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Rosalie Schnick of LaCrosse Wisconsin to receive the U.S. Food and Drug Administration Commissioner's Special Citation Award
Rosalie (Roz) Schnick of La Crosse, Wisconsin,
will receive the U.S. Food and Drug Administration Commissioner's Special
Citation Award at the FDA Honor Awards Ceremony in the Plaza Ballroom at the
DoubleTree Hotel, 1750 Rockville Pike, Rockville, Maryland on Friday, June 9,
2000 from 1:30 to 4:30 p.m.. The award is for outstanding leadership,
teamwork, and sustained efforts as the National Coordinator for Aquaculture
New Animal Drug Applications. Roz was chosen for this award because she
has provided invaluable assistance to FDA and has positively impacted the well
being of the public. The FDA Commissioner, Dr. Jane E. Henney, will
present the award.
Roz was selected as the first National Coordinator
for Aquaculture New Animal Drug Applications in May 1995 shortly after she
retired from the Upper Midwest Environmental Sciences Center, La Crosse,
Wisconsin (UMESC) with 28 years of service. This position was
established by the Joint Subcommittee on Aquaculture's Working Group on
Quality Assurance in Aquaculture Production to help producer groups and
pharmaceutical and chemical companies work in partnership to gain approvals
that would not otherwise be achieved because the aquaculture industry, both
public and commercial, is too small to justify the major expenditures
and efforts necessary to prove that a drug is safe and effective. As the
national coordinator to obtain approvals of drugs for use in the culture of
aquatic species such as catfish, trout, hybrid striped bass, and salmon, Roz
has been involved in efforts on over 25 drugs. She has also been
involved in national and international issues and efforts to ensure that safe
and effective drugs are available to aquaculture producers worldwide.
Those efforts have taken her to all parts of the United States as well as to
Scotland, England, France, Australia, New Zealand, and Greece.
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