Tick-Borne Disease Integrated Pest
Management Conference
March 5-6, 2013
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Agenda and Biographies of Presenters for Tick -Borne Disease
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US Environmental Protection Agency And Disease Control and Prevention
Arlington, VA -- March 5-6,2013
The Environmental Protection Agency and the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention will co-host a
conference on Tick-Borne Disease (TBD] Integrated Pest Management (IPM] on March 5-6, 2013, in
Arlington, VA. The conference will bring together representatives from numerous federal, state and local
agencies, academia, and stakeholders to discuss the current state of IPM for the management of tick-borne
diseases.
Background
This conference builds upon EPA's 2011 Promoting Community 1PMfor Preventing Tick-Borne Diseases
Conference fepa.gov/pestwise/events/tick meetinahtml"). The 2011 conference captured the research and
information surrounding prevention of TBD from the perspective of government and non-government
stakeholders. Key outcomes, summarized at epa.gov/pestwise/events/ticks/tickconferencereport.pdf. included
the identification of successful strategies for community IPM programs, research priorities and knowledge
gaps, and potential partnerships.
The TBD-IPM Workgroup was borne out of the conference. Formed under the auspices of the Public Health
Pesticide Consortium, the TBD-IPM workgroup is an alliance of 14 federal agencies addressing the
recommendations of the 2011 conference and developing a white paper that details federal sector research
needs, including developing measurable IPM tools to reduce risk from tick-borne disease.
TBD-IPM Workgroup efforts include:
Collecting, integrating and sharing best practices, including communications tools and resources,
for IPM of ticks and TBDs,
Identifying and prioritizing research gaps and needs,
Sharing agency-specific strategic plans relating to the control of infected ticks and the pathogens
they may transmit, and
Developing a white paper and strategy for IPM and prevention of TBD and consensus documents
that can be shared across U.S. federal agencies for the purpose of promoting and coordinating IPM
programs and activities.
The 2013 conference will:
Complete the Lyme Disease and other Tick-Borne Diseases of Humans in the United States White
Paper
Identify research strategies to support community IPM programs
Facilitate collaboration among federal partners to support research initiatives
Provide information on current tick IPM research
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Location: U.S. EPA
2777 S. Crystal Drive, Potomac Yard South, Room 4370/4380
March 5 (Federal Partners Only)
Welcome
8:30 AM Keith Matthews, J.D, U.S. Environmental Protection Agency
Ben Beard, Ph.D., Centers for Disease Control and Prevention
Meeting Overview
8:45 AM Inter-Agency White Paper, Lyme Disease and Other Tick Borne Diseases of Humans in the United
States, Dan Strickman, Ph.D. [USDA]
Session 1: Agency Overviews - John Carroll. ph.d.usda
9:00 AM U.S. Department of Agriculture - Herbert Bolton, Ph.D.
9:30 AM U.S. Department of Defense - Ellen Stromdahl, Ph.D.
10:00 AM U.S. Department of Health and Human Services - Adriana Costero, Ph.D.
10:30 AM Break
10:45 AM National Science Foundation - Sam Scheiner, PhD.
11:10 AM U.S. Department of Interior - Carol DiSalvo, Ph.D.
11:35 AM U.S. Environmental Protection Agency - Bart Hoskins, M.Sc.
Noon Lunch
Session 2 - Federal Collaboration on Research Tools Matthew Messenger, Ph.D,, USDA
1:00 PM Research Initiatives from EPA's 2011 Tick IPM Conference - Candace Brassard, M.S., EPA
1:15 PM Identification of Gaps and Strategic Priorities -Howard Ginsberg, Ph.D., USGS
1:45 PM Review of Current Areas of Collaboration Among Federal Partners - Dan Strickman, Ph.D., USDA
2:15 PM Break (Refreshments in Honor of John Carroll's Retirement)
2:45 PM Discussion: Achievable Goals and Deadlines For Initiatives, Graphic Illustrating
Collaboration- Moderator: Adriana Costero, Ph.D., NIH
4:00 PM Establishment of Funding for Research Initiatives -Chris Zarba, Ph.D., EPA
4:30 PM Next Steps and Day 1 Conclusions - Major Robert G. Lowen, Ph.D., DoD
Additional Participating TBD-IPM Workgroup Members: Federal Partners: David Brassard, M.S. (EPA),
Clara Fuentes, Ph. D. (EPA), Robert Hillger, M.S. (EPA), Robert Massung, Ph.D. (CDC), William Nicholson, Ph.D. (CDC),
Sam Perdue, Ph.D. (NIH), Joe Breen, Ph.D. (NIH), Lyle Peterson (CDC), Harold Harlan (DoD)
5:00 PM Adjourn
6:00 PM Optional Informal Dinner
SOCCI (2800 S. Potomac Ave., Arlington, VA], located in Renaissance Hotel adjacentto EPA
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Location: U.S. EPA
2777 S. Crystal Drive, Potomac Yard South, 1st floor Conference Room 1204/1206
March 6 (Researchers, Partners, Stakeholders, and Public]
Welcome
8:30 AM BEN BEARD, Ph.D. (CentersForDisease ControlandPrevention]
KEY NOTE ADDRESS: Clinical Manifestations and Pathogenesis of Obligately Intracellular
Bacterial Tick-borne Diseases in the US
DAVID WALKER M.D., Committee on Lyme Disease and Other Tick-Borne Diseases: The State of the Science; Institute
of Medicine, National Academy of Sciences; University of Texas Medical Branch - Carmage and Martha Walls Distinguished
Chair in Tropical Diseases, Professor and Chair of the Department of Pathology, Executive Director of the Center for
Biodefense and Emerging Infectious Diseases
INVITED Guest: Willy Burgdorfer,ph.d., National Institute Allergy and Infectious Diseases,
National Institutes of Health, Emeritus
Session 1: Targeted Management of Ticks - Ellen Stromdahl (DoD) and Joe Breen (NIH)
9:15 AM Research on Tick Bite Prevention and Control - Charles Apperson, Ph.D., North Carolina State
University
9:35 AM Intervention at the Host/Parasite Interface: Overview and Perspective - Durland Fish, Ph.D.,
Yale University
9:55 AM Most Effective Tick Borne Disease IPM Tools Reported at the State Level- Kirby Stafford, Ph.D.,
Connecticut Agricultural Experimental Station
10:15 AM Break
10:30 AM Permethrin Treated Uniforms Program for DOD to Promote IPM - Thomas Harkins, M.S., US
Army Public Health Command
10:50 AM TickNET Intervention Trial - Katherine Feldman, DVM, MPH, Maryland Department of Health and
Hygiene
11:10 AM Beneficial uses of pheromone-assisted strategies for control of ticks and tick-borne
diseases - Daniel Sonenshine, Ph.D., Emeritus, Old Dominion University
11:30 AM Toward diminishing the Lymeborrelia threat from nature: a comprehensive
prospective five-year field study report - Maria Gomes-Solecki, DVM, University of Tennessee
11:50 AM Host-targeted technologies as components of community-based IPM for
blacklegged and lone star ticks - Kim Lohmeyer, Ph.D., US Department of Agriculture
12:10 PM Lunch
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Session 2: Tools for predicting and communicating potential risk -
MAPPING AND RISK-BASED MODELING FOR DECISION SUPPORT FOR IPM- Herb Bolton (USDA) and William
Nicholson (CDC)
1:10 PM Effects of Forest Fragmentation on Lyme Disease Risks - Laura Jackson, Ph.D., US Environmental
Protection Agency
1:30 PM Emergence of Lyme in Canada: Environmental Drivers and Public Health Responses -
Nicholas Ogden, Ph.D., Public Health Agency of Canada
1:50 PM Tick Map Development and Future Research Strategies - Major Scotty Long Ph.D., Walter Reed
Army Institute of Research
2:10 pm TickEncounter: Strategies for Engaging, Educating and Empowering People to Adopt
"Best" Tick Bite Protection and Disease Prevention Actions - Tom Mather, Ph.D., University of
Rhode Island
Transmission of tick-borne diseases and prevention management
2:30 PM Effectiveness of Peridomestic Prevention Measures Against Lyme Disease - Neeta Connally,
Ph.D., Western Connecticut State University
2:50 PM Potential Effective Tick Control and IPM Research - Karl Malamud-Roam, Ph.D., IR-4, Rutgers
University
3:10 PM Break
3:30 PM Identification and Promotion of Effective IPM Tools to Reduce Tick Borne Diseases - Joe
Piesman, Ph.D., Centers for Disease Control and Prevention
2: 50 PM Best Tools for IPM Risk Communication - Tom Green, Ph.D., IPM Institute of North America, Inc.
Session 3: Measuring the Success of Tick IPM
4:10 PM Open Discussion for All Participants - Moderator: Howard Ginsberg, Ph.D., US Geological Survey
4:55 PM Closing Remarks
Candace Brassard, M.S., US Environmental Protection Agency
5:00 PM Adjourn
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Keynote Speaker: David H. Walker M.D.
Dr. Walker is Chair of the Department of Pathology and Executive Director of the Center for Biodefense and Emerging
Infectious Diseases where he and his faculty are developing vaccines against arboviral infections, emerging viral
hemorrhagic fevers, and rickettsioses in state-of-the-art BSL-3 and BSL-4 facilities. His research has elucidated
mechanisms of immunity to Rickettsia and Ehrlichia, developed animal models for investigating rickettsioses and
ehrlichioses, and contributed to elucidating the pathology and pathophysiology of Lassa fever, Rocky Mountain
spotted fever, Mediterranean spotted fever, and human monocytotropic ehrlichiosis. Among emerging infections, he
contributed to the discovery, characterization, and/or epidemiology of Anaplasma phagocytophilum (human
granulocytotropic anaplasmosis], Rickettsia japonica (Japanese spotted fever), R. felis (flea-borne spotted fever), and
E. chaffeensis (human monocytotropic ehrlichiosis). His efforts have enhanced the science of rickettsiology in China,
Sicily, Mexico, Brazil, Peru and Cameroon. His commitment to high quality dissemination of up-to-date knowledge of
tropical medicine is exemplified in third edition of Tropical Infectious Diseases: Principles, Pathogens, and Practice.
He has served on the Armed Forces Epidemiology Board, the Defense Health Board, and the National Research Council
Standing Committee on Biodefense and is Associate Editor of Emerging Infectious Diseases and PLoS Neglected
Tropical Diseases. He is President of the American Society of Tropical Medicine and Hygiene.
Willy Burgdorfer, Ph.D.
Dr. Burgdorfer gained world-wide recognition for his 1981 discovery of a tick-borne spirochete as the long-sought
cause of Lyme disease and related disorders in the U.S. and Europe. The agent was named after himBorrelia
burgdorferi. Dr. Burdoferi is currently a NIAID emeritus. Dr. Burgdorfer's most relevant research concerned the
interactions between animal and human disease agents and their transmitting photo of Borrelia burgdorferi, the agent
of Lyme disease arthropod vectors, particularly ticks, fleas and mosquitoes. He earned his Ph.D. in Zoology,
Parasitology, and Bacteriology from the University of Basel and the Swiss Tropical Institute.
PARTICIPANTS
Charles Apperson, Ph.D.
Charles Apperson is William Neal Reynolds Distinguished Professor Emeritus in the Department of Entomology at
North Carolina State University in Raleigh, North Carolina. Dr. Apperson is a vector biologist with 40 years of
experience in researching the ecology, behavior and control of arthropod vectors of public health pathogens.
Ben Beard, Ph.D.
Ben Beard is the Associate Director for Climate Change at CDC's National Center for Emerging and Zoonotic Infectious
Diseases where he coordinates CDC's effort to understand and mitigate the impact of climate variability and
disruption on infectious disease ecology. Dr. Beard is co-lead for the TBD-IPM federal workgroup. He is also an
Associate Editor for the journal Emerging Infectious Diseases and past President of the Society for Vector Ecology. Dr.
Beard earned a B.S. in 1980 at Auburn University, an M.S. in 1983 at the Louisiana State University School of Medicine,
and a Ph.D. in 1987 at the University of Florida. He served as a post-doctoral fellow and associate research scientist at
Yale University School of Medicine.
Herb Bolton, Ph.D.
Herb Bolton is the National Program Leader for Entomology at the USDA's National Institute of Food and Agriculture,
Institute of Food Protection and Sustainability, in Washington, DC. His grant portfolio at the Institute includes the
Regional Integrated Pest Management Centers, Hatch and Hatch Multistate projects, extension Communities of
Practice, and IPM in Affordable Housing through an interagency agreement with HUD. He is a Board Certified
Entomologist in the areas of medical/veterinary and urban/ structural entomology. Dr. Bolton earned his Ph.D. in
Entomology from the University of Florida.
Candace Brassard, M.S.
Candace Brassard is Senior Biologist in the Biopesticides and Pollution Prevention Division with the U.S. EPA's Office
of Pesticide Programs . Her work includes responsibility for the Tick Integrated Pest Management Initiative. Ms.
Brassard is co-lead for the TBD-IPM federal workgroup. She holds a B.S. from the University of Massachusetts,
Amherst, and an M.S. in Environmental Policy from George Washington University.
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David W. Brassard, M.S.
David Brassard is a Senior Scientist within the Biological and Economic Analysis Division with the U.S. EPA's Office of
Pesticide Programs. He leads interdisciplinary teams of entomologists and economists to conduct complex analyses
comparing the performance of insecticides and acaricides with alternative chemical and non-chemical controls. Mr.
Brassard holds a B.S. in Entomology from the University of Massachusetts (1974), and an M.S. in Entomology from
North Dakota State University (1976).
Joe Breen, Ph.D.
Joe Breen is the program officer for the Lyme disease and anthrax extramural research programs at the National
Institute of Allergy and Infectious Disease (NIAD), a position he has held since 2007. Dr. Breen joined NIAID in 2003 as
a genomics program officer where he oversaw a portfolio of grants and contracts applying genomic and proteomic
approaches to the diagnosis, treatment and prevention of infectious diseases. He received his Ph.D. in biochemistry
from Temple University School of Medicine, and conducted postdoctoral research at the National Institutes of Health
in the area of developmental biology using protein-protein interaction techniques.
John F. Carroll, Ph.D.
John Carroll has 36 years at the USDA's Beltsville Agricultural Research Center within several laboratories, including
the Animal Parasitic Diseases Laboratory and the Livestock Insects Laboratory. He has conducted research on pests
including the control of ticks and responses of ticks to repellents. Dr. Carroll received his B.A. from Siena College, with
M.S. and Ph.D. degrees in entomology from University of Florida.
Neeta Connally, Ph.D.
Neeta Connally is an Assistant Professor in the Department of Biological & Environmental Sciences at Western
Connecticut State University. Her main research interest is the peridomestic prevention of Lyme and other tickborne
diseases in the northeastern U.S. She collaborates with colleagues at the Connecticut Emerging Infections Program,
Yale School of Public Health, CDC, and other state partners, on current TickNET projects. She also works with the
Center for Vector Borne Disease at the University of Rhode Island, helping to develop decision-support tools for tick-
borne disease prevention. She holds a Ph.D. from University of Rhode Island, and an M.S. from Tulane University.
Adriana Costero, Ph.D.
Adriana Costero is currently the Vector Biology Program Officer at NIAID. In thatrole, she manages over 100 grants
and cooperative agreements including parasite-vector interactions to ecological/behavioral studies of disease
transmission and risk. Dr. Costero received her B.S. from National University of Mexico, an M.S. from The Ohio State
University and a Ph.D. in Entomology from McGill University. She was a Postdoctoral Fellow at the Medical
Entomology Section of the Laboratory of Parasitic Diseases at NIAID where she studied parasite/vector interactions
before progressing into a career in science administration.
Carol DiSalvo, M.S.
Carol Disalvo is the National Park Service IPM Coordinator, where she provides oversight on IPM Program activities.
She also serves as liaison between national parks and Federal agencies on IPM efforts involving vector borne disease,
developed landscapes, and wild land. Ms. DiSalvo earned her A.S. degree in Biological Technology from SUNY
Agricultural and Technical College, her B.S. in Forestry/Environmental Science from SUNY College of Environmental
Science and Forestry, and an M.S. in Natural Resources from Virginia Institute of Technology.
Katherine A. Feldman, DVM, MPH
Katherine Feldman is the State Public Health Veterinarian and Chief of the Center for Zoonotic and Vector-borne
Diseases with the Maryland Department of Health and Mental Hygiene. Her responsibilities include the surveillance,
investigation, and control of zoonoses and vector-borne diseases in Maryland. She is a Diplomate in the American
College of Veterinary Preventive Medicine, through which she obtained a certification in Epidemiology Specially. Dr.
Feldman earned her veterinary degree from Cornell University, and her MPH from University of California, Berkeley.
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Durland Fish, Ph.D.
Durland Fish is Professor of Epidemiology and Microbiology at Yale School of Public Health and Yale School of
Forestry and Environmental Studies. He has devoted most of his career to the study of tick ecology and tick borne
diseases. Dr. Fish is currently Director of the Yale Center for Eco Epidemiology, an interdisciplinary center that seeks
to integrate environmental science and ecology with medical epidemiology. His laboratory continues to study the
ecology of vector-borne disease with an emphasis on tick-borne pathogens causing Lyme disease, human
anaplasmosis and babesiosis. His research interests include environmental causes of disease emergence, interactions
among pathogens in vectors and hosts, and the development of novel methods for vector-borne disease prevention.
Bart Hoskins, M.S.
Bart Hoskins is a Biologist with the U.S. Environmental Protection Agency. Based within the Agency's New England
Regional Laboratory, Mr. Hoskins focuses primarily on ecological risk assessments for Superfund sites. He also works
on two studies involving tick-borne diseases: one is an on-going study of the effectiveness of pesticide application
using 4-poster deer feeding stations, with the second study focusing on identifying mammalian host species for Lyme,
Anaplasma, and Babesia. Both studies are based in Cape Cod, Martha's Vineyard, and Nantucket.
Howard S. Ginsberg, Ph.D.
Howard Ginsberg is a Research Ecologist with the U.S. Geological Survey at Patuxent Wildlife Research Center. He is
Unit Leader of Patuxent"s Coastal Field Station, and Professor in Residence at the University of Rhode Island. Dr.
Ginsberg has published widely on the ecology of vector-borne diseases, especially tick-transmitted infections such as
Lyme disease. His emphasis is on understanding transmission dynamics and factors that influence human exposure to
vector-borne zoonotic pathogens. This knowledge is used to develop efficient approaches to surveillance and
management of vector-borne diseases that protect public health while minimizing negative effects on sensitive
natural systems. He received his Ph.D. in Entomology from Cornell University.
Thomas Green, Ph.D.
Thomas Green is president and co-founder of the IPM Institute of North America, a non-profit organization whose
mission is to leverage marketplace power to improve health, environment and economics in agriculture and
communities. The Institute co-leads the National School IPM Working Group, and created IPM STAR Certification for
schools, which has impacted more than 2 million children. Dr. Green is a Certified Crop Advisor, a Natural Resources
Conservation Service-certified Technical Service Provider, and serves as president of the Entomological Foundation.
He holds a Ph.D. in Entomology from the University of Massachusetts.
Laura Jackson, Ph.D.
Laura Jackson is a Research Biologist with the U.S. EPA's Office of Research and Development, in Research Triangle
Park, North Carolina. She is a Principal Investigator in the Sustainable and Healthy Communities Research Program.
Her current work focuses on the role of ecosystem services and the built environment in public health. She received
her B.S. from Bryn Mawr College, her M.S. from Duke University's School of Forestry and Environmental Studies, and a
Ph.D. in Ecology at the University of North Carolina-Chapel Hill.
Angela M. James, Ph.D.
Angela James is on staff at USDA's Centers for Epidemiology and Animal Health, where she studies the spatial
epidemiology of animal diseases particularly related to ticks. Her research interests include the landscape ecology of
vectors and vector-borne pathogens. Dr. James received a Ph.D. in Entomology from the University of Georgia with an
emphasis in vector-borne disease agents and tick physiology. Her post-doctoral studies were conducted at the
Centers for Disease Control and Prevention and the Arthropod-borne and Infectious Diseases Laboratory at Colorado
State University.
Kim Lohmeyer, Ph.D.
Kim Lohmeyer is a Research Entomologist with the USDA's Agricultural Research Service where he is based within the
Knipling-Bushland U.S. Livestock Insects Research Laboratory in Kerrville, TX. Dr. Lohmeyer's current research is
directed at developing and evaluating new compounds and delivery technologies to control ticks on cattle and white-
tailed deer. She is also evaluating novel chemicals for tick control as well a cooperative project to train dogs to detect
cattle fever ticks infesting cattle at U.S. ports of entry. She earned a B.S. from King University, an M.S. from University
of Tennessee, and a Ph.D. in Entomology from the University of Georgia.
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MAJ Robert Lowen, Ph.D.
MAJ Robert Lowen is a U.S. Army Entomologist currently serving as Chief of the Vector Control Department at the
Walter Reed Army Institute of Research, Entomology Division, and Chair of the Vector Control & Surveillance Products
Integrated Product Team for MRMC. His awards include the Bronze Star, the Meritorious Service Medal (1 oak leaf
cluster), the Army Commendation Medal (4 oak leaf clusters), and the Army Achievement Medal. MAJ Lowen received
his B.S. and M.S., University of Manitoba. He earned his Ph.D. from the University of Florida's Department of
Entomology & Nematology.
Thomas N. Mather, Ph.D.
Thomas Mather is professor of public health entomology and zoonotic diseases at the University of Rhode Island
(URI). He is director of URI's Center for Vector-Borne Disease and its TickEncounter Resource Center. His focus has
been on developing a genes-to-vaccines strategy for blocking tick feeding, preventing tick-borne disease transmission
and developing on-line platforms for health promotion programs to prevent tick-borne diseases. Dr. Mather earned
his B.S. from Muhlenberg College, M.S. from University of Delaware, Ph.D. from University of Wisconsin and Post-Doc
from Harvard University School of Public Health, Boston, MA.
Keith Matthews, J.D.
Keith Matthews is the Director of the Biopesticides and Pollution Prevention Division (BPPD) in the Office of Pesticide
Programs, U.S. EPA. Mr. Matthews served as the acting Director of BPPD between August 3, 2009, and March 30,
2010, and was appointed the Director of BPPD in November, 2010. Prior to coming to BPPD, Mr. Matthews was a staff
attorney and then Assistant General Counsel in EPA's Office of General Counsel (OGC), where he provided legal
counsel to a number of Agency clients, including BPPD, OAR, OEI, and ORD. In addition to his legal training at the
Georgetown University Law Center, Mr. Matthews earned an M.S. in Biology from the California Institute of
Technology, where he conducted graduate work in molecular developmental neurobiology.
Matthew Messenger, Ph.D.
Matt Messenger is a Staff Entomologist with APHIS Veterinary Services, Ruminant Health Programs, and the Program
Manager for the Cattle Fever Tick Eradication Program. Dr. Messenger is based at APHIS headquarters in Riverdale,
MD. He hold a B.S. from Oklahoma State University, an M.S. from Kansas State University, and a Ph.D. in Entomology
from the University of Florida.
William L. Nicholson, Ph.D.
William Nicholson is Chief of the Pathogen Biology and Disease Ecology Activity in the Rickettsial Zoonoses Branch,
Division of Vector-Borne Diseases, at the Centers for Disease Control and revention. His current position focuses on
research of various ecological aspects of rickettsial diseases domestically and internationally. Dr. Nicholson's primary
research interests and efforts cover ecology, epidemiology, microbiology, acarology, and control of tick-borne
diseases.
NickOgden, Ph.D.
Nick Ogden is a UK-trained veterinarian who is currently a senior research scientist within the Zoonoses Division of
the Public Health Agency of Canada. His work focuses on the ecology and epidemiology of zoonoses. He also served as
interim Director of the Environmental Issues Division of the Public Health Agency of Canada where he directed a
program involving climate change impact on vector and water-borne disease risks. Dr. Ogden received his veterinary
training at University of Liverpool. After 10 years of mixed clinical practice, in 1996 he completed a doctorate in Lyme
disease ecology at the University of Oxford's Department of Zoology.
Joe F. Piesman, Ph.D.
Joseph Piesman is the Chief of Tick-Borne Disease Activity of the Bacterial Division Branch of the CDC's Division of
Vector-Borne Diseases. Dr. Piesman has 37 years of research focused on tick biology, ecology, and control. His
research interests include Prevention of Tick-Borne Diseases, with a primary interest in tick-spirochete interactions.
He led intramural and extramural efforts to develop integrated tick management techniques for community projects
to prevent Lyme disease and other tick-borne diseases in 4 states in the northeastern US. He has over 180 peer
reviewed publications principally on ticks and tick-borne disease prevention.
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Karl Malamud-Roam, Ph.D.
Karl Malamud-Roam is the Public Health Pesticides Program Manager for the IR-4 Project, and a Senior Research
Scientist at Rutgers University in Princeton, New Jersey. Dr. Malamud-Roam provides technical and regulatory
support for the development of public health pesticides, including toxicants, repellents, and other chemical tools
useful in the prevention of vector-borne disease. He holds a B.A. from Princeton University and a Ph.D. from
University of California, Berkeley.
Sam Scheiner, Ph.D.
Sam Scheiner currently serves as Director for Ecology and Evolution of Infectious Diseases at the National Science
Foundation. Previously he was an Associate Professor at Arizona State University West, Assistant and Associate
Professor at Northern Illinois University, and Adjunct Faculty at the University of Arizona. In ecology, he works on
macroecological patterns of diversity, species richness relationships, and diversity metrics. In general biology, he is
developing a set of general theories encompassing all of biology. He received his B.A., M.S. and Ph.D. from the
University of Chicago.
Daniel E. Sonenshine, Ph.D.
Daniel Sonenshine is Professor Emeritus and Eminent Scholar in the Department of Biological Sciences at Old
Dominion University. Dr. Sonenshine evaluates the practical application of pheromone-assisted tick control strategies
to increase tick kill and disrupt tick reproduction leading to total eradication. He also studies the role of antimicrobial
peptides on the transmission of Borrelia burgdorferi, Rickettsia parkeri, etc. His specially is the study of the role of
pheromones and other semiochemicals in the biology of ticks. Dr. Sonenshine earned his Ph.D. in Entomology from
the University of Maryland.
Kirby C. Stafford, III, Ph.D.
Kirby Stafford is Vice Director of The Connecticut Agricultural Experiment Station and Chief Entomologist within the
Experiment Stations' Department of Entomology. His research area is the ecology and control of Ixodes scapularis
(blacklegged tick) with a recent focus on natural, biological, and integrated tick control. Dr. Stafford has authored or
co-authored 60 articles in peer-reviewed scientific journals and produced handbooks on both tick and fly
management Dr. Stafford earned his B.S. from Colorado State University, his M.S. from Kansas State University, and
his Ph.D. in Entomology from Texas A&M University.
Daniel Strickman, Ph.D.
Daniel Strickman is the National Program Leader for Veterinary, Medical, and Urban Entomology within the U.S.
Department of Agriculture's Agricultural Research Service, as well as Acting Director of USDA's Overseas Biological
Control Laboratories. Key career accomplishments include eradicating Aedes aegypti from a Thai village without the
use of insecticides, and eradicating an infestation of Aedes albopictus from Santa Clara County, California. He is also the
co-inventor of RNAi insecticide for mosquito control, and has authored 104 peer reviewed publications. Dr. Strickman
earned his M.S. and Ph.D. in Entomology from the University of Illinois.
Ellen Stromdahl, M.S.
Ellen Stromdahl is an entomologist for the Tick-Borne Disease Program of the U.S. Army Public Health Command
(formerly U.S. Army Center for Health Promotion and Preventive Medicine). Ms. Stromdahl's research has focused on
emerging human pathogens associated with the ticks found in the United States, especially the lone star tick,
Amblyomma americanum, which is the tick most frequently received by the Human Tick Test Kit Program.
Christopher Zarba, Ph.D.
Chris Zarba is the Director for the Science Advisory Board, within the U.S. EPA's Office of the Administrator. Before
this transition, Mr. Zarba functioned as the Office Director for National Center for Environmental Research (NCER) in
the Office of Research and Development. NCER is responsible for providing extramural funds to researchers on
subjects selected by the Agency to be of greatest concern. Mr. Zarba is well recognized for the "Beaches Action Plan," a
report developed to identify healthy beaches criteria. This report was used to seek congressional support for the
initiative.
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