Frederick, Maryland, United States
David R. Franz, D.V.M., Ph.D. (Dec 2008) Dr. Franz served in the U.S. Army Medical Research and Materiel Command for 23 of 27 years on active duty and retired as Colonel. He served as Commander of the U.S. Army Medical Research Institute of Infectious Diseases (USAMRIID) and as Deputy Commander of the Medical Research and Materiel Command. Dr. Franz was the Chief Inspector on three United Nations Special Commission biological warfare inspection missions to Iraq and served as a member of the first two US-UK teams that visited Russia in support of the Trilateral Joint Statement on Biological Weapons. Dr. Franz was Technical Editor for the Textbook of Military Medicine on Medical Aspects of Chemical and Biological Warfare released in 1997. Current standing committee appointments related to international activities include the National Academy of Sciences Committee on International Security and Arms Control, the Department of Health and Human Services National Science Advisory Board for Biosecurity, the Sandia National Laboratories Distinguished Advisory Panel (DAP) for international activities and the National Research Council Committee on Expanding and Strengthening the DoD’s Cooperative Threat Reduction Program which he co-chairs. He serves on the Boards of the Federation of American Scientists and the Kansas Bioscience Authority.. The current focus of his activities relates to the role of international engagement in the life sciences as a component of national security policy. Dr. Franz holds a D.V.M. from Kansas State University, where he holds an adjunct appointment, and a Ph.D. in Physiology from Baylor College of Medicine. Specialties: Non-Proliferation and Biological Arms Control Medical biological defense Bioterrorism defense and preparedness (human and agricultural) Former Soviet and Iraqi biological warfare programs Management of high-hazard biological research
Commander, US Army Medical Research Institute of Infectious Disease