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Public Information Officers, NIH-NCRR National Primate Research Centers

(National Institutes of Health-National Center for Research Resources)

California NPRC

Deniene Erickson
Public Information Officer / Senior Writer
California National Primate Research Center
One Shields Avenue
Davis, CA 95616-8542
ph: (530) 752-7910
fax: (530) 754-6228
lerickson@primate.ucdavis.edu

Southwest NPRC

Julie Collins
Media Relations
7620 NW Loop 410
PO Box 760549
San Antonio, TX 78245-0549
ph: (210) 258-9437
fax: (210) 670-3309
jcollins@sfbr.org

Suzette Tardif, Ph.D.
Associate Director
7620 NW Loop 410
PO Box 760549
San Antonio, TX 78245
ph: (210) 258-9885
fax: (210) 258-9883
stardif@sfbr.org

Tulane NPRC

Rita Duck
Executive Assistant to the Director
Tulane Regional Primate Research Center
18703 Three Rivers Road
Covington, LA 70433
(ph) 504-892-2040 (Director's Office)
gerone@tpc.tulane.edu

Mike Aertker
Associate Director, Admin. & Operations
18703 Three Rivers Road
Covington, LA 70433
ph: (985) 871-6200
fax: (985) 871-6381
aertker@tpc.tulane.edu

Yerkes NPRC

Lisa Newbern
Public Information Officer
Emory University & Yerkes National Primate Research Center
954 Gatewood Rd., NE
Atlanta, GA 30329
ph: (404) 727-7709
(pager) (404) 742-5429
fax: (404)-727-3108
lmnewbe@emory.edu

Kelly Duncan
Asst. Public Information Officer
Yerkes National Primate Research Center
954 Gatewood Rd., NE
Atlanta, GA 30329
ph: (404) 727-9254
fax: (404) 727-3108
kadunca@emory.edu

New England NPRC

Alison Harris
Director of Media Relations & Public Information
Harvard Medical School-Public Affairs
Gordon Hall, 001, 25 Shattuck St.
Boston, MA 02115
ph: (617) 432-3991
fax: (617) 432-0446
alison_harris@hms.harvard.edu


Judith Montminy
Office of Public Affairs
Harvard Medical School
25 Shattuck Street
Boston, MA 02115
ph: (617) 432-0442
fax: (617) 432-0446
judith_montminy@hms.harvard.edu

Oregon NPRC

Jim Newman
OHSU News and Publications
3181 S.W. Sam Jackson Park Rd., L217
Portland, OR 97201
Ph: 503-494-4158
newmank@ohsu.edu

Diana Gordon
Public Information Officer
Oregon National Primate Research Center
505 NW 185th Avenue
Beaverton, OR 97006-3448
(ph) 503-690-5301
(fx) 503-690-5532
gordondi@ohsu.edu

Wisconsin NPRC

Jordana Lenon
Public Information Officer
National Primate Research Center,
University of Wisconsin-Madison
1220 Capitol Court
Madison, WI 53715
(ph) 608-263-7024
(fx) 608-262-8946
jlenon@primate.wisc.edu

Ray Hamel
Senior Special Librarian
National Primate Research Center,
University of Wisconsin-Madison
1220 Capitol Court
Madison, WI 53715
(ph) 608-263-3512
(fx) 608-262-8946
hamel@primate.wisc.edu

Washington NPRC

Patti Rosendahl
Assistant to the Director
Washington National Primate Research Center
1705 NE Pacific St., I-421 HSC
PO Box 357330
Seattle, WA 98195-7330
(ph) 206-543-1430
(fx) 206-685-0305
pattir@bart.rprc.washington.edu

Walter Neary/Pam Sowers
Medical Affairs News/Community Relations
University of Washington Health Sciences
1705 NE Pacific St., C-301 HSC
Box 356345
Seattle, WA 98195
ph: 206-543-3620
fax: 206-616-9080

National Media Contacts on the use of Primates in Biomedical Research

Jacquie Calnan
President
Americans for Medical Progress
908 King Street Suite 201
Alexandria VA 22314
(ph) 703-836-9595 ext.100
(fx) 703-836-9594
amp@amprogress.org
http://www.amprogress.org

Tracy Fortson
Vice President
National Association for Biomedical Research (NABR)
818 Connecticut Avenue, NW, Suite 303
Washington, DC 20006
(ph) 202-857-0540 ext.32
(fx) 202-659-1902
tfortson@nabr.org
http://www.nabr.org

Joyce McDonald
Public Affairs Specialist
Office of Science Policy and Public Liaison (OSPPL)
NCRR-NIH
DEM1/978
Bethesda, MD 20892
ph: (301) 435-0888
fax: (301) 480-3558
McDonalJ@mail.nih.gov

Jill Worley
Information Specialist
American Association for Laboratory Animal Science
9190 Crestwyn Hills Drive
Memphis, TN 38125
(ph) 901-754-8620
(fx) 901-753-0046
http://www.aalas.org

Greg Maas
Executive Director
incurably ill For Animal Research
PO Box 27454
Lansing, MI 48909
(ph) 517-887-1141
(fx) 517-887-1550

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