RANDY GAUGLER
Center for Vector Biology
RANDY GAUGLER
Center for Vector Biology
Who Are We?Center Personnel
Why?Why?
New Jersey: a Sentinel State
Extensive coast line
Climatological diversity
Major ports of entry
New & Emerging DISEASES of Public Health Significance
1959
Eastern Equine Encephalitis
New & Emerging DISEASES of Public Health Significance
1964 & 1975
St. Louis Encephalitis
New & Emerging DISEASES of Public Health Significance
1980’s
Lyme Disease
New & Emerging Diseases of Public Health Significance
1999
West Nile virus
e.g. Aedes albopictus
• Efficient lab vector of >30 arboviruses
• Naturally infected with dengue, Japanese encephalitis, Potosi, KEY, Tensaw, Cache Valley, EEE, chikungunya & West Nile viruses
• Principal vector of dengue virus, dog heartworm, chikungunya virus
New & Emerging VECTORS of Public Health Significance
Degradation of human environmental quality
Where Are We Going?Where Are We Going?
Generate new knowledge on
vectors of public health significance
Generate new knowledge on
vectors of public health significance
Provide research-based education programs
and materials to stakeholders
Provide research-based education programs
and materials to stakeholders
Center for
Vector Biology
Center for
Vector Biology
Provide vector and disease surveillance
Provide vector and disease surveillance
Contribute to academic instruction
Contribute to academic instruction
What is Our Mission?
Re-establish world
class leadership in
public health
through excellence
in insect vector
research,
education, and
surveillance. The
Center predicts,
prevents and
manages vector-
borne diseases
ChangeChange
Center for
Vector Biology
Center for
Vector Biology
ExcellenceExcellence
GoalsGoals
UrgencyUrgency
ActionAction
How Do We Get There?
How Do We Get There?
1. Entitlement to Entrepreneurial
2. Assume Broader Mission
3. Balance between Basic & Applied Research
4. Regional to International
5. Integrate Surveillance and Research
6. Develop New Alliances and Partnerships in Public Health
7. Reinvigorate Old Partnerships
Transitioning from Good to Great
1. Entitlement to Entrepreneurial1. Entitlement to Entrepreneurial
Translation: Develop New Funding Sources
Increase and broaden funding support
Mechanism
Aggressively pursue funding opportunities with emphasis on federal grants
Cutting-edge facilities and faculty to be competitive
Increase and broaden funding support
Mechanism
Aggressively pursue funding opportunities with emphasis on federal grants
Cutting-edge facilities and faculty to be competitive
Funded Pending_____________Hatch (2) Rutgers Capital Fund SMCC (2) Multimedia II PESP NIHDEP Smith FellowshipUSDA/Multistate NJMCA Fellowship USDA/NE-IPM NSF (2)Busch Biomedical USDA/NE-IPM (3)US-Egypt Tech FundNJAES Equip FundNIH-NIADUSDA-ARS____________________________________________ $6.5 million $4.2 million
Totals
Proposal Activity (past 12 months)
Proposals not funded: Multimedia I ($70k), Equine Center ($50k), EPA-STAR ($750k)
2. Assume Broader Mission
3. Balance between Basic & Applied Research
Current Research Activity
o Exotic arbovirus discovery
o WNV risk assessment model
o Tick management
o Black fly mating systems
o Insecticide resistance
o Guide to the Mosquitoes of New Jersey
o Avian surveillance
o Trap Studies: NJ light, BGS, resting boxes
o Sand fly biogeography
o Malathion residues & larval competition
o Ae. albopictus suppression
o Avian sentinels
o Dina
4. Integrate Surveillance and Research
Add international facet
Mechanism
• International Grants
• International Students
• President’s Malaria Initiative
5. Regional to International
Mechanisms
• Masters in Public Health
• Distinguished Lecture Series in Vector Biology
• Multistate Research Project
• Summit
Mechanisms
• Masters in Public Health
• Distinguished Lecture Series in Vector Biology
• Multistate Research Project
• Summit
6. Develop partnerships and alliances in public health
oCountiesoState (NJDHSS)oConnecticut Agricultural Experiment StationoNew York State Health DepartmentoUniversity DelawareoUniversity of FloridaoBrandeis UniversityoRutgers
Marine ScienceExtensionCenter for Remote SensingDIMACS Center
oUSDA-ARS Gainesville Beltsville
oCountiesoState (NJDHSS)oConnecticut Agricultural Experiment StationoNew York State Health DepartmentoUniversity DelawareoUniversity of FloridaoBrandeis UniversityoRutgers
Marine ScienceExtensionCenter for Remote SensingDIMACS Center
oUSDA-ARS Gainesville Beltsville
Bridge Building – developing collaboration
7. Reinvigorate Old Partnerships(our historical base w/ the counties)
7. Reinvigorate Old Partnerships(our historical base w/ the counties)
- Surveys - Research -
- Surveys - Research -Surveillance - Training
Surveillance - Training
• Ae. albopictus area-wide IPM (2)
• Exotic arbovirus discovery (6 counties participating)
• Undergrad Research Internship Program (3)
• BGS trap evaluation (3)
• Sand fly biogeography (13)
• Birds as WNV sentinels (1)
• NJ light trap comparison (12 counties)
• EEE/Parity (1)
• Special relationship w/ Monmouth Ct
Research Partnerships with the Counties - 2007
Publication Activity - 2007 o Shamseldean et al. Immune responses of Anopheles quadrimaculatus. Nematropica
36:243-9.
o Shamseldean et al. Role of the surface coat of the mosquito parasite Romanomermis culicivorax. Nematology 9:17-24.
o Bartlett-Healy et al. Phonotaxis in Cx. territans. Ann. Entomol. Soc. Amer. (in press)
o Reed et al. Selected adaptation of crows to West Nile virus. Vector-Borne and Zoonotic Diseases (in press)
o Kilpatrick et al. Genetic influences on mosquito feeding behavior. Amer. J. Trop. Med Hyg. (in press).
o Fonseca et al. Population genetics of Culex pipiens pallens. Amer. J. Trop. Med Hyg. (in press).
o Bartlett-Healy et al. Seasonal and temporal heterogeneity in Cx. territans. J. Med. Entomol. (submitted)
o Williams et al. Traps & WNV surveillance. JAMCA (submitted)
o Williges et al. Colonization of Ae. japonicus. JAMCA (submitted)
o Bartlett-Healy et al. Cx. territans and trypanosomes. (in manuscript)
o Farajollahi et al. WNV and NJ 2001-06. (in manuscript)
Improve flow of biologists into counties to promote emphasis on science-based decision making
Mechanisms
• Undergraduate Research Internship Program
Improve flow of biologists into counties to promote emphasis on science-based decision making
Mechanisms
• Undergraduate Research Internship Program
Beating the buzzerIntern collects specimens to test Sunday, August 19, 2007
Carina Sitkus will never look at a puddle the same way again. Or a tree hole. Or an abandoned mine pit.
Develop new avenues for dissemination of information to county biologists
Mechanisms
• Initiate NJ mosquito biologists quarterly meeting
Develop new avenues for dissemination of information to county biologists
Mechanisms
• Initiate NJ mosquito biologists quarterly meeting
Become an international training center for mosquito biology and control
Mechanisms
• Develop videoconferencing network capability
Become an international training center for mosquito biology and control
Mechanisms
• Develop videoconferencing network capability
Initiatives o Center status
o 22 proposals
o MPH in Vector Biology (RU-UMDNJ partnership)
o Experiential learning Undergraduate Research Internship
o JB Smith Commemorative Stamp
o JB Smith Fellowship
o Distinguished Lecturer Series in Vector Biology
o Golf Tournament Fundraiser
o Facilities: renovations, new equipment, additional space
o Multistate Project
o Tire Tax
o Bridge-building visits to premier labs in NE
o Biologists meeting
o New research projects in mosquitoes, sand flies & b’flies
o Summit
o One new faculty hire
Cannot realize our goals without additional faculty
Needs:
o Virologist?
o Wetlands Ecologist?
o Epidemiologist?
Criteria for new hires:
o Sustainable federal funding available
o Able to link with existing centers & departments
o Meets multiple needs
GREAT
Good
QUESTIONS?
RG Notes
o Send one pager primer to mod/recorderso Rossi to ‘train’ our moderators (8:30 – 9:15 a.m.) DONEo Have Recorders attend same meeting.
o Coffee Breaks purposefully long to promote informal interaction
o G: renaissance, change and the danger of doing same thing same way, multidisciplinary, springboard.
Paradigm shift
Create sense of community
CVB Goals and the five SEBS impact areas!!!!
Revitalize a program that looks to the future while keeping its feet firmly in its historical strengths with the counties
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