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The Fish Health Program conducts science focused on understanding the control, distribution and severity of infectious diseases affecting hatchery and wild fish. Our research projects are national and international in scope but have a major focus on fish health issues in the western landscapes of the Columbia River, Puget Sound and Klamath Basin.

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Contacts

Michael William Schmidt

Center Director
Western Fisheries Research Center
Phone
206-526-6291

Eric Janney

Deputy Center Director
Western Fisheries Research Center
Phone
541-273-8689
Ext
202

Gael Kurath, Ph.D.

Research Microbiologist
Western Fisheries Research Center
Phone
206-526-6583

John Hansen, Ph.D.

Research Immunologist
Western Fisheries Research Center
Phone
206-526-6588

Paul Hershberger, Ph.D.

Chief - Fish Health Section
Western Fisheries Research Center
Station Leader
Marrowstone Marine Field Station (MMFS)
Phone
360-385-1007
Ext
225

Employee Directory

Job Title
Name
Email
Phone
Biologist William N Batts bbatts@usgs.gov 206-526-2289
Biological Science Laboratory Technician (Microbiology) Carla M Conway cmconway@usgs.gov 206-526-2042
Research Microbiologist Diane Elliott, Ph.D. dgelliott@usgs.gov 206-526-6591
Research Microbiologist Eveline (Evi) Emmenegger eemmenegger@usgs.gov 206-526-2276
Computational Biologist Justin Greer, Ph.D. jgreer@usgs.gov 206-526-2055
Fish Biologist Jacob Gregg jgregg@usgs.gov 360-385-1007
Ext: 223
Research Immunologist John Hansen, Ph.D. jhansen@usgs.gov 206-526-6588
Chief - Fish Health Section Paul Hershberger, Ph.D. phershberger@usgs.gov 360-385-1007
Ext: 225
Research Microbiologist Gael Kurath, Ph.D. gkurath@usgs.gov 206-526-6583
Research Fish Biologist Jan Lovy, Ph.D. jlovy@usgs.gov 206-526-6589
Biologist Ashley MacKenzie amackenzie@usgs.gov 360-385-1007
Ext: 222
Biologist Prarthana Shankar, Ph.D. pshankar@usgs.gov 206-526-6591
Research Microbiologist, Emeritus James Winton, Ph.D. jwinton@usgs.gov 206-526-6587