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Raymond Cypess, DVM, PhDATCC |
Raymond H. Cypess, DVM, PhD, is Chairman, President and CEO of American Type Culture Collection (ATCC), and International Bioresources Group (IBG) in Manassas, Virginia, where he has demonstrated the ability to apply business acumen, fiscal responsibility and innovative approaches to the management of a non-profit/profit corporate structure. He holds a DVM from the University of Illinois and a PhD in parasitology from the University of North Carolina.
Dr. Cypess came to ATCC from the University of Tennessee, Memphis, in 1993. He was Dean of the College of Graduate Health Sciences as well as Professor of Microbiology and Immunology and Comparative Medicine, and Vice Provost for Research and Research Training, winning the UT Memphis College of Medicine Outstanding Teacher Award for the years 1989–1993. He has been an Associate Professor of Epidemiology and Microbiology at the University of Pittsburgh School of Public Health, and Professor and Chairman at the New York State College of Veterinary Medicine.
In the course of his extensive professional career, Dr. Cypess participated on NIAID scientific review boards and various NIH Study Sections and served on several editorial boards. He is the author of more than 75 chapters, reviews, and journal articles, a fellow in the Infectious Disease Society, and a member of the American Epidemiology Society. At ATCC, he has served as principal investigator on numerous grants and contracts, including the The Malaria Research & Reference Reagent Resource Center (MR4), and the Biodefense & Emerging Infectious Research Resources Repository (BEI) from the NIAID. He has served on boards of NYSE and NASDAG corporations, as well as Director and Treasurer of the Virginia Biotechnology Authority.