MSU Experts on Call
Vincent Young, assistant professor of medicine, who also has appointments in the Department of Microbiology and Molecular Genetics, as well as the National Food Safety and Toxicology Center. He is an expert on gastrointestinal infectious diseases. He also is director of the Young Lab, which has the goal of understanding the role of bacteria in acute and chronic gastrointestinal illness. Phone: (517) 432-3100, Ext. 118; youngvi@msu.edu
Valerie Chadwick, assistant professor of small animal clinical sciences. She and a team of MSU veterinarians, veterinary technicians and veterinary students are on their way to the hurricane-ravaged area to help care for animals affected by the storm. The team left Sept. 19 and returns to MSU Oct. 2. Chadwick has been involved in veterinary-related volunteer work for a number of years. She has worked on Indian reservations in the western United States, as well as in Third World countries. Phone: (517) 353-5420, Ext. 1; chadwic8@msu.edu
Thomas Wolff, MSU associate dean for undergraduate studies in the College of Engineering and associate professor in the Department of Civil and Environmental Engineering is a consultant to the Army Corps of Engineers, working on levee design and risk assessment. Like many, he's ready to offer whatever assistance he can. But like many of his colleagues nearer to the affected areas - who have their bags packed and are poised to go - he's waiting until the extent of the damage can be determined and the authorities send out the call. (517) 355-5128, wolff@msu.edu
Joan Rose, the Homer Nowlin Chair in Water Research and director of the Environmental Microbiology Laboratory, is an expert in waterborne disease, quantitative microbial risk assessment, cryptosporidium and giardia in water, environmental virology and water microbiology. (517) 432-4412, rosejo@msu.edu
Jeff Andresen, associate professor of geography, is an expert in applied climatology and Agricultural Meteorology. (517) 432-4756, andresen@msu.edu
Professor Lonnie Rosen, Department of Psychiatry, has been asked by the athletic dept at LSU to come down and assist them with their acute mental health issues. These include worries about family, the changed nature of the LSU campus with displaced persons being housed on campus, and loss issues around the damage/destruction of their homes/towns and former secondary schools. Lonnie has worked with the LSU football team for some time and will be contributing his time for this visit.
For a complete list of all MSU experts by topic, visit http://newsroom.msu.edu/snav/186/page.htm
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