User:73.16.233.163/sandbox

Richard Alan French

Richard Alan French (born 5 December 1959) is a veterinarian, higher education executive, professor, veterinary pathologist, researcher, author, presenter, and collaborator with over 30 years in academia and business.

Early Life and Education

Dr. French was born in Hartford, CT and raised in East Granby, CT. He attended the University of Connecticut from 1978 to 1982 earning a Bachelor of Science degree in Pathobiology. He continued on to pursue a number of degrees in veterinary sciences. These include a Doctor of Veterinary Medicine (DVM) degree, a Master of Science degree in Parasitology, and a PhD in Neuropathology with a residency in Anatomic Pathology. All of these degrees were earned at the University of Illinois, Urbana-Champaign.

Career

A key contribution made by Dr. French in both academia and business is in the field of animal disease diagnostics, animal science issues, and their resulting impact on global health. His work is dedicated to discovering how science can positively influence the health of people and animals locally, nationally, and internationally.

Significant examples include work completed to identify West Nile Virus in mosquitoes and crows in Connecticut (1); a revealing investigation into the Lake Pocotopaug Fish Kill in East Hampton CT (2); fruitful interventions to mitigate Foot and Mouth Disease in the United Kingdom (3), and the discovery of the cause of a mass mortality of lobsters in Long Island Sound, leading to emergency funding (4).

An additional area of focus has been Dr. French’s professional involvement in higher education administration, particularly regarding veterinary pathology, diagnostics, and animal studies. He has served in director and dean roles at the University of New Hampshire and at Becker College in Massachusetts. He has also served as an instructor at the University of Connecticut and the University of Illinois.

He most recently served as Vice President, Investment (Bei Jing) Co. Ltd. Animal Health and Diagnostic Services, Chia Tai Animal Husbandry in Beijing, China for Charoen Pokphand Group with headquarters in Bangkok, Thailand.

Dr. French is a member of and Registered Emergency Veterinary Medical Officer with The USDA National Animal Health Emergency Response Corp (USDA APHIS VS). He was deployed to the UK FMD eradication program with temporary licensure in UK Ministry of Agriculture (MAFF) April and May 2001 and with permission of the Royal College of Veterinary Surgeons to practice veterinary surgery from April 2001 until April 2002.

He is a Licensed Veterinarian in the states of Illinois and New Hampshire and an Accredited Veterinarian with the USDA.

Family Legacy

Dr. French is included in The Mayflower Society, a hereditary organization of individuals who have documented their descent from one or more of the 102 passengers who arrived on the Mayflower in 1620 at what is now Plymouth, Massachusetts.

His lineage is also linked to Revolutionary era Ethan Allen of the Green Mountain Boys from Vermont and Lydia Longley, considered to be the first American nun, who as a young girl witnessed the massacre of her family by Abenaki warriors during the Groton Massacre in Groton, Massachusetts on July 27, 1694.

In addition, Dr. French is related to American sculptor Daniel Chester French, most often known for his rendering of Abraham Lincoln on display in the Lincoln Memorial.

Selected Publications

OpEd: French, R. The Real War of the Worlds: Infectious Diseases Are the Deadly Invaders. (http://www.prnewswire.com/news-releases/the-real-war-of-the-worlds-infectious-diseases-are-the-deadly-invaders-280648882.html). PR Newswire. 2014.

Park J, Lai L, Samuel M, Wax D, Bruno RS, French R, Prather RS, Yang X, Tian XC. Altered Gene Expression Profiles in the Brain, Kidney, and Lung of One-Month-Old Cloned Pigs. Cell Reprogram. 31 March 2011.

Goertz, Frasca, Bohach, Cowan, Buck, French, De Guise, Maratea, M.S., Lynn Hinckley, Ewalt, Schlievert, Karst, Deobald, St. Aubin, Dunn.Balinsky CA, Delhon G, Smoliga G, Prarat M.: Brucella sp. vertebral osteomyelitis with intercurrent fatal Staphylococcus aureus toxigenic enteritis in a bottlenose dolphin (Tursiops truncatus). J.Vet Diagn Invest. 23 July 2011. (4):845-51.

Atlas, Ronald M. & Maloy, Stanley (editors), French, R.A. et al. 2014. One Health: People, Animals, and the Environment. Chapter 16: Surveillance of wildlife diseases: Lessons from the West Nile virus outbreak. American Society for Microbiology. Birmingham, AL.

Carvallo FR, French RA, Gilbert-Marcheterre K, Risatti G, Dunn JR, Forster F, Kiupel M, Smyth JA. Mortality of One-Week-Old Chickens During Naturally Occurring Marek's Disease Virus Infection. Vet Pathology. 14 January 2011. 48(5) 993-998. (Cover story) French RA, Geary SJ, Rock DL, Rodriguez LL. Rapid Preclinical Detection of Sheeppox Virus by a Real-Time PCR Assay. J.Clinical Microbiology. 21 November 2007.

Balinsky CA, Delhon G, Afonso CL, Risatti GR, Borca MV, French RA, Tulman ER, Geary SJ, Rock DL. Sheeppox virus kelch-like gene SPPV-019 affects virus virulence. J.Virology. Oct 81. (20):11392-401. 2007.

Kelley, K. W.;Hutchison, K.; French, R.; Bluthe, R. M.; Parnet, R. W.; Johnson, R. W.; Dantzer, R.. Central IL-1 receptors as mediators of sickness. In P.M. Moore (Ed). Neuropsychiatric Manisfestations of Systemic Lupus Erythematosus. New York Academy of Sciences. New York, NY. 1997.

French, R. A; Zachary, J; Dantzer, R; Frawley, L.S; Chizzonite, R; Parnet, P; Kelley, K: Dual expression of p80 type I and p68 type II interleukin-1 receptors on anterior pituitary cells synthesizing growth hormone. Endocrinology. 137:9, 4027-4036. 1996. Selected Honors

Outstanding Advisor Award. University of New Hampshire, The College of Life Sciences and Agriculture (2012).

Group Honor Award for Excellence, United States Department of Agriculture. Animal Plant Health Inspection Service, Foot-and-Mouth Disease in the United Kingdom (July 2002).

American College of Veterinary Pathologists (ACVP), Young Investigator Award. Experimental Disease, 45th Annual Meeting, Montreal, Quebec, Canada (1994). Led to abstract entitled: Colocalization of p80 type I IL-1 receptor and growth hormone in the mouse pituitary. Endocrinology 137:9, 4027-4036 (1996).

Joseph O. Alberts Award. Outstanding graduate student achievement and research. University of Illinois, College of Veterinary Medicine (1995).

Phi Zeta Research/Literary Award. University of Illinois, College of Veterinary Medicine, (1994). Manuscript entitled: Parasitology and pathogenesis of Geopetitia aspiculata (Nematoda: Spirurida) in zebra finches (Taeniopygia guttata): Experimental infection and new host records. Journal of Zoo and Wildlife Medicine. 25:3, 403-422, 1994.

Charles Louis Davis Foundation Student Scholarship Award, Veterinary Pathology,(1992).

Class Valedictorian, University of Illinois, College of Veterinary Medicine (1987).

Hill’s Pet Product Senior Essay Award, Manuscript entitled: Vitamin A deficiency in psittacine birds. Veterinary Professional Topics, University of Illinois. 12:4, 7-9, 1987 (1987).

Member of National Dean’s List (1986-1987).

Veterinary Manual Award. Merck and Co. (1986).

Phi Zeta Veterinary Honor Society. Vice-President 1986-1987. (1985-Present)

Massachusetts Veterinary Medical Association Scholarship Fund for New England. Auxiliary of the Connecticut Veterinary Medical Association Scholarship.

Willard H. Allen Scholarship. College of Agriculture and Natural Resources, University of Connecticut.

References

1. John F. Anderson, Theodore G. Andreadis, Charles R. Vossbrinck, Shirley Tirrel, Edward M. Wakem, Richard A. French, Antonio E, Garmendia, Herbert J Van Kruiningen. Isolation of West Nile Virus from Mosquitoes, Crows, and a Cooper’s Hawk in Connecticut. Science 286(5448):2331-3. 1999.

2. Libby, Sam. The view from/East Hampton; state tries to find out why the fish died in Lake Pocotopaug. New York Times. New York, NY (30 January 2000). 3. RA French. Foot and Mouth Disease in the UK. Comparative Pathology Seminar Series, Department of Pathobiology. University of Connecticut. Storrs, CT. Nov 8, 2001.

4. RA French, TE Mullen, S Russell, et al. Paramoebiasis associated with mass mortality of American lobster Homaarus americanus in Long Island Sound, USA. Retrieved from https://www.tandfonline.com/doi/abs/10.1577/H02-045.1. 2004.

5. RA French and J. Maratea. Meningeal Worm Update and Request. CVMA Report, 27:4, 1998; 28:1 1998.

External Links

OpEd: French, R. The world is flat and it could kill you. Retrieved from http://www.providencejournal.com/opinion/commentary/20140425-richard-french-the-world-is-flat-and-it-could-kill-you.ece. Providence (RI) Journal. April 2014.

Becker College Web Site, French R. National pet month: Overweight owners lead pets to obesity. Retrieved from http://www.becker.edu/news/national-pet-month-overweight-owners-lead-pets-to-obesity. May 2013.

Pearce, J. and N. Balcom. The 1999 Long Island Sound Lobster Mortality Event: Findings of the Comprehensive Research Initiative. Journal of Shellfish Research 24(3). http://bioone.org/journals/journal-of-shellfish-research/volume-24/issue-3/0730-8000(2005)24%5b691%3aTLISLM%5d2.0.CO%3b2/THE-1999-LONG-ISLAND-SOUND-LOBSTER-MORTALITY-EVENT--FINDINGS/10.2983/0730-8000(2005)24[691:TLISLM]2.0.CO;2.short. October 1, 2005.

President’s Annual Report 2000. Scientists and environmental sleuths. University of Connecticut. Retrieved from https://president.uconn.edu/wp-content/uploads/sites/1800/2016/06/PAR2000opt.pdf. 2000.