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INVITED SPEAKERS
Dr Tammy Beckham
Dr Beckham received her Doctorate of Veterinary
Medicine from Auburn University in 1998. While still
at Auburn, she furthered her education through a
Doctoral program, which allowed her to conduct
research in support of her dissertation at the U.S.
Army Medical Research Institute for Infectious
Diseases (USAMRIID), in Frederick, MD. Dr Beckham received her
Doctorate in 2001. Following completion of her Doctorate,
Dr Beckham fostered her interest in diagnostic assay
development and validation through positions with the
Department of Homeland Security and the USDA Animal and
Plant Health Inspection Service (APHIS), Foreign Animal Disease
Diagnostic Laboratory (FADDL). Dr Beckham recently became
the Head of the Profi ciency and Validation Services Section at
FADDL. In this position, Dr Beckham coordinates all aspects of
FADDL’s role as a reference laboratory for the National Animal
Health Laboratory Network (NAHLN). This includes overseeing
the validation of assays; identifying, evaluating, and developing
new and emerging technologies; and developing and organizing
training and profi ciency testing programs.
Professor Corrie Brown
Corrie Brown received her B.Sc. in Animal
Behavior from McGill University and her DVM
from Ontario Veterinary College at the University
of Guelph (1981). She completed a combined
residency/PhD in Comparative Pathology at
the University of California at Davis. Board
certifi cation (ACVP) and PhD were both attained in 1986. She was
an assistant professor of pathology at Louisiana State University
briefl y before joining the U.S. Department of Agriculture at Plum
Island, where, as Head of the Pathology Section, she specialized
in the diagnosis and pathogenesis of foreign animal diseases.
In 1996, she joined the University of Georgia College of Veterinary
Medicine as Professor and Head of the Department of Veterinary
Pathology. She currently serves as Coordinator of International
Veterinary Medicine for the College of Veterinary Medicine. In
2003, she was honored with the university’s highest teaching
award, being named a Josiah Meigs Distinguished Teaching
Professor. Her professional interests are in infectious diseases
of food-producing animals, emerging diseases, and international
veterinary medicine. She has published or presented over 250
scientifi c papers and has testifi ed to Congress on issues involving
agroterrorism. She has served on many industrial and federal
panels, and been a technical consultant to numerous foreign
governments on issues involving infectious diseases and animal
health infrastructure.
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Dr Ilaria Capua
Dr Ilaria Capua graduated in Veterinary Medicine
with honours (110/110 e lode ), University of
Perugia , in February 1989. Obtained post
graduate qualifi cations as a specialist in Animal
Health and hygiene from Pisa University in 1991
and PhD from University of Padua. She is currently
Head of the Virology Department at Istituto Zooprofi lattico
Sperimentale delle Venezie, Padova, Italy and Head of the
National, FAO and OIE Reference Laboratories for Avian Infl uenza
and Newcastle disease. Between 1999 and 2006 she has been
directly involved in managing several AI and ND epidemics and
in 2000 developed the “DIVA”-Differentiating Vaccinated from
Infected Animals strategy, based on heterologous vaccination, to
combat AI. This strategy, the fi rst ever developed to combat AI by
vaccination still enabling trade of products resulted in eradication
of AI at that time in Italy and was approved by the EC and by OIE.
During her career as a veterinary virologist her work has been
recognized with her nomination as OIE and FAO expert for AI and
ND. Since 1995 she has been involved with the EU Commission,
participating in meetings and working groups on viral diseases of
poultry and mammals, including AI, ND, FMD, CSF and Crimean-
Congo Haemorrhagic Fever. In 2005 she has been nominated
the Chairman of OFFLU- the newly established OIE/FAO network
on Avian Infl uenza. This network has the role of supporting
developing countries in managing the AI crisis and offering
veterinary expertise to complement the international efforts of
the medical community in managing the pandemic threat posed
by AI.
Laureate Professor Peter Doherty
Laureate Professor Peter Doherty shared the
Nobel Prize in Physiology or Medicine in 1996
with Swiss colleague Rolf Zinkernagel, for their
discovery of how the immune system recognises
virus-infected cells. He was Australian of the Year
in 1997, and has since been commuting between
St Jude Children’s Research Hospital in Memphis and the
Department of Microbiology and Immunology at the University
of Melbourne. His research is mainly in the area of defence
against viruses. He regularly devotes time to delivering public
lectures, writing articles for newspapers and magazines and
participating in radio discussions. Peter Doherty graduated from
the University of Queensland in Veterinary Science and became a
veterinary offi cer. Moving to Scotland, he received his PhD from
the University of Edinburgh Medical School. He is the fi rst person
with a veterinary qualifi cation to win a Nobel Prize.