Testimonies on the Veterinary Public Health Workforce Expansion Act of 2007 (H.R. 1232) Presented before the Subcommittee on Health of the United States House of Representatives Committee on Energy and Commerce, January 23, 2008

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Good morning, Mr. Chairman and members of the committee. I am Marguerite Pappaioanou, Executive Director of the Association of American Veterinary Colleges, or AAVMC, the organization that represents the future of veterinary medicine. AAVMC coordinates the national and international affairs of all 28 US colleges of veterinary medicine, nine departments of veterinary science, eight departments of comparative medicine, and 14 other veterinary medical institutions in the US, Canada, the UK, and Australia. Prior to joining AAVMC this past November 1, 2007, I was Professor of Infectious Disease Epidemiology in the School of Public Health, with a joint appointment in the College of Veterinary Medicine, at the University of Minnesota from 2005–2007, conducting research on the human–animal interface of avian influenza, and for 21 years, spanning the period from 1983 through 2004, I was an epidemiologist at the US Centers for Disease Control and Prevention as a Commissioned Officer of the US Public Health Service. At CDC I began as an Epidemic Intelligence Service officer and later as staff, conducted research on malaria prevention and control in Africa, designed and led implementation of disease surveillance for HIV infections in the US, guided and supported the development of the US Guide to Community Preventive Services, and, as Associate Director of Science and Policy in CDC's Office of Global Health, coordinated CDC's research and programs in Africa and Asia. I received my Doctor of Veterinary Medicine degree from Michigan State University in 1972, Master of Preventive Veterinary Medicine and Doctor of Philosophy degrees from the University of California, Davis, in 1976 and 1982, respectively, and am a diplomate of the American College of Veterinary Preventive Medicine.