Education and/or Training

B.S.	University of Toronto, Canada	Microbiology and Parasitology
M.S.	University of Toronto, Canada	Microbiology and Parasitology
Ph.D.	The Rockefeller University, New York	Molecular Parasitology

Areas of specialization and or research interests

Microbiology
Molecular biology
Wildlife Disease
Emerging Disease
Avian influenza
Parasitology

Current USGS Research and Projects:

National surveillance for the introduction of H5N1 by migratory birds to North America
Collection and identification of influenza viruses in wild birds and other animals
Elucidation of the role of the environment in influenza viruses persistence and transmission
Identification and characterization of novel viruses from wildlife
Development and validation of new viral detection and diagnostic tests and technologies

Professional Experience

2008 – Present	Adjunct Assistant Professor, University of Wisconsin-Madison School of Veterinary Medicine
2006 – Present	Adjunct Assistant Professor, University of Wisconsin-Madison, School of Medicine and Public Health, Department of Population Health Services
2005 – Present	Microbiologist, Diagnostic Virology Laboratory, National Wildlife Health Center
2003 – 2004	Vice President, Product development, Third Wave Technologies, INc.

Honors and/or Awards

Invited Speaker	2009	The Department of the Interior wild bird H5N1 surveillance program. 7th International Symposium on Avian Influenza	Athens, GA
Invited Speaker	2009	Avian Influenza research at the DOI National Wildlife Health Center. CDC Influenza:Human/Animal Interface meeting	Athens, GA
Invited Speaker	2008	The Department of the Interior Avian Influenza Surveillance Program in Wild Birds. USGS Interdisciplinary microbiology meeting	Estes Park, CO
Invited Speaker	2008	The National Wildlife Health Center and Virological Research. National Research Program, Research Committee Meeting	Shepherdstown, WV
Invited Speaker	2008	Avian influenza research at the National Wildlife Health Center. Animal-Human Interface Cooperative Agreement Investigators Meeting at Centers for Disease Control and Prevention	Atlanta, GA
Invited Speaker	2008	Avian influenza in wild birds: Results from the Department of Interior Surveillance Program. The second US-Chinese conference on avian influenza in wild birds	National Conservation Training Center, Shepherdstown, VW
Invited Speaker	2008	H5N1: Where is the world at? Native American Fish and Wildlife Society, Wildlife Disease Workshop	Madison, WI

Selected Publications

Dusek, R. J., Bortner, J. B., DeLiberto, T. J., Hoskins, J., Franson, J. C., Bales, B. D., Yparraguirre, D., Ip, H. S., Surveillance for Highly Pathogenic H5N1 Avian Influenza virus in the Western United States in Wild Birds, 2006-2007. Avian Diseases. 53:222-230.

Pearce, J. M., Ramey, A. M., Flint, P. L., Koehler, A. V., Fleskes, J. P., Franson, J. C., Hall, J. S., Derksen, D. V., and Ip, H. S., 2009. Avian influenza at both ends of a migratory flyway: characterizing viral genomic diversity to optimize surveillance plans for North America. Evolutionary Applications. In press.

Docherty, D. E., Samuel, M. D., Egstad, K. F., Griffin, K. M., Nolden, C. A., Karwal, L., and Ip, H. S., 2008. Changes in West Nile virus seroprevalence and antibody titers among Wisconsin mesopredators, 2003-2006. American Journal of Tropical Medicine and Hygiene. 81:177-179.

Iverson, S. A., Takekawa, J. Y., Schwarzbach, S., Cardona, C. J., Warnock, N., Bishop, M. A., Shirato, G. A., Paroulek, S., Ackerman, J. T., Ip, H. S., and Boyce, W. M., 2008. Low prevalence of avian influenza virus in shorebirds on the Pacific Coast of North America. Waterbirds 31:602-610.

Koehler, A. V., Pearce, J. M., Flint, P. L., Franson, J. C., and Ip, H. S., 2008. Genetic evidence of intercontinental movement of avian influenza in a migratory bird: the northern pintail (Anas acuta). Molecular Ecology. 17:4754-4762.

Petersen, A. T., Bush, S. E., Spackman, E., Swayne, D. E., and Ip, H. S., 2008. Influenza A virus infections in Asian landbirds. Emerging Infectious Disease. 14:1644-1646.

Sandercock, B. K., Casey, A. E., Green, D. E., Ip, H. S., Converse, K. A., 2008. Reovirus associated with mortality of an Upland Sandpiper. Wader Study Group Bulletin. 115:60-61.

Spackman, E., Ip, H. S., Suarez, D. L., Slemons, R., Stallknecht, D., 2008. Analytical validation of a real-time RT-PCR test for Pan-American lineage H7 subtype avian influenza viruses. Journal of Veterinary Diagnostic Investigations. 20:612-616.

Ip, H. S., Flint, P. L., Franson, J. C., Dusek, R. J., Derksen, D. V., Gill, R. E., Jr., Ely, C. R., Pearce, J. M., Lanctot, R. B., Matsuoka, S. M., Irons, D. B., Fischer, J. B., Oates, R. M., Petersen, M. R., Fondell, T. F., Rocque, D. A., Petersen, J. C., and Rothe, T. C., Prevalence of influenza A viruses in wild migratory birds in Alaska: Patterns of variation in detection at a crossroads of intercontinental flyways. Virology Journal 5:71.

Heard, D. J., Mulcahy, D. M., Iverson, S. A., Rizzolo, D. J., Greiner, E. C., Hall, J., Ip, H., and Esler, D., 2008. A blood survey of elements, viral antibodies, and hemoparasites in wintering harlequin ducks (Histrionicus histrionicus) and Barrow’s Goldeneyes (Bucephala islandica). Journal of Wildlife Diseases 44:486-493.

Sovada, M. A., Pietz, P. J., Converse, K. A., King, D. T., Hofmeister, E. K., Sherr, P., and Ip, H. S., 2008. Impact of West Nile virus and other mortality factors on American white pelicans at breeding colonies in the northern plains of North America. Biological Conservancy 141:1021-1031.

Spackman E., Swayne, D. E., Suarez, D. L., Senne, D.A., Pedersen, J. C., Killian, M. L., Pasick, J., Handel, K., Somanathan Pillai, S. P., Lee, C. W., Stallknecht, D., Slemons, R., Ip, H. S., Deliberto, T., 2007. Characterization of low pathogenicity H5N1 avian influenza viruses from North America. Journal of Virology 81:11612-11619.

Dierauf, L. A, Karesh, W. B., Ip, H. S., Gilardi, K. V., and Fischer, J. R., 2006. Avian influenza virus and free-ranging wild birds. Journal of American Veterinary Medical Association 228:1887-1882.