Edward McSweegan
 
 
 
Education
 
Boston College, B.S., 1978, Biology
University of New Hampshire, M.S., 1980, Microbiology
University of Rhode Island, Ph.D., 1984, Microbiology
 
 
Awards and Honors
 
National Research Council Associate, 1984-86.
NMRI Outstanding Research Associate, 1985.
NMRI Letter of Commendation, 1986.
AAAS Diplomacy Fellow, 1986-87.
U.S. Department of State Tribute of Appreciation, 1987.
NIAID Director's Award, 1992.
National Institutes of Health Quality Award, 1994.
U.S.-Egypt Cooperation Health Program Recognition, 1995.
Science Visions of the Future Essay Winner, 1999.
1st Place, Writers Digest Genre Short Story Contest, 2001.
Grand Prize, Fiction, Maryland Writer's Association, 2002.
1st Prize, MWA Mystery/Thriller Unpublished Novel Contest, 2002.
1st Prize, MWA SciFi/Fantasy Unpublished Novel Contest, 2002.
NIH/NIAID Certificate of Appreciation, 2003.
 
 
Professional Activities
 
American Society for Microbiology.
American Association for the Advancement of Science.
D.C. Science Writers Association.
National Association of Science Writers.
IOM Forum on Microbial Threats.
CDC International Experience and Technical Assistance Program.
Consultant, Holt, Rinehart and Winston publishers.
Consultant, Addison-Wesley textbook publishers.
Consultant, BSCS on school infectious disease curriculum.
FDA/CBER detail on electronic application designs
Review Committee, U.S. Military Emerging Infectious Disease Research.
Joint Working Group, Indo-U.S. Vaccine Action Program.
"Pathogens & People" columnist for The Capital newspaper.
Epidemiology training at CDC and Johns Hopkins.
Health Science Cooperation Workshops and Conferences: Central Asia, Croatia, and the Baltics.
 
 
Selected Publications
 
Search PubMed.
Search Google Scholar.
Search Scribd's Column Archive.
Search Scirus.
Search OpEdNews.
Search TravelMag here, here and here.
Search Science, Nature, EID, JAMA and The Scientist.
Other Acts of Random Writing about Biocrimes, Evolution, Unreasonable Fear and BSL-4 labs.
 
 
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