Professional Activities

Employment History

1982-1983	Research Veterinarian and Immunochemist, Sloan-Kettering Institute for Cancer Research, New York, New York
1983-1985	Research and Attending Veterinarian, and Cancer Biologist/Chairman, Animal Care Committee, Division of Clinical Research, Institute for Cancer Research, Fox Chase Cancer Center, Philadelphia, Pennsylvania
1985-1988	Research Veterinarian, and Co-Director, Laboratory Animal Resources, Merck, Sharp & Dohme Research Laboratories, Merck Institute for Therapeutic Research, Rahway, New Jersey
1993-1998	Chief Attending Veterinarian, Gerontology Research Center, National Institute on Aging (NIA), Baltimore, Maryland
1988-present	Chief of Veterinary Resources, The University of Maryland, School of Pharmacy, Baltimore, Maryland
1988-present	Chief of Veterinary Resources, The Dental School, The University of Maryland, Baltimore, Maryland
1989-present	Chief of Veterinary Resources, The University of Maryland Baltimore County
1989-present	Veterinary Medical Officer, The Baltimore Veterans Affairs Medical Center
1989-present	Chief of Veterinary Resources, The University of Maryland, Baltimore
1999-present	Research Fellow, The National Aquarium in Baltimore
2005- present	Adjunct Research Scientist, Mystic Aquarium, Institute for Exploration, Mystic, Connecticut

University of Maryland School of Medicine

Appointments

1988-present	Chief, Veterinary Resources, The University of Maryland School of Medicine
1988-present	Associate Professor of Pathology, Medicine (Infectious Diseases), and Comparative Medicine, The University of Maryland School of Medicine, Baltimore, Maryland
2005-present	Associate Professor of Epidemiology and Public Health, The University of Maryland School of Medicine, Baltimore, Maryland
1988-present	Director, Comparative Medicine Program, The University of Maryland, School of Medicine, Baltimore, Maryland
2010-present	Professor and Director, Comparative Medicine Program, The University of Maryland, School of Medicine, Baltimore, Maryland

Professional Society Memberships

1992 - present     American College of Laboratory Animal Medicine (ACLAM)

1983 - present     American Society of Laboratory Animal Practitioners (ASLAP)

1992 - present     International Primatological Society

1982 - present     American Association for the Advancement of Science (AAAS)

1995 - present     American Society of Gene Therapy (ASGT)

1974 - present     American Society of Zoologists (ASZ)

1982 - present     American Society for Microbiology (ASM)

1998 - present     American Veterinary Medical Association (AVMA)

1986 - present     Association of Primate Veterinarians (APV)

1988 - present     Maryland Veterinary Medical Association (MVMA)

1982 - present     Pennsylvania Veterinary Medical Association (PVMA)

1982 - present     American Academy of Veterinary Pharmacology and Therapeutics (AAVPT)

Honors And Awards

1979-1981	National Science Foundation, National Needs Postdoctoral Fellowship Award
1981	Phi Zeta, Veterinary Medical Honor Society
1982-1983	NIH Post-doctoral Fellowship Award, Immunology
1983-1985	NIH Post-doctoral Fellowship Award, Cancer Biology
1983-1985	The American Society of Laboratory Animal Practitioners Recognition Award for Continuing Education
1987	Fellow, American Academy of Veterinary Pharmacology and Therapeutics
1992-present	World Directory of Primatologists (WDP)
1990	Teaching Excellence Virginia/Maryland Regional College of Veterinary Medicine
1999	Research Fellow, National Aquarium in Baltimore
2005	Research Scientist, Mystic Aquarium, Mystic, CT
2007	Fellow, National Academy of Veterinary Sciences (India)