Current Research Projects
Principal Investigator, Defining information infrastructure needs for food safety. ($50,000). The Pew Charitable Trusts. Contract. Pending.
Principal Investigator, Addressing the Impact of CIDTs on Foodborne Disease Surveillance ($35,000). Association of Public Health Laboratories. Contract. Pending.
Project Director/Principal Investigator, The Public Health Impact of a Quantitative Performance Standard for Salmonella in Poultry ($135,000). The Pew Charitable Trusts. Contract.
Co-Project Director/Co-Principal Investigator, Science Serving Society: A Comprehensive Assessment of the AFRI Food Safety Challenge Area ($300,000). U.S. Department of Agriculture National Institute of Food and Agriculture. Grant.
Project Director/Principal Investigator, The Public Health Impact of a Quantitative Performance Standard for Salmonella in Ground Turkey ($65,000). Cargill and Butterball. Grant.
Project Director/Principal Investigator, Decision Analysis Support for Implementing a Risk-Informed Decision Making System in the FDA Foods and Veterinary Medicine Program ($199,999). U.S. Food and Drug Administration. Contract.
Previous Research Projects
Project Director/Principal Investigator, Enhancement and Validation of FDA-PRAM ($399,836). U.S. Food and Drug Administration. Contract
Project Director/Principal Investigator, Design Sampling Protocol Options for the U.S. FDA’s Total Diet Study ($343,828). U.S. Food and Drug Administration. Contract.
Technical Lead/Co-Investigator, Development of a Risk-Ranking Tool for the Determination of High Risk Foods among U.S. Food and Drug Administration–Regulated Products ($399,874). U.S. Food and Drug Administration. Contract.
Co-Project Director/Co-Principal Investigator, Developing a Preliminary Risk Ranking Guidance Document for the United Nations Food and Agriculture Organization ($99,950). Food and Agriculture Organization. Contract.
Project Director/Principal Investigator, Further Development of QPRAM Sampling Module ($248,477). U.S. Food and Drug Administration. Contract.
Project Director/Principal Investigator, Cross-Contamination Studies to Quantify Pathogen Transfer and Redistribution of Produce during Processing ($248,477). U.S. Food and Drug Administration. Contract.
Project Director/Principal Investigator, Field Trial of E. coli O157:H7 Contamination of Pre-harvest Lettuce by the Fecal Contamination Pathway (for QPRAM) ($147,501). U.S. Food and Drug Administration. Contract.
Technical Lead/Co-Investigator, Development of a Risk-Ranking Tool for the Determination of High Risk Foods among U.S. Food and Drug Administration–Regulated Products ($349,710). U.S. Food and Drug Administration. Contract.
Technical Lead/Co-Investigator, Evaluation of the Sampling Protocol for the U.S. FDA’s Total Diet Study ($249,847). U.S. Food and Drug Administration. Contract.
Project Director/Principal Investigator, Assessing the Utility of Poison Control Data for Syndromic Surveillance of Foodborne Disease ($10,367). American Association of Poison Control Centers. Contract.
Project Director/Principal Investigator, Assessing the Impacts of Culture-Independent Diagnostic Tests on Foodborne Disease Surveillance ($42,750). The Pew Charitable Trusts. Contract.
Project Director/Principal Investigator, Foot and Mouth Disease Stakeholder Communication Project, National Dialogue on Foot and Mouth Disease and Initiation of an Education Consortium on Emerging Issues ($12,000). University of Minnesota Center for Animal Health and Food Safety. Grant.
Project Director/Principal Investigator, Feasibility Assessment for Studying the Long-term Health Effects of Foodborne Illness ($200,000). Food and Drug Administration Special Grants Program. Grant.