Education and/or Training

BA	1989	University of Cambridge	Zoology
Vet MB	1992	University of Cambridge	Veterinary Medicine
Dipl. ACZM	2002	American College of Zoological Medicine	Diplomate Zoological Medicine
MA	2004	University of Cambridge	Master of Arts

Areas of specialization and or research interests

Epidemiology of wildlife diseases
Conservation medicine
Zoological medicine

Professional Experience

2009 – Present	U.S. Geological Survey, National Wildlife Health Center Director, U.S. Department of the Interior
2003 – Present	Adjunct Assistant Professor, Department of Small Animal Clinical Sciences, College of Veterinary Medicine, University of Tennessee
2001 – Present	Adjunct Professor, Department of Large Animal Clinical Sciences, Virginia-Maryland Regional College of Veterinary Medicine, Virginia Polytechnic and State University
2005 – 2009	Wildlife Veterinarian, Virginia Department of Game and Inland Fisheries
2001 – 2005	Director of Veterinary Services, Wildlife Center of Virginia
1997 – 2000	Postdoctoral Fellow/Clinical Instructor, Zoological and Wildlife Medicine, Colorado State University

Honors and/or Awards

Presidential Service Award	2006	American Association of Zoo Veterinarians
Invited speaker/lecturer	2005	College of Veterinary Medicine , University of Illinois	Chicago, IL
Invited Speaker	2002	College of Veterinary Medicine, Louisiana State University	Baton Rouge, LA
Fellow	2000	Gerald Durrell Memorial Fund
Distinguished lecturer	1997	Austin Peay State University	Clarksville, TN
Member	1995	Phi Zeta Honour Society
Award	1992-1993	Fulbright Scholarship	Cambridge, England

Selected Publications

Sleeman, J. M., Howell, J. E., Knox, W. M., & Stenger, P. J. Incidence of hemorrhagic disease in white-tailed deer is associated with winter and summer climatic conditions. EcoHealth. In print.

Sleeman, J. M., Brown, J. D, Steffen, D., Jones, D., Robertson, J. & Holladay, S. Relationships among aural abscesses, organochlorine compounds and vitamin A in free-ranging eastern box turtles (Terrapene carolina carolina). Journal of Wildlife Diseases. 2008, 44(4): 922-929.

Joyner, P. H., Kelly, S., Shreve, A. A., Snead, S. E., Sleeman, J. M. & Pettit, D. A. West Nile virus in raptors from Virginia during 2003: Clinical, diagnostic and epidemiologic findings. Journal of Wildlife Diseases. 2006, 42(2): 335-344.

Sleeman, J. M. Disease risk assessment of African great apes using Geographic Information Systems. EcoHealth. 2005, 2 (3): 222-227.

Sleeman, J. M., Meader, L. L., Mudakikwa, A. B., Foster, J. W. & Patton, S. Gastrointestinal parasites of mountain gorillas (Gorilla gorilla beringei) from the Parc National des Volcans, Rwanda. Journal of Zoo and Wildlife Medicine. 2000, 31(3): 322-328.