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Wo Learning Champions title graphicMentor Bio - John Berestecky

College/year started:
Kapiolani Community College,
1989 - Present
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Areas of Primary Responsibility:
Professor of Microbiology
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Activities and Accomplishments in promoting learning and/or professional development
University of Hawaii Ph.D.1988 Microbiology

University of Hawaii M.S. 1976 Microbiology

The Pennsylvania State University B.S. 1972 Microbiology

2003 - Adjunct Professor, Dept. of Tropical Medicine and Medical
Microbiology, John A. Burns School of Medicine, University of Hawaii

1999 - 2002 Associate Graduate Faculty, Dept. of Tropical Medicine and
Medical Microbiology, John A. Burns School of Medicine, University of Hawaii

July 1997 International Election Observer for the Friends of Liberia
Liberian Special Elections of 1997
Gbarnga and Bong County, Liberia

1992 - 1996 Research Associate, Department of Plant Pathology,
University of Hawaii, Honolulu, Hawaii

1989 - 1992 Junior Researcher Cancer Research Center, University of Hawaii,
Honolulu Hawaii

1988 Lecturer in Microbiology, Department of Microbiology,
University of Hawaii, Honolulu, Hawaii

1982 - 1988 Graduate Teaching and Research Assistant in Immunology,
Department of Microbiology, University of Hawaii, Honolulu, Hawaii

1982 Microbiologist, Vilab II, The New York Blood Center, Liberian Institute
for Biomedical Research, Harbel, Liberia, West Africa

1979 - 1982 U.S. Peace Corps Volunteer, Bacteriologist, The National
Tuberculosis Control Progamme, Congotown Hospital, Monrovia, Liberia, West
Africa

1976 - 1979 Instructor, Medical Laboratory Technician Program,
Kapiolani Community College, Honolulu, Hawaii

1974 - 1976 Clinical Microbiologist, St. Francis Hospital, Honolulu, Hawaii

1973 - 1974 Research Assistant, Department of Microbiology, The Pennsylvania
State University, University Park, Pennsylvania

1972 - 1973 Clinical Microbiologist, Petersburg General Hospital,
Petersburg, Virginia


Professional Societies:

The American Society for Microbiology; President of the Hawaii Branch
2001-2002

American Association for the Advancement of Science

Hawaiian Academy of Science

Grants:

USDA Cooperative Epidemiology Partnership Project, "Epidemiology of Campylobacter Enteritis."

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