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Gary Selof, M. Div., Chaplain, Iowa National Guard

For the last six years, Gary Selof has been a chaplain for the Iowa National Guard and for the last nine years, a pastor in Gilbert. He graduated from Monmouth College in Monmouth, Illinois with a BA in psychology and from Trinity Evangelical Divinity School with a master of divinity degree. He served with the 224th Engineer Battalion for OIF III in Ar Ramadi Iraq from January 2005 to December 2005. He has been a full time chaplain for the Iowa National Guard for one year. Heather Strosnider, MPH, Epidemiologist, Centers for Disease Control and Prevention's Environmental Public Health Tracking Program Heather Strosnider is an epidemiologist for the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention's Environmental Public Health Tracking Program. She received her MPH from Emory University and has worked for the CDC since 2003 where she has investigated breast cancer and organochlorines in Alaska Native women, arsenic exposure in Nevada, and pesticide exposure in Florida. Her research has also included aflatoxin exposure in developing countries, and pediatric poisonings.

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