Medicine focuses on the health of individuals. Public health is population health. My work over the years has been focused at the intersection of biomedical technologies and public health interventions to benefit people individually and at the community health level.
- Currently working to advance chembio threat detection technologies for public health and environmental biosecurity
- Developed pioneering gene-edited environmental clean-up systems for emerging contaminants of concern (COCs) [e.g., 1,4-dioxane] (Intrexon)
- Advanced genetically engineered mosquitoes for use in mosquito-borne infectious disease vector control (Intrexon, Oxitec)
- Performed technology analysis on gene editing, genetic engineering, and cloning technologies used in our food systems (Intrexon)
- Piloted pioneering HIV CD4 mobile testing interventions in Sub-Saharan Africa to ensure efficacy of HIV anti-retroviral therapies (ART) in rural low resource settings (St. Gabriel's Hospital Malawi)
- Advanced medical countermeasures for biosecurity: sensors, diagnostics, therapeutics, and vaccines (Gen-Probe, Nanogen-Vectrant, Intrexon)
read more...Tags: PUBLIC HEALTH, COMMUNITY HEALTH, GLOBAL HEALTH, ONE HEALTH, NATIONAL SECURITY, BIOSECURITY, BIOTHREAT DETECTION
As a biologist and explorer I am supremely inspired by nature and the chemistries that make up the living world. The term 'One Health' aims to describe the interconnectedness between the health of humans, animals, and ecosystems. The potential for zoonotic disease spillover and need to prepare for pandemic prevention is obviously apparent, as evidenced numerous and recent epidemics. Likewise, environmental exposures to chemical contaminants of concern (COCs) and invasive species are increasing and require new mitigation and remediation strategies leveraging varied technologies.
read more...Tags: ENVIRONMENTAL HEALTH, BIOSECURITY, CONSERVATION, INVASIVE SPECIES, VECTOR CONTROL, ONE HEALTH, ENVIRONMENTAL MICROBIOLOGY