Professional Activities

• 2002-Present Chair, Department of Veterinary Biosciences, The Ohio State University
• 2003-Present Associate Director for Basic Sciences, Comprehensive Cancer Center, The Ohio State University
• 2002-Present Co-Director, NIH, NCRR T-32, Postdoctoral Training Grant in Mouse Pathobiology, Department of Veterinary Biosciences, The Ohio State University. Initiated and organized training grant application to National Center for Research Resources, National Institutes of Health
• 2008-2009 Vice-President/President-Elect, American College of Veterinary Pathologists (ACVP)(President in 2010 - 2011)
• 2008-2009 Organizing Committee, International Association Comparative Leukemia and Related Diseases Meeting, Columbus, OH
• 2007 Program Chair, American College of Veterinary Pathologists Annual Meeting
• 2006-2007 Education Chair, American College of Veterinary Pathologists (Program Chair for 2007 Annual Meeting)
• 2005-Current Founding Member and Steering Committee Representative, Provost Target Investment Initiative in Public Health Preparedness in Infectious Diseases, The Ohio State University
• 2007 Member, Organizing Committee, International Retrovirology Meeting, May 22-26, 2007, Toyko, Japan
• 2003-Current Associate Editor, Retrovirology, Biomedical Central Open Access Internet Journal, London, United Kingdom
• 2003-Current Editorial Board Member, Journal of Virology, American Society of Microbiology Press, Washington, D.C.
• 2001-Current Editorial Board Member, Virology, Academic Press, Inc. San Diego, CA
• 2000-Current Member, Integrated Biomedical Science Graduate Program, College of Medicine, The Ohio State University, Columbus, OH
• 1998-Current Professor, Department of Veterinary Biosciences, College of Veterinary Medicine, The Ohio State University, Columbus, OH

Honors and Awards

• 2008 American Cancer Society and John Peter Minton, Hero of Hope Research Medal of Honor, American Cancer Society, Ohio Division
• 2005 Fellow, American Association for the Advancement of Science (AAAS)
• 2004 Distinguished Scholar Award, The Ohio State University (awarded annually to 6 faculty)
• 2003 National Gamma Career Award, Omega Tau Sigma Veterinary Fraternity, The Ohio State University, College of Veterinary Medicine
• 1999 Dean's Teaching Excellence Award for Graduate Education, The Ohio State University, College of Veterinary Medicine
• 1998 David White Research Award, College of Veterinary Medicine, The Ohio State University, (first recipient of award)
• 1995 Pfizer Award for Research Excellence, College of Veterinary Medicine, The Ohio State University (1 faculty award selected annually)

Professional Service (2005-Current)

• 2008 External Review Panel Member, National Cancer Institute, Wistar Institute Cancer Center Site Visit, Philadelphia, PA, October 29 - 31, 2008
• 2008 Ad Hoc Grant Reviewer, National Institutes of Health, Special Emphasis Panel Topics in Virology, ZRG1 IDM-P 91, Georgetown, MD. March 4, 2008
• 2008-Current Graduate Council Member, Graduate School, The Ohio State University
• 2008-2011 President's American Association Advancement of Science (AAAS) Fellows Committee Member, The Ohio State University
• 2007 External Review Panel Member, University of Maryland, Department of Veterinary Medicine, College of Agriculture and Natural Resources, University of Maryland, College Park, Maryland, July 11-13, 2007
• 2007 Site Visit Panel Member, National Institutes of Health, New England Primate Research Center, Southborough, MA, June 24-26, 2007
• 2007 Site Visit Panel Member, National Institutes of Health, Laboratory of Cellular Oncology, March 19-21, 2007
• 2007 Medical Center Coordinating Council, Member, Medical Center, The Ohio State University
• 2007 Graduate Program Development Subcommittee Co-leader, Public Health Preparedness Targeted Investment Program.
• 2007 Committee for forming Institute for Food and Production Animal Medicine. Ex officio Member
• 2006-2007 Department of Veterinary Preventive Medicine, Chair Search Committee Chair, College of Veterinary Medicine (Appointed by Dean)
• 2005-2011 Provost Target Investment Initiative, Leader Infectious Disease Group and Steering Committee Representative, College of Veterinary Medicine
• 2006 Ad Hoc Grant Reviewer, National Institutes of Health, Special Emphasis Panel Topics in Virology, ZRG1 IDM-G 90, Bethesda, MD
• 2005 Site Visit Panel Member, National Institutes of Health, Yerkes Primate Research Center Site Visit, Atlanta, Georgia, October 18-21, 2005
• 2005 External Reviewer, Department of Veterinary Pathology, Iowa State University, College of Veterinary Medicine, May 1-3, 2005

Administrative Leadership Assignments

• 2006-2007 Education Chair, American College of Veterinary Pathologists (Program Chair for 2007 Annual Meeting)
• 2007 Member, Organizing Committee, International Retrovirology Meeting, May 22-26, 2007, Tokyo, Japan.
• 2003-Present Associate Director for Basic Sciences, Comprehensive Cancer Center, The Ohio State University.
• 2003-2006 Director, NIH, NCRR T-32 Predoctoral Training Grant, Research Training for Veterinary Students, Department of Veterinary Biosciences, The Ohio State University.
• 2002-2003 Member, Organizing Committee, International Retrovirology Meeting, June 5-8, 2003 in San Francisco, CA.
• 2002-Present Chair, Department of Veterinary Biosciences, The Ohio State University.
• 2002-Present Co-Director, NIH, NCRR T-32, Postdoctoral Training Grant in Mouse Pathobiology, Department of Veterinary Biosciences, The Ohio State University. Initiated and organized training grant application to National Center for Research Resources, National Institutes of Health.

Professional Societies

• 2008-Current, American Society of Hematology
• 2003-Current, American Association for Cancer Research
• 2003-Current, American Society of Biochemistry and Molecular Biology
• 1999-Current, American Society of Virology
• 1998-Current, Conference Research Workers in Animal Diseases
• 1996-Current, American College of Veterinary Microbiologists
• 1993-Current, International Retrovirology Society: HTLV (2003 Advisory Board)
• 1977 Current, American Veterinary Medical Association
• 1988 Current, American College of Veterinary Pathologist
• 1989-Current, American Society of Microbiology
• 1989-Current, American Association for the Advancement of Science

Teaching

Professional Medical or Veterinary Related

• 1995-Current, VM 550, Comparative Biology of Disease (Core), The Ohio State University, Department of Veterinary Biosciences, Section Leader- Virology, (9 hrs total), Winter Quarter.
• 1990-Current, VM 700.14, Applied Pathology, The Ohio State University, Department of Veterinary Biosciences, (Weekend Duties - 4 to 6 per year, 3 contact hrs per duty assignment).

Graduate and Post Doctoral

• 1996-Current MMI 754, Fundamentals of Molecular Virology, 5 credit hrs (7 hrs of lecture, Spring Quarter), "Retrovirus" (Co-developer of course with Dr. D.Parris)
• 1990-Current VBS 815, Veterinary Surgical Pathology, The Ohio State University, College of Veterinary Medicine, Department of Veterinary Biosciences, VBS 815. (one 4 week rotation per year)
• 1990-Current VBS 718, Advanced Gross Pathology, The Ohio State University, College of Veterinary Medicine, Department of Veterinary Pathobiology, VBS718. (Weekend Duties, 4-6 per year, 3 hrs Graduate Student Contact per session)
• 1990-Current VBS 850, Research Seminar in Veterinary Biosciences, 1 credit hr (Research updates and attendance weekly as faculty member). Seminar coordinator 1997-98; 2000-2001
• 1990-Current VBS 693, Individual Studies, College of Veterinary Medicine, Variable enrollment includes graduate, professional, and undergraduate students.1-10 credit hrs.
• 1991-Current VBS 999, Research in Veterinary Biosciences, The Ohio State University, College of Veterinary Medicine, Enrollment for graduate students thesis research. 1-10 credit hrs.
• 1990-Current VBS 800.02, Veterinary Histopathology Seminar, The Ohio State University, College of Veterinary Medicine, 1 credit hour. Offered quarterly. (averaged 1 individual seminar per 18 months, and attendance periodically as faculty member)