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Advisory Panel
Kathy Aureden, MS, MT(ASCP) SI, CIC
Epidemiology Co-ordinator, Association for Professionals in Infection Control and Epidemiology (APIC)
Kathy Aureden, MS, MT(ASCP) SI, CIC, co-manages the Epidemiology Program for Sherman Health in Elgin,
Illinois. She is responsible for all aspects of infection prevention and control for the hospital setting, and serves as
consultant to the ancillary facilities of the health system. She is an active member of several associations, including
the Association for Professionals in Infection Control and Epidemiology (APIC). ■
Joseph M Colacino, PhD
Vice President, Drug Discovery, PTC Therapeutics
Joseph M Colacino, PhD, is Vice President of Drug Discovery at PTC Therapeutics, where he oversees drug discovery
activities across therapeutic areas. He has previously worked for Eli Lilly as Research Acquisition Advisor, Director of
Virology, and Director of Infectious Diseases Research. Dr Colacino is widely published and serves on several
specialist Editorial Boards. He is a Member of the Board of the International Society for Antiviral Research (ISAR). ■
Clifford W Houston, PhD
President, American Society for Microbiology (ASM)
Clifford W Houston, PhD, is the Associate Vice President for Educational Outreach and holds the Herman Barnett
Distinguished Endowed Professorship in Microbiology at the University of Texas Medical Branch. He is the former
Deputy Associate Administrator for Education in the Office of Education at NASA Headquarters, Washington, DC.
Dr Houston has recently been appointed to the National Institutes of General Medical Sciences Advisory Council. ■
Joseph F John, Jr, MD
Chief, Medical Subspecialty Services, Ralph H Johnson Veterans Administration Medical Center, and
Professor of Medicine, Medical University of South Carolina
Joseph F John, Jr, MD, serves as the Associate Chief of Staff for Education at Ralph H Johnson VA Medical Center,
Charleston. He has a sustaining interest in the mechanisms and control of antibiotic resistance. Dr John was part
of the team that initially demonstrated the importance of bacterial plasmids in the spread of antibiotic resistance
genes in Gram-negative hospital pathogens. He is an active member of many organizations. ■
Keith P Klugman, MB, BCh, PhD, FRCPath (Lond)
Member-at-Large, Executive Committee, International Society of Infectious Diseases (ISID)
Keith P Klugman, MB, BCh, PhD, FRCPath (Lond), is the William H Foege Chair of Global Health in the Hubert
Department of Global Health at the Rollins School of Public Health and Professor of Medicine in the Division of
Infectious Diseases of the School of Medicine, Emory University, in Atlanta. Professor Klugman is Chair of the
International Committee of the American Society for Microbiology (ASM), the largest single life science society. ■
Rodney Kort
Former Senior Manager, Initiatives, International AIDS Society (IAS)
Rodney Kort’s career in the health sector began with AIDS Vancouver, Canada. He subsequently moved to Ottawa
to join the Canadian AIDS Society, focusing on on treatment, community-based funding, and regulatory policy
issues. From 1999 to 2005 he worked for the Province of Ontario’s Ministry of Health in the provincial AIDS Bureau
and the Research Unit, managing the health services research grants. ■
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