External Advisory Board
The External Advisory Board (EAB) will evaluate and review research projects, select ad hoc grants and make recommendations regarding the redirection or termination of individual research projects as well as provide feedback on the performance of the Center to the Center Director. In addition, the board will provide guidance on the development of translational research and provide expertise on options for testing and validating vaccines.
Dr. Soren Alexandersen – Director of Geelong Centre for Emerging Infectious Diseases, Geelong, Australia
Dr. Peter Daszak -- President of EcoHealth Alliance, New York
Dr. Heinz Feldmann -- HHS-NIAID-NIH, Chief RML Laboratory of Virology
Dr. Gus Kousoulas – Sr. Associate Vice President of Research &Economic Development, Louisiana State University
Dr. Kelly Lechtenberg -- President, MVS (Midwest Vet. Services, Inc)/CVO
Dr. James MacLachlan -- Professor, University of California-Davis
Dr. Ashley Peterson -- National Chicken Council, Vice President of Sci. and Reg. Affairs
Dr. Barry Rouse -- Professor, University of Tennessee
Mr. Shawn Schafer -- Executive Director, NADeFa
Dr. Barbara Sherry, Chair -- Professor, NC State University
Dr. Kathy Simmons -- Chief Veterinarian, National Cattlemen's Beef Association
Dr. Fernando Torres-Velez -- USDA-APHIS, Director FADDL, PIADC
Dr. Hermann Unger -- Joint FAO/IAEA Division in Food and Agriculture, Vienna, Austria
Dr. Patrick Webb -- Director, Swine Health Programs, National Pork Board