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Executive Board |
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Director, Kimberly McWhorter, BA, MPH, CPH Board Certified in Public Health by the National Board of Public Health Examiners; Program Coordinator/Educator for Riverside County, California Community Health Agency; Program Planner; Grant writer; Recipient California State Association of Counties Merit Award for creation and implementation of an innovative local government program. |  |
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Advisory Board |
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| Overall Liaison for AVRI in Sri Lanka : Muditha Dela Bandara A self-effacing committed Naturalist and Philanthropist, during Secondary School days he was responsible for awakening the need to protect endangered wildlife - like turtles - in several schools. He started the first protected Turtle Hatchery on the Southern coast of Sri Lanka. He was one of the youngest to join "Young Zoologists Club" based at the National Zoological Gardens, Dehiwala during its formative stages. At present he plays a very important role in the traditional religio-cultural life of Sabaragamuwa Province as the "Basnayaka Nilame" of Uggal Aluthnuwara Kataragama Devale of Balangoda, Sri Lanka. |
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Principal Investigator, University of Peradeniya Dr. Indika Gawarammana, MBBS, MD, MRCP Department of Medicine, Faculty of Medicine, University of Peradeniya; Consultant Physician at the Professorial Medical Unit of the Teaching Hospital, Peradeniya, Sri Lanka; Senior lecturer in Medicine; Senior lecturer in Clinical Toxicology; Conjoint Senior lecturer in Clinical Toxicology, University of Newcastle, Australia; Director of Clinical Research- South Asian Clinical Toxicology Research Collaboration |
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| Envenomation Consultant |
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| Pharmacology and Toxicology Research Consultant Dr. Daniel E. Keyler, Pharm.D. Professor, Experimental and Clinical Pharmacology, University of Minnesota, College of Pharmacy and Graduate School, Minneapolis, Minnesota; Co-Director, Pharmacology-Toxicology Research Laboratories, Minneapolis Medical Research Foundation Professional Consultant (Envenomations) - American Zoo & Aquarium Association Zoos in the USA, multiple private zoos, the United States Armed Forces and Minnesota Poison Control System |
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| Veterinary Consultant Dr. Tejbir Sandu, DVM, Ph.D., MA, M.V.Sc.
Veterinarian, Ph.D. in Medical Entomology, Research Associate for Northwest Mosquito and Vector Control District
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| Reptile Husbandry: Jim Harrison and Kristen Wiley Directors, Kentucky Reptile Zoo  |
 Kim, Jim, and Kristen |
