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Defense Against Toxic Weapons: About the Author
by David R. Franz
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Defense Against Toxic Weapons
About the Author
Colonel David R. Franz, Deputy Commander of the U.S. Army
Medical Research Institute of Infectious Diseases, has served
within the Medical Research and Development Command for 19 of
his 23 years on active duty. He has been assigned to four of the
Command's laboratories and has personally conducted research and
published in the areas of frostbite pathogenesis, organophosphate
chemical warfare agent effects on pulmonary and upper airways
function, the role of cell-mediated small vessel dysfunction in
cerebral malaria, and most recently, medical countermeasures to the
biological toxins. Before joining the Command, he served as Group
Veterinarian for the 10th Special Forces Group.
Recently, Colonel Franz has served as Chief Inspector on two United Nations Special Commission biological warfare inspection missions to Iraq and as
technical advisor on long-term monitoring. He also served as a member of the first two US/UK teams which visited Russia in support of the Trilateral Joint Statement on Biological Weapons and as a member of the Trilateral Experts' Committee for BW negotiations. Colonel Franz holds the D.V.M. degree from Kansas State University and the Ph.D. in Physiology from Baylor College
of Medicine.
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