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Food Safety Experts Including salmonella and E-Coli - University of Maryland
The University of Maryland has a number of faculty experts who can talk about food safety issues across a wide range of topics.
Professor Nick Zimmerman specializes in turkey-related issues and is a good expert to talk to about turkey and food safety issues.
JIFSAN - the Joint Institute for Food Safety and Nutrition - is focused on issues surrounding food safety.
The Maryland Pathogen Research Institute is another excellent resource.
The university 's new Center for Food Safety and Security Systems, directed by Robert L. Buchanan, is addressing the security of food supplies and systems from the field to the dinner table, with an emphasis on food manufacturing. Center researchers are looking at potential threats, such as bioterriorism and intentional contamination, to the nation's food supply and will work closely with the Department of Homeland Security, the Food and Drug Administration's Center for Food Safety and Applied Nutrition and the Department of Agriculture.
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JIFSAN - the Joint Institute for Food Safety and Nutrition - is focused on issues surrounding food safety.
The Maryland Pathogen Research Institute is another excellent resource.
Our experts are listed alphabetically. Please feel free to contact them directly.
Number of experts found: 16
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Linda Aldoory
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Endowed Chair & Director and Associate Professor
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Behavioral and Community Health
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Expertise Key Words:
Health communication, risk communication, health literacy, health campaigns, media effects, food safety, public health, women and media.
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301 405 0388
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laldoory@umd.edu
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Gerald E. Brust
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State Integrated Pest Management vegetable specialist
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UME Entomology/Horticulture
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Expertise Key Words:
Pest management, organic vegetable production, biological control, food safety, reduced risk pesticides, vegetable production, sustainable agriculture, integrated pest management, alternative controls & pest management, nutrient management in vegetables, Precision Agriculture, Nitrate conservation
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301-627-8440
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410-422-7667
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jbrust@umd.edu
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Robert L. Buchanan
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Professor & Director
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Center for Food Safety and Security Systems
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Expertise Key Words:
food safety, food protection, food security, food microbiology, infectious diseases, microbial risk assessment,
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301 405 1174
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301 633 8957
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rbuchana@umd.edu
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Donald F. Kettl
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Dean
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School of Public Policy
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Expertise Key Words:
Public policy and public management with a speciality in the management of public organization; federalism; budgeting; and U.S. politics.
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Expertise Credentials:
Donald F. Kettl is Dean of the School of Public Policy and a nonresident senior fellow at the Brookings Institution. Prior to his appointment, he was the Robert A. Fox Leadership Professor at the University of Pennsylvania and Professor of Political Science.
Professor Kettl is a student of public policy and public management and specializes in the management of public organizations. He has appeared on national television on shows including Good Morning America, the ABC World News Tonight, the CBS Evening News, CNN's Anderson Cooper 360 and The Situation Room, the Fox News Channel, as well as public television's News Hour and the BBC. He has testified frequently at congressional hearings in Washington and contributed to op-ed pages in major newspapers, including The New York Times, The Chicago Tribune, The Philadelphia Inquirer, Newsday, and The Los Angeles Times. Since 1998, he has been writing a regular column for Governing magazine, Potomac Chronicle, which is read by leading state and local government officials around the country.
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Web Site(s):
 Dean Kettl's Public Policy Web Page
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301 405 6971
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kettl@umd.edu
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Address:
2115 Van Munching Hall
College Park, MD 20742
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Degrees:
Ph.D, Political Science, Yale University
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Publication(s):
See Dean Kettl's Public Policy Web Page
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Y. Martin Lo
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Associate Professor
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Nutrition and Food Science
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Expertise Key Words:
Food bioprocess engineering: whole-cell biosensor to improve food safety; integrating biotechnology to ensure safety of food and processing; value-added agriculture and food products; recovery and bioconversion of organic materials from food processing waste streams;
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301 405 4509
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ymlo@umd.edu
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Jianghong Meng
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Professor and Director
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Nutrition and Food Science, and Joint Institute for Food Safety & Applied Nutrition (JIFSAN)
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Expertise Key Words:
Food Safety; detection of pathogens in foods; virulence properties and antibiotic resistance of foodborne pathogens; developing and applying novel technologies for detection and molecular subtyping of foodborne pathogens; effect on antibiotic resistance caused by meat treated with antibiotics
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301 405 8382
301 405 1399
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jmeng@umd.edu
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Mohammad Modarres
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Prof
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Mechanical Engineering
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Expertise Key Words:
Probabilistic risk aseesment, Energy Systems, Advanced nuclear plants, risk associated with gas powered vehicles, food safety risk assessment.
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301 405 5226
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modarres@umd.edu
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David M. Mosser
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Prof/Institute Dir.
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Maryland Pathogen Research Institute;Cell Biology & Molecular Genetics
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Expertise Key Words:
Parasites, Biodefense, Bioterrorism, immunity, vaccines, infectious diseases, pathogen detection, Leishmania spp
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301 314 2594
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dmosser@umd.edu
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Clare Narrod
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Asst Res Sci
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Dean-Joint Inst for Food Safety & Applied Nutrition
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Expertise Key Words:
Food and water safety along the value chains of poor producers; Evaluate the impact of food safety "train the trainers" programs.
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301 405 1780
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cnarrod@umd.edu
cansam@aol.com
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Abani K. Pradhan
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Asst Prof
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Nutrition and Food Science
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Expertise Key Words:
Food safety risk analysis, quantitative risk assessment, food safety engineering, predictive microbiology and molecular epidemiology, listeria.
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E-mail(s)
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301 405 4502
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akp@umd.edu
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Amy R. Sapkota
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Assistant Professor
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Maryland Institute for Applied Environmental Health
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Expertise Key Words:
Environmental epidemiology, microbial environmental exposure assessment, antibiotic resistance, bacterial pathogens, food safety, food and waterborne disease, bioaerosols
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301 405 1772
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ars@umd.edu
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Robert H. Sprinkle, M.D., Ph.D.
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Associate Professor
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School of Public Policy
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Expertise Key Words:
Health-policy reform; Bioethics & biopolitics; Environmental health; Biosecurity
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Home phone
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301 405 0184
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301 864 2170
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301 775 0320
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sprinkle@umd.edu
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Monique M. Turner
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Assistant Professor
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Communication
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Expertise Key Words:
Risk communication, health communication, persuasion, emotion, cognition. Health intervention and campaign construction.
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301 405 6517
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703-339-8462
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703-507-6412
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mmturner@umd.edu
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Gary Vroegindewey
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Director of Global Health Initiatives at the Center for Public and Corporate Veterinary Medicine
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Veterinary Medicine Program
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Expertise Key Words:
Food safety, Avian Influenza global planning, developing international training programs.
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301 314 6821
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gvroeg@umd.edu
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Christopher S. Walsh
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Professor
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Natural Resource Sciences & Landscape Architecture
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Expertise Key Words:
Food safety of fresh fruits and vegetables;
Production and handling of fruit crops; Training international food producers
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301 405 4351
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cswalsh@umd.edu
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Nickolas G. Zimmermann
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Associate Professor
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Animal & Avian Sciences
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Expertise Key Words:
Poultry, chicken, layer hens, turkey, eggs, food safety, management, environment, housing, welfare, drinking water quality, water treatment, organic, freerange, natural, physiology, nitrogen, phosphorus, lighting, artificial insemination.
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Home phone
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E-mail(s)
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301 405 2805
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410-742-8544
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nickz@umd.edu
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