Homeland Security Business Conference & Expo
Senator Jack Reed
Congressman Patrick Kennedy
June 7, 2004
Newport, RI

Speaker Biographies

Charles A. Schable, M.S.
CAPT, U.S. Public Health Service
Director, Office of Terrorism Preparedness and Emergency
Response, CDC/ATSDR
Atlanta, GA
www.bt.cdc.gov/

Current position: 
Director (2004 - present), Office of Terrorism Preparedness and Emergency Response, CDC/ATSDR, Atlanta, GA. CAPT Schable provides leadership in policy formation, program planning and development, program management and operations and budget formulation for all terrorism preparedness issues concerning CDC/ATSDR.

Prior positions: 
Director (2002 – 2004), Bioterrorism Preparedness & Response Program, NCID
Deputy Director (1998 - 2002), Division of AIDS, STD & TB Laboratory Research, NCID Chief (1984 - 1998), HIV Serology Section, Immunology Branch, DASTLR, NCID
Chief (1976 - 1984), Serology Section, Hepatitis Branch, DVRD, NCID, Phoenix, AZ. Microbiologist, (1967 - 1976), Serology Section, Hepatitis Division, NCID

Education:
B.S., Microbiology (1967), Arizona State University, Tempe, AZ
M.S., Microbiology/Immunology (1976), Arizona State University, Tempe, AZ

Honors/Awards: 
USPHS Hazardous Duty Service Award (1983)
Commendation Medal (1986)
Outstanding Unit Citation (3 awards)
PHS Citation (1992)
Unit Commendation (10 awards)
Outstanding Service Medal (1994)
Achievement Medal (1996)
Crisis Response Service Award (2002)
CDC Group/Professional Honor Award (1982, 1994, 1998)
American Society for Microbiology Elizabeth O. King Award (1982)

National Activities: 
Commissioned Officers Association
American Society for Microbiology
National Registry of Microbiologists
Sigma Xi
National Committee for Clinical Laboratory Standards

Publications: 
Author/coauthor of 85 research and review articles

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