Living on the Edge: High–Consequence Zoonotic Pathogens & One Health Concepts
Thomas Ksiazek
Thursday, 12 Mar 2015 at 5:00 pm – 2226 Vet Med Building
Thomas G. Ksiazek, DVM, PhD, is a professor in the Department of Pathology and Microbiology and Immunology at the University of Texas Medical Branch in Galveston. He is also director of the High Containment Operations Core at the Galveston National Laboratory. Dr. Ksiazek recently spent six weeks in Sierra Leone, where he led a team responding to the Ebola crisis. He was chief of the CDC's Special Pathogens Branch from 1991 to 2005, during which time he coordinated outbreak and control responses to pathogens such as Ebola, Marburg and SARS. One Health Lecture SeriesDr. Ksiazek received a DVM from Kansas State University in 1970 and a PhD from the University of California in 1984. His research interests include the epidemiology, ecology and laboratory diagnosis of hemorrhagic fevers and arthropod-borne viral diseases. He has authored more than 350 research papers and has received numerous career achievement awards.
Cosponsored By:
- College of Veterinary Medicine
- Committee on Lectures (funded by Student Government)
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