Upcoming Meeting July 9 and Manna Food Packing Night July 14, 2015

Posted by Bob Nelson

on Jul 07, 2015

[Left] Thursday's guest speaker, Bruce Fowler, has a B.S. degree in Fisheries (Marine Biology) from the University of Washington in 1968 and a Ph.D. in Pathology from the University of Oregon Medical School in 1972. He was a staff scientist at the National Institute of Environmental Health Sciences from 1972 until 1987 when he became Director of the University of Maryland System -wide Program in Toxicology and Professor at the University of Maryland School of Medicine. From 2002 to 2003, he served as a Senior Research Advisor to the Agency for Toxic Substances and Diseases Registry (ATSDR) in the Division of Toxicology and from 2003 to 2011, he was the Associate Director for Science in the Division of Toxicology and Environmental Medicine at ATSDR as a Title 42 Distinguished Consultant. He was a Senior Fellow/Expert Consultant at ICF International from 2011-2014 and is currently a private consultant and Adjunct Professor, Emory School of Public Health and Presidents Professor of Biomedical Science and the University of Alaska- Fairbanks. Dr. Fowler, who is an internationally recognized expert on the toxicology of metals has served on a number of State, National and International Committees in his areas of expertise. [Right] Alex Naron leads the box packing at the Manna Food Center at 7pm on Tuesday, July 14. With summer vacations, he can really use your help this month.