FORT COLLINS, COLORADO - Animal Session Instructors
Ed Canfield
Mr. Ed Canfield is a Graduate of Eastern Michigan Univ, BS, and is a member of ABSA; IEST (Institute of Environmental Sciences and Technology); ISPE (International Society for Pharmaceutical Engineering). Ed is an NSF Accredited biological safety cabinet certifier. He has over 25 years experience in certification and service of all types of biological safety cabinets and HEPA filtered devices. ED has certified cabinets and HEPA filters in research facilities, BSL3 laboratories, biotech firms, universities, pharmaceutical manufacturing companies, animal facilities, hospitals, and many other environments. Ed is currently based in Littleton, CO, and is the Regional Service Manager and Field Service Specialist for Technical Safety Services, Inc., servicing Colorado, Wyoming and New Mexico. Technical Safety Services, headquartered in Berkeley, CA, specializes in the certification and service of biological safety cabinets and HEPA filters.
Melissa de la Garza
Dr. de la Garza graduated from Texas A&M College of Veterinary Medicine in College Station, TX in 2004. Upon graduation, she took a clinical position at the Southwest National Primate Research Center (SNPRC) at Southwest Foundation for Biomedical Research (SFBR) in San Antonio TX. In this capacity she works with the 4 other clinical veterinarian and 2 veterinary pathologist to maintain the health status of approximately 6,000 nonhuman primates (chimpanzees, macaques, baboons, callitrichidae); her primary clinical interest being the chimpanzees. She provides clinical and experimental surgical support for all species as needed, and facilitates animal research projects. Additionally, she provides back–up veterinary support for the ABSL–4 facility. In the fall of 2004 she was given the additional responsibilities of managing the newly constructed SNPRC ABSL–3 laboratory. This laboratory’s primary focus is on the use of nonhuman primates in high level biocontainment. Dr. de la Garza was responsible for selecting the equipment, designing procedures, writing SOPs, and training the staff to work in the laboratory. The facility began its first infectious disease study in July 2006, and has been operational since that time. As the ABSL–3 Manager she acts as lead veterinarian for ABSL–3 projects; works with investigators to design and implement animal projects; acts as project coordinator; is responsible for new and renewal training of ABSL–3 animal technical staff; and is ultimately responsible for the daily operations of the facility.
Paul S. Morley
Paul S. Morley, DVM, PhD, Diplomate ACVIM, is an Associate Professor and active member of the Animal Population Health Institute at Colorado State University. He serves as Director of Biosecurity for the James L. Voss Veterinary Teaching Hospital, and has academic appointments in the Clinical Sciences Dept. and the Environmental and Radiological Health Sciences Dept. in the College of Veterinary Medicine and Biomedical Sciences. He teaches epidemiology and infection control in the undergraduate, veterinary, and graduate programs at CSU, and maintains an active research program. Major focuses for his professional and research activities include promoting solutions for biosecurity issues important to agriculture and veterinary medicine, identifying effective pre–harvest approaches for food–safety, and investigating the ecology of antimicrobial resistance in animals. Dr. Morley is an active member of several professional organizations, including the American College of Veterinary Internal Medicine, the Association for Veterinary Epidemiology and Preventive Medicine, the Veterinary Infection Control Society, and the Academy of Veterinary Consultants. Dr. Morley served on the faculty at The Ohio State University for three years before joining the faculty at Colorado State University. He is a native of Nevada and received baccalaureate degrees and his veterinary medical degree from Washington State University. After graduating from WSU, he served as an intern and resident in the area of large animal internal medicine at the Western College of Veterinary Medicine in Saskatoon, Saskatchewan. He received his doctorate from that institution studying the epidemiology of infectious respiratory disease in horses. He is a Diplomate of the American College of Veterinary Internal Medicine. Dr. Morley is a recognized authority on epidemiology and infection control in animal populations and has consulted on infection control and biosecurity issues at several veterinary colleges in North America as well as for several intensive animal production facilities.
Scott Rusk
Mr. Scott Rusk is currently Associate Director for the Biosecurity Research Institute at Kansas State University. He has over 20 years of work experience in biological safety and infectious disease containment facilities and has participated nationally and internationally in defining approaches for facility needs, design, operations and management of containment facilities. Scott previously held positions as Assistant Center Director at the USDA, National Animal Disease Center managing operations and support services and as Biocontainment Operations and Management Specialist with Flad Associates. He has been involved in design for multiple project types, including Biosafety Level 4 at the USAMRIID; Biosafety Level 3–Ag at the USDA, Ohio State University, and the University of Wisconsin; Biosafety Level 3–Enhanced at Battelle's Medical Testing & Evaluation Facility; and Biosafety Level 3 Regional Biocontainment Facilities for the University of Chicago and Tufts University. Scott received a Masters of Science degree from Iowa State University, is a member of the American Biological Safety Association and a charter member of the International Veterinary Biosafety Working Group.
Lon V. Kendall
Dr. Lon Kendall is the Interim Director for Laboratory Animal Resources, RBL. He received his veterinary degree from Colorado State University. Upon completing his residency in Laboratory Animal Medicine and receiving his PhD in Veterinary Pathobiology from the University of Missouri, he took a position at University of California–Davis where he directed the laboratory animal care program for five years. He returned to Colorado State as the Associate Director of Laboratory Animal Resources where he is involved in the management of the animal care program at the Rocky Mountain Regional Biocontainment Laboratory and is an active member of the Institutional Biosafety Committee.