Jeffrey Brown, PhD
Washington,DC
Summary
Results-driven former Army service member with over twenty years of experience in laboratory services, personnel supervision, program management, budgetary oversight and compliance with regulatory agencies. Self motivator with excellent problem solving, communication and organizational skills. Highly reliable and resourceful motivator suited to build relationships with a diverse range of stakeholders in dynamic environments.
Overview
27
27
years of professional experience
1
1
Certification
Work History
Chief of Staff
Armed Forces Radiobiology Research Institute
2021.10 - 2023.10
- Oversaw daily operations of 100 personnel comprised of multi-service military, civilian and contractor multi-disciplinary staff.
- Spearheaded the execution of a multi-source $13.5 million FY22 budget.
- Served as acting director on fifteen different occasions.
- Spearheaded the development of the Employee Concerns Program, which was focused on addressing safety-related issues.
- Resolved complex issues which led to the restart of the DoD's only Nuclear Regulatory Commission's-regulated research reactor, following two years of inactivity.
- Served as principle advisor to the director on more than twenty-five critical issues for sound decision making.
- Interfaced with senior leaders in developing fifteen mission-focused action plans that were in concert with the unit's mission of protecting service members and civilians through research, education and operational training.
- Consistently resolved complex issues which involved eight personnel conflict resolutions, one Environmental Protection Agency (EPA)-related laboratory safety issue and promoted civilian morale and welfare via at least sixty-four personnel actions which included six quality step increases, twenty-four annual bonuses (FY22 and FY23 each), and ten hiring actions.
- Developed the Safety Conscious Work Environment, which was aimed at ensuring individuals’ freedom to raise nuclear safety concerns without fear of retaliation.
- Represented AFRRI in eleven USU Cabinet meetings, briefed senior leadership and provided monthly briefings to the brigade commander, thereby fostering strong communication and working relationship with senior leadership.
- Spearheaded the planning and execution of AFRRI’s active shooter training and exercise, which successfully resulted in the following three end states: 1) enhanced personnel confidence and knowledge in response to active shooters, 2) enhanced first responders response capabilities within the facility, and 3) ensured compliance with the Nuclear Regulatory Commission's 10 CFR 37.45, that AFRRI conduct annual coordination with local law enforcement.
- Coordinated the unit’s preparation of four Nuclear Regulatory Commission inspections, all which resulted in zero cited findings and adverse actions.
- Established and arranged the organization's Safety Stand Down Day and incorporated a precedence for the training to be conducted on a quarterly basis, thereby reinforcing personnel confidence and competence on safety-related issues.
- Fostered a strong working relationship with the Uniformed Services University of Health Science's Environmental Health and Safety to ensure unit laboratories were in full compliance with all applicable regulations.
- Executed monthly laboratory walk-throughs to ensure laboratory safety and assigned military officers to serve as laboratory safety officers which resulted in a 10% reduction of findings from Occupational Safety and Health Agency and Environmental Protection Agency inspections.
- As the unit's Reviewing Official for the Radioactive Materials Security Program, as set forth by 10 CFR part 37.23 (b) to make trustworthy and reliable determinations that allowed individuals to have unescorted access to radioactive materials, there were zero safety-related incidences and zero security breaches during my oversight.
- Served as the Reactor and Radiation Facilities Safety Committee Chair and led five biannually-required meetings and ensured that all six major sources of ionizing radiation were safely maintained within prescribed guidance.
- Served as the Radionuclide and X-ray Safety Committee Chair he led ten quarterly-required meetings and spearheaded the contributions of more than 500 man-hours from dedicated subject matter experts to ensure that environmental radiation exposures were minimal via air monitoring testing, environmental dosimetry testing of 18 sights and As Low As Reasonably Achievable quarterly reports.
- Developed a fire suppression protocol and wrote AFRRI’s emergency evacuation plan as well as coordinated four practice drills, which resulted in AFRRI passing both the FY22 and FY23 annual fire drill inspections by 90% and showing a 20% improvement as compared to previous years.
- Served as the AFRRI representative on the USU space utilization committee and collaborated with leadership to address complex issues relating to the usage of offices and meeting spaces.
- Served as the AFRRI representative on the USUHS Emergency Response Committee and ensured tools were in place to respond to critical events and provided ‘best practices’ guidance and lessons learned to the committee regarding AFRRI’s experiences of emergency response.
- Spearheaded the correction of findings from a third-party directed by the Nuclear Regulatory Commission.
Lead, Senior Laboratory Officer
DoD COVID-19 Task Force
2020.09 - 2021.05
- Established and incorporated action plans to expand high-throughput testing (Next Generation Sequencing) of SARS-CoV-2 throughout the DoD. Developed several guidance documents on procedures for non-clinical labs to conduct pooled testing.
- Led meetings to expand wastewater-based SARS-CoV-2 Disease Surveillance within the DoD.
- Coordinated through the Food and Drug Administration to receive enforcement discretion concurrence for non-clinical laboratories to perform pooled testing.
- Collaborated with the Defense Health Agency Center for Laboratory Medicine Services to provide the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention guidance on testing of SARS-CoV-2 to all DoD Clinicial Laboratory Improvement Program-certified clinical laboratories.
- Collaborated with the Army Medical Department Center and School as well as the Center for Laboratory Medicine Services to develop training modules to 30 deployed naval laboratories on procedures for conducting pooled testing on the Biofire and Cepheid instruments.
- Pursuant to the Food and Drug Administration's approval to conduct pooled testing in DoD's Clinical Laboratory Improvement Program-registered high core labs.
- Coordinated with Health Affairs for an exception to policy enforcement discretion to expand pooled testing to thirty moderate complexity non-fixed operational labs. This action was significant because it allowed Naval ships in deployed settings to maintain force health protection by performing SARS-CoV-2 testing while decreasing turn-around time.
- Spearheaded the DoD Whole Genome Sequencing Working Group, which was comprised of more than thirty subject matter experts that led to the development of the DoD Whole Genome Sequencing Action Plan, a document which served in expanding near-real-time analysis of SARS-CoV-2 genetic sequencing of variants and to guide mitigation, support outbreak investigations, and develop research and medical countermeasures efforts amongst DoD military treatment facilities and eight genetic sequencing.
- Obtained and coordinated $4.86M of additional funding from Health Affairs for the DoD Global Emerging Infections Surveillance Program to expand whole genome sequencing which was used to support Force Health Protection and public health response within the DoD by a) supporting outbreak investigations b) inform via characterization and research studies c) monitor population level virus evolution.
- Led measures to ensure efficient and safe use of constrained testing supplies by leading a chartered Pooled Testing Working Group.
- Expanded the capacity and capabilities of pooled testing to Army public health labs, Air Force research labs and navy clinical labs which led to a savings of more than 250,000 clinical samples.
- Developed the plan to expand SARS-CoV-2 high throughput testing within the DoD clinical laboratories.
Chief of Staff
National Center Disaster Medicine Public Health
2019.10 - 2020.08
- Co-spearheaded the initial processes of a congressionally mandated pilot research study to enhance interoperability and medical surge capacity of the National Disaster Medical System.
- Spearheaded the collaboration with subject matter experts within the Military Health System to provide medical personnel with resources containing seven approaches aimed at improving their mental, physical and emotional well-being during times of crises.
- Expanded the organization's bandwidth by leading the process of hiring a disaster exercise planner in support of the National Disaster Medical System Pilot Project.
- Provided oversight regarding the execution of a $5.4M budget while also collaborating with four DoD agencies on initiatives of meeting national disaster readiness needs.
- Led key stakeholder meetings to make informed business decisions, provide administrative support and evaluate progress toward goals and objectives.
Chief, Chem-Bio Select Agent Compliance Branch
Office of The Surgeon General
2015.04 - 2019.08
- Implemented DoD, Department of the Army, and Centers for Disease Control and Prevention policies pertaining to handling and safeguarding chemical and biological warfare agents and toxins
- Developed requirements and directed execution of $5.7M budget.
- Served as subject matter expert to senior leadership regarding handling and safeguarding the Department of Defense's stockpile of chemical and biological select agents and toxins.
- Served on a working group to write and revise policies and regulations relating to the Department of Defense's stance on safeguarding chemical, radiological as well as biological select agents and toxins.
Deputy Product Manager
U.S. Military HIV Research Program
2012.12 - 2015.03
- Provided scientific, technical and administrative guidance in support of cost, schedule, and performance for the development of an HIV Vaccine candidate, with an annual budget in excess of $12,000,000.
- Served as product manager within the Advanced Concept Evaluation and Staging Project Management Office, which was focused on providing rapid assessments of medical products and devices that have the potential to enhance the care of the warfighter/Service member.
- Served as part of a team which oversaw HIV-related clinical trials in Bangkok, Thailand.
- Wrote and implemented a business plan which resulted in the safe and long term storage of more than fifteen million blood samples of individuals who participated in clinical trails.
Biothreat Agent and Inventory Controls Officer
United States Army Medical Research Institute of Infectious Diseases Biosurety Division
2009.01 - 2009.07
- Conducted audits and physical inventories to evaluate the consistency of the Biological Select Agents and Toxins (BSAT) listings in the Agent Information Management System as compared to their physical locations within Biosafety Levels 1,2, 3 and 4 laboratory environments.
- Promoted compliance of the guidance and regulations from the Department of Health and Human Services and Centers for Disease Control and Prevention.
- Served as a member of the Biological Personnel Reliability Program.
- Provided briefings to senior leadership on the status of BSAT inventory, as needed.
Blood Bank Manager & Clinical Laboratory Officer
28th Combat Support Hospital & 86th Combat Support Hospital
2006.08 - 2007.12
- Provided core laboratory services (microbiology, chemistry, urinalysis and hematology) to 7,000 military service members and coalition forces.
- Served as blood bank manager, thereby overseeing the management and distribution of blood products (red blood cells, fresh frozen plasma and platelets).
- Supervised and trained five lab personnel on good laboratory practices and procedures of various laboratory instruments.
- Initiated and coordinated the collection of 25 whole blood collections from service members and coalition forces when blood products were depleted.
- Served as laboratory manager in the following areas of Iraq over the the span of 15 months: Baghdad (1 month), Tallil (3 months) and Mosul (11 months).
- Provided weekly briefings to senior leadership on the status of all updates relating to laboratory services.
- Coordinated with the pharmacy and providers from the emergency room and intensive care unit regarding laboratory support issues.
- Collaborated with providers to determine the correlation of creatine kinase isoenzyme BB-CK to traumatic brain injury of soldiers exposed to improvised explosive devices.
- Collaborated with other clinical laboratory officers and medical providers in monitoring the rise of antimicrobial resistance of Acinetobacter baumanii, Pseudomonas aeruginosa and Klebsiella pnuemoniae in soldiers exposed to open wounds, as well as developing protocols for conducting susceptibility testing.
Clinical Laboratory Manager
United States Army Medical Research Institute of Infectious Diseases (USAMRIID)
2005.08 - 2007.08
- Provided core laboratory services (microbiology, chemistry and hematology) to more than 300 personnel.
- Analyzed more than 200 microbiological specimens during the 2001 Anthrax Attacks to determine if samples contained spores from Bacillus anthracis, the microorganism which causes anthrax.
- Spearheaded the optimization of laboratory processes for maximum efficiency and performance.
- Reviewed more than 3,000 laboratory results with pathologists to maintain established turn-around-times and quality assurance.
- Ensured regulatory compliance with several agencies such as the College of American Pathologists, and Food and Drug Administration.
Environmental Science Officer
Department of Defense Global Emerging Infections Surveillance & Response System Walter Reed Army Institute of Research
2001.10 - 2003.07
- Utilized data-driven decision-making techniques to inform public health providers of potential disease outbreaks.
- Educated staff and external stakeholders on how ESSENCE (Electronic Surveillance System for the Early Notification of Community-based Epidemics), a secure web-based tool can be used to predict disease outbreaks.
- Monitored clinics of 121 Army, 110 Navy, 80 Air Force and 2 Coast Guard installations through the analyses of daily-generated graphs for indications of potential infectious diseases outbreaks.
- Collaborated in the performance of epidemiologic investigations and contact tracing in an effort to minimize the spread of various respiratory-related illnesses.
Aide-de-Camp to the Commanding General
U.S. Army Medical Research & Materiel Command and Fort Detrick
2000.08 - 2001.09
- Served as the primary aide (executive assistant) to the Commanding General (Two-star General) of the Military Research and Materiel Command,with 13 subordinate commands/laboratories, employing over 4,600 military/civilian personnel with an annual operating budget of $1 billion.
- Ensured the Commanding General maintained constant communication and accessibility to perform his duties as Special Assistant to the Assistant Secretary of Defense (Health Affairs) for Medical, Chemical, and Biological Defense.
Detachment Commander & Adjutant
U.S. Army Medical Research Institute of Chemical Defense
1999.11 - 2000.07
- Commanded the headquarters detachment for the lead Department of Defense Medical research institute of chemical defense employing over 200 personnel.
- Ensured compliance applicable laws regulations minimizing legal liabilities associated detention handling procedures.
- Encouraged a culture of continuous improvement through ongoing education, self-assessment, and refinement of practices.
- Led team in developing strategic plans to meet operational objectives.
- Ensured consistent and reliable command and control by incorporating random urinalysis testing of military personnel.
Health Services Oversight Officer
Johnston Atoll Health Clinic
1998.10 - 1999.10
- Provided direct oversight of the medical services portion of the Johnston Atoll Health Clinic.
- Served as the primary action officer to the Commander on health services issues.
- Coordinated with the lead officer in contract development, conducting inspections of contract personnel and conducting quality assurance meetings.
- Directed flow of traffic in construction zones and guided vehicles around automobile accidents.
Executive Officer
Southwest Regional Dental Command
1997.01 - 1997.06
- Planned, directed and coordinated administrative activities for dental personnel spanning 7 dental locations.
- Executed a $4.4M budget divided between dental treatment facilities located at Fort Bliss, Texas, Fort Huachuca, Arizona and Fort, Irwin, Texas.
- Established policies and procedures for 40 dental personnel.
Executive Officer & Company Commander
Fort Bliss Dental Activity
1996.09 - 1997.01
- Led organizational restructuring efforts, optimizing resource allocation and improving overall productivity.
- Recognized by the Deputy Commanding General of Fort Bliss for the successful implementation of the 1997 Army Performance Improvement Criteria.
- Spearheaded the planning and coordination of providing dental support for the world's largest tactical air exercise (Roving Sands 1997).
- Handled administrative management, personnel issues and supply requirements for unit.
- Displayed exceptional organizational skills by spearheading five fund raisers , which created a revenue of over $1,600
- Developed and implemented a unit physical fitness program which salvaged the careers of twelve soldiers.
Education
Ph.D. - Biological Science/Microbiology
University of Maryland - Baltimore County
Baltimore, MD05.2012
Master of Science - Biotechnology
Johns Hopkins University
Baltimore, MD05.2005
Bachelor of Science - Biology
East Carolina University
Greenville, NC05.1996
Skills
- Top Secret Clearance
- Clinical laboratory scientist/medical technologist certification
- Program Management involving cost, schedule and performance
- Microbiological research
- Defense Strategy and policy development
- Compliance of biological and chemical select agents
- Planning and prioritization
- Critical thinking
- Attention to detail
- Results focused leadership
- Process Improvement
- Establishing and managing clinical labs in overseas environments
Certification
- Clinical Laboratory Scientist - National Credentialing Agency for Laboratory Personnel.
- Medical Technologist - Board of Registry of the American Society of Clinical Pathology.
Accomplishments
- Order of Military Medical Merit
- Meyerhoff Fellowship and scholarship recipient
Years Of Military Service
24
Military Education Training
- Countering Weapons of Mass Destruction Advisor Course, 2021
- Certification in Strategy and Policy Development., Defense Strategy Course, 2017
- Chemturion Encapsulating Suit Training for protection in a Biosafety Level 4 Environment Recertification training, USAMRIID, Fort Detrick, 2015.
- Chemturion Encapsulating Suit Training for protection in a Biosafety Level 4 Environment Recertification training, USAMRIID, Fort Detrick, 2008.
- Reverse Transcription-quantitative Polymerase Chain Reaction hands-on training, Walter Reed Army Institute of Research, July 2014.
- Microscan Microbiology System autoSCAN-4 Instrument Education, Dade Behring, 2007.
- Agents of Bioterrorism Laboratory Response Network: One week training on detecting and confirming the presence five biological threat agents, 2006.
- Good Clinical Practice, 2006.
- Field Identification of Biological Warfare Agents –Four-weeks course using Polymerase Chain Reaction and electrochemiluminescence to identify biothreat agents, 2005.
- Cell Dyn 3700 Hematology Training with Abbott Diagnostics Division, 2005.
- Chemturion Encapsulating Suit Training in a Biosafety Level 4 environment, 2004.
- Clinical Laboratory Officer Course, Walter Reed Army Medical Center, 2004.
Research Experience Presentations
- Rotation, Dr. J. Nataro’s lab at University of Maryland, Baltimore, Studying the in vitro effects of enteroaggregative Escherichia coli when exposed to erythrocytes. Techniques learned include the following: Protein purification, cloning, and immunoblotting. Summer 2008.
- Virology Rotation, North Atlantic Medical Research Unit #3 (NAMRU #3), Cairo, Egypt, Learned the following identification techniques: Hepatitis E Virus via immunofluorescence assay, influenza strains using hemagglutination and Human Immunodeficiency Virus via reverse transcriptase polymerase chain reaction. 08/2004, 09/2004,
- ESSENCE: An Analysis of Current Procedural Terminology Data Integration in an Electronic Infectious Disease Surveillance System. Oral presentation at 2003 SAFMLS, 03/2003,
- DoD GEIS: Electronic Surveillance System for the Early Notification of Community-Based Epidemics, Post 9/11/01. Poster presentation at the International Conference on Emerging Infectious Diseases, 03/2002,
- Detection and Characterization of an Outbreak of Norwalk-like Virus in a Marine Depot. Poster presentation at the Infectious Diseases Society of America, 10/2002.
- Identification and Investigation of Disease Outbreaks Generated by ESSENCE. Poster presented at the National Syndromic Surveillance Conference, 09/2002.
- The Electronic Surveillance System for the Early Notification of Community-based Epidemics. Speaker at the 2002 Force Health Protection Conference, 08/2002.
Publications
- New prospects for a preventive HIV-1 vaccine, J Virus Erad, 04/2015, Brown, J
- Creatine kinase BB isoenzyme blood levels in trauma patients with suspected mild traumatic brain injury, Mil Med, 06/2009, Carr ME Jr, Masullo LN, Brown JK, Lewis PC
Timeline
Chief of Staff
Armed Forces Radiobiology Research Institute
2021.10 - 2023.10
Lead, Senior Laboratory Officer
DoD COVID-19 Task Force
2020.09 - 2021.05
Chief of Staff
National Center Disaster Medicine Public Health
2019.10 - 2020.08
Chief, Chem-Bio Select Agent Compliance Branch
Office of The Surgeon General
2015.04 - 2019.08
Deputy Product Manager
U.S. Military HIV Research Program
2012.12 - 2015.03
Biothreat Agent and Inventory Controls Officer
United States Army Medical Research Institute of Infectious Diseases Biosurety Division
2009.01 - 2009.07
Blood Bank Manager & Clinical Laboratory Officer
28th Combat Support Hospital & 86th Combat Support Hospital
2006.08 - 2007.12
Clinical Laboratory Manager
United States Army Medical Research Institute of Infectious Diseases (USAMRIID)
2005.08 - 2007.08
Environmental Science Officer
Department of Defense Global Emerging Infections Surveillance & Response System Walter Reed Army Institute of Research
2001.10 - 2003.07
Aide-de-Camp to the Commanding General
U.S. Army Medical Research & Materiel Command and Fort Detrick
2000.08 - 2001.09
Detachment Commander & Adjutant
U.S. Army Medical Research Institute of Chemical Defense
1999.11 - 2000.07
Health Services Oversight Officer
Johnston Atoll Health Clinic
1998.10 - 1999.10
Executive Officer
Southwest Regional Dental Command
1997.01 - 1997.06
Executive Officer & Company Commander
Fort Bliss Dental Activity
1996.09 - 1997.01
Ph.D. - Biological Science/Microbiology
University of Maryland - Baltimore County
Master of Science - Biotechnology
Johns Hopkins University
Bachelor of Science - Biology
East Carolina University
- Clinical Laboratory Scientist - National Credentialing Agency for Laboratory Personnel.
- Medical Technologist - Board of Registry of the American Society of Clinical Pathology.
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