Pathology/DLAR University of Pittsburgh
Joseph T. Newsome MS, DVM, DACLAM is currently Associate Professor in the Department of Pathology and Assoc. Director – Division of Laboratory Animal Resources University of Pittsburgh. He is also the Director of the UPMC Hillman Cancer Center NCI CCSG supported AF shared resource. He received a B.Sc. in Microbiology in 1980, Masters in Pathobiology in 1982 working with the research team of Dr. Richard Olson which developed the first vaccine for feline leukemia and obtained a Doctorate of Veterinary Medicine in 1986 from the Ohio State University College of Veterinary Medicine. For the ten years he wore multiple hats at Georgetown University in Washington, DC including facility manager, assistant professor of surgery and pathology and clinical veterinarian overseeing surgery and radiological research support. In 1996 he became a diplomat of the American College of Laboratory Animal Medicine and concurrently completed a post-doctoral training program in experimental pathobiology, assisting in the development of the animal models with the team that eventually led to the current Human Papilloma Virus Vaccine. From 2000 - 2012 he was the University of Pittsburgh’s Attending Veterinarian. He is the author or co author of over 70 articles and book chapters. During his career he has been the Principal Investigator (5) or coinvestigator (6) on multiple NCRR/OPIR/NIH funded grants focused on renovations or new construction projects related to vivaria in multiple institutions. He has sat on many NIH Study sections currently part of standing review groups for Intrumentation Grants and National Primate Resource Centers. He is involved in national and industry level organizations such as NASEM, ACLAM, APV, AALAS, and AVMA with leadership roles currently being Past Chair of the ILAR Roundtable of the NASEM, a subcommittee chair for the ACLAM foundation since 2006 and was Vice Chair of the Policies & Procedures Coordinating Committee (PPCC) of AAALAS 2001. His current focus and expertise are in management, biosecurity, biocontainment, facility design and operations, industry focused euthanasia and staff compassion fatigue, and scientifically cancer modeling, immunology and virology.
F14 - What happened to ILAR and what is BAHSCR?
Tuesday, November 19, 2024
3:30 PM – 4:45 PM PT