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Emory University:                                                                                           www.emory.edu                    
www.secebt.org
Ruth L. Berkelman, MD
Rollins Professor and Director,
Center for Public Health Preparedness and Research
Rollins School of Public Health,
1518 Clifton Road, NE
Atlanta, Georgia 30322
Phone: (404) 727-5409
Fax: (404) 712-8345
rberkel@sph.emory.edu

James M. Hughes, MD
Executive Director, SECEBT
Director, Program in Global Infectious Diseases
Senior Advisor, Center for Global Safe Water
1462 Clifton Road, NE Ste. 446
Mailstop:1370/004/1AD
Atlanta, Georgia 30322
Phone: (404) 727-3113
Fax: (404) 712-2557
jmhughe@emory.edu
pcallen@emory.edu

Jeffrey Koplan MD, MPH
Senior Advisor, SECEBT
Vice President for Academic Health Affairs
Woodruff Health Sciences Center
Emory University
1440 Clifton Road, Suite 410
Mailstop: 1440-004-1AA
Atlanta, Georgia 30322
Phone: (404) 778-2433
Fax: (404) 778-5434
jkoplan@emory.edu
aarthur@emory.edu

David S. Stephens, MD
Senior Advisor, SECEBT
Vice President, Health Affairs Research
Emory University
1440 Clifton Road, Suite 313
Mailstop: 1440-004-1AB
Atlanta, Georgia 30322
Phone: (404) 727-8357
Fax: (404) 727-0473
dstep01@emory.edu
mwhitle@emory.edu
 

Duke University:

www.duke.edu

Christopher W. Woods, MD, MPH

Assistant Professor
Duke University Medical Center
Chief, Medical Microbiology
Durham Veteran Affairs Medical Center
Service 113, Durham VAMC
Durham, North Carolina 27705
Phone: (919) 286-0411 ext. 6681
Fax: (919) 286-6818  
woods004@mc.duke.edu

Georgia Institute of Technology:

www.gatech.edu

Georgia Institute of Technology
College of Engineering, Tech Tower
225 North Avenue
Atlanta, GA 30332-0360


Georgia State University:

www.gsu.edu

Margo Brinton, PhD                                                                                               
Professor
Georgia State University
Department of Biology
Molecular Genetics and Microbiology
P.O. Box 4010
Atlanta, Georgia 30302-4010
Phone: 404-651-3113
Fax: 404-651-2509
mbrinton@GSU.EDU

George Pierce, PhD                                                                                                 
Professor of Biology
Georgia State University
PO Box 4010
Atlanta, Georgia 30303
Phone: (404) 413-5315
Fax: (404) 651-2509
biogep@langate.gsu.edu

Medical College of Georgia:

www.mcg.edu

Peter Rissing, MD                                                                                                      
Section Chief of Infectious Disease
Medical College of Georgia
School of Medicine
Division of Infectious Diseases
1120 15th Street, BA-5300
Augusta, Georgia 30912-3130
Phone: (706)721-3928
Fax: (706) 721-2000
prissing@mail.mcg.edu
cthompso@mail.mcg.edu

Robert K. Yu, PhD, MedScD             
Professor and Director
GRA Eminent Scholar
Institute of Molecular Medicine & Genetics
Medical College of Georgia
1120 15th Street, CB2803
Augusta, Georgia 30912-2697
Phone: (706) 721-0699
Fax: (706) 721-8727
ryu@MCG.EDU

Medical University of South Carolina:

www.musc.edu

J. Robert Cantey, MD                                                                                              
Professor, Division Director
Medical University of South Carolina
P.O. Box 250752
Charleston, South Carolina 29425
Phone: (843) 792-1211
Fax: (843) 792-6680
canteyjr@musc.edu

Mercer University:

www.mercer.edu

W. Douglas Skelton, MD                                                                                              
Senior Vice-President for University Research & Health Affairs
Mercer University
Patterson Building, #2532
University Research and Health Affairs
Macon, Georgia 31207
Phone: 800-637-2378
Skelton_wd@mercer.edu

Mississippi State University  

Stephen Pruett, PhD
College of Veterinary Medicine
PO Box 6100
Mississippi State, MS
Phone: (662) 325-6653
Fax: (662) 325-8884


Morehouse School of Medicine:

www.msm.edu

Jonathan K. Stiles, PhD                                                                                           
Associate Professor of Microbiology
Morehouse School of Medicine
Hugh Gloster Room #349D (BSMB)
720 West View Drive
Atlanta, Georgia 30310
Phone: (404)752-1585
Fax: (404)752-1179
jstiles@msm.edu
 

North Carolina State University:
Ed Breitschwerdt, DVM                                                                                               
Professor of Medicine and Infectious Diseases
North Carolina State University
CVM - Research Building
4700 Hillsborough St.
Box 8401
Raleigh, North Carolina 27606
Office: (919) 513-8277
Fax: (919)513-8280
ed_breitschwerdt@ncsu.edu
 

University of Alabama - Birmingham:

www.uab.edu


Mary Wyatt Bowers
Program Manager II
Pediatric Infectious Disease
Children’s Harbor Bldg
CHB 303
1530 3rd Ave S
Birmingham, Alabama 35249-0011
Phone: (205) 934-5316
mwbowers@peds.uab.edu
Joel Rodgers, MA
Program Manager
Center for Emerging Infections Emergency Preparedness (CEIEP)
Department of Emergency Medicine
N266 Jefferson Tower
625 19th Street South
Birmingham, Alabama 35249-7013
Phone: (205) 996-7386
Fax: (205) 975-8037
jrodgers@uabmc.edu

University of Georgia:

www.uga.edu

Peter Albersheim, PhD                                                                                     
Distinguished Research Professor and Director
Complex Carbohydrate Research Center
University of Georgia
220 Riverbend Road
Athens, Georgia 30602-4712
Phone: (706) 542-4404
Fax: (706) 542-4412
palbersh@ccrc.uga.edu

Russell Carlson, PhD                                                                                               
Professor
University of Georgia
167 Complex Carbohydrate Research Center Lab
317 Riverbend Rd
Athens, Georgia 30602-4712
Phone: (706)542-4439
Fax: (706)542-4412
rcarlson@ccrc.uga.edu

Cham Dallas, PhD
Director of the Interdisciplinary Toxicology Program
Associate Professor of Toxicology
Department of Pharmacology & Biomedical Sciences
University of Georgia
353 RC Wilson Pharmacy Building
Athens, Georgia 30602-2352
Phone: (706)542-5412
Fax: (706)542-3398
cdallas@mail.rx.uga.edu

Harry Dickerson, PhD
Associate Dean for Research and Graduate Affairs
College of Veterinary Medicine
University of Georgia
Athens, Georgia 30602-7371
Phone: (706)542-5734
Fax: (706)542-8254
hwd@uga.edu

Frederick Quinn, PhD
Professor, Department Head
University of Georgia
Department of Infectious Diseases
College of Veterinary Medicine
Athens, Georgia 30602
Phone: (706) 542-5790
Fax: (706) 542-5771
fquinn@uga.edu

University of Florida:

www.ufl.edu

Frederick Southwick, MD
Professor & Division Chief
Infectious Diseases
University of Florida
P.O. Box 100277
Gainesville, Florida 32610-0277
Phone: (352) 392-4058
Fax: (352) 392-6481
southfs@medmac.ufl.edu

University of Mississippi Medical Center:

www.umsmed.edu

Stan Chapman, MD
Professor of Medicine & Associate Professor of Microbiology
University of Mississippi Medical Center
2500 North State Street
Jackson, Mississippi 39216
Phone: (601) 984-1100
Fax: (601)984-5360
schapman@medicine.umsmed.edu
bedaniels@medicine.umsmed.edu


University of North Carolina – Chapel Hill:
www.unc.edu

Pia MacDonald, PhD, MPH
Director, North Carolina Center for Public Health Preparedness Research
Assistant Professor
UNC Department of Epidemiology
North Carolina Institute for Public Health
School of Public Health
University of North Carolina
CB#8165
Chapel Hill, North Carolina 27599
Phone: (919) 843-3415
Fax: (919) 843-5563
pia@email.unc.edu


University of South Florida:

www.usf.edu

Lillian Stark, PhD, MPH, MS
Adjunct Professor
College of Public Health
University of South Florida
Florida Department of Health
Bureau of Laboratories - Tampa
3602 Spectrum Boulevard
Tampa, Florida 33612
Phone: (813) 974-5990
Thomas R. Unnasch
Global Infectious Diseases Research Program
Department of Global Health
College of Public Health
University of South Florida
3720 Spectrum Blvd, Suite 304
Tampa, Florida 33612
Phone: (813)974-0507
Fax: (813) 974-0992
tunnasch@health.usf.edu
 

University of Tennessee Health Science Center

www.utmem.edu

University of Tennessee Health Science Center
956 Court Ave Suite A-202
Memphis, Tennessee 38163

  
State Health Departments

Alabama:
http://www.adph.org/
Charles H. Woernle, MD, MPH
State Epidemiologist
Alabama Department of Public Health
The RSA Tower
201 Monroe Street
Montgomery, AL 36104
Phone: (334) 206-5325 
cwoernle@adph.state.al.us   
Susan Lance, DVM, PhD
State Epidemiologist
Director, Epidemiology Branch
Georgia Division of Public Health
2 Peachtree St NW, Suite 14.440
Atlanta GA 30303
Phone: 404-657-2617
Fax: 404-657-7517
selance@dhr.state.ga.us
Lillian Stark, PhD, MPH, MS
Florida Department of Health
Bureau of Laboratories-Tampa
3602 Spectrum Boulevard
Tampa, FL  33612
Phone: 813-974-5990
Fax: 813-974-5776
Lillian_stark@doh.state.fl.us

Mississippi:

www.msdh.state.ms.us/

Ed Thompson, MD
StateHealth Officer
Mississippi Department of Health
Post Office Box 1700
Jackson Mississippi 39215-1700
Phone: (601)576-7400
Fax: (601)576-7931
ed.thompson@msdh.state.ms.us


North Carolina:

www.ncpublichealth.com/

Leah Devlin                                                                                                                   
State Health Director & Director, Division of Public Health
N.C. Department of Health and Human Services
1915 Mail Service Center
Raleigh, North Carolina 27699-1915
Phone: (919) 733-7081
Fax: (919) 715-3104

Jeffrey Engel, MD                                                                                                            
NC State Epidemiologist
North Carolina Division of Public Health
1902 Mail Service Center
Raleigh, North Carolina 27699-1902
Phone: (919) 715-7394
Fax: (919) 733-0490
jeffrey.engel@ncmail.net


South Carolina:

www.scdhec.net/

Jerry Gibson, MD, MPH                                                                                                 
State Epidemiologist & Director
Bureau of Disease Control
South Carolina Department of Health & Environmental Control
Bureau of Disease Control
2600 Bull Street
Columbia, South Carolina 29201
Phone: (803)898-0861
Cell: (803)608-6016
gibsonjj@dhec.sc.gov

Tennessee:

www.state.tn.us/health/

Marion Kainer, MD, MPH                                                                                                             
Medical Epidemiologist / Infectious Diseases Physician
Tennessee Department of Health
CEDS, 4th Floor, Cordell Hull Bldg
425 5th Avenue North
Nashville, Tennessee 37247-4911
Phone: (615)741-7247
Fax: (615)741-3857
marion.kainer@state.tn.us

Affiliates and Foundations


Georgia Department of Agriculture:
www.agr.georgia.gov

Carter Black, DVM
State Veterinarian
Assistant Commissioner of Animal Industry
Georgia Department of Agriculture
19 MLK Jr., Drive
Atlanta, GA 30334
Phone: 404-656-3671
Fax: 404-657-1357
cblack@agr.state.ga.us

Georgia Research Alliance:  
 
www.gra.org/homepage.asp
Susan G. Shows
Vice President
Georgia Research Alliance
50 Hurt Plaza, Suite 980
Atlanta, Georgia 30303
Phone: (404) 332-9770
Fax: (404) 332-9775
Susan.shows@gra.org

The Carter Center:
www.cartercenter.org
John Hardman, MD
Executive Director
The Carter Center
One Copenhill
453 Freedom Parkway
Atlanta, Georgia 30307
Phone: (404)420-5135
Cjohns7@emory.edu

Centers for Disease Control and Prevention:
www.cdc.gov
Rima Khabbaz
Director
Centers for Disease Control and Prevention
National Center for Infectious Diseases
1600 Clifton Road, NE - MS C-12
Atlanta, Georgia 30333
Phone: (404) 639-3967
Fax: (404) 639-3039
rima.khabbaz@cdc.hhs.gov
 
Department of Health and Human Services:
Clara Cobb
Deputy Regional Health Administrator & Acting Regional Health Administrator
Region IV, Atlanta, Georgia
US Department of Health and Human Services
61 Forsyth Street, SW, Suite S B95
Atlanta, Georgia 30303-8909
Phone: (404)562-7894
Fax: (404)562-7899
clara.cobb@hhs.gov
Costas Miskis, JD
Regional Director
Immediate Office of the Secretary
US Department of Health & Human Services
Sam Nunn Atlanta Federal Center
61 Forsyth St., S.W., Room 5B95
Atlanta, Georgia 30303-8909
Phone: (404) 562-7600


Atlanta VA Medical Center                                                                   
www1.va.gov/atlanta/
                                                                                                                                     
Robert Pollet, MD

Atlanta Veterans Affairs Medical Center
1670 Clairmont Road
Decatur, GA 30033
Phone: (404)728-7643
robert.pollet@med.va.gov
Tony Laracuente, MBA
Atlanta Veterans Affairs Medical Center
1670 Clairmont Road
Decatur, GA 30033
Phone: (404)728-7643
Antonio.laracuente@med.va.gov
Sheila.diiorio@med.va.gov