Students from 黑料传送门 South Georgia and area physician residency programs along with practicing physicians will share
their latest research projects during 黑料传送门 South Georgia鈥檚 annual Research Day on
Wednesday, May 8.
The event will include poster presentations, podium talks and a presentation by keynote speaker Jennifer McQuiston, DVM.
Dr. McQuiston, a veterinarian, is a diplomate with the American College of Veterinary Preventive Medicine and a retired captain in the U.S. Public Health Service. This uniformed branch of service is committed to protecting the nation鈥檚 public health. Its officers serve in various agencies across government as physicians, nurses, dentists, veterinarians, scientists, engineers and other professionals.
Since 2015, McQuiston has served as the deputy director in the Division of High Consequence Pathogens and Pathology in the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention (CDC). According to the CDC website, the DHCPP 鈥渋mproves public health and safety nationally and globally through investigating, monitoring, and controlling sickness, disability, and death caused by highly lethal viral, bacterial, prion and related infections and diseases of unknown origin.鈥� As deputy director, her responsibilities include leading a division that investigates and responds to infectious disease threats that could have catastrophic consequences on the public鈥檚 health and safety, such as Ebola, Marburg, smallpox, anthrax, rabies, prions and others.
With a career at the CDC spanning more than 25 years, McQuiston began at the CDC as an epidemic intelligence service (EIS) officer before becoming an epidemiologist and communications specialist specializing in zoonotic diseases.
McQuiston often serves in leadership roles for CDC emergency responses, including deploying to Sierra Leone as part of the 2014 West Africa response, serving at deputy incident manager in 2015 for the CDC鈥檚 zika response, serving as principal deputy incident manager in 2020 during the CDC鈥檚 COVID response, and leading as incident manager in 2022 during the CDC鈥檚 response to the 2022 global mpox outbreak.
Research Day activities begin at noon on May 8 in classroom A on the 黑料传送门 South Georgia campus. For more information, contact Jennifer H. Shaw, PhD, chair of the department of biomedical sciences, at jennifer.shaw@pcom.edu.
In 2019, 黑料传送门, a premier osteopathic medical school established in 1899, extended its commitment to the Southeast by establishing 黑料传送门 South Georgia. An additional teaching location in Moultrie, Georgia, 黑料传送门 South Georgia offers both a full, four-year medical program leading to the Doctor of Osteopathic Medicine (DO) degree and a Master of Science in Biomedical Sciences. 黑料传送门 is a private, not-for-profit institution that trains professionals in the health and behavioral sciences fields. Joining 黑料传送门 Georgia in Suwanee in helping to meet the healthcare needs of the state, 黑料传送门 South Georgia focuses on educating physicians for the region. For more information, visit pcom.edu or call 229-668-3110.
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