FDA WANTS MOLD CONSULTANTS

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The U.S. Food and Drug Administration is seeking expert consultants in Fungal

Diseases including aspergillosis and zygomycosis, among other categories listed

below. This request was made to members of the Infectious Disease Society of

America, and posted on their web site. If any of our board members are members

of that society, it would be a good opportunity to get our message out there. If

we have any board members who are credentialed enough, though not members of

that society, they should get in touch with the FDA, directly, to try to be

considered for the position of consultant. If we don't try to change the system

from within, we have no right to complain that the system is stacked against us.

The following was posted on the Infectious Disease Society Of America website.

FDA Seeks IDSA Members to Serve as Expert Consultants in Key Areas The Food and

Drug Administration (FDA) has contacted IDSA to solicit nominees from among the

Society's members who are interested

in serving as expert consultants in the capacity of Special Government

Employees. Such consultants might be asked to provide expert presentations at

FDA advisory committee meetings, to serve as invited guests at drug development

meetings between the agency and industry or to work on other projects. Areas

where particular expertise would be valuable to FDA include:

Bacteremia and endocarditis

Community and hospital-acquired pneumonia

Emergence of resistance in gram-negative and gram-positive organisms

Fungal diseases, including aspergillosis and zygomycosis

Meningitis

Osteomyelitis and diabetic foot infections

Parasitic diseases, including malaria

Otitis media and sinusitis

Safety/risk management of antimicrobial products

Topical antimicrobial products

Transplant medicine

Tuberculosis

To apply, please send a statement of your willingness to serve as an FDA

Special Government Employee. You must mention the particular area from the

list above where you have special expertise and include your CV. Send to Elma

Rahman, IDSA, at erahman@... as soon as possible but no later than

June 15th.