Before joining ORI on March 27, 2009, John C. Galland, Ph.D., was Director of the UC Davis Laboratory Management Institute. While at the Institute, Dr. Galland developed a curriculum and unique pedagogy for educating scientists in the practical business of running a research program. This pedagogy was described in the journals Nature, Science, Cell, The Scientist, The Chronicle of Higher Education, the National Postdoctoral Association’s the PostdocKET, and Laboratory Manager. The curriculum was delivered through an annual program for postdoctoral scholars at UC Davis and a summer Certificate Program offered to people worldwide. Both programs consisted of 140 contact hours of instruction. Additional educational programs were conducted for industry, government, national laboratories, other academic institutions, and scientific associations. Dr. Galland also taught a graduate course for the UC Davis School of Veterinary Medicine entitled “Philosophy and Ethics for the Biological Scientist”. In 2004, Dr. Galland became one of 20 partners in the Howard Hughes Medical Institute/Burroughs Wellcome Scientific Management Program for Postdoctoral Fellows and Faculty and acknowledges their influence on the program at UC Davis.

Dr. Galland received both his MS and PhD at UC Davis. Before returning to UC Davis, he was Professor of Veterinary Medicine at Kansas State University where he taught public health and zoonotic diseases and conducted research on foodborne pathogens.