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Veterinarian Professional Advisory Committee 2005 Awards Presented | ||||||
CAPT David A. Ashford Receives Veterinarian of the Year Award | ||||||
CAPT William Stokes, CAPT David A. Ashford, and CDR Yvette Davis | ||||||
![]() During his distinguished career, CAPT Ashford has supported HHS by responding to large-scale public health emergencies: assisting the New York City Department of Health and Mental Hygiene following the September 11, 2001 World Trade Center attacks; acting as coordinator and assistant to the directors of CDC following the anthrax attacks; and deploying to Southern Sudan during an active civil war conflict. CAPT Ashford has also played an important role in public health policy and guidance at both the national and international levels; contributing to the 2005 World Health Organization (WHO) Guidelines for Anthrax; 2004 WHO Guidance on Public Health Response to Biological and Chemical Weapons; several morbidity and mortality weekly report articles on monkeypox; guidelines for Environmental Infection Control in Health Care Facilities; the CDC terrorism emergency plans for anthrax and brucellosis; guidelines and interim guidelines for the use of the anthrax vaccine in the United States; and CDC guidance for biological terrorism. He has also contributed widely to the body of public health knowledge, authoring or co-authoring over 130 internal and peer-reviewed publications and including critical anthrax briefs to the Surgeon General and members of Congress. | ||||||
Further, CAPT Ashford contributes to the Veterinary category by mentoring students and junior veterinary officers. He is an adjunct professor at Emory University School of Public Health and the University of Georgia Veterinary College, and is a member of the American Veterinary Medical Association mentoring association. He has served as Chairman of the Recruiting subcommittee of the Veterinary Professional Advisory Committee for the past 2 years and has served as a promotion board member. CAPT Ashford has also served as a representative to the American Veterinary Medical Association's Council on Public Health and Regulatory Veterinary Medicine, the American Association of Public Health Veterinarians, the National Academy of Sciences, and other professional organizations. | ||||||
LCDR Pat Klein Receives Veterinary Officer Responder of the Year Award | ||||||
CAPT William Stokes, LCDR Pat Klein, and CDR Yvette Davis
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LCDR Klein has also shared her career experiences with the veterinary and other responding officers,
lecturing at multiple professional conferences on the veterinarian’s role in disaster response. She brings
to these lectures not only her response experience with the Corps but also the experience gained through
previous training, education, and experience as Team Commander of her Veterinary Medical Assistance Team.
As Team Commander, LCDR Klein deployed team members to the Republican National Convention and the multiple
hurricane disasters in Florida in 2004. | |
LCDR Klein has been actively involved in disaster response since 1984, and has made significant contributions
to veterinary disaster response efforts for nearly 20 years, including wildlife rescue during oil spills,
disease surveillance and depopulation during the Foot-and-Mouth Disease outbreak in the United Kingdom, and
Urban Search and Rescue dog veterinary care following the September 11, 2001 World Trade Center attacks.
She is a member of the Executive Committee for the Maryland State Animal Response Team (SART) and is working to
develop the first SART team in Maryland. | | |
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