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Beckham is named director of vet med labTexas The Texas A&M University System Board of Regents has named Dr. Tammy Beckham as director of the Texas Veterinary Medical Diagnostic Laboratory. The Board of Regents made the announcement following a telephone meeting. Beckham was selected as the sole finalist for the position at the March regents meeting. "Dr. Beckham is one of the nation's foremost experts in animal diseases, and we are extremely fortunate that she has accepted the opportunity to lead our efforts in this important area," said Bill Jones, board chairman. For the past year, Beckham has been director of the Foreign Animal Disease Diagnostic Laboratory, a part ofthe U.S. Department of Agriculture's Plum Island Animal Disease Center in New York. Her responsibilities included managing the diagnosis of animal diseases, overseeing a nationwide animal health diagnostic system and coordinating efforts with the Department of Homeland Security, the National Animal Health Laboratory Network and other entities. For the past year, Beckham has been director of the Foreign Animal Disease Diagnostic Laboratory, a part ofthe U.S. Department of Agriculture's Plum Island Animal Disease Center in New York. Her responsibilities included managing the diagnosis of animal diseases, overseeing a nationwide animal health diagnostic system and coordinating efforts with the Department of Homeland Security, the National Animal Health Laboratory Network and other entities. The lab serves as the nation's authority on animal disease diagnosis. Any suspected outbreak of a foreign animal disease, such as foot and mouth disease, must first be confirmed by the lab at Plum Island. Working in various capacities at Plum Island over the last six years, Beckham specialized in developing ways using emerging technologies to more rapidly and accurately diagnose such potentially devastating diseases as foot and mouth, rinderpest and swine fever. "Her experience at the premier animal disease diagnostic laboratory in the country will be invaluable for leading our Texas program forward," said Dr. Mark Hussey, interim vice chancellor for agriculture and life sciences at Texas A&M. The Texas Veterinary Diagnostic Laboratory is one of 12 core member laboratories in the country that comprise the National Animal Health Laboratory Network, providing surveillance and response to high-consequence animal diseases. 5/5/08 Date: 5/1/08
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