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74 <br />Page 2 of 3 <br />Gary Rosson <br />Baltimore, MD, Richmond, VA. July, 1984-May, 1992. <br />- Designed two-way radio communications systems and public safety dispatch centers <br />for local government and public safety users. <br />- Performed communication needs analyses, prepared assessment reports and <br />proposals for customers and presented these in written and oral formats to political and <br />professional boards, groups, fire, EMS, police, and administrative groups. <br />- Helped manage communication systems installation, customer training, follow-up and <br />customer relations. <br />Executive Director/Executive Coordinator, Virginia Federation of Emergency Medical <br />Services Councils, Inc./Rappahannock-Rapidan EMS Council, Inc., Culpeper, VA. July, <br />1978-Aug., 1984. <br />- Helped write and administer DHHS Emergency Medical Services system development <br />grants for 24-county region in north central Virginia. <br />- Trained paramedical personnel [former instructor in EMT-Ambulance, EMT-Shock <br />Trauma, CPR, CPR Instructor Trainer, Emergency Vehicle Operations]. <br />- Designed and implemented data procurement instruments for EMS system <br />analysis/evaluation. <br />- Managed the design and implementation of a regional EMS communications system. <br />- Served on Virginia State EMS Communications Board <br />Volunteer Experience: <br />- Member, Madison County Volunteer Rescue Squad, Madison, Va., 1970-1981 <br />- Non-Traditional (Older) Student Organization at Va. Tech. [Co-founder, 1993; <br />President, 1993-1995] <br />- Member, Benefits Committee, UNC Postdoctoral Association, 2000-2005; Chairman <br />2001-2002. <br />- Member, Steering Committee, UNC Postdoctoral Association, 2000 a€" 2002. Directed <br />data acquisition for and the writing and publication of the first analysis of the Postdoctoral <br />climate done at the University of North Carolina: Published report entitled a€oeReport on <br />the Status of the Postdoctoral Experience at UNC-CHa€ September, 2001. <br />- Member, UNC Student Health Advisory Board, 2001- 2005. <br />- Facilitator, Smoking Cessation Program, American Cancer Society, Charleston, SC <br />1997-99. <br />Education: <br />Medical University of South Carolina, Charleston, SC., Aug.1995-Sept., 2000, Pathology <br />and Laboratory Medicine (Experimental Molecular Pathology), Ph.D., Dec. 2000. <br />Virginia Polytechnic Institute and State University, Blacksburg, VA., Aug. 1992-July, <br />1995. Major: Biology; Minor: Chemistry, B.S. July, 1995. <br />Virginia Polytechnic Institute and State University, Blacksburg, VA., Aug. 1970-May, <br />1973. Major: Biology; Minor: Chemistry, No Degree (Returned to complete degree in <br />1992). <br />Other Comments: <br />