BIOGRAPHICAL SKETCH
Leslie Garry Adams, Professor
Dr. L. Garry Adams earned the Associate of Science degree from Tarleton State
University, and Bachelor of Science in Animal Science, Doctor of Veterinary Medicine
and Doctor of Philosophy in Veterinary Pathology degrees from Texas A&M University.
He completed a four-year residency in Veterinary Pathology and became board certified
as a diplomate of the American College of Veterinary Pathologists. He began his
career with the International Programs division of Texas A&M University. He
worked for seven years with the Rockefeller Foundation, USAID and other organizations
on four continents and in over 15 countries where he developed and led programs
in research on infectious diseases of domestic animals and established international
program linkage projects. He returned to the Department of Veterinary Pathology
at Texas A&M University where he taught in the professional veterinary curriculum,
graduate program and continued his research to become tenured as an Associate
Professor and then full Professor. For almost two decades, he has been involved
actively in improving the scientific basis of the two largest animal health regulatory
programs in the USA, brucellosis and tuberculosis. Recently, he has very active
in developing and implementing biodefense and emerging diseases research initiatives.
Dr. Adams’ research areas include studies of the genetic basis of natural
disease resistance, molecular pathogenesis of intracellular bacterial pathogens,
and the development of vaccines and diagnostic tests against zoonotic diseases.
He has authored more than 170 scientific publications in refereed journals, 56
abstracts, three book chapters, served as editor for two books, and made over
250 scientific presentations. His honors include the Texas Veterinary Medical
Association Faculty Achievement Award for Research; Texas A&M University System,
Deputy Chancellor of Agriculture & Renewable Resources, Team Research Award
for Research Excellence; Distinguished Faculty Achievement Award for Research,
Texas A&M University System; USDA National Superior Service Award for Outstanding
Research; American Veterinary Medical Association Research Award; Elected Full
Member of Academia Veterinaria Mexicana; and Faculty Fellow, Texas Agricultural
Experiment Station.
He is a member of the American Veterinary Medical Association, Texas Veterinary
Medical Association, American College of Veterinary Pathologists, American Society
of Microbiologists, American Association for the Advancement of Science, American
Association of Veterinary, Immunologists, International Academy of Pathology,
Society of Tropical Veterinary Medicine, and the United States Animal Health Association.
He has served on the editorial boards of Infection and Immunity, Veterinary Pathology,
Journal of the American Veterinary Medical Association, American Journal of Veterinary
Research and Revista Técnia Pecuaria en México, as well as a scientific
editor for FEMS Newsletters Microbiology, Tubercle and Lung Disease, WHO, The
Texas Journal of Science, and Veterinary Immunology and Immunopathology
Last modification: March 27, 2003