TEXAS BOARD OF VETERINARY MEDICAL EXAMINERS

E. Christopher Staley, DVM, MS
Curriculum vitae
Page 3 (professional Experience, cont'd)
1992-1993
1991-1992
Duties:
Graduate student, Toxicology Program, New Mexico State
University, Las Cruces, NM and clinician, Veterinary Medical
Clinic, Alamogordo, NM.
Thesis: Effects of Feed Intake on Embryotoxicosis Induced by
Ingestion of Snakeweed (Gutierrezia microcephala) in Sprague­
Dawley Rats.
Division Head, Veterinary Sciences Division and Acting Associate
Director, New Mexico Regional Primate Research Laboratory,
New Mexico State University, Holloman AFB, NM.
Division Head, Veterinary Sciences Division- Responsible for
direction oflaboratory animal medicine program for a laboratory
complex of 120,000 square feet, located on a 37 acre site. Served
as senior veterinarian providing guidance and clinical expertise for
all investigators utilizing animals in research at the Regional
Primate Research Laboratory. Served as liaison and construction
contract monitor for 60,000 square-foot chimpanzee facility with a
$9.9 million construction budget. Responsible for providing
routine and emergency veterinary care, disease surveillance and
diagnostic support to a colony of 427 chimpanzees, 1200 macaques
and other small laboratory animals. Served as Principal
Investigator on PRlINCI AIDS Vaccine Development Program
contract ($2.1 million/year) and FDA Chimpanzee
Breeding/Hepatitis research contract ($800,000/year). Supervised
a staff of 5 veterinarians and approximately 60 animal care
technicians.
Acting Associate Director- Responsible for assisting the Director,
PRL, with daily administrative responsibilities, with emphasis on
the administration of grants and contracts, physical plant
operations, internal budgets, and business office operations.
Supervised the NMRPRL Safety Officer, with responsibility for
the development and implementation of a comprehensive safety
program in compliance with all applicable federal, state, university
and local rules and regulations. Served as principle liaison
between the NMRPRL financial office and the NMSU Office of
Business Affairs. Responsible for financial planning and record
keeping. Responsible for the management of physical plant
operations: coordinated and evaluated physical plant maintenance,
planning, and reporting, and was responsible for physical plant