Advisory Board

Advisory Board

Awa Aidara-Kane Awa Aidara-Kane
World Health Organization (WHO) Lead of the WHO Advisory Group on Integrated Surveillance of Antimicrobial Resistance
Food safety, food-borne pathogens, zoonosis, antibiotic resistance
Heather Allen Heather Allen
Research Microbiologist
USDA ARS
Antibiotic resistance in agricultural environments
Maria Brandl Maria Brandl
Research Microbiologist
USDA ARS
Produce safety, produce microbiology, biology and control of human pathogens on fresh produce
John Currin John Currin, DVM
Clinical Associate Professor Virginia-MD Vet School
Antibiotic use in livestock
Lisa Durso Lisa Durso
Research Microbiologist
USDA ARS
Microbes, pathogens, and antibiotic resistance in manure and manure-impacted environments. Chaired USDA-sponsored “Antibiotic Resistance in Agroecosystems:
State of the Science” conference https://wrrc.arizona.edu/arasos-home
Joell Eifert Joell Eifert
Director Food Innovations Lab
Department of Food Science and Technology, Virginia Tech
Post- harvest handling and processing, preventive controls, implementing and evaluating food safety educational programs
Isaac Hammock Isaac Hammock
Dairy Farmer
Hammock Dairy, Inc.
Pittsylvania County, VA
Progressive local dairy farmer. Facebook
Gail Hansen Gail Hansen
Senior Officer, Human Health and Industrial Farming
Pew Charitable Trust
Human health and industrial farming aspects of antibiotic use, public policy
Jean McLain Jean McLain
Associate Director
AZ Water Resources Research Center
University of Arizona
Water and soil microbiology. Co-Chaired USDA-sponsored “Antibiotic Resistance in Agroecosystems: State of the Science” conference
Ed Topp Ed Topp
Research Scientist
Agriculture and Agri-Food Canada
Antibiotic resistance in agricultural environments, from manure to produce