Technical advisory
Technical Advisory
GARC has created a Technical Advisory Group to provide advice on rabies programmes.
The Rabies Technical Advisory Group group is made up a range of specialists with expertise that includes: rabies virology; dog ecology; epidemiology; tropical medicine; wildlife diseases; public health; animal welfare; genetics; vaccine development; diagnostic test development; education and communication. Members of the group have experience working in these different fields in a range of countries across the globe.
Dr. George Beran, Iowa State University, USA
Jesse Blanton, Centers for Disease Control and Prevention, USA
Dr Paul Burr, BioBest, Biobest Laboratories Ltd, UK
Dr Florence Cliquet, Agence Française de la Sécurité Sanitaire des Aliments, France
Dr Paul Coleman, London School of Hygiene and Tropical Medicine, UK
Peter Costa, Global Alliance for Rabies Control (GARC), USA
Dr Russell Currier, executive vice president, American College of Veterinary Preventive Medicine, USA
Dr Robert Dedmon, Medical College of Wisconsin, Milwaukee, USA
Dr David Dreesen, College of Veterinary Medicine The University of Georgia, USA
Mr Martyn Edelsten, University of Edinburgh, UK
Dr Anthony Fooks, Veterinary Laboratories Agency, UK
Prof. Richard Halliwell, Royal College of Veterinary Sugeons (retired), UK
Katie Hampson, University of Sheffield, UK
Prof. Thiravat Hemachudha, Chulalongkorn University Hospital, Thailand
Prof. Hilary Koprowski, Thomas Jefferson University, USA
Prof Ian Maudlin, University of Edinburgh, UK
Dr François-Xavier Meslin, World Health Organization, Switzerland
Dr Mary Elizabeth Miranda, Global Alliance for Rabies Control, Philipppines
Dr Thomas Müller, Friedrich-Loeffler-Institut, Germany
Dr Andrew Rowan, Humane Society of the US, USA
Dr Charles Rupprecht, Centers for Disease Control and Prevention, USA
Prof Tom Solomon, Viral Brain Infections Group, University of Liverpool,UK
Dr. James Steele, University of Texas School of Public Health, USA
Prof Hiko Tamashiro, Hokkaido University, Japan
Prof Qing Tang, Chinese Center for Disease Control and Prevention, China
Louise Taylor, Global Alliance for Rabies Control (GARC), USA
Col. Michael Thomas, Consultant in Transfusion Medicine, UK
Dr Noel Tordo, Institut Pasteur, France
Abbigail Tumpey, Centers for Disease Control and Prevention, USA
Dr Eric Walker, Health Protection Scotland, UK
Prof David Warrell, University of Oxford, UK
Dr Mary Warrell, University of Oxford, UK
Dr Bob Weedon, University of North Carolina Wilmington, USA
Dr Rodney Willoughby, Children's Hospital of Wisconsin, USA
Dr Jakob Zinsstag, Swiss Tropical Institute, Switzerland
