ARS Researchers Recognized for H1N1 Response

June 10, 2010 — 

The ARS H1N1 Flu Virus Research Team, which includes Amy Vincent, Kelly Lager, Kay Faaberg and Marcus Kehrli, ARS Virus and Prion Research Unit, Ames, Iowa; Erica Spackman and David Suarez, ARS Exotic and Emerging Avian Viral Diseases Research Unit, Athens, Ga.; and Cyril Gay and Steven Kappes, ARS Office of National Programs, Beltsville, Md., will receive the "Special Administrator's Award" for outstanding, rapid research support and technology development to assist USDA, cooperating agencies and the U.S. pork industry respond to the 2009 H1N1 pandemic flu threat.

AASV would like to join USDA in recognizing these folks for their efforts to provide a rapid and thorough response to the 2009 H1N1 outbreak. Thanks largely to their research efforts, veterinarians, USDA, CDC and swine producers were able to reliably respond to questions arising as a result of the outbreak and minimize the impact on the U.S. pork industry.