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Food Safety Legislation On the Fast Track in Washington
Congress is moving swiftly to enact new - and far-reaching - food safety legislation. The House passed its version of the bill July 30.
The University of Maryland has a number of faculty experts who can talk about food safety and recent outbreaks involving everything from peanuts to cookie dough. Our experts are listed alphabetically. Please feel free to contact them directly.
Number of experts found: 14
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Linda Aldoory
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Associate Professor
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Communication
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Expertise Key Words:
Health and terror risk communication, women and media.
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301 405 6528
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laldoory@umd.edu
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Gerald E. Brust
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Integrated Pest Management specialist-vegetables (Eastern Shore)
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Entomology
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Expertise Key Words:
Pest management, organic crop production, biological control, food safety, reduced risk pesticides, vegetable production, sustainable agriculture, integrated pest management, lternative controls & pest management, nutrient management in vegetables, Precision Agriculture, Nitrate conservation
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303-627-8440
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410-422-7667
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jbrust@umd.edu
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Robert L. Buchanan
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Professor & Director
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Center for Food Safety and Security Systems
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Expertise Key Words:
food safety, food protection, food security, food microbiology, infectious diseases, microbial risk assessment,
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301 405 1174
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301 633 8957
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rbuchana@umd.edu
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Mark A. Kantor
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Associate Professor
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Nutrition and Food Science
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Expertise Key Words:
Functional foods; assessing perceptions of nutrition and food safety risks; attitudes and behaviors about food; consumer responsibility
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301 405 1018
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mkantor@umd.edu mk4@umail.umd.edu
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Y. Martin Lo
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Associate Professor
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Nutrition and Food Science
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Expertise Key Words:
Food bioprocess engineering: whole-cell biosensor to improve food safety; integrating biotechnology to ensure safety of food and processing; value-added agriculture and food products; recovery and bioconversion of organic materials from food processing waste streams;
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301 405 4509
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ymlo@umd.edu
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Jianghong Meng
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Professor and Interim Director
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Nutrition and Food Science, and Joint Institute for Food Safety & Applied Nutrition (JIFSAN)
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Expertise Key Words:
Food Safety; detection of pathogens in foods; virulence properties and antibiotic resistance of foodborne pathogens; developing and applying novel technologies for detection and molecular subtyping of foodborne pathogens; effect on antibiotic resistance caused by meat treated with antibiotics
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301 405 8382 301 405 1399
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jmeng@umd.edu
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Mohammad Modarres
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Mechanical Engineering
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Expertise Key Words:
Probabilistic risk aseesment, Energy Systems, Advanced nuclear plants, risk associated with gas powered vehicles, food safety risk assessment.
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301 405 5226
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modarres@umd.edu
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Mickey E. Parish
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Professor & Chair
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Nutrition and Food Science
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Expertise Key Words:
Food Science, Food Microbiology, Food Policy, Food Safety, Food Defense, Enology, Wine, Juices, Beverages, Fermentation, Alicyclobacillus
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301 405 0773
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mparish@umd.edu
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Amy R. Sapkota
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Assistant Professor
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Maryland Institute for Applied Environmental Health & Department of Epidemiology and Biostatistics
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Expertise Key Words:
Environmental epidemiology, microbial environmental exposure assessment, antibiotic resistance, bacterial pathogens, food safety, food and waterborne disease, bioaerosols
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301 405 1772
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ars@umd.edu
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Ninaz Shadman
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Research Scholar; Advisor
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Office of International Programs
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Expertise Key Words:
Languages and cultures, global issues and human development, International relations and educational exchange, philosophy and social sciences, practical implications of knowledge and policies in public education.
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202-651-0879 905-627-5032
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301-405-7548
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shadman9@umd.edu
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Robert H. Sprinkle, M.D., Ph.D.
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Associate Professor
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School of Public Policy
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Expertise Key Words:
Health-policy reform; Bioethics & biopolitics; Environmental health; Biosecurity
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301 405 0184
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301 864 2170
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301 775 0320
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sprinkle@umd.edu
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Monique M. Turner
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Assistant Professor
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Communication
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Expertise Key Words:
Risk communication, health communication, persuasion, emotion, cognition. Health intervention and campaign construction.
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301 405 6517
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703-339-8462
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703-507-6412
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mmturner@umd.edu
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Christopher S. Walsh
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Professor
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Natural Resource Sciences & Landscape Architecture
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Expertise Key Words:
Food safety of fresh fruits and vegetables;
Production and handling of fruit crops; Training international food producers
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301 405 4351
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cswalsh@umd.edu
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Nickolas G. Zimmermann
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Associate Professor
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Animal & Avian Sciences
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Expertise Key Words:
Poultry, chicken, layer hens, turkey, eggs, food safety, management, environment, housing, welfare, drinking water quality, water treatment, organic, freerange, natural, physiology, nitrogen, phosphorus, lighting, artificial insemination.
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301 405 2805
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410-742-8544
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nickz@umd.edu
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