditation Service for Conformity Assessment) Laboratory Animal Expert Committee, Council Member of Chinese Laboratory Animal Veterinarian Committee, and AAALAC International Ad Hoc specialist.
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Jiangning Liu
ILAS, CAMS
China
Jiangning Liu
ILAS, CAMS
Secretary General of the National Standardization Technical Commission for Laboratory Animal Sciences, China / Deputy Director of Institute of Laboratory Animal Sciences (ILAS), Chinese Academy of Medical Sciences (CAMS)
Short Biography:
Jiangning Liu is the Secretary General of the National Standardization Technical Commission for Laboratory Animal Sciences, China, as well as the Deputy director and Researcher of Institute of Laboratory Animal Sciences (ILAS), Chinese Academy of Medical Sciences (CAMS). Dr. Liu earned his microbiology degree from the China Agriculture University in 2008 and then beginning his career in Laboratory Animal Sciences in ILAS. The research of Dr. Liu is focus on Animal model, Pharmacology and Immunology of Human infectious diseases caused by infection of Enterovirus 71 (EV71) and Human hepatitis B virus, and has published 25 scientific papers and obtained 7 patents. He was awarded an outstanding young investigator honor by AFLAS at 2010, and has served as director assistant, CEO of animal experiment practice, director of the department of industry development, deputy director of ILAS subsequently.
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Cynthia Lockworth
DVM, DACLAM
United States
Cynthia Lockworth
DVM, DACLAM
Associate Professor, Department of Veterinary Medicine and Surgery, University of Texas MD Anderson Cancer Center, Texas, USA
Short Biography:
Cynthia Lockworth is Associate Professor in the Department of Veterinary Medicine and Surgery at the University of Texas MD Anderson Cancer Center. She is a Diplomate for the American College of Laboratory Animal Medicine. After receiving her DVM from Texas A&M University, she completed 7 years in companion animal practice. She later completed a clinical fellowship in laboratory animal medicine at MD Anderson Cancer Center. Remaining at MD Anderson, she has served as clinical veterinarian over multiple species, and currently serves as Section Chief, overseeing husbandry. Additionally, she is the Senior Aquatics Veterinarian, overseeing both zebrafish and Xenopus laevis colonies. Her areas of interest and expertise include clinical medicine, aquatics, husbandry, training and education, facility design and management, as well as research.
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Lauren Drew Martin
DVM, DACLAM
United States
Lauren Drew Martin
DVM, DACLAM
Assistant Chief, Division of Comparative Medicine, Oregon National Primate Research Center / Head, Small Laboratory Animal Unit & Surgical Veterinarian, ONPRC / President, Association of Primate Veterinarians
Short Biography:
Lauren Drew Martin is the Assistant Chief of the Division of Comparative Medicine at the Oregon National Primate Research Center (ONPRC) as well as Head of the Small Laboratory Animal Unit, a Surgical Veterinarian and Director of the Time-Mated Breeding Services Program. Dr. Martin earned her veterinary degree from the Oregon State University College of Veterinary Medicine in 2007. After completing an internship in Primate Medicine & Surgery at the ONPRC, she stayed on as a surgical veterinarian in their NHP Surgical Services Unit. Dr. Martin has been at the ONPRC for over 12 years. In 2014 Dr. Martin became a Diplomat of American College of Laboratory Animal Medicine (ACLAM). She is heavily involved in the American Association for Laboratory Animal Science (both locally & nationally) as well as ACLAM. Dr. Martin is also the current President of the Association of Primate Veterinarians.
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Lars F. Mikkelsen
DVM, MS, MBA
Denmark
Lars F. Mikkelsen
DVM, MS, MBA
CEO, Ellegaard Göttingen Minipigs
Short Biography:
Dr. Lars Friis Mikkelsen is the CEO of Ellegaard Göttingen Minipigs in Denmark. He received his veterinary degree in 1994 and Master in Laboratory Animal Science from the University of Copenhagen in 2007. Further, he received an Executive MBA degree from the National University of Singapore in 2014. Lars worked in general practice until joining Novo Nordisk, Denmark in 2000, becoming globally responsible for Novo Nordisk' external animal welfare monitoring program. In 2011, he joined Merck/MSD, Singapore as Director, In Vivo Pharmacology and became responsible for the preclinical research strategy and study coordination and execution in the Asia-Pacific region. In 2014, Lars founded LarSolution, a Singapore based consultancy company servicing the scientific community by offering support and solution for in vivo pharmacological research and business development plus professional advice on laboratory animal care and use. In early 2015, Lars joined Ellegaard Göttingen Minipigs in his current position as CEO of the company. Lars' vision of doing a difference for the society, the patients and the animals being used in research plus his passion for combing science and business have led to a number of peer-reviewed publications in well-recognized journals. Further, Lars is a well-known and often invited speaker at international scientific meetings and conferences sharing his knowledge and experience in topics ranging from blood sampling techniques, biomarkers, animal models to animal welfare and monitoring and optimizing external collaborations.
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Ki Taek Nam
DVM, PhD
South Korea
Ki Taek Nam
DVM, PhD
Professor Severance Biomedical Science Institute, Yonsei University College of Medicine
Short Biography:
Dr. Nam is Tenured Full Professor, Severance Biomedical Science Institute and Scientific advisor, Department of Laboratory Animal Resource, Yonsei Biomedical Research Institute in Yonsei University College of Medicine. Dr. Nam was trained as a Veterinarian with special qualifications Veterinary Pathology and mouse pathology at Seoul National University. He has broad research training in epithelial cancer biology and his PhD studies focused on the induction of gastric cancer in rodent models. He has focused his research efforts on understanding mouse models for the origin of metaplasia in the stomach and the mechanisms leading to induction of colon cancer.
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John N. Norton
DVM, PhD, DABT, DACLAM
United States
John N. Norton
DVM, PhD, DABT, DACLAM
Professor of Pathology University Attending Veterinarian / Director, Division of Laboratory Animal Resources, Duke University
Short Biography:
Dr. Norton has over 30 years of experience in toxicology and laboratory animal medicine, including management of preclinical discovery and development projects as well as preparation of regulatory dossiers, design and management of complex animal facilities, and ensuring regulatory compliance of animal programs. Although Dr. Norton started his career in the private sector, he has spent the last 17 years as the Director for the Division of Laboratory Animal Resources at Duke University. Dr. Norton earned his veterinary medical degree from North Carolina State University and his doctorate in pharmacology from Vanderbilt University. He is a diplomate of the American College of Laboratory Animal Medicine and the American Board of Toxicology. He currently serves as an Emeritus member of the AAALAC International Council on Accreditation and is a Past President of the Council. Dr. Norton’s collaborative research focuses on extrinsic factors which may influence the animal research model, specifically in the area of noise and vibration.
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Bryan E. Ogden
DVM, DACLAM
Singapore
Bryan E. Ogden
DVM, DACLAM
Director, SingHealth Experimental Medicine Centre / Director, National Large Animal Research Facility / Adjunct Associate Professor, Duke-NUS Medical School in Singapore
Short Biography:
Bryan E. Ogden is Director of the SingHealth Experimental Medicine Centre and the National Large Animal Research Facility, as well as Adjunct Associate Professor at Duke-NUS Medical School in Singapore. He is a member of Singapore’s National Advisory Committee for Laboratory Animal Research and founding past-President of the Singapore Association for Laboratory Animal Science (SALAS). Dr. Ogden earned his veterinary degree from the University of Minnesota in 1980. Prior to beginning his career in laboratory animal medicine, Dr. Ogden worked eight years in private veterinary practice, including farm animals, pets, and critical care. He has served on 12 different IACUCs during his career. His previous positions have included: Director, Veterinary Services, Maccine Pte. Ltd.; Animal Resources Division Head and Assistant Director, Oregon National Primate Research Center; and Associate Director, Department of Comparative Medicine and Clinical Professor, Oregon Health & Science University. He is a Diplomate in the American College of Laboratory Animal Medicine and currently serves as a Council Member Emeritus for AAALAC International.
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Seung Hyun Oh
PhD, DVM, DKCLAM
South Korea
Seung Hyun Oh
PhD, DVM, DKCLAM
Professor, College of Pharmacy, Gachon University
Short Biography:
Seung Hyun Oh is the Professor of the College of Pharmacy, Gachon University in Republic of Korea. He is serving as a chair of International Affairs Committee of the Korean Association of Laboratory Animal Science KALAS. He is a Diplomate of the Korean College of Laboratory Animal Medicine (KCLAM) and currently serves as a committee member of KCLAM. Prior to moving to Gachon University, he was the chief of animal facility in National Cancer Center in Korea for 5 years as well as a senior scientist. He has been studying in the field of cancer, NASH, and IBD to understand molecular mechanism of the diseases and to develop therapeutic agents using natural products and chemical compounds.
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Etsuko Ohta
DVM, PhD, DJCVP, DJSTP
Japan
Etsuko Ohta
DVM, PhD, DJCVP, DJSTP
Principal Scientist, Biopharmaceutical Assessment CFU, Tsukuba Drug Safety, Global Drug Safety, Eisai Co., Ltd., Japan
Short Biography:
Dr. Etsuko Ohta (original family name: Nishida) is a Principal Scientist at Global Drug Safety, Eisai Co., Ltd., Japan and supervises pathology and clinical pathology operation. She has been working as a nonclinical safety and pathology expert in pharmaceutical companies. Dr. Ohta earned her veterinary PhD degree from the University of Tokyo, Japan and is board certified in Japanese college of veterinary pathology (JCVP) and JSTP (Japanese Society of Toxicologic Pathology). She served as a fellow at Society of Toxicologic Pathology Society of Toxicologic Pathology. Previous work positions include Scientific investigator, Pathology-Clinical Pathology, Safety Assessment, Tsukuba Research Institute, Banyu Pharmaceutical Co., Ltd., Japan, subsidiary of Merck Co., Ltd.
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Cholawat Pacharinsak
DVM, PhD, DACVAA
United States
Cholawat Pacharinsak
DVM, PhD, DACVAA
Assistant Professor, Director of Veterinary Anesthesia, Pain Management and Surgery Department of Comparative Medicine Stanford University School of Medicine, CA, USA
Short Biography:
Dr. Cholawat Pacharinsak is an Assistant Professor and Director of Veterinary Anesthesia, Pain Management, and Surgery at Stanford University’s Department of Comparative Medicine at Stanford University; he is a Diplomate of the American College of Veterinary Anesthesia and Analgesia (DACVAA). He received his DVM from Chulalongkorn University, Thailand and trained in an Anesthesiology and Pain Management residency program and received his Master's degree at Washington State University. He completed his PhD in Pain Neuroscience from the University of Minnesota. Prior to arriving at Stanford, Dr. Pacharinsak was a faculty member in Anesthesiology and Pain Management at Michigan State University and Purdue University; and served as a Clinical Specialist at UCLA.
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Hyun Woo Park
PhD
South Korea
Hyun Woo Park
PhD
Assistant Professor, Yonsei University, Seoul, Korea
Short Biography:
Hyun Woo Park is the leader of Translational Cancer Research Laboratory in Yonsei University. Dr. Park earned his degree in 2010 from Department of Pharmacology, Yonsei University College of Medicine. His work focused on elucidating the pathogenesis of cystic fibrosis and hypertension via defect in ion transport mechanisms during is graduate course. He continued his career at UCSD Moorse Cancer Center in molecular cancer biology by studying oncogenic signaling network including Hippo, mTOR, autophagy in cancer progression and metastasis. His work currently aims to develop novel therapeutic strategies that targets altered cancer metabolism and identify the synergism between conventional anticancer therapy and dietary interventions in humans and transgenic animal models.
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Cynthia Pekow
DVM, DACLAM, CPIA
United States
Cynthia Pekow
DVM, DACLAM, CPIA
Chief, Veterinary Medical Unit, Veterans Affairs Puget Sound Health Care System / Associate Clinical Professor, University of Washington Seattle, Washington, USA
Short Biography:
Cindy Pekow is an attending veterinarian at the VA Puget Sound Health Care System in Seattle, and a clinical faculty member at the University of Washington, Department of Comparative Medicine. She completed BS and MS degrees at Stanford University, and then obtained a DVM from the University of Illinois. After 2 years in small animal practice in Texas, she completed a 3-year residency in Comparative Medicine at the University of Washington, leading to board certification as laboratory animal medicine specialist (ACLAM). She loves her work with animal care staff, researchers, and animals. She has certification as a professional IACUC administrator (CPIA). Dr. Pekow volunteers with national and international associations in laboratory animal science, including AALAS (president in 2003), ICLAS (currently President), and AAALAC International (ad hoc Specialist), and assists in improving and harmonizing lab animal science around the nation and world. She lives near Seattle with her amazingly patient husband, and two goofy dogs.
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Nathaniel Powell, Jr.
DVM, MS, DACLAM
United States
Nathaniel Powell, Jr.
DVM, MS, DACLAM
Chief, Comparative Medicine Branch, Director, Laboratory Animal Medicine Residency Program, Division of Scientific Resources, National Center for Emerging and Zoonotic Infectious Disease, Centers for Disease Control and Prevention
Short Biography:
Dr. Nathaniel Powell, Jr. is a 1980 graduate of the Tuskegee University School of Veterinary Medicine. Shortly after graduation, Dr. Powell served in the U.S. Army Veterinary Corps for 23 retiring at the rank of Colonel. He completed a four-year residency in laboratory animal medicine in the Department of Defense and attained board certification in the American College of Laboratory Animal Medicine in 1992. During his career, Dr. Powell served in several key leadership positions including consultant for laboratory animal medicine for the U.S. Army and U.S. Air Force Surgeons General, senior laboratory animal medicine officer for the U.S. Army Medical Research and Materiel Command and the Uniformed Services University of the Health Sciences. Dr. Powell also served as the Director of the Department of Defense Laboratory Animal Medicine Training Program and Associate Professor of Pathophysiology at Tuskegee University. Dr. Powell serves as a Council Member for AAALAC International.
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Barney Reed
BSc (Hons), MSc
United Kingdom
Barney Reed
BSc (Hons), MSc
Senior Scientific Manager, Research Animals Department, RSPCA, UK
Short Biography:
Barney has worked in the Research Animals Department of the RSPCA since 2002. Before this, he gained a Master of Science degree with distinction in Applied Animal Behaviour and Welfare from the University of Edinburgh, and a Bachelor of Science degree in Psychology (with Biology) from University of Exeter. He has also previously been employed in the UK government department that regulates the use of animals in science. Barney promotes fuller implementation of the 3Rs, and effective ethical review, and advises on how the use and care of laboratory animals can be improved to reduce the impact on animals and advance standards of scientific research. Barney has been involved in the organisation and delivery of international training events on laboratory animal care and use in countries around the world. He has sat on the institutional Animal Welfare and Ethical Review Bodies of a range of UK research establishments, and has been an invited member of Expert Working Groups set up by the European Commission to help European Union countries understand and enforce the European law (Directive 2010/63/EU) on the use of laboratory animals. From 2015 - 2019 he was on the council of the UK Laboratory Animal Science Association (LASA), and he is currently Vice-Chair of the Eurogroup for Animals - Working Group on Research Animals. Since 2016, Barney has been an appointed member of the Animals in Science Committee (ASC), a body required by legislation to provide independent, expert advice to the UK Government Minister of State for the Home Office.
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Leslie Retnam
B.Vet.Sc., MLAS, MRCVS
Singapore
Leslie Retnam
B.Vet.Sc., MLAS, MRCVS
Senior Associate Director, IACUC Office, Office of the Deputy President, National University of Singapore, Singapore
Short Biography:
Leslie Retnam graduated from University of Queensland, Australia with B Vet Sc and began career as companion animal veterinarian in Singapore. Joined National University of Singapore (NUS) as Singapore’s first laboratory animal veterinarian and obtained Masters in Laboratory Animal Science (MALS) at Hahnemann University, Pennsylvania, USA. Returned to NUS and eventually become Acting Director, Laboratory Animal Centre. Moved to Biological Resource Centre, Agency for Science, Technology and Research (A*STAR), and appointed Director for Veterinary Services. Then returned to NUS as Senior Associate Director, IACUC Office, Office of the Deputy President (Research and Technology). First elected to AAALAC-International as Ad Hoc site visitor, then as Council Member with the Pacific Rim Section. Was elected Assistant Section Leader and is currently Section Leader of the Pacific Rim Section. Member of: Singapore’s National Advisory Committee on Laboratory Animal Research (Chair, Subcommittee on Training); Singapore’s Accreditation Council (Chair, Council Committee on Laboratories); Ministry of Health’s Advisory Committee on Restricted Research; Animal-and Veterinary Service’s Veterinary Professions Committee and Non-permanent member of Wildlife Reserves Singapore animal welfare and ethics committee. Former President of Singapore Veterinary Association and Singapore Association for Laboratory Animal Science.
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Randall P. Reynolds
DVM, MS, DACLAM
United States
Randall P. Reynolds
DVM, MS, DACLAM
Chief of Veterinary Services, Deputy Director, Division of Laboratory Animal Resources Duke University
Short Biography:
Dr. Reynolds has over 30 years of experience in laboratory animal medicine in industrial and academic settings, as well as having served as Attending Veterinarian in the biotechnology industry. His responsibilities include direction of preclinical studies, preparation of reports for submission to the Food and Drug Administration, facility design, animal model development and ensuring regulatory compliance and management of various functional groups within a laboratory animal organization. Dr. Reynolds earned his veterinary medical degree and master’s degree in physiology from North Carolina State University. He is a diplomate of the American College of Laboratory Animal Medicine. Previous areas of research included animal model development, molecular toxicology, and carcinogenesis. His current research focus involves the effect of environmental factors that may be detrimental to laboratory animal welfare and research reproducibility, with an emphasis on sound and vibration.
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Dewi K. Rowlands
BSc, MPhil, PhD, MBA
Hong Kong
Dewi K. Rowlands
BSc, MPhil, PhD, MBA
Head, Laboratory Animal Unit, Li Ka Shing Faculty of Medicine, The University of Hong Kong, Hong Kong, People’s Republic of China
Short Biography:
Dr. Dewi K. Rowlands is Head, Laboratory Animal Unit, Li Ka Shing Faculty of Medicine, The University of Hong Kong, Hong Kong, People’s Republic of China. Dr. Rowlands received a doctorate degree in Physiology and a master of philosophy degree in Pharmacology from The Chinese University of Hong Kong, and a master’s degree in business administration from the University of Sunderland, United Kingdom. He has expertise in development of animal research models of pain, reproductive and degenerative diseases, together with experience in management and development of animal care and use programs in teaching and research. Dr. Rowlands currently serves as Chairperson of the Legal Sub-Group and as a Member of the Animal Welfare Advisory Group of the Hong Kong Government. He currently serves as a member of AAALAC International Council on Accreditation.
Program:
John A. Rudd
BSc, PhD
Hong Kong
John A. Rudd
BSc, PhD
Director, Laboratory Animal Services Centre / Professor, School of Biomedical Sciences, Chinese University of Hong Kong, Hong Kong SAR
Short Biography:
Prof. John. A. Rudd is the Director of the Laboratory Animal Services Centre and a Professor in the School of Biomedical Sciences, the Chinese University of Hong Kong. Prof. Rudd is a pharmacologist who worked with Glaxo Group Research in the late 1980s to explore the potential use of the 5-HT3 receptor antagonist, ondansetron, to antagonize chemotherapy- and drug-induced emesis. He was also part of a team that mapped 5-HT3 receptor distribution in the human and ferret brainstem and first to show increases in of 5-HT in the plasma of patients receiving cisplatin-based chemotherapy. He pioneered the use of the ferret to model chemotherapy-induced acute and delayed emesis and discovered that NK1 tachykinin antagonists could be used to prevent the acute and delayed phases of emesis induced by cisplatin: now NK1 tachykinin antagonists are a cornerstone of treatment for delayed emesis. Recently, he collaborated with Helsinn Heathcare on the development of the second generation 5-HT3 and NK1 receptor antagonists. He is currently the Managing Director of the Animal Holding Core, School of Biomedical Sciences, and Director of the Laboratory Animal Services Centre. He is the longest serving member of the Animal Experimentation Ethics Committee at the Chinese University of Hong Kong and also a consultant pharmacologist for the Hong Kong Jockey club. Recently, he was appointed as an ad hoc Specialist for AAALAC International.
Program:
Je Kyung Seong
DVM, PhD, KCLAM
South Korea
Je Kyung Seong
DVM, PhD, KCLAM
Professor, College of Veterinary Medicine, Seoul National University / Director, Korea Mouse Phenotyping Center (KMPC) / Editor-In-Chief, Laboratory Animal Research
Short Biography:
Je Kyung Seong is a professor at the College of Veterinary Medicine at the Seoul National University as well as the Director of the Korea Mouse Phenotyping Center (KMPC) in Korea, which is one of the largest nationwide mouse phenotyping platforms and funded by Ministry of Science and ICT in Korea. He also holds the Editor-In-Chief at the Laboratory Animal Research, which is the official journal of Korea Association for Laboratory Animal Science (KALAS). As a leading scholar in the fields of animal model generation and mouse genetics, he has authored over 200 journal articles in prestigious journals such as Nature Genetics, PNAS, Nature Communications, and Nature Cell Biology. He has held several academic and professional positions such as Vice President in Asian Mouse Mutagenesis Resource Association (AMMRA), Korean representative of International Mouse Phenotyping Consortium (IMPC) Steering Committee, Editor in Mammalian Genome, and he was a member of the AAALAC International’s Council on Accreditation in Pacific Rim. After completing his Ph.D in Veterinary Histology from the Seoul National University in 1995, he started his career as a senior researcher at the Nagoya University in Japan. Prior to joining the Seoul National University in 2002, he’s been an assistant professor at the Yonsei University from 1996 to 2002.
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Patrick Sharp
DVM, DACLAM
Australia
Patrick Sharp
DVM, DACLAM
CEO, Animal Resources Authority / Adjunct Professor, School of Veterinary and Life Science, Murdoch University Perth, Western Australia
Short Biography:
Dr. Sharp is the Chief Executive Officer of Western Australia’s non-regulatory, statutory authority, the Animal Resources Authority. He received his Doctor of Veterinary Medicine (DVM) degree from Purdue University. He completed his postdoctoral fellowship at the Washington University School of Medicine in St. Louis and is a Diplomate of the American College of Laboratory Animal Medicine (ACLAM). He is a Member of the Royal College of Veterinary Surgeons. Dr. Sharp serves as a private consultant for various organizations providing various services including facility planning/design and AAALAC accreditation preparation. Dr. Sharp has worked in government, industry, and has held domestic and international academic appointments and positions at the David Geffen School of Medicine at UCLA (Los Angeles, California, USA), University of Florida(Gainesville, Florida, USA), the National University of Singapore (Singapore), and the Fundação Champalimaud’s Centre for the Unknown (Lisboa, Portugal). Dr. Sharp has served as an AAALAC ad hoc consultant specialist. Dr. Sharp has supported Comparative Medicine training, including both ACLAM-approved training programs and international training opportunities for laboratory animal graduate veterinarians and veterinary students. He has strived to increase the quality of animal care through personnel education at all animal care levels and through the design and construction of better vivaria and research support facilities.
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Ouajdi Souilem
DVM, PhD
Tunisia
Ouajdi Souilem
DVM, PhD
Professor of Physiology, Therapeutics and Animal Welfare National School of Veterinary Medicine, ENMV Sidi Thabet, University of Manouba, Tunisia
Short Biography:
Dr. Ouajdi Souilem earned his veterinary degree from the National Veterinary School, Sidi Thabet in 1986 and obtained his PhD in Pharmacology from the University of Nantes (France) in 1998. He is the Tunisian National Representative since 1998 at the International Council for Laboratory Animal Science (ICLAS) Governing Board member and actually the Chair ICLAS Africa Region Committee (2019-2023). His previous positions have included: Member of the ad hoc Committee of Laboratory Animal Welfare, OIE Paris (2007- 2011), President Founder of ATSAL “Tunisian Association for LAS” (2007) and the President of the National Committee on Ethics on Animal Experimentation in Tunisia (since 2017). He is also a member of the actual Board of the Tunisian Society for the History of Medicine and Pharmacy and the actual President of the Animal Ethics Committee (IACUC at ENMV of Sidi Thabet).
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Eakkapob Srichamnan
BE, LATG
Thailand
Eakkapob Srichamnan
BE, LATG
Facilities Quality Assurance Engineer, U.S. Army Medical Directorate – Armed Forces Research Institute of Medical Sciences, Bangkok, Thailand
Short Biography:
Mr. Eakkapob Srichamnan is Senior Facilities QA Engineer at U.S. Army Medical Directorate – Armed Forces Research Institute of Medical Sciences (USAMD-AFRIMS). He received his Bachelor of Engineer from King Mongkut’s University of Technology Thonburi, Bangkok, Thailand in 1998. He is an American Association for Laboratory Animal Science certified Laboratory Animal Technologist (AALAS, LATG). He was a team member to renovate USAMD-AFRIMS animal facility in 1999-2000. He assisted in reviewing design drawings of the animal facilities of Faculty of Science, Mahidol University and Faculty of Veterinary Science, Chulalongkorn University. He also was one of key personnel who developed physical plant of the USAMD-AFRIMS’ animal care and use program for AAALAC International accreditation and the program has attained AAALAC International accreditation since 1999. Mr. Eakkapob has 20 years of experience in laboratory animal facilities and research facilities including Animal Biological Safety Level 3 (ABSL-3) containment, Biological Safety Level 3 (BSL-3) containment, a class 100,000 surgical suite, rodent and non-human primate facilities, arthropod facilities, diagnostic and pathology laboratories, and cryogenic freezer facilities.
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V. Ann Stewart
DVM, PhD
United States
V. Ann Stewart
DVM, PhD
Professor of Parasitology, Uniformed Services University for the Health Sciences in Bethesda, Maryland, USA
Short Biography:
V. Ann Stewart is Professor of Parasitology, Uniformed Services University for the Health Sciences in Bethesda, Maryland, USA. Dr. Stewart received her veterinary degree from Cornell University in 1981, and practiced veterinary medicine in Massachusetts and Maryland for six years before matriculating at Colorado State University, where she completed a residency in Veterinary Anatomic Pathology and received a PhD in Pathology with work on parasite immunology. During a three year tour in Thailand, she worked on malaria vaccine development at the United States Army Medical Component, Armed Forces Research Institute of Medical Sciences (USAMC-AFRIMS), Bangkok as a postdoctoral fellow. She subsequently worked on malaria vaccine development at the Walter Reed Army Institute of Research in Silver Spring, Maryland, where she held a number of roles including Chief, Pre-clinical Development, Malaria Vaccines and Director, Serology Services Center. Since 2011, she has been at the Uniformed Services University, where she continues her research into HIV/malaria co-infection and the natural history of both falciparum and vivax malaria. Dr. Stewart currently teaches medical and molecular parasitology and malariology to medical students, graduate students, post-residency medical Fellows, and deploying medical providers.
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Toyoyuki Takada
PhD
Japan
Toyoyuki Takada
PhD
Research & Development Scientist of Integrated BioResource Information Division, RIKEN BioResource Research Center
Short Biography:
Toyoyuki Takada is Research & Development Scientist of Integrated BioResource Information Division, RIKEN BioResource Research Center (BRC) in Japan. Dr. Takada majored in zootechnical science and received Ph.D. degree from Tokyo University of Agriculture in 1998. Since then he has consistently performed mouse genomics and genetics studies for more than 20 years. He has also managed a genome variation database of mouse strains established in Japan for more than 10 years.
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Riichi Takahashi
PhD
Japan
Riichi Takahashi
PhD
General Manager, Animal Resources Techniology Center, Central Institute for Experimental Animals (CIEA)
Short Biography:
Riichi Takahashi is the General Manager of Animal Resources Techniology Center in CIEA, where is responsible for management for preservation, quality control and distribution of resources for new model mice based on humanized mice. Dr. Takahashi graduated from Graduate School of Agriculture, Meiji University, and has been involved in the generation of not only genetically modified mice but also genetically modified animals such as rats, rabbits, pigs, and cows and earned his Ph.D. degree from Gifu University in 2016. Currently, his center is genetically modifying severe immunodeficient NOG mice, maintaining newly established mouse strains, testing their phenotypic traits, and supplying these mice worldwide.
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Dennis Tan
B.Arch (Hons)
Singapore
Dennis Tan
B.Arch (Hons)
Director, Business Development, ITS Group, SE Asia
Short Biography:
Mr. Dennis Tan earned his Bachelor of Architecture Degree at the University of New South Wales, Australia. Dennis has been practicing Architecture for 16 years and for the last 10 years, has specialized in designing laboratories, hospitals and specialized animal research facilities all over S.E. Asia. As a director of the ITS Group of companies, a leading regional Research and Medical Turnkey Solutions company in S.E. Asia, he has a vast experience in designing and project managing laboratory and medical facilities with a strong focus in providing a total solution for the client. Combining the architecture background and the research & medical workflow solutions knowledge of the ITS group of companies, Dennis possess the unique skill set to provide a total solutions tailored to the specific needs of the clients in this field. He has been involved a large number of animal research laboratories and hospital projects from the integration of capital equipment, facility design through to project management, construction and commissioning. Some key design and build projects: • Vietnam: Ho Chi Minh Biotech Animal Facility. 1000m2 rodent facility – 3500 cages. • Vietnam: Vin University. 1000m2 rodent facility, Arthropod lab, Pathology lab. • Malaysia: NIH Invivo Animal Facility. (Applying for AAALAC Accreditation) 1800m2 mice facility – 6500 cages. • Malaysia: University of Malaya (AAALAC Accredited). 1000m2 rodent & rabbit facility over 5 floors – 2500 cages • Malaysia: IMR SPF and GLP Facility – 1200m2 rodent facility – 2000 cages.
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Patricia V. Turner
MS, DVM, DVSc, DACLAM, DABT, DECAWBM (AWSEL)
Canada
Patricia V. Turner
MS, DVM, DVSc, DACLAM, DABT, DECAWBM (AWSEL)
Corporate Vice-President, Global Animal Welfare, Charles River Laboratories
Short Biography:
Dr. Patricia Turner is a laboratory animal veterinarian and pathologist who works as Corporate Vice-President, Global Animal Welfare for Charles River Laboratories. In this role, she is responsible for assessing welfare risks and developing animal welfare policy and related training for the company’s sites around the world. Dr. Turner is also a Professor Emerita at the University of Guelph, where she worked previously as a tenured professor in the Department of Pathobiology overseeing programs in laboratory animal science and managing the university’s laboratory animal diagnostic pathology core. Her lab conducted research in areas of both infectious disease and applied animal welfare, and she taught comparative medicine and pathology, toxicology, and animal welfare undergraduate and graduate programs. She continues to conduct research in animal welfare science with her research group at Charles River and graduate students at Guelph. Dr. Turner is a Diplomate of the American College of Laboratory Animal Medicine (ACLAM), the American Board of Toxicology (ABT), and the European College of Animal Welfare and Behavioural Medicine (specialising in Welfare Science, Ethics, and Law; ECAWBM). She will become President of the World Veterinary Association in April 2020, and is also an author and co-editor of many chapters, books and papers on animal welfare, laboratory animal science, and small mammal pathology.
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Ann Turner
PhD, CAE, FASAE
United States
Ann Turner
PhD, CAE, FASAE
Executive Director of American Association for Laboratory Animal Science (AALAS) and AALAS Foundation Memphis, TN, U.S.A.
Short Biography:
Dr. Ann Turner has served as the Executive Director of the American Association for Laboratory Animal Science (AALAS) and the AALAS Foundation in Memphis, TN since 2001. Prior to her current position, she served in various capacities for healthcare, rehabilitation and educational associations. She began her career in the educational arena and has taught and conducted research at the secondary school and university levels as well worked in community-based services and adult continuing education programs. Dr. Turner earned a bachelor’s degree from the University of Tennessee, a Master of Education from the Pennsylvania State University, and a Doctor of Philosophy in Community Systems Planning and Development also from Penn State. Dr. Turner has been a Certified Association Executive (CAE) since 1989 and was awarded Fellow status in the American Society of Association Executives (ASAE)in 2006. She served on the Board of Directors for ASAE and the ASAE Foundation 2011 – 2013 and currently serves on the ASAE 2020 Centennial Research Initiative Task Force. Ann is a member of the National Association for Biomedical Research (NABR) Board of Directors. Ann served as a community member of the University of Tennessee Health Sciences Center IACUC from 2006 - 2016. She has published in scholarly journals as well as practice-oriented publications and is a frequent speaker on association administration, leadership, management, professional development and strategic planning.
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Rajesh Uthamanthil
DVM, PhD, DACLAM
United States
Rajesh Uthamanthil
DVM, PhD, DACLAM
Chief Medical Officer (Preclinical and Translational Research) / Senior Director, Office of Animal Care / Seattle Children's Research Institute, Seattle, WA / Adjunct Associate Professor, University of Washington
Short Biography:
Dr. Uthamanthil leads preclinical/translational research support programs at Seattle Childrens Research Institute. Dr. Uthamanthil earned his veterinary degree from the Kerala Agricultural University in 1997, followed by MVSc degree in Veterinary Surgery and Radiology from GB Pant University of Agriculture and Technology, Pantnagar, India. Prior to beginning his career in laboratory animal medicine, Dr. Uthamanthil completed a PhD in Comparative Biosciences from University of Wisconsin – Madison, WI and a post-doctoral fellowship in Tissue engineering from Rice University, Houston. Most of Dr. Uthamanthil’s laboratory animal medicine career is focused on development/refinement and support of various animal models of cancer. He was a faculty member at the University of Texas MD Andersen Cancer Center prior to moving to leadership role at Fred Hutchinson Cancer Research Center, where he led the shared core laboratories including preclinical programs. He is a Diplomate of the American College of Laboratory Animal Medicine and an ad hoc consultant for AAALAC International.
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Yvonne Van Gessel
DVM, DACVP, DABT
United States
Yvonne Van Gessel
DVM, DACVP, DABT
Sr. Director, Drug Safety Cambridge Biopharmaceutical Assessment CFU, Eisai Inc. Cambridge, MA USA
Short Biography:
Yvonne Van Gessel is Senior Director of the Eisai Cambridge based nonclinical drug safety team where she has been working for the past 10 years as a nonclinical safety and pathology expert to bring medicines to patients in the areas of neurology, oncology and global health. She is co-located with Eisai’s newly established Center for Genetics Guided Dementia Discovery (G2D2). Dr. Van Gessel earned her veterinary degree from Cornell University, and is board certified in veterinary pathology (ACVP) and Toxicology (ABT). Previous work positions include Staff Veterinarian at a small animal shelter in Chicago, IL; Chief, Department of Veterinary Medicine, USAMC-AFRIMS in Bangkok Thailand; and Chief, Pathology laboratories at WRAIR in Silver Spring, MD. Dr. Van Gessel has also served as IACUC chair at multiple Institutes including G2D2.
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Jason Villano
DVM, MSc, MS, DACLAM
United States
Jason Villano
DVM, MSc, MS, DACLAM
Director of Rodent Resources, Research Animal Resources / Assistant Professor, Molecular and Comparative Pathobiology, Johns Hopkins University
Short Biography:
Jason Villano is the Director of Rodent Resources and an Assistant Professor of Molecular and Comparative Pathobiology at Johns Hopkins University in Baltimore, Maryland. Dr. Villano earned his veterinary degree from the University of the Philippines, a Master of Science degree in Biomedical Engineering at the Nanyang Technological University in Singapore, and a Master of Science degree while pursuing residency in Laboratory Animal Medicine at Penn State College of Medicine in Hershey, Pennsylvania. Dr. Villano has served as clinical veterinarian at the Singapore General Hospital and at University of Texas Medical Branch before joining the faculty at the University of Michigan Medical School. He currently serves as an ad hoc consultant for AAALAC International and is an active member and leader of several organizations including the American Association of Laboratory Animal Science (AALAS), the American College of Laboratory Animal Medicine, and the Association of Primate Veterinarians.
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Guglielmo Vismara
MS
Italy
Guglielmo Vismara
MS
Sales Manager for Tecniplast and IWT for Asia and Oceania, Tecniplast S.p.A., Italy
Short Biography:
Mr. Guglielmo Vismara is the Sales Manager for Tecniplast and IWT for Asia and Oceania. After his Master Degree in Biotechnology with specialization in Pharmacology, Dr. Vismara worked for 8 years with an Italian leading company, which supported science through import of state-of-the-art products for biomedical research, and manufacture of Laminar Flow Cabinets, Diagnostics and Cytogenetic. Mr. Vismara joined Tecniplast Group in 2010 with the role of Product Manager for Biocontainment, Metabolic Cages and Large Animals Housing. Since 2012, he’s supporting Lab Animal Science business, cooperating on projects with customers and distributors, with a main focus on Asian countries and Australia.
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Hanna-Marja Voipio
DVM, PhD, Dipl. ECLAM
Finland
Hanna-Marja Voipio
DVM, PhD, Dipl. ECLAM
Director, Oulu Laboratory Animal Centre, University of Oulu, Finland
Short Biography:
Hanna-Marja Voipio is the Director of the Oulu Laboratory Animal Centre at the University of Oulu in Finland. Prof. Voipio started the work with laboratory animals after graduation as a veterinarian and has over 35 years’ experience in laboratory animal science. Prof. Voipio is one of the key people developing laboratory animal science education and training in Finland for all levels of expertise and she organizes courses and other education as well supervises postgraduate students. She carries out refinement research and is especially interested in the environmental factors in laboratory animal facilities. She is a member of the Finnish National Animal Experiment Board and the Finnish National Committee for the protection of animals used for scientific and educational purposes. Prof. Voipio is actively involved in the work of national and international laboratory animal science associations. She has been in the organization committees of numerous laboratory animal congresses and has been an invited speaker in many of them. She served as the FELASA (Federation for European Laboratory Animal Science Associations) president in 2017-2018. She has been the president of the Scandinavian Society for Laboratory Animal Science and the European Society of Laboratory Animal Veterinarians. She is a member of the credential committee in ECLAM (The European College of Laboratory Animal Medicine) and a member of ETPLAS Executive Committee (Education and Training Platform for Laboratory Animal Science). In ICLAS Governing Board, she started in 2019.
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Qiming Wang
PhD
China
Qiming Wang
PhD
Technical Information Scientist, The Jackson Laboratory
Short Biography:
Dr. Qiming Wang earned a Ph.D. in Mammalian Genetics through a joint doctoral program between Tufts University and The Jackson Laboratory. His doctoral thesis focused on the role of B-lymphocytes in Type 1 Diabetes utilizing both genetically engineered mouse models and therapeutic targeting. Dr. Wang has broad knowledge in autoimmunity and cancer immunology.
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Xinpei Wang
PhD
China
Xinpei Wang
PhD
Xinpei Wang, PhD Research Associate, Institute of Laboratory Animal Sciences, ILAS / Chinese Academy of Medical Sciences, CAMS, Beijing, China / Peking Union Medical College, PUMC, Beijing, China
Short Biography:
Xinpei Wang is the Research Associate of both the Department of Metabolic Diseases and the Centre of Comparative Medicine of Peking Union Medical College (PUMC). Dr. Wang earned her doctorate degree from the Tsinghua University in 2017, with a major Biology Science. During her Ph.D. study, she mainly focused on molecular pharmacology study of natural small molecules, particularly on the mechanism of anti-inflammation and anti-metabolic disorders. In 2017, Dr. Wang joined in ILAS, and further her career in the Genetic Diversity Mice Resources, which supposed to be a powerful new tool in systematic genetics. From 2017, Dr. Wang identified more than 10 different human disease mice models among the Genetic Diversity Mice Resources, including diabetes, obesity, immuno-deficient, hypertension, obsessive-compulsive disorder, et al.
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Sally A. Westlake
MPA, CAE
United States
Sally A. Westlake
MPA, CAE
Director, AALAS Professional Services, American Association for Laboratory Animal Science (AALAS) Memphis, TN, U.S.A.
Short Biography:
Sally A. Westlake is the Director of Professional Services for the American Association for Laboratory Animal Science (AALAS). Ms. Westlake earned a bachelor’s degree in history from Montana State University in 1994, a bachelor’s degree in education from Middle Tennessee State University in 1999 and a Master’s in Public Administration from the University of Memphis in 2017. Prior to joining the association world in 2003, Ms. Westlake work as a teacher and business manager at Sylvan Learning Centers in Nashville Tennessee for five years. She has overseen AALAS certification programs for 16 years, as well as serving on PRIM&R’s Certification in IACUC Administration’s Committee for 5 years. In addition to overseeing AALAS 14,000+ members, she also manages the membership for Association of Primate Veterinarians (APV), the American Society of Laboratory Animal Practitioners (ASLAP), and American College of Laboratory Animal Medicine (ACLAM).
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Jeff Wyatt
DVM, MPH, DACLAM
United States
Jeff Wyatt
DVM, MPH, DACLAM
Professor & Chair, Comparative Medicine / Executive Director, Animal Resource University of Rochester School of Medicine & Dentistry Rochester, New York, USA
Short Biography:
Jeff Wyatt is the Executive Director of the Animal Resource and Professor & Chair, Department of Comparative Medicine at the University of Rochester School of Medicine and Dentistry in Rochester, New York. Dr. Wyatt is an Emeritus Member of the North American AAALAC Council on Accreditation as well as the Chair of the Association of Zoos & Aquariums (AZA) International Accreditation Commission. Dr. Wyatt earned his veterinary degree from The Ohio State University College of Veterinary Medicine in 1982. After completion of a residency training program in laboratory and exotic animal medicine at the University of Rochester School of Medicine & Dentistry, Dr. Wyatt achieved board certification by the American College of Laboratory Animal Medicine in 1989. Dr. Wyatt earned a Master of Public Health degree from the University of Rochester School of Medicine in 1995 composing a thesis on the epidemiology of human rabies postexposure prophylaxis in the face of a raccoon rabies epizootic in the Mid-Atlantic United States. Dr. Wyatt’s global research advances a One Health, multidisciplinary approach promoting human, animal and environmental health. His work in Indonesian Borneo with Health in Harmony (wwww.healthinharmony.org) transforms the health of illegal logging families with an incentivized health care program while saving rainforest habitat of 2,500 Bornean orangutans. Dr. Wyatt’s One Health research in New York engages refugee subsistence anglers’ families in educational initiatives heightening awareness of unsafe fish consumption advisories while saving 9,000 repatriated, endangered lake sturgeon. The synergism created by combining resources of the Rochester Medical School with partnering governmental and nongovernmental organizations illuminates pathways for replication by many others advancing success stories promoting planetary health.
Program:
Atsushi Yoshiki
PhD
Japan
Atsushi Yoshiki
PhD
University of Tsukuba Coordinator, RIKEN BioResource Research Center / Head of Experimental Animal Division Professor, Graduate Program in Life Science Innovation,
Short Biography:
Atsushi Yoshiki is Coordinator of RIKEN BioResource Research Center (BRC) and concurrently Head of Experimental Animal Division which has contributed for life sciences through collection, preservation, quality control and distribution of mouse resources mainly developed in Japan. Since 2002, his division has been designated as the core facility of mouse resources in the National BioResource Project and participated as a key member in the International Mouse Strain Resource and Asian Mouse Mutagenesis & Resource Association. RIKEN BRC is also a member of the International Mouse Phenotyping Consortium and produces, phenotypes and distributes knockout mice to contribute to biomedical science community. Dr. Yoshiki majored in animal genetics and received Ph.D. degree from Nagoya University in 1993. Since then he has continued mouse genetics and genomics studies for more than 25 years. He also serves as a Director of Japanese Association for Laboratory Animal Science (JALAS), Chair of International Communication Committee of JALAS, and a member of the ICLAS Laboratory Animal Quality Network.
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Na Yu
BDS, MDS, PhD
Singapore
Na Yu
BDS, MDS, PhD
Duke-NUS Medical School, Singapore Senior Dental Surgeon at National Dental Centre Singapore / Assistant Professor at the Duke-NUS Medical School, Singapore
Short Biography:
Dr. Na Yu is a Senior Dental Surgeon at National Dental Centre Singapore and Assistant Professor at the Duke-NUS Medical School. Trained as a dentist and prosthodontist, she subsequently obtained her PhD in medical science at Faculty of Dentistry, Radboud University Nijmegen. She is the first dentist in Singapore who has won the National Clinician-Scientist Transition Award. Much of her research work is focused on development of novel biomaterials for dental application, workflow improvement solutions, digital RPD and dentures, regenerative dentistry and pathogenesis of periodontitis.
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Lois A. Zitzow
MS, DVM, DACLAM
Singapore
Lois A. Zitzow
MS, DVM, DACLAM
Director, Comparative Medicine / Attending Veterinarian National University Singapore, National University Singapore
Short Biography:
Lois A. Zitzow received her Bachelors of Science in Microbiology from the University of Maryland and her Masters of Science in Microbiology and Immunology from the University of Michigan. In 1998 she obtained her DVM from the Michigan State College of Veterinary Medicine and in 2000 completed a residency in Laboratory Animal Medicine at Emory University. During her residency Dr. Zitzow worked as a visiting scientist at the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention in Atlanta, GA, where she studied the pathogenesis of the highly pathogenic avian influenza virus, H5N1, in ferrets. Dr. Zitzow served as a clinical laboratory animal veterinarian at Baylor College of Medicine (Houston, TX), Southern Research Institute (Birmingham, AL), and at the University of Chicago (Chicago, IL). She also served as the Attending Veterinarian at Tanox, Inc, as the Interim Corporate Veterinarian and Director of Veterinary Services at Southern Research Institute and Director of the University Research Animal Resources program at the University of Georgia in Athens, GA. She joined NUS as the Attending Veterinarian and Director of Comparative Medicine in January 2019. Dr. Zitzow has been served as a member of her institution’s IACUC since 1998, and a member of her institution’s IBC since 2002. She has also been actively engaged in the laboratory animal community, serving as an AAALAC Ad Hoc consultant since 2013 and serving on and chairing a number of ACLAM committees.