>> WE'RE GOING TO GET STARTED, EVERYONE. GOOD AFTERNOON. THANK YOU FOR SHOWING UP TODAY. THIS IS A SPECIAL DAY FOR DAVE AND MARCY, WE'RE HERE TO CELEBRATE THEIR ACCOMPLISHMENTS AND NATIONAL SAFETY AND BIOCONTAINMENT PROGRAM. MY NAME IS MARCUS HODGES. I'M A GRADUATE OF THE PROGRAM CLASS OF 2009 AND IT'S A PRIVILEGE TO -- [APPLAUSE] >> THANK YOU. IT'S A PRIVILEGE TO BE ABLE TO JOIN THE NBBTP FAMILY AGAIN TO WORK WITH THE PROGRAM. AS MOST OF YOU KNOW IF NOT ALL OF YOU KNOW, THE NBBTP IS THE PARTNERSHIP BETWEEN THE OCCUPATIONAL HEALTH AND SAFETY AND NATIONAL INSTITUTE OF ALLERGY AND INFECTIOUS DISEASE. THE PROGRAM OFFERS TWO YEAR FELLOWSHIPS HERE AT THE NIH BETHESDA CAMPUS PROVIDING A RARE AND UNIQUE OPPORTUNITY TO RECEIVE PROFESSIONAL TRAINING AND BIOSAFETY AND BIOCONTAINMENT. NBBTP PROVIDES AN EXTRAORDINARY ENVIRONMENT, EXPERIENCIAL LEARNING, MENTORSHIP, DEVELOP MEN IT WILL ASSIGNMENTS AND RESEARCH OPPORTUNITIES AND OCCUPATIONAL SAFETY AND HEALTH. NBBTP HAS A MISSION TO PREPARE BIOSAFETY AND BIOCONTAINMENT PROFESSIONALS AT THE HIGHEST CALIBER TO MEET THE NEEDS OF BIOMEDICAL ENGINEERING, EMERGING DISEASE AND CIVILIAN BIORESEARCH COMMUNITIES THROUGH THE # 1st CENTURY. UPON COMPLETING THE PROGRAM GRADUATES HAVE THE ADEPTIBILITY TO BECOME LEADERS IN THE BIOLOGICAL SAFETY FIELD. I HAVE THE PLEASURE OF INTRODUCING DR. DEBRA WILSON, PROGRAM DIRECTOR, ONE OF THE FOUNDERS OF THE NBBTP, PLEASE JOIN ME WELCOMING DR. WILSON. [APPLAUSE] >> I WOULD LIKE TO THANK YOU ALL SO VERY MUCH FOR COMING. THIS IS NOT ONLY A CELEBRATION FOR MARCY AND DAVID, IT'S A CELEBRATION FOR EVERYBODY IN THIS ROOM BECAUSE AS I LOOK AROUND THERE'S NO ONE IN THIS ROOM WHO HASN'T HAD A REACH OUT AND TOUCH MOMENT WITH MARCY AND DAVE. THERE'S NO ONE IN THIS ROOM WHO HASN'T HELPED THESE TWO AS THEY WENT LIEU THE POST-DOC AND OTHER FELLOWS THAT PRECEDED THEM AND THOSE COMING AFTERWARDS. THIS IS A THANK YOU TO ALL YOU IN THE ROOM. YOU ARE OUR MOST DISTINGUISHED GUESTS. SO THANK YOU. APPLAUD FOR YOURSELF. [APPLAUSE] >> SO I WOULD, SPEAKING OF DISTINGUISHED GUESTS I WOULD LIKE DAVID AND MARCY TO INTRODUCE THEIR GUESTS TO YOU TODAY. DAVID, WOULD YOU LIKE TO START? (OFF MIC) [APPLAUSE] (OFF MIC) [APPLAUSE] >> THERE'S BEEN A LITTLE CHANGE IN THE WAY THAT WE HANDLE THE FELLOWSHIP. MARCUS, IF YOU DON'T MIND I'LL TAKE A FEW MOMENTS TO TALK ABOUT THAT. AS YOU KNOW, THE FRONT LINE HEALTHCARE WORKER SAFETY FOUNDATION IS THE ADMINISTRATOR OF THE NBBTP. WELL, THIS YEAR THE CONTRACT WAS UP AND WE HAD A CONTRACT RECOMPETITION. I'M THRILLED FRONT LINE WAS AWARDED THIS CONTRACT. AND WE HAVE MARCUS HERE IN THAT CONTRACT, DR. MARY COWAN, DIRECTIVE DIRECTOR OF THE NBBTP AND WHAT I THINK IS A STROKE OF BRILLIANCE AND WISDOM HAS PLACED DR. MARCUS HODGES HERE FULL TIME TO HELP FELLOWS HELP IN THE TRAINING, GIVE GUIDANCE AND FULL-TIME SUPPORT. MARCUS, I'M THRILLED. THANK YOU. I ALSO WANT TO THANK DR. COWAN WHO MANY OF YOU KNOW HAS BEEN ILL FOR A WHILE AND COULDN'T BE HERE TODAY. BUT DR. COWAN PUT HIS HEART AND SOUL INTO THIS PROGRAM. WE MISS HIM AND HOPE WHEN HI HEALTH IS BETTER WE'LL BE SEEING MORE OF HIM. BUT I WANT TO PUBLICLY THANK MURRAY FOR ALL THE WORK, HIS HEART, HIS DEDICATION TO EACH OF THE FELLOWS AND TO THE PROGRAM AND TO THE NIH. I REALLY CAN'T SAY THANKS ENOUGH. SO THANK YOU TO MURRAY. I HOPE HE'S BACK WITH US SOON. [APPLAUSE] >> I ALSO WOULD LIKE TO THANK THE MEMBERS OF THE FORMER SCIENTIFIC ADVISORY BOARD TO THE NBBTP, THE SCIENTIFIC ADVISORY BOARD IS AN ADVISORY BOARD TO THE FRONT LINE FOUNDATION BUT IS JUST -- WELL, WE DO WITHOUT THEM, WITHOUT THEIR GUIDANCE AND THEIR SUPPORT AND WE HAVE SOME MEMBERS OF THE PREVIOUS SCIENTIFIC ADVISORY BOARD HERE TODAY. I WOULD LIKE TO INTRODUCE THEM TO YOU AND PUBLICLY GIVE THEM THANKS. JANET PETERSON FROM THE UNIVERSITY OF MARYLAND IS SITTING HERE. [APPLAUSE] >> MR. JAMES WELCH WITH THE GRIFFIN FOUNDATION. [APPLAUSE] >> WHO BY THE WAY FELLOWS, YOU KNOW THOSE PESKY JOURNAL ARTICLES YOU HAVE TO WRITE FOR ME ON A WEEKLY BASIS THAT YOU REALLY HATE? THEY WERE JIM'S IDEA. [LAUGHTER] >> YOU'RE WELCOME. (OFF MIC) >> AND THEN ALSO DR. EMMETT BARKLEY. EMMETT NOT ONLY HAS GRACIOUSLY GIVEN OF HIMSELF AS AN INSTRUCTOR AS A LEADER IN THE FIELD AND A LEADER FOR THE NBBTP. AND HAS ALWAYS BEEN AVAILABLE TO WORK WITH ANY OF THE FELLOWS. IN FACT, ANY OF OUR STAFF IN DOHS. PERSONALLY EMMETT IS THE REASON I'M STANDING HERE TODAY. BECAUSE HE WOULDN'T HIRE ME. YOU MAY NOT REMEMBER THIS, EMMETT. I DO. [LAUGHTER] >> I HAD FINISHED COLLEGE AND GONE TO MED TECH SCHOOL AND I WAS BITTEN BY THE NIH AT THAT VERY YOUNG AGE AND I REMEMBER GOING OVER TO BUILDING 31 AND GOING INTO EMMETT'S BIG CORNER OFFICE WITH ALL THE WINDOWS. AND SAYING GEE, DR. BARKLEY, CAN I HAVE A JOB? AND HE SAID NO. (OFF MIC) >> YOU DID. AND HE SAID HERE IS WHAT I THINK YOU SHOULD DO. HE GAVE ME THE NAME OF A PROGRAM AT THE UNIVERSITY OF NORTH CAROLINA, HE THOUGHT I SHOULD ATTEND AND IT WAS JUST STARTING UP. AN IND WAS IN THE SECOND CLASS, BIOHAZARD SCIENCE CURRICULUM THERE AT THE UNIVERSITY OF NORTH CAROLINA SCHOOL OF PUBLIC HEALTH. SO ANY SUCCESS THAT I HAVE HAD IN MY CAREER PROBABLY FINDS ITS WAY BACK TO EMMETT NOT HIRING ME. SO I'M FORCED TO SAY THANK YOU FOR THAT, EMMETT. [LAUGHTER] EMMETT, WOULD YOU LIKE TO -- I MEAN, YOU REALLY HAVE HAD SUCH DRAMATIC IMPACT. WOULD YOU LIKE TO SAY A COUPLE OF WORDS TO EVERYONE? [APPLAUSE] >> IT'S AN INTERESTING THING IN TERMS OF TRYING TO CONCEIVE OF PROGRAMS THAT CAN BE OF VALUE TO SO MANY PEOPLE. I CAN'T IMAGINE ANYTHING OTHER THAN THIS PROGRAM BEING CLEARLY THE BEST ONE THAT I HAVE EVER RUN ACROSS. AND I THINK IT HAPPENS BECAUSE THERE ARE PEOPLE WHO HAVE AN EXPERIENCE OF BENEFIT FROM COLLABORATION WITH SCIENTIST, WITH TEACHERS, AND WHO FIND WEALTH IN THAT IN TERMS OF THEIR CAPABILITIES AND ALWAYS WANT TO RETURN THAT EXPERIENCE TO OTHERS. AND I THINK WITH DEBBIE'S EXPERIENCE AT UNIVERSITY OF NORTH CAROLINA, SHE BROUGHT WITH HER THE FEELING THAT THIS TYPE OF TRAINING AND EXPERIENCE SOMETHING THAT OUGHT TO BE DONE HERE AT NIH. THERE'S NO FINER COMMUNITY IN MY VIEW OF THE SCIENTIFIC ENTERPRISE INTERNATIONALLY THAT WE HAVE HERE AT NIH. IT'S PROBABLY THE MOST WONDERFUL PLACE FOR PEOPLE TO LEARN, TRAIN, EXPERIENCE THE ISSUES RELATED TO BIOSAFETY, IT'S THE PLACE WHERE THE GOVERNMENT IS CLOSE BY AND WE SEE THEIR NEED FOR GUIDANCE FROM PEOPLE WHO UNDERSTAND THE INTERACTIONS BETWEEN PUBLIC HEALTH, SAFETY, GOOD SCIENCE, SAFE SCIENCE. AND THAT'S ALL BEEN ACHIEVED HERE. SO I HOPE THIS PROGRAM CONTINUES TO GROW THERE'S BEEN GREAT SUCCESS IN IT. IF YOU LOOK AT THE REGIONAL CONTAINMENT LABORATORIES AN BIOCONTAINMENT LABORATORIES THAT ARE GOING TO LEAD THE GOVERNMENT'S INTEREST IN THE AREA OF BIOTERRORISM, BIOSAFETY OFFICERS HAVE HAD THEIR EXPERIENCE HERE. SO IT'S A GREAT PROGRAM TO BE, AN EXCITING ONE TO BE, IT'S A CHALLENGING ONE TO HAVE. AND IT'S BEEN THE SUCCESS OF DEBBIE'S LEADERSHIP THAT SOMEHOW KNOWS HOW TO FIRE PEOPLE WHO WILL COME BACK AND LEARN MORE BUT MORE IMPORTANTLY, TO FIND THE RESOURCES THAT ARE REALLY ESSENTIAL TO MAINTAINING THIS VERY, VERY EXCELLENT PROGRAM. IT'S AS FAR AS I'M CONCERNED A NATIONAL TREASURE IN TERMS OF THE DEVELOPMENT OF COMPETENCY, GUIDANCE, SUPPORT OF NEW PEOPLE WHO HAVE THE TALENT TO FOSTER BIOSAFETY, SAFE SCIENCE AND BIOHEALTH THAT ALL OF YOU HAVE CHOSEN THIS PATH AND WISH YOU ALL THE SUCCESS IN THE WORLD TO CONTINUE IT, TO SHARE IT AND TO ENABLE OTHERS THAT YOU INTERACT WITH TO ACQUIRE THE SAME SKILLS AND INTERESTS. THANK YOU. [APPLAUSE] >> I HAVE SAVED I THINK THE BEST AND THE MOST IMPORTANT PEOPLE FOR LAST. TO ACKNOWLEDGE. I WOULD LIKE EVERYBODY ON THE DOHS STAFF, FEDERAL OR NON-FEDERAL, TO STAND UP RIGHT NOW. [APPLAUSE] >> DR. LARSON, DR. LARSON, STAND UP. [APPLAUSE] IT'S THESE FOLKS WHO MAKE THIS FELLOWSHIP POSSIBLE, NOT ME. MS. GRETCHEN, STAND UP. MARCUS, STAND UP. THESE ARE THE PEOPLE WHO MAKE THIS FELLOWSHIP -- THANK YOU, HERB. MAKE THIS FELLOWSHIP WORK. THESE ARE THE FOLKS WHO DAY IN, DAY OUT, TAKE THEIR TIME TO WORK WITH OUR FELLOWS TO SHARE WITH THEM, TO HELP THEM GROW, TO GIVE THEM THE PROFESSIONAL ADVICE GUIDANCE AND ATTENTION. THAT CERTAINLY I CAN'T DO ON A DAILY BASIS. AND THE NBBTP WOULD NOT BE HERE IF IT WERE NOT FOR THESE INDIVIDUALS STANDING BEFORE YOU TODAY. I WITH ALL MY HEART WANT TO THANK YOU. [APPLAUSE] >> AND I THINK IT'S SAFE TO SAY THAT WE IN THE DOHS GAIN AS MUCH FROM THIS PROGRAM AS DO THE FELLOWS WHO GO THROUGH IT. I KNOW I HAVE. I LEARN CONSTANTLY FROM THE FELLOWS AND I'M CONSTANTLY CHALLENGED. THANK YOU SO MUCH. WHAT ARE YOU SITTING OVER THERE FOR, HALLLY? COME SIT AT A TABLE. DID YOU GET SOMETHING TO EAT? OKAY. OKAY. SO HAVING SAID THAT, PLEASE CONTINUE TO EAT YOUR LUNCH. WE HAVE A FEW LITTLE GOODIES WE LIKE TO HAND OUT. MARCUS AND I WILL DO THAT FOR YOU. >> TO REITERATE WHAT DR. WILSON MENTIONED, ONE COMPONENT OF THIS PROGRAM THAT MAKES IT'S SPECIALLY UNIQUE TO ANY OTHER TRAINING PROGRAM IS THE INTERACTION THAT THE FELLOWS GET WITH THE MENTORS. THE MENTORS SELF-LESSLY VOLUNTEER THEIR TIME AND EFFORT TO EXPOSE FELLOWS TO WHAT THE SAFETY SPECIALISTS HAVE TO DO ON A DAILY BASIS. (OFF MIC) >> YES, FIGURATIVELY EXPOSE, RIGHT. THIS PROGRAM DEFINITELY WOULDN'T BE WHAT IT IS TODAY WITHOUT THE MENTORS. WE WANT TO CERTAINLY ACKNOWLEDGE THEM AND CELEBRATE THEIR ACCOMPLISHMENTS AND THEIR WILLINGNESS TO HELP WITH THIS PROGRAM. WE FIRST WANT TO ACKNOWLEDGE KAREN BAXLEY, SHE'S CHIEF OF THE SOSB UNDER THE DOHS. KAREN'S LEADERSHIP IS ESSENTIAL TO THE PROGRAM, SHE'S INSTRUMENTAL ASSIGNING AND HELPING PAIR FELLOWS WITH MENTORS. KAREN, PLEASE ACCEPT THIS CERTIFICATE AS A TOKEN OF APPRECIATION FOR YOUR SERVICE. THANK YOU VERY MUCH. [APPLAUSE] >> WE NEXT WANT TO ACKNOWLEDGE TONYA PETAS. TONYA IS CONSIDERED TO BE AN ULTIMATE MENTOR, SENIOR MENTOR, PER SE. SHE'S BEEN A MENTOR, SHE'S PARTICIPATED WITH NBBTP PRETTY MUCH SINCE THE BEGINNING. WE CERTAINLY WANT TO ACKNOWLEDGE HER FOR HER CONTINUED SERVICE AS A MENTOR. I DON'T BELIEVE TONYA IS HERE TODAY BUT WE WILL CERTAINLY MAKE SURE SHE GETS THIS TOKEN OF APPRECIATION. HELP ME CELEBRATE TONYA. [APPLAUSE] >> JA SI GLASS. PLEASE COME FORWARD. JACKIE IS WILLING TO WEAR MULTIPLE HATS, SHE'S WILLING TO TAKE PICTURES FOR US HERE DURING THE CEREMONY. JACKIE HAS ALSO BEEN A MENTOR SINCE THE BEGINNING OF THE PROGRAM AND WE CERTAINLY WANT TO THANK HER FOR ALL THAT SHE HAS DONE AS A MENTOR. WE'LL TAKE A PICTURE. >> THANK YOU, JACKIE. [APPLAUSE] >> JEFF POTTS. IF YOU COULD COME UP, SIR. JEFF IS ESPECIALLY, HE WORKS WITH THE SENIOR FELLOWS, HE GIVES THEM THE UNIQUE OPPORTUNITY TO GET SOME EXPERIENCE WITH HIGH CONTAINMENT LABORATORIES. JEFF HAS BEEN AN EXCELLENT MENTOR, I HAVE HEARD NOTHING BUT GREAT THINGS ABOUT YOU. THANK YOU FOR WHAT YOU TAUGHT US IN OUR CLASS AND FOR WHAT YOU'RE DOING FOR ALL THE FELLOWS. WE APPRECIATE YOUR SERVICE. THANK YOU. [APPLAUSE] >> KAREN, WE'LL GET YOU LAST. YOU GOT AWAY TOO SOON. >> THIS NEXT PERSON MAY OR MAY NOT REMEMBER BUT HE WAS MY FIRST MENTOR THAT I HAD IN THE PROGRAM. I TELL YOU, WE LITERALLY HIT THE GROUND RUNNING. THIS PERSON, HE'S NO JOKE WHEN IT COMES TO GETTING THOSE SURVEYS DONE. (OFF MIC) >> OH, YES, HE DID. YES, HE DID. BUT I ENJOYED EVERY MINUTE OF IT AND I LEARNED QUITE A BIT FROM THIS INDIVIDUAL. ANDREW LECLARE, IF YOU COULD PLEASE COME FORWARD. [APPLAUSE] >> THIS NEXT PERSON IS VERY INSTRUMENTAL HELPING THE FELLOWS LEARN QUITE A BIT OF MATERIAL WHEN IT COMES TO THE ANIMAL RESEARCH PROGRAM HERE AT THE NIH. WE WANT TO THANK JOHN BONNHART. I DON'T THINK HE'S HERE TODAY BUT WE WILL MAKE SURE HE GETS THIS CERTIFICATE. HELP ME CELEBRATE JOHN BONNHART FOR HIS SERVICE. THANK YOU. >> DIANA MICELI. [APPLAUSE] >> I THINK DURING THE SECOND YEAR OF MY FELLOWSHIP DIANA CAME ON THE SCENE AS ONE OF THE NEW SAFETY SPECIALISTS AND SHE IMMEDIATELY, IMMEDIATELY WANTED TO PARTICIPATE IN THE PROGRAM AND WAS WILLING TO HELP OUT WITH THE MENTORS IN ANY CAPACITY SHE COULD. SO WE CERTAINLY APPRECIATE YOUR HELP. THANK YOU VERY MUCH. [APPLAUSE] >> MARY WINTERS. IS MARY WIBTERS HERE -- WINTERS HERE? MARY WINTERS WE CERTAINLY APPRECIATE YOUR SERVICE AS WELL. IF Y'ALL CAN HELP ME COLLECTIVELY THANK ALL THE MENTORS FOR WHAT THEY DO FOR THIS PROGRAM. [APPLAUSE] >> THOSE WERE VETERAN MENTORS. WE WANT TO ACKNOWLEDGE SOME ROOKIE MENTORS WHO ARE PARTICIPATING FOR THE FIRST TIME THIS YEAR. TRUDY JENTILLI, IF YOU COULD COME UP, PLEASE. [APPLAUSE] >> I WANT Y'ALL TO KNOW, TRUDY IS AN ATTENTION HOG. JUDY LOVES TO BE THE CENTER OF ATTENTION. SHE LOVES TO HAVE PEOPLE TALK ABOUT HER, THANK HER ALWAYS SEEKING THE SPOTLIGHT. >> FOR OUR FIRST TIME MENTORS WE HAVE A PLAQUE WE LIKE TO PRESENT TO THEM AND THE PLAQUE READS THIS PLAQUE IS AWARDED TO TRUDY JENTILLI IN APPRECIATION FOR DEDICATED SERVICE AS A MENTOR IN THE NATIONAL BIOSAFETY AND BIOCONTAINMENT PROGRAM. THANK YOU. [APPLAUSE] >> NEXT WE HAVE ERAJ JAJDANI. >> WHO I MIGHT ADD SURPASSES TRUDY IN THE NUMBER ONE TROUBLEMAKER DIVISION. >> JUST SO EVERYONE KNOWS THE NEW MENTORS EACH YEAR GET A PLAQUE BUT WE ALSO HAVE A LIVING PLAQUE BACK IN THE DIVISION. EACH YEAR THE MENTORS' NAMES ARE ADDED IN A BRASS PLATE FOR THAT YEAR FOR ASSISTING IN THE EXTRAORDINARY ACCOMPLISHMENTS OF THIS FELLOWSHIP. SO I WANTED Y'ALL TO KNOW THAT WE ACKNOWLEDGE THEM THAT WAY TOO. THERE'S ONE OTHER PERSON WHO DIDN'T GET A PLAQUE WHO DOESN'T GET A CERTIFICATE WHO GOES BY PRETTY MUCH UNNOTICED UNTIL WE'RE MAD AT HIM WHEN HE SAYS NO. BUT WITHOUT THE LEADERSHIP, THE DEDICATION OF HERB JACOBI THERE WOULD BE NO NBBPT. HE'S CONTRACT OFFICER FOR THE CONTRACT THAT ADMINISTERS THIS AND ALL AROUND GOOD GUY. I SINCERELY SAY THE FELLOWSHIP WOULDN'T BE HERE WERE IT NOT FOR HERB JACOBI. SO HERB, PLEASE STAND UP. [APPLAUSE] >> ONE OF THE VERY, VERY IMPORTANT PARTS THAT MAKES THIS FELLOWSHIP STAND APART FROM OTHERS BUT ONE MIGHT COMPARE TO IS THE EXPERIENCIAL LEARNING THAT GOES ALONG AND THE DEVELOPMENTAL ASSIGNMENTS. WE WOULD BE VERY REMISS IF WE DIDN'T THANK THOSE INSTITUTIONS AND THE INDIVIDUALS WHO HAVE BEEN SO VERY, VERY HELPFUL TO US PROVIDING DEVELOPMENTAL ASSIGNMENTS FOR OUR FELLOWS. SO I WOULD LIKE TO ACKNOWLEDGE DR. BOB ELLIS FROM COLORADO STATE UNIVERSITY. I WOULD LIKE TO ACKNOWLEDGE BROOK JUDE FROM BARD COLLEGE. PATTY OWINGER FROM EMORY UNIVERSITY. THERESA LAWRENCE, OFFICE OF THE SECRETARY, HHS. UNIVERSITY OF MARYLAND COLLEGE PARK, JANET PETERSON. WHO BY THE WAY IF YOU WANT SOMETHING DONE YOU ONLY HAVE TO CAST A GLANCE JANET'S WAY, YOU DON'T EVEN HAVE TO ASK HER. THE NIH ANIMAL PROGRAM IN GENERAL AND JOHN BONNHART IN PARTICULAR. DR. RANDY LARSON FROM THE IR FREDERICK. NANCY HO FROM THE IRS RML, ROCKY MOUNTAIN LABS.o; HAMILTON, MONTANA. AT THE USDA IN BELTSVILLE, JOE CASTLEBACK AND STONEVILLE, DARRYL WILLIAMS AND WALKER JONES AND I SEE A FORMER MENTOR OUT THERE, MIMI. MIMI IS HERE. AND MIMI, YOU'LL ALWAYS BE MIMI FRIEDMAN TO ME. I'M SORRY. SHE LEFT US TO GO WORK WITH THE FDA BUT AS YOU CAN SEE SHE'S BACK TO CELEBRATE WITH US. SO MIMI, THANK YOU FOR COMING. SO I THINK WE NEED TO MOVE ON TO ONE REASON WE'RE HERE, TO CELEBRATE THE COMPLETION OF THE FELLOWSHIP WITH OUR TWO HONOREES, OUR FELLOWS HERE, DR. MARCY ANN WRIGHT AND DR. DAVID HARBORD. SO MARCY ANN, WOULD YOU JOIN US? MARCY, I WANT Y'ALL TO KNOW I TRIED TO TALK HER OUT OF POLICY. I TRIED, I THREATENED, I CAJOLED. MILTON, YOU HAVE MY SINCEREST SYMPATHY BECAUSE SHE IS ONE STUBBORN WOMAN. OUR LOSS TO THE TECHNICAL SIDE OF THE HOUSE IS DR. LAWRENCE'S GAIN, FOR SURE. MARCY HAS MOVED ON NOW DOING A AAAS FELLOWSHIP IN THE OFFICE OF THE SECRETARY HHS. BUT SHE -- YOU KNOW, IT'S KIND OF -- THOSE OF YOU WHO HAVE BEEN HERE BEFORE KNOW THAT EACH OF THE FELLOWS IS GIVEN A NICK NAME BY DR. COWAN AND MYSELF IN THE PAST. AND DR. WOWAN USUALLY -- COWAN USUALLY DOES IT SO THE JOB FELL TO ME THIS YEAR. AND SOME INTERESTING ATTRIBUTES OF MARCY'S CHARACTER IS THAT SHE'S VERY SUNSHINEY, SHE HAS A POSITIVE OUTLOOK ON EVERYTHING. SHE NEVER BELIEVES THE WORST ABOUT ANYBODY, NO MATTER HOW MUCH WE TRY TO CONVINCE HER. SHE IS PRETTY MUCH A POLLY ANNA. BUT SHE'S ALSO A POLITICO, SHE'S GAINING THE POLITICAL SKILLS. MARCY'S MIDDLE NAME IS POLY POLITICO. AND MARCY, HERE IS YOUR COMPLETION CERTIFICATE. >> THANK YOU ALL SO MUCH FOR COMING TO THIS CELEBRATION. >> OH, MY GOD (INAUDIBLE). >> I'LL BE BRIEF, I HAVE LEARNED IN HHS THAT I REALLY HAVE TO BE BRIEF SO I'LL TURN THIS INTO A 30 SECOND. I REALLY WANT TO REITERATE DR. WILSON'S STATEMENTS THAT THIS REALLY IS ABOUT DOHS AND OUR SCIENTIFIC ADVISORY BOARD AND OUR MENTORS AND OUR DEVELOPMENTAL ASSIGNMENT MENTORS. THANK YOU ALL SO MUCH BECAUSE WITHOUT YOU, I CERTAINLY WOULD NOT BE STANDING HERE TWO YEARS AFTER BEGINNING THIS PROGRAM. PARTICULARLY MY MENTORS DIANA STATLER, JACKIE GLASS, KAREN BAXLEY, RICK BOWMAN FOR THE WORK WITH THE IBC. THANK YOU VERY MUCH. JEFF POTTS, PARTICULARLY CASEY SCAVORK AND DIEGO (INDISCERNIBLE) WITH THE APPLIED BIOSAFETY PROJECT. LAST BUT NOT LEAST, DAVID HARBOR, MY WONDERFUL COLLEAGUE AND FRIEND, IT'S BEEN A WHIRLWIND TWO YEARS. I WISH YOU AND KELLY EVERY SUCCESS AS WE MOVE FORWARD. MY FELLOWSHIP MENTORS DESIGNED AS PERSONALIZED PROFESSIONAL DEVELOPMENT TRAINING PROGRAM FOR ME AND AS DR. WILSON ALLUDED TO, TRIED KICKING AND SCREAMING TO PULL ME AWAY FROM POLICY. BUT I DO WANT TO GIVE A SPECIAL THANKS TO DR. MURRAY COWAN WHO SAID, NO, NO, NO, LET HER DO THE POLICY, DA, LET HHS, BECAUSE I REALLY WANT HER TO UNDERSTAND HOW HORRIBLE IT IS. SO SHE CAN REALLY GET THIS POLICY PROCESS, SAYING YOU DON'T WANT TO DO IT. SO UNFORTUNATELY FOR HIM, IT DIDN'T WORK. I LOVE3oM WHAT I DO. IT IS PROCESS UPON PROCESS UPON INCREMENTAL PROCESS BUT I LOVE IT. I HOPE THE SKILLS I HAVE GAINED IN THIS FELLOWSHIP PROGRAM WILL SERVE THE ENTIRE BIOSAFETY AND BIOSECURITY COMMUNITY WELL. I WOULD LIKE TO THANK MY DEVELOPMENTAL ASSIGNMENT MENTOR, DR. ELLIS, CAPTAIN THERESA LAWRENCE. MS. PATTY OLINGER, MS. JANET PETERSON FOR YOUR WONDERFUL FRIENDSHIP, AND FACILITATING MY PARTICIPATION ON IBC. MOST IMPORTANTLY, MILTON -- WHO TOOK A LEAP OF FAITH WITH ME. IT WAS A HARD DECISION TO LEAVE BIRMINGHAM AND I MOVED UP HERE ALONE AS SOME OF YOU KNOW. MILTON STAYED BEHIND BUT THINGS HAVE WORKED FOR BOTH OF US AND WE'RE HOPEFUL FOR THE FUTURE. OTHERWISE KNOWN AS A COLLEGE STUDENT ACQUIRED INFECTION BY LIVING AND WORKING IN VERY CLOSE QUARTERS OVER THE PAST WEEK WITH STUDENTS AT BART COLLEGE AS CITIZEN SCIENCE PROGRAM. I INTRODUCE MY STUDENTS TO BASIC MOLECULAR BIOLOGY LABORATORY TECHNIQUES THIS WEEK. ON THE FIRST DAY ONE STUDENT E. COLI AND HIS MICROFIEWJ TUBE HE ASKED CAN I EAT THIS? IF I EAT LIT IT MAKE ME ?IK I'M THINKING GEE, I GUESS YOU MISSED THE PORTION OF OUR MISSED ASSESSMENT LECTURE. SO AFTERWARDS THAT QUESTION ALLOWED ME TO SEGUE TO A GETTER DISCUSSION ON PATHOGENIC E. COLI. AND I USE BIOSAFETY RESOURCES FOR MY TRAINING PROGRAM HERE AS WELL AS FROM MISSISSIPPI STATE. I WAS DELIGHTED TO LEARN THAT BY THE TIME WE FINISHED OUR MODULE AND LABORATORY TECHNIQUE YESTERDAY AT 5 P.M., EACH OF MY STUDENTS DONNED THEIR GLOVES PRIOR TO ENTERING THE LABORATORY AND THEY TOOK THEIR GLOVES OFF AND WASHED THEIR HANDS BEFORE THEY LEFT THE LABORATORY WITHOUT ANY PROMPTING FROM ME. THAT TO ME IS THE PURPOSE OF BIOSAFETY. THEY NO LONGER WANTED TO EAT THEIR E. COLI. SO NEXT STEP IS MONONUCLEOSIS. BUT I'M HOPEFUL THAT MY BIOSAFETY PRACTICE AND CONTRIBUTIONS TO BIOSAFETY AND BIOSECURITY POLICY WILL SERVE OUR FIELD WELL AND TO MY BIOSAFETY FAMILY, THANK YOU VERY MUCH. [APPLAUSE] >> DAVID, COME HERE. BEFORE WE HAD LUNCH I WAS TALKING TO DAVE'S PARENTS. AND I CONGRATULATED THEM FOR HAVING A SON THAT'S SUCH A CAN DO CHARGE CHARACTER. HE'S A CAN DO KIND OF GUY. DAVID HAS TAKEN PROJECTS, LEFT UNFINISHED BY OTHERS AN CARRIED THEM THROUGH. I HAVE PASSED OFF CATHY SOON PROJECTS THAT I DIDN'T WANT TO DO TO DAVID AND HE DID THEM IN A REMARKABLY SUCCESSFUL MANNER. HE HAS ACCEPTED A LEADERSHIP ROLE WITH THE JUNIOR FELLOWS IN A REAL YEOMAN'S JOB IN DOING IT IN A SUBSTANTIAL WAY. YOU KNOW, HE'S A BALL HANDLER, HE'S A GOOD BALL HANDLER. IT DOESN'T MATTER WHAT BALL YOU HANDLE HIM. YOU HAND TO HIM. SO I LEARNED FROM DAVID AS Y'ALL KNOW I'M A VIRGINIAIAN AND DAVID IS A VIRGINIAIAN AND HE WENT TO VIRGINIA TECH. BUT HE WAS ALSO A RUG BY PLAYER SO HE'S USED TO BEATING HIS HEAD AGAINST THE WALL. BUT HE WAS A NATURAL FOR THIS PROFESSION. BUT THERE'S A POSITION IN RUGBY CALLED A SCRUM. THE SCRUM POSITION IS KNOWN FOR PASSING THE BALL. I -- AS I STUDIED THIS IMPORTANT SPORT, KNOWN FOR PASSING THE BALL AND TREMENDOUS BALL HANDLING. SO IT JUST SEEMS TO ME FROM THIS DAY FORWARD DAVID SHOULD BE DR. DAVID SCRUM [APPLAUSE] (OFF MIC) >> KELLY, JUST REMEMBER THOSE INTIMATE MOMENTS. SCRUM. [LAUGHTER] >> WELL, I'M NOT SURE HOW TO FOLLOW THAT UP. I REALLY WANT TO ECHO WHAT DR. WILSON AND MARCY SAID EARLIER ABOUT THE FACT -- THE REASON WHY THIS FELLOWSHIP IS SEEN AS IT IS OUTSIDE THE NIH IS BECAUSE OF EVERYONE IN THIS ROOM AND NOT ONLY EVERYONE IN THIS ROOM BUT THOSE WATCHING AND ALL THE CONTACTS WE WERE ABLE TO MAKE FOR OUR DEVELOPMENTAL ASSIGNMENTS, OUTSIDE PROJECTS, PEOPLE IN THE AMERICAN BIOLOGICAL SAFETY ASSOCIATION AND THE LOCAL CHAPTER OF THE AMERICAN BIOLOGICAL SAFETY ASSOCIATION. ALL THOSE PEOPLE THAT ARE WILLING TO TAKE A PHONE CALL FROM US OR GIVE US SOME SAGE ADVICE ON A PARTICULAR PROJECT THAT'S FRUSTRATING, LEARN HOW TO COMMUNICATE WITH SCIENTISTS. I'M REALLY AT A LOSS FOR WORDS AT THE KIND OF CONTRIBUTIONS EVERYONE HAS BEEN ABLE TO MAKE ON MY PROFESSIONAL CAREER. KNOW FROM THE BOTTOM OF MY HEART I REALLY AM THANKFUL AND GRATEFUL FOR ALL MY TIME I HAVE BEEN ABLE TO SPEND WITH YOU GUYS. TO MY WIFE KELLY, THANK YOU FOR BEING WILLING TO PUT UP WITH ME THE LAST COUPLE OF YEARS WHEN I TELL YOU THAT I HAVE TO GO TO MONTANA FOR TWO WEEKS OR LONGER OR I HAVE TO GO TO MISSISSIPPI AND I WON'T BE BACK UNTIL FOUR DAYS BEFORE OUR WEDDING. THINGS LIKE THAT. AGAIN I REALLY AM GRATEFUL FOR ALL MY TIMES TO SPEND WITH YOU GUYS. I WILL ALWAYS TREASURE THE TIME I HAVE HAD IN THE FELLOWSHIP, EVEN IF SOME DOES REVOLVE AROUND BEATING MY HEAD ON A WALL. [APPLAUSE] >> WE HAVE SOME OTHER YOUNG PEOPLE IN THE ROOM WHO Y'ALL MIGHT KNOW -- NOT KNOW AS WELL. I WOULD LIKE TO INTRODUCE TO YOU OUR NOW SENIOR FELLOWS, DR. ANTHONY SCHWARZ. [APPLAUSE] DR. MARY -- MARISSA HICKEY AND DR. THOMAS KRAMER. [APPLAUSE] >> AND NOT ONLY DO WE EXPECT WE KNOW THESE THREE YOUNG PEOPLE WILL ASSUME THE LEADERSHIP POSITION AND -- THAT WE EXPECT OF THEM. BOTH IN THE FIELD AND TAKING THE NEW FELLOWS UNDER THEIR WING AND BRINGING THEM ALONG. SO THANK YOU. I WOULD LIKE TO INTRODUCE OUR THREE NEW JUNIOR FELLOWS WHO HAVE JUST SHOWN UP. WAS IT ONLY THIS WEEK? YOU HAVE BEEN HERE A WHOLE WEEK? DR. JARRED DR. MEGHAN PLUS SELSER. WE GOT TWO FOR ONE WITH MEGHAN. AND DR. SARA COPE. [APPLAUSE] >> I FIRST CAME TO THE NIH TO WORK IN THE BIOLOGICAL CONTROL SECTION IN 1976. LONG, LONG TIME AGO. I WAS 18 OR 19 YEARS OLD. I GOT BIT BY THE NIH BUG AND I MET TREMENDOUS PEOPLE. I HAVE ALREADY TALKED ABOUT DR. BARKLEY. BUT THERE WERE OTHER PEOPLE WHO WERE FUNDAMENTAL IN GROWING MY LOVE FOR THIS FIELD. DR. JOHN IRWIN AND DR. LLOYD HERMAN ARE NO LONGER WITH US BUT THEY WERE REMARKABLE MEN AND NEVER -- THEY ALWAYS HAD TIME FOR STUDENTS, THEY ALWAYS HAD TIME FOR YOUNG PEOPLE. DR. LARSON HAS ALWAYS HAD TIME FOR YOUNG PEOPLE. THESE ARE PEOPLE WHO REALIZED HOW LUCKY THEY WERE TO BE AFFILIATED WITH THE NIH I THINK WE'RE HONORED TO GIVE BACK. I CHARGE EACH OF YOU IN THIS ROOM THE DOH STAFF WHICH I LOVE ALL OF YOU DEARLY. I NEVER MET A FINER GROUP OF YOUNG PEOPLE. OUR BOTH SENIOR AND JUNIOR CLASS OF FELLOWS, THAT IF YOU EVER WANT TO SAY THANK YOU FOR THE TRAINING YOU'RE GETTING HERE, THE EXPERIENCES YOU'RE GAINING HERE, AND THE WONDERFUL PROFESSION THAT H YOU WILL BE ENTERING, THE WAY TO SAY THANK YOU IS TO GIVE BACK. I TRUST ALL OF YOU, I TRUST -- AND I ENTRUST WITH YOU THE FUTURE OF THIS FIELD. I HOPE YOU WILL ALL MAKE EVERY ATTEMPT WHEN THE OPPORTUNITY PRESENCE ITSELF TO GIVE BACK. THANK YOU. [APPLAUSE] >> THIS CONCLUDES THE PROGRAM, FEEL FREE TO CONTINUE TO FELLOWSHIP AND THERE'S MORE FOOD HERE FOR Y'ALL TO ENJOY. THANK YOU ALL FOR COMING. FOR THOSE WATCHING VIA WEBCAST, THANK YOU FOR TUNING IN. WE LOOK FORWARD TO SEEING Y'ALL NEXT YEAR. THANK YOU.