PHS Proud Audio Time

#4. Immunotoxicology Research at CDC with CAPT (ret). Raymong Biagini


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CAPT (ret.) spent 30 years with the CDC as a research scientist. He has over 100 publications and spent his career on environmental toxins that affect American workers.


Timestamps for interview

00:00-13:29- intro the Ray's career, how he got into the Corps, uniform wear in the 70s, 80s, and 90s, Ray's educational background
13:30-29:14- what is NIOSH and why it's important, why we should care about environmental toxicology, history of how how it started, COVID applications, scientists in the Corps

29:15-42:29- history of latex during AIDS epidemic, why it's a problem, NIOSH health hazard alert, allergy response versus immune response

42:30-54:59- opiate research, antibodies in burn victim serum vs heroin addict serum, anthrax research, developing testing for military in Middle East, multiplexing

55:00-1:00:59- emergency and disaster response research on black mold

1:01:00-1:16:22- Ray's passion for research, what he's most proud of, why the Corps changed over time, political problems in the Corps


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