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One Health Ecology of Infectious Diseases Ornithology Science Collaboration
Education
PhD, Evolutionary Biology
University of Missouri-St. Louis 2002
MS, Wildlife Biology
Colorado State University 1993
BA, Zoology
University of Northern Colorado 1990
Positions
2020 - Present | Scientist 4
2016 - 2021 | Deputy Group Leader
2013 - 2016 | Science Program Manager (DTRA)
2002 - 2012 | Scientist 3
2000 - 2002 | Director's Post Doc Fellow
Awards
2016 Defense Threat Reduction Agency Director’s award for outstanding service
2015 American Ornithologists’ Union Elected Fellow
2011 Los Alamos Distinguished Mentor Award
2010 Los Alamos National Laboratory Distinguished Performance Award-Pandemic Response
Professional Societies
American Ornithological Society
International Network for Science of Team Science
American Association for the Advancement of Science
Publications
Fair, J.M. 2023. Scientific Collaboration: Strategies for Impact and Influence of Research Teams. John Hopkins University Press, Baltimore, MD. Release Fall 2023.
Bartlow, A.W. Stromberg, Z. Gleasner, C., Hu, B., Davenport, K., Jakhar, S, Li1, P., Vosburg, M., Garimella, M., Chain, P.S.G., Erkkila, T., J.M. Fair, and H. Mukundan. 2022. Comparing variability in diagnosis of upper respiratory tract infections in patients using syndromic, next generation sequencing, and PCR-based methods. PLoS Global Public Health. 2(7): e0000811. Bartlow, A.W., Moser, S.K., Ellis, J.E., Hathcock, C.D. and J.M. Fair. 2022. Comparing western (Megascops kennicottii) and whiskered (M. trichopsis) screech-owl microbiomes in southern Arizona using a novel 16s rRNA sequencing method. Animal Microbiome. 4(1):45 Gakuya, F., Akoko, J., Wambua, L., Nyamota, R., Ronoh, B., Lekoloo, I., Mwatondo, A. Muturi, M., Ouma, C., Nthiwa, D., Middlebrook, E., Fair, J., Gachohi, J.,Kariuki Njenga, M., and B. Bett. 2022. Evidence of co-exposure with Brucella spp, Coxiella burnetii, and Rift Valley fever virus among various species of wildlife in Kenya. PLoS Neglected Tropical Diseases. 16(8) e0010596 Parekh, F. K., J..Hay, K.Tabynov, R. Hewson, J. M. Fair, S. Essbauer, and K. B. Yeh. 2022. Cooperative Research and Infectious Disease Surveillance: A 2021 Epilogue. Frontiers in Public Health, 9. Middlebrook, E. A., Romero, A. T., Bett, B., Nthiwa, D., Oyola, S. O., Fair, J. M., & Bartlow, A. W. (2022). Identification and distribution of pathogens coinfecting with Brucella spp., Coxiella burnetii and Rift Valley fever virus in humans, livestock and wildlife. Zoonoses and Public Health, 00, 1– 20. Gorris, M. E., Bartlow, A. W., Temple, S. D., Romero-Alvarez, D., Shutt, D. P., Fair, J. M., Kaufeld, K. A., Del Valle, S. Y., Manore, C. A. (2021). Updated distribution maps of predominant Culex mosquitoes across the Americas. Parasites Vectors 14, 547 Abeyta*, E.J., A.W. Bartlow, C. D. Hathcock, and J. M. Fair. 2021. Individual nest site preferences do not explain upslope population shifts of a secondary cavity-nesting species. Animals 11, 2457. Sanchez A.A., Bartlow A.W., Chan A.M., Fair J.M., Skinner A.A., Hutchins K., et al. 2021. A field guide for aging passerine nestlings using growth data and predictive modeling. Avian Research 12:28 Fair, J.M. LeClaire, R., Dauelsberg, L., Ewers, M., Pasqualini, D., Cleland, T. and W. Rosenberger. 2021. Systems Dynamics and the uncertainties of diagnostics and testing and contact tracing for COVID-19. Methods
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