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Dr. William D. Hueston Receives Gold Head Cane Award Sponsored by the Hartz Mountain Corporation
Minneapolis, MN (July 20, 2005) - Dr. William D. Hueston, an expert in disease surveillance, animal health monitoring systems and risk analysis, is the recipient of the 2005 Karl F. Meyer-James H. Steele Gold Head Cane Award. Sponsored by The Hartz Mountain Corporation, the award was made during the AVMA Annual Convention in recognition of Dr. Hueston’s contributions to veterinary and human public health.
"It is a great honor to present the Gold Head Cane Award to Dr. Hueston,"said Dr. Lonnie King, President of the American Veterinary Epidemiology Society, which administers the Award. "He has made many outstanding contributions to public health and continues to work tirelessly to help ensure the safety and security of the global food system."
Dr. Hueston is an international expert in bovine spongiform encephalopathy (BSE). He was a member of the British epidemiology team investigating BSE and served for six years on the UK BSE Advisory Committee. He led the first risk assessment for BSE in the United States and was the USDA spokesperson for BSE when the link with variant Creutzfeldt-Jacob Disease was identified in 1996.
Currently, Dr. Hueston is Director of the Center for Animal Health and Food Safety at the University of Minnesota, which focuses on risk communication, quality assurance and certification programs, applied research, and expansion of education and graduate training opportunities in food safety, biosecurity, and public health.
He also serves as a Professor in the College of Veterinary Medicine and Adjunct Professor of Epidemiology in the School of Public Health. He has published and lectured widely on the topics of veterinary and human public health.
The Karl F. Meyer-James H. Steele Gold Head Cane Award was established in 1964 to honor individuals whose work and careers demonstrate noteworthy contributions to the field of veterinary epidemiology. The Award was initiated by Max Stern, founder of the Hartz Mountain Corporation, along with Dr. James H. Steele, who established the Veterinary Public Health Department of the USPHS, and other collaborators.
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