Sound operation of the Consortium is ensured by regular meetings of the Implementation Committee, which is comprised of the directors and a senior representative from each partner institution. The Implementation Committee members frequently liaise with the Consortium's Executive Director to foster collaboration among the partners.
Additional information, including publications, can be found by clicking on a name and following the links to member's individual home pages below. A complete list of CCM staff, partners and associates can be found in the CCM directory.
Alonso Aguirre, DVM, M.S., Ph.D.
Director for Conservation Medicine, Wildlife Trust, New York
Dr. Aguirre applies his veterinary skills to the conservation of wildlife by directing the Conservation Medicine program at Wildlife Trust. He practices medicine; develops
management, surveillance, and field techniques; conducts research investigating the effects of disease, environmental pollution, genetic variation, and habitat destruction on the population dynamics of
endangered species; and trains Latin American biologists and veterinarians in restraint, necropsy, health sampling, and monitoring techniques and conservation medicine. He is well known for his work on marine vertebrates as sentinel species of ecological health. He manages a series of research and practical conservation medicine projects, including the epidemiology of Hawaiian monk seals, marine mammals, and sea turtles and the health of migratory waterfowl in North America . He obtained his M.S. in Wildlife Epidemiology and his Ph.D. in Wildlife Biology and Protected Area Management. Dr. Aguirre is a widely published scientist, authoring numerous papers on wildlife diseases, and is editor and co-editor of various books, including Conservation Medicine: Ecological Health in Practice .
Robbie Ali,
MD, MPH, MPPM
Director,
Center for Healthy Environments and Communities; Visiting Assistant Professor; University of Pittsburgh, Pennsylvania
(bio coming soon)
F. Joshua Dein, VMD, MS
Veterinary Medical Officer, U.S. Geological Survey National Wildlife Health Center, Wisconsin
Dr. Dein has a number of roles at the USGS NWHC. In addition to being in charge of animal welfare, he coordinates a number of research projects on site and abroad. Dr. Dein has a particular interest in the communication and dissemination of scientific data. He is a consultant for WildPRO, the computer-based wildlife information system, and has helped build their modules on diseases such as West Nile virus. Under the auspices of the NWHC, Dr. Dein has developed an extensive network of wildlife disease collaborators in India and elsewhere.
Greg Glass, PhD
Professor, Johns Hopkins Bloomberg School of Public Health, Maryland
Dr. Glass received his PhD from the University of Kansas , 1983. Currently, he is a Professor in the Department of Molecular Biology and Immunology at Johns Hopkins. He is primarily involved in studies on the maintenance and transmission dynamics of infectious agents, especially zoonotic agents. In collaboration with colleagues, his current research investigates esse ntial background and baseline research on malaria vectors in the catchment region of the Macha Mission Hospital and Malaria Institute at Macha , Zambia . Specific aims include characterizing the temporal and spatial structure of malaria vector populations in the catchment region of the Macha Mission Hospital ; and associating vector mosquitoes from specific breeding sites to the human habitations where malaria transmission occurs.
Gretchen E. Kaufman, DVM
Assistant Professor, Department of Environmental and Population Health, Tufts University Center for Conservation Medicine, Massachusetts
(bio coming soon)