Membership

CHAIR

Martin J. Blaser, MD
Henry Rutgers Chair of the Human Microbiome
Professor of Medicine and Microbiology – RWJMS
Director, Center for Advanced Biotechnology and Medicine
Rutgers University
Piscataway, NJ
Four Year Term

Michael D. Apley, DVM, PhD, DACVCP
Professor, Department of Clinical Sciences
Kansas State University
College of Veterinary Medicine
Manhattan, KS
Four Year Term

Stephanie R. Black, MD, MSc
Medical Director, Communicable Disease Program
Chicago Department of Public Health
Chicago, IL
Four Year Term

Helen W. Boucher, MD, FIDSA, FACP
Chief, Division of Geographic Medicine and Infectious Diseases
Director, Tufts Center for Integrated Management of Antimicrobial Resistance (CIMAR)
Director, Heart Transplant and Ventricular Assist Device Infectious Diseases Program
Professor of Medicine
Division of Geographic Medicine and Infectious Diseases
Tufts Medical Center
Boston, MA
Four Year Term

Sara E. Cosgrove, MD, MS
Professor of Medicine and Epidemiology
Division of Infectious Diseases, Johns Hopkins University School of Medicine
Johns Hopkins Bloomberg School of Public Health
Director, Johns Hopkins Hospital Department of Antimicrobial Stewardship
Baltimore, MD
Three Year Term

Paula Fedorka-Cray, MS, PhD
Professor and Department Head
Population Health and Pathobiology
College of Veterinary Medicine
North Carolina State University
Raleigh, NC
Four Year Term

Christine Ginocchio, PhD, MT (ASCP)
Vice President
Global Medical Affairs
bioMerieux
NC and BioFire Diagnostics, UT
Four Year Term

VICE CHAIR

Lonnie J. King, DVM, MS, MPA, DACVPM
Professor and Dean Emeritus
College of Veterinary Medicine
Ohio State University
Columbus, OH
Three Year Term

Locke Karriker, DVM, MS, DACVPM
Professor and Interim Chair, VDPAM
Director, Swine Medicine Education Center
Veterinary Diagnostic and Production Animal Medicine (VDPAM)
Iowa State University
Ames, IA
Four Year Term

Kent E. Kester, MD, FACP, FIDSA, FASTMH
Vice President and Head, Translational
Science and Biomarkers
Sanofi Pasteur
Swiftwater, PA
Three Year Term

Elaine L. Larson, PhD, RN
Anna C. Maxwell Professor Emerita and Special Lecturer, School of Nursing
Professor Emerita of Epidemiology, Mailman School of Public Health
Columbia University
Scholar in Residence, New York Academy of Medicine
New York, NY
Four Year Term

Ramanan Laxminarayan, PhD, MPH
Director and Senior Fellow
Center for Disease Dynamics, Economics and Policy
Washington, DC
Four Year Term

Armando Nahum
CEO, Safe Care Campaign
Principal, H2PI
Smyrna, GA
Four Year Term

Paul Plummer, DVM, PhD, DACVIM, DECSRHM
Executive Director, National Institute of Antimicrobial Resistance Research and Education
Professor, Anderson Chair of Veterinary Sciences
Iowa State University Research Park
Ames, IA
Four Year Term

David White, MS, PhD
Associate Dean for Research
Professor of Food Science
Department of Agriculture Research
University of Tennessee
Knoxville, TN
Four Year Term

American Association of Extension Veterinarians
Designated Representative:
Carla L. Huston, DVM, PhD, Dipl. ACVPM
Mississippi State, MS
Two-Year Term

American Veterinary Medical Association
Designated Representative:
Joni Scheftel, DVM, MPH, Dipl. ACVPM
St. Paul, MN
Two-Year Term

Biotechnology Innovation Organization
Designated Representative:
Emily Wheeler
Washington, DC
Two-Year Term

Healthcare Infection Control Practices Advisory Committee
Designated Representative:
Lisa Maragakis, MD, MPH
Baltimore, MD
Two-Year Term

Pediatric Infectious Diseases Society
Designated Representative:
Jason Newland, MD, MEd
St. Louis, MO
Two-Year Term

Society of Infectious Disease Pharmacists
Designated Representative:
Elizabeth Dodds Ashley, PharmD, MHS, FCCP, BCPS
Durham, NC
Two-Year Term

Wellcome Trust
Designated Representative:
Timothy Jinks, PhD
Cambridge, UK
Two-Year Term

U.S. Department of Agriculture

Agricultural Research Service
Jeffrey Silverstein, PhD
Deputy Administrator
Animal Production and Protection
Office of National Programs
Washington, DC

Animal and Plant Health Inspection Service
Sarah M. Tomlinson, DVM
Executive Director, Strategy and Policy
Veterinary Services
Fort Collins, CO

Food Safety and Inspection Service
Emilio Esteban, DVM, MBA, MPVM, PhD
Chief Scientist
Office of Public Health Science
Washington, DC

U.S. Department of Defense

Walter Reed Army Institute of Research
Paige Waterman, MD, FACP, FIDSA
COL, MC, USA
Director
Translational Medicine
Bethesda, MD

U.S. Department of Health and Human Services

Agency for Healthcare Research and Quality
James Cleeman, MD
Director, Division of Healthcare-Associated Infections
Center for Quality Improvement and Patient Safety
Rockville, MD

Centers for Disease Control and Prevention
Rima Khabbaz, MD
Director, National Center for Emerging and Zoonotic Infectious Diseases
Acting Director, Office of Infectious Diseases
Acting CDC Deputy Director, Infectious Diseases
Atlanta, GA

Centers for Medicare and Medicaid Services
Shari Ling, MD
Deputy Chief Medical Officer
Center for Clinical Standards and Quality
Baltimore, MD

National Institutes of Health
Dennis M. Dixon, PhD
Chief, Bacteriology and Mycology Branch
Division of Microbiology and Infectious Diseases
National Institute of Allergy and Infectious Diseases
Rockville, MD

Office of Global Affairs
Lawrence D. Kerr, PhD
Director
Office of Pandemics and Emerging Threats
Washington, DC

Office of the Assistant Secretary for Preparedness and Response
Christopher Houchens, PhD
Director (Acting), Division of CBRN Countermeasures
Biomedical Advanced Research and Development Authority
Washington, DC

U.S. Food and Drug Administration
William Flynn, DVM
Deputy Director Science and Policy Center for Veterinary Medicine
Rockville, MD

U.S. Environmental Protection Agency

Office of Research and Development
Jay Garland, PhD
Senior Research Scientist
Center for Environmental Solutions and Emergency Response
Cincinnati, OH

Mark Kazmierczak, PhD
Consultant
Gryphon Scientific
Takoma Park, MD

Haley Krem
Committee Management Officer
Office of the Assistant Secretary for Health
U.S. Department of Health and Human Services
Washington, DC

Sarah McClelland, MPH
Public Health Advisor
Office of the Assistant Secretary for Health
U.S. Department of Health and Human Services
Washington, DC

Taylor Simmons, MPH
ORISE Fellow
Office of the Assistant Secretary for Health
U.S. Department of Health and Human Services
Washington, DC