NEWS & VIEWS. President s Commentary. Dr. Marianne Ash. Inside This Issue. Newsletter of the American College of Veterinary Preventive Medicine

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1 November 2017, Vol. 119 NEWS & VIEWS Newsletter of the American College of Veterinary Preventive Medicine Inside This Issue President s Commentary Dr. Marianne Ash President s Commentary. 1 With Great Sadness... 3 Committee Updates Get to Know a Fellow Diplomate..6 Announcements... 7 Greetings to you all, We are about to enter into a very busy time of the year. A time for sharing our prior year s activities with family and friends via holiday cards, phone calls and visits to parents, grandparents and others. It is a time that we share gifts, food, prayers and memories with one another. It is also a time of year that we think of those we have lost and those who are suffering from illness or other difficulties in their lives. Communications Committee Members: Dr. Lynne White-Shim oskee99@gmail.com Dr. Ross Free ross.a.free@gmail.com Dr. Paul Grunenwald paul.grunenwald@dshs.state.tx.us Dr. Tristan Colonius tcolonius@gmail.com Please forward any news that you would like for us to consider publishing in the next Newsletter! Next issue deadline: February 10, 2018 For me, it is a time that I look back on my own life and try to determine whether I have really given enough of myself for good purposes, especially when compared with what I have received. When I think about the many new friends I have made within ACVPM in the past years, I know that I have received more than I have ever given. Serving as your President and on your ACVPM Board has made me very aware of the genuine kindness and generosity that is universally present among our membership. I watch as our committee chairs and members give hours of service to the College and worry incessantly about fairness in their decisions and timeliness in completion of their assignments. We are witnessing rapid growth in the number of applicants seeking ACVPM membership because of you! You are friendly, smart and giving in so many ways. These features make for a strong and enticing organization. However, the large geographic distribution of our members causes me to struggle a bit with how we might get to know each other better and would that be a benefit. In the process I decided to map the general location of our members from our membership list on the ACVPM website (Figure 1). Continued on Next Page 1

2 Continued from Previous Page Figure 1 As anticipated, we cover a lot of geography. The list contains information on 959 members, including 772 identified as active and 187 as emeritus. Based on the addresses from this list, our members are scattered among 49 US states and the District of Columbia. There are 20 members with an Armed Forces Europe address, ten from four Canadian provinces and 3 from other countries. The sad note is that there are 96 diplomates on the list with no associated address. I surmise that in addition to those with no address, there are several addresses that are out of date and there may be members listed that are inactive or have passed away. It is a large and difficult task for any one person to keep this list up to date. Until we can come with a better solution, I would like to charge each of you with the task of going to our website and at minimum enter the Members Access section to check the accuracy of your information and update as necessary by going to Edit Your Profile. This list is for members and provides opportunity for us to know our neighbors and find contact information for colleagues. What else might we do with this information? Think about an answer for that question. As the size of our College grows, it is easy for us to distance ourselves from one another and miss opportunities to learn and support the mission of ACVPM. As we grow, would regional groups to provide outreach or other services within a smaller territory be of value? I know that there are numerous creative minds among us with uncanny skill at coming up with ideas to capitalize on our growing membership. Our growth is a good problem to have. Let s make sure that we do our share to maximize the benefit to all! Please share your ideas with your ACVPM leaders! Contact information is available on our ACVPM website. Best wishes to you all for a Joyous Holiday Season, Marianne 2

3 With Great Sadness Dr. Harold G. Temple Dr. Temple (Georgia '58), 82, Dahlonega, Georgia, died June 26, Following graduation, he joined the Air Force, retiring as medical center director of veterinary services at Travis Air Force Base in California. As director, Dr. Temple supervised the care of all the military dogs, food service facilities, and subsistence inspections. He also served on the inspector general team and consulted on veterinary medicine with 22 Air Force installations. During his 21 years of military service, Dr. Temple earned a master's of public health from the University of North Carolina, became a diplomate of the American College of Veterinary Preventive Medicine, and attained the rank of lieutenant colonel. His wife, Jacquelyn; two daughters and a son; 10 grandchildren; and six great-grandchildren survive him. Dr. Thomas G. Murnane JAVMA Vol. 251 No. 9 November 1, 2017 Dr. Murnane (Texas A&M 47), 91, Fort Worth, Texas, died July 13, He served as the 16th chief of the Army Veterinary Corps, from , retiring as brigadier general. Dr. Murnane began his career in general practice in Brenham, Texas, then served two years on the newly formed United States-Mexico Commission to Eradicate Foot-and- Mouth Disease. Dr. Murnane went on to join the Army Veterinary Corps. During his more than 30 years with the corps, he worked at Fort Sam Houston, the Walter Reed Army Medical Center, the Army Medical Research Command as a staff officer, the Army mission in Panama as a laboratory adviser, and the Inter-American Institute for Cooperation in Agriculture in Central America as an area veterinarian. He served in Vietnam with the 9th Field Medical Laboratory. Dr. Murnane was honored with the Meritorious Service Medal, Legion of Merit, Bronze Star Medal, and Distinguished Service Medal. Following his retirement, he worked three years in Mexico City with an international agency, developing veterinary services in the area. Dr. Murnane then returned to Fort Worth and served as the regional public health veterinarian with the Texas Department of Health from , also serving as director of the Humane Society of North Texas. He was a distinguished diplomate and a past president of the American College of Veterinary Preventive Medicine and an honorary diplomate of the American Veterinary Epidemiology Society. Dr. Murnane served on the American Board of Veterinary Specialties and the AVMA House Advisory Committee, having represented the U.S. Army in the House of Delegates as alternate delegate from and in 1981, and as delegate from In 1990, he received the AVMA Public Service Award, and, in 1994, the Texas VMA Distinguished Achievement Award. Dr. Murnane was honored with the AVES Karl F. Meyer-James H. Steele Gold-Headed Cane Award in He is survived by four daughters and a son, 12 grandchildren, 12 great-grandchildren, and a sister. Memorials may be made to the Constance Pollock Murnane Excellence in English Scholarship Fund, University of the Incarnate Word, 4301 Broadway St., San Antonio, TX 78209, or Humane Society of North Texas, 1840 E. Lancaster Ave., Fort Worth, TX JAVMA Vol. 251 No. 10 November 15,

4 ~~~Committee Updates~~~ Continuing Education Committee Due to an unforeseen issue with our Webinar platform, many of you were unable to view live our webinar on Nov 2nd. We apologize for this inconvenience and are diligently working to correct it for the future. But all is not lost - this webinar, The Ecology of Emerging Zoonotic Diseases, along with recent and future webinars are posted on both the ACVPM website (under Continuing Education Webinars ) and new ACVPM YouTube channel. Remember to subscribe to the ACVPM YouTube channel - it's free, quick and easy. Go to search for ACVPM and click on the subscribe button. Upcoming Webinars you don t want to miss these December 7 at 2:00 PM (EST) Dr. Susan Little; The Changing Distributions of Ticks and Tick-borne Infections January or February 2018 Dr. Heather Fritz; What has Toxoplasma in Sea Otters Taught Us About Risks and the One Health Approach to Global Public Health? Have good idea for a topic or speaker for an upcoming Webinar? Question or comment for our Committee? We want to hear from you! We can be reached at CE@acvpm.org. Respectfully submitted, Jason Stull CE Committee, Chair Nominations and Awards Committee The Nominations and Awards Committee is charged with developing a slate of candidates each year for upcoming open Executive Board positions. The next ACVPM Executive Board elections will be held in April 2018 for these three upcoming open positions: President-elect (2 yr term, followed by 2 yrs as president, then 2 yrs as past-president) Secretary-treasurer (3 yr term) Councilor (3 yr term) The newly elected Executive Board officers will begin their terms at the end of the ACVPM general membership meeting at AVMA in Denver. A description of these roles can be found in the ACVPM Constitution and Bylaws in the members section of the ACVPM Website. Executive Board candidates typically have demonstrated active participation and interest in ACVPM through volunteer service on ACVPM committees. If you are interested in being nominated to run for one of these positions, or have questions about serving on the Executive Board, please contact any of the Nominations and Award Committee members: Dr. Scott Brooks, Past-president / Nominations and Awards Committee Chair Dr. Marianne Ash, President Dr. Brian McCluskey, President-elect Dr. Renee Funk, Nominations and Awards Committee Councilor Deadline for contacting us to let us know your interest in being nominated is January 31,

5 Examinations Committee The Examination Committee is looking ahead to the 2018 Exam and the Subject Matter Experts are beginning to craft questions in each of the five Subject Areas for the June exam at The Ohio State University. Any chance recent headlines will find their way into this year s exam questions? Possibly. there is never a shortage of preventative medicine topics in the news! Recent examples: Marine Recruits Sickened in E. Coli Outbreak, Campylobacter outbreak linked to contact with puppies, Global population health hinges on veterinary public health. As always, Committee members welcome input, suggestions, and assistance from other Diplomates on exam questions and topics. The Committee is especially interested in expanding the database of multiple-choice questions and suggestions can be sent directly to Committee members. Note too that writing questions for the ACVPM Certification Examination that are accepted by the Examination Committee earns points towards maintaining your ACVPM Certification Examinations Committee Subject Matter Experts: Dr. Lisa Ann Conti (Public Health Administration and Education and Committee Vice Chair, 13-19): lxc2001@gmail.com; Dr. Margery Hanfelt (Food Safety, 14-20): margery.hanfelt@us.army.mil; Dr. Greg Habing (Epidemiology and Biostatistics, 15-21): habing.4@osu.edu; Dr. Aaron Scott (Infectious and Parasitic Diseases, 16-22): aaron.e.scott@aphis.usda.gov ; Vacant: (Environmental Health, 17-23) Note: the Committee is in the process of filling this vacancy; in the interim, contact Rick Hill at arhill@iastate.edu Respectfully submitted, R. E. Hill, Exam Committee Chair Credentials Committee The deadline for applications for the 2018 ACVPM Board Exam was Oct ACVPM received 92 applications. The ACVPM Credentials Committee is about to begin reviewing these applications, their review should be complete by the end of December Nina Marano Chair, Credentials Committee Communications Committee The Communications Committee wants to hear from you! We d like to highlight the many ways our fellow ACVPM Diplomates advance animal and public health, so we invite you to share your stories, news, presentations, and other updates for the newsletter. To this end, we especially seek stories featuring our members in action, like the story we ve included in this issue featuring fellow Diplomates who assisted with hurricane response efforts. We are also exploring how we might continue to assist the College in disseminating communications to members through various media. Please feel free to reach out to any member of the Communications Committee with your ideas and news. Thank you, and have a wonderful Thanksgiving. Lynne White-Shim 5

6 ~~~Meet a Fellow Diplomate/Members in Action~~~ The Communications Committee invites you to get to know Dr. Barbara Jones as she shares her experience during Hurricane Harvey relief efforts. Barbara Jones is a traditional Public Health Officer with the 104 th Fighter Wing in Massachusetts. She was deployed to Texas for Task Force Harvey after Hurricane Harvey as a member of the Massachusetts Homeland Response Force Health Risk Assessment Team. There are only 3 teams in the country, located in Massachusetts, Texas, and California and each team consists of 5 people; a Public Health Officer, a Flight Surgeon, a Medical Plans and Operations Officer, a Bioenvironmental Officer, and a Medical Logistics and Readiness Non-Commissioned Officer. The team is designed to provide risk assessments in a variety of situations to enable incident commanders to make evidence-driven decisions. The main tasking of the team is to support CBRN missions through its home region Homeland Response Force (HRF) within assigned FEMA regions or other requesting stakeholders. Dr Jones was initially assigned to the Joint Task Force Joint Surgeon General Austin in Austin, TX but was sent forward with the Bioenvironmental officer to be embedded with the 111th MMB (Army Multifunctional Medical Battalion) based in Katy, TX under the Task Force Katy Surgeon prior to spending the final days back with the Joint Surgeon General Austin. During her time with the 11th MMB, she provided operational and technical advisory support to the Task Force Surgeon for an area including Houston, Beaumont, Port Arthur, Orange, and Angleton. She visited Houston, Beaumont, Port Arthur, and the Ford Center conducting assessments and coordinated data from medical elements in the Area of Operation. The deployment was a true One Health mission. The Ford Center in Beaumont, TX was the operations center for Air Force, Army, civilian organizations, and animal rescues both large and small animals. 6

7 ~~~Announcements~~~ ACVPM YouTube Channel The ACVPM has established a branded YouTube channel! The channel is meant to serve several purposes, including allowing access to recorded webinars, recorded annual meetings, and informative videos to help future and current Diplomates keep abreast of requirements and opportunities through the College. Please check out the new YouTube channel and subscribe to receive notices when new videos are posted! Just follow this link: 7