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Award, Excellence in Emergency Response Deepwater Horizon Oil Spill

Response Team; and the U.S. Pharmacopeia Group Award for an Innovative
Response to Public Health Challenges. To better serve U.S. and Foreign
Policy, I was appointed Member on the United Nations Food and Agriculture
Organization/World Health Organization Joint Expert Committee on Food

Additives. In addition, I currently serve as the Chair of the Maryland
Federation (NARFE) Legislative Committee and on the Fulbright Association
Board of Directors as Chair of the Advocacy Task Force.

I am Dr. George J. Galasso, a Veteran, and I served in the National Institutes
of Health (NIH), Department of Health and Human Services. I graduated from

Manhattan College in New York City, served in the U.S. Army, and
subsequently earned a Ph.D. in Microbiology at the University of North
Carolina.

In 1968, I was accepted into the Grants Associates Program of the NIH, and
began my career as an administrator of scientific programs. I was
subsequently hired by the National Institute of Allergy and Infectious Diseases

(NIAID), where I initiated a contract program to investigate whether antiviral
drugs could be found to treat virus infections. This was in the late 1960s when
there was doubt that antivirals would be successful. This program was able to
demonstrate that antiviral agents could indeed be successfully used against

ongoing serious viral infections. The AIDS epidemic soon followed, with
success in developing antivirals for treatment. My efforts in the field of
antiviral research, developing antivirals, including Interferon, for the treatment

of viral infections and cancer, have been internationally recognized.

I subsequently became Chief, Infectious Disease Branch, responsible for

vaccine development in addition to antivirals. In this capacity, I was
responsible for the development of the Zoster vaccine and supported the
development of pneumococcal vaccine.

The second half of my career at NIH was as Associate Director for Extramural
Affairs of the NIH, developing policies including conflict of interest
guidelines, following Congressional authorization of government scientists to

hold patents and collaborate with industry. I have authored nearly 100
scientific articles, reviews and two texts. I am the recipient of numerous
Public Health Service and Achievement Awards, as well as international

awards and an Honorary Doctorate.

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