Education and/or Training

B.S.	1970	Iowa State University	Fisheries and Wildlife Biology
M.S.	1972	Iowa State University	Animal Ecology
DVM	1979	Iowa State University	Veterinary Medicine

Areas of specialization and or research interests

Wildlife toxicology and health

Current USGS Research and Projects

Contaminants and diseases in arctic waterfowl
Contaminants in the Great Lakes
Avian influenza viruses in wild birds in Alaska
Toxicity of alternatives to lead-based ammunition
West Nile virus

Professional Experience

1995 – Present	U.S. Geological Survey, National Wildlife Health Center Research Wildlife Biologist, Field & Lab Research
1988 – 1995	Supervisory Laboratory Diagnostician, U.S. Fish and Wildlife Service, National Wildlife Health Center, Madison, Wisconsin
1984 – 1998	Leader, Resource Health Team. U.S. Fish and Wildlife Service, National Wildlife Health Center, Madison, Wisconsin
1979 – 1984	Research Veterinarian. U.S. Fish and Wildlife Service, Patuxant Wildlife Research Center, Laurel, Maryland

Professional Activities and/or Memberships

Society of Environmental Toxicology and Chemistry

Selected Publications

Franson, J.C. and D.J. Pain. 2011. Lead in birds. Pp. 563-593 in W.N. Beyer and J.P. Meador (eds.), Environmental Contaminants in Biota: Interpreting Tissue Concentrations, 2nd ed. CRC Press, Boca Raton, FL.

Franson, J.C., D.J. Hoffman, and P.L. Flint. 2011. Selenium concentrations and enzyme activities of glutathione metabolism in wild long-tailed ducks and common eiders. Environmental Toxicology and Chemistry 30:1479-1481.

Franson, J.C., E.K. Hofmeister, G.H. Collins, and R.J. Dusek. 2011. Seroprevalence of West Nile virus in feral horses on Sheldon National Wildlife Refuge, Nevada, United States. American Journal of Tropical Medicine and Hygiene 84: 637-640.

Franson, J.C., L.L. Lahner, C.U. Meteyer, and B.A. Rattner. 2011. Copper pellets simulating oral exposure to copper ammunition: absence of toxicity in American kestrels (Falco sparverius). Archives of Environmental Contamination and Toxicology. DOI: 10.1007/s00244-011-9671-1

Hall, J.S., J.C. Franson, R.E. Gill, C.U. Meteyer, J.L. TeSlaa, S. Nashold, R.J. Dusek, and H.S. Ip. 2011. Experimental challenge and pathology of highly pathogenic avian influenza virus H5N1 in dunlin (Calidris alpina), an intercontinental migrant shorebird species. Influenza and Other Respiratory Viruses. DOI: 10.1111/j.1750-2659.2011.00238.x