Dana Pollard
Vivarium Supervisor and Animal Health Technician @Health Resources And Services Administration Hrsagov , Hhs
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WORK HISTORY
Vivarium Supervisor and Animal Health Technician @Health Resources And Services Administration Hrsagov , Hhs
Baton Rouge, LA, US
Supervise vivarium personnel and oversee inventory and daily activities. Inspect and tend to athymic, conventional, transgenic mouse strains, and nine-banded armadillos infected with Mycobacterium lepromatosis and Mycobacterium leprae. Monitor M. lepromatosis and M. leprae infected and non-infected colonies of animals under biosafety level 2. Aid in the husbandry of special (knock-out) mouse strain colonies. Assist and support the principal investigator, veterinarian, and research staffs in performing various procedures and diagnostic tests.
EDUCATION
Texas A&M University
Doctor of Philosophy (Ph.D.), Veterinary Microbiology
Louisiana State University
Master's Degree, Animal Sciences with a concentration in ruminant parasitology
Southern University and Agricultural and Mechanical College at Baton Rouge
Bachelor's Degree, Animal Sciences
ABOUT DANA POLLARD
Gifted scientist seeking a position that would utilize my background in the nutrition, genetics, and parasitology of animals. With work in either a laboratory or in the field, would strive to improve the health and well-being of animals as well as the environment and humans as they all are inextricably connected.
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