USGS Staff Profile:
'@context': https://schema.org '@type': Person affiliation: [] description: - '@type': TextObject abstract: Biosurveillance Network Coordinator with the Ecosystems Mission Area additionalType: short description - '@type': TextObject abstract: Dr. James English earned his PhD in Biology studying Animal Population Ecology at University of Arkansas in Fayetteville and has a diverse professional background including applied research in animal ecology, disease vector ecology, and Public Health Integrated Vector Management (IVM) and conducting ecosystem preservation, global health capacity building, One Health, and IVM. additionalType: staff profile page introductory statement - '@type': TextObject abstract: "Dr. English has a history of working with universities, foreign governments,\ \ the US and Allied Nations\u2019 Military, Federal Agencies and Native American\ \ Tribal Governments. Dr. English served the Department of Defense (DoD) as\ \ a technical advisor for arthropod-borne disease ecology and IVM. Most recently,\ \ Dr. English served the Uniformed Services University of the Health Sciences\ \ (USU) in Bethesda, Maryland as a faculty member and Principle Investigator\ \ in USU\u2019s Vector Biology Lab and Director of USU\u2019s Public Health\ \ GIS Lab.Dr. English has headed and assisted in developing programs designed\ \ to manage vector-borne diseases (Malaria, West Nile Virus, Leishmaniasis,\ \ Dengue, Chikungunya and Zika) at National and International scales. He has\ \ worked as a Navy Medical Entomologist in the States and abroad under a wide\ \ variety of conditions including emergency contingencies and theatres of combat.\ \ While serving the US Navy as a Military Entomologist, he initiated and directed\ \ the US Navy West Nile Virus Surveillance and Control Program and has travelled\ \ extensively through world to collect epidemiological information on infectious\ \ diseases of military importance. During Operation Iraqi Freedom, he assumed\ \ responsibility for maintaining ecological stability while initiating an IVM\ \ program for a large part of Iraq that included the control of infectious diseases\ \ by controlling sand flies that can transmit Leishmaniasis, mosquitoes that\ \ can transmit Malaria and snails that can transmit Schistosomiasis.Since leaving\ \ Active Duty, Dr. English has held academic appointments and leadership positions\ \ at four US Universities and a DoD public health community. In those various\ \ institutions, he has served as Assistant Director of the University of Notre\ \ Dame Environmental Research Center, Academic Director of an applied science\ \ Institute, Department Chair of an undergraduate program, Program Manager and\ \ senior authority for a community of applied-science military-medical professionals,\ \ and engaged undergraduate, graduate and post-graduate student scientists in\ \ conducting research in plant and animal ecology, invasive and endangered species\ \ research, vector and pathogen ecology, applied and sustainability science,\ \ resource use and natural history.From 2013 - 2018, Dr. English served at the\ \ US Navy Entomology Center of Excellence as head of the US Navy\u2019s Medical\ \ Entomology Training Programs, a position that included development and management\ \ of all US Navy Medical Entomology education & training conducted at 10 schoolhouses\ \ worldwide.While working with the Department of Defense, Dr. English has worked\ \ with many US Allied Nations to assess or build National IVM and One Health\ \ programs and integrate them into existing public health infrastructure. In\ \ his international public health practice, he collaborated with the World Health\ \ Organization, Pan American Health Organization and allied Ministries of Health\ \ and Defense to build customized publ" additionalType: personal statement email: jjenglish@usgs.gov hasCredential: [] hasOccupation: - '@type': OrganizationalRole affiliatedOrganization: '@type': Organization name: Ecosystems Mission Area url: https://www.usgs.gov/mission-areas/ecosystems roleName: Biosurveillance Network Coordinator startDate: '2024-05-12T15:46:00.029375' identifier: - '@type': PropertyValue propertyID: GeoKB value: https://geokb.wikibase.cloud/entity/Q45952 jobTitle: Biosurveillance Network Coordinator knowsAbout: - '@type': Thing additionalType: self-claimed expertise name: Invasive Species - '@type': Thing additionalType: self-claimed expertise name: Integrated Vector Management - '@type': Thing additionalType: self-claimed expertise name: IVM - '@type': Thing additionalType: self-claimed expertise name: Integrated Pest Management - '@type': Thing additionalType: self-claimed expertise name: IPM - '@type': Thing additionalType: self-claimed expertise name: Animal Ecology - '@type': Thing additionalType: self-claimed expertise name: Capacity Building - '@type': Thing additionalType: self-claimed expertise name: One Health - '@type': Thing additionalType: self-claimed expertise name: Global Health Engagement - '@type': Thing additionalType: self-claimed expertise name: Program Management - '@type': Thing additionalType: self-claimed expertise name: Program Assessment - '@type': Thing additionalType: self-claimed expertise name: Program Development memberOf: '@type': OrganizationalRole member: '@type': Organization name: U.S. Geological Survey name: staff member startDate: '2024-05-12T15:46:00.026680' name: James J. English, Ph.D url: https://www.usgs.gov/staff-profiles/james-j-english