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Emerging Infectious Disease Fellow: Assisted in the coordination of emergency preparedness activities: budget management, training, development and maintenance of local, regional, state, and federal agency relationships, exercise design and evaluation for grant compliance, continuity of operations planning, and policy development. • Assisted with planning and coordination of emergency preparedness programs for infectious disease outbreaks and biological, chemical, and radiological… Show more Emerging Infectious Disease Fellow: Assisted in the coordination of emergency preparedness activities: budget management, training, development and maintenance of local, regional, state, and federal agency relationships, exercise design and evaluation for grant compliance, continuity of operations planning, and policy development. • Assisted with planning and coordination of emergency preparedness programs for infectious disease outbreaks and biological, chemical, and radiological terrorism • Coordinated and planned all hazards exercises for organization and preparedness partners in compliance with the Homeland Security & Evaluation Program• Completed training and developed expertise in Chemical Biological Radiological and Nuclear Defense and National Incident Command System • Supported emergency preparedness activities as assigned by Director; selected examples:o Development of Iowa Environmental Lab Response Network; secured funding, planned Environmental Network Summit, created communication network, drafted final report for publicationo Edited and revised emergency response protocols, Continuity of Operations Plan, Duty Officer Protocol, CBRNE, and policy related to chemical and biological terrorism per federal and state regulationso Conducted quality improvement assessment of stakeholder satisfaction for the preparedness training delivery system, developed recommendations to improve cost effectiveness and online accessibilityo Coordinated and planned all hazard exercises with city, county, state, and federal partners Show less

Research summary: EpsG is a protein essential for the function of the Type II secretion system of Vibrio Cholerae. This system secretes virulence factors such as cholera toxin, proteases, chitinase, lipase, and a protein required for adhesion to gut epithelium. EpsG subunits are considered to assemble into pilus-like structures in the periplasm and either close and open the outer membrane pore for secretion or actively push secreted proteins through the pore. EspG mutants were constructed… Show more Research summary: EpsG is a protein essential for the function of the Type II secretion system of Vibrio Cholerae. This system secretes virulence factors such as cholera toxin, proteases, chitinase, lipase, and a protein required for adhesion to gut epithelium. EpsG subunits are considered to assemble into pilus-like structures in the periplasm and either close and open the outer membrane pore for secretion or actively push secreted proteins through the pore. EspG mutants were constructed and tested for their ability to complement a deletion epsG mutant in its ability to secrete proteases. Two mutant classes were detected, those that encode functional EpsG proteins and those that encode non-functional proteins. My research focused on functional analysis of these mutants. Show less