Within his own community, Carter served on the board of trustees for the Mighty Eighth Air Force Heritage Museum and The Coastal Bank.Īdditionally, he is a member of the National Community Pharmacists Association, The Academy of Independent Pharmacists, the Georgia Pharmacy Association, the Georgia Farm Bureau, the National Federation of Independent Business, the Savannah Area, Effingham, and Bryan County’s Chamber of Commerce, the Pooler Georgia Rotary Club, and the Island Hospice Board of Directors. He was elected to the Georgia State Senate and served in the chamber from 2009-2014. In 2006, he was elected to the Georgia House of Representatives and served in the chamber until 2008.
He was the mayor of Pooler, Georgia from 1996 to 2004. Ĭarter now resides near Savannah, Georgia and is married with three sons and a daughter.
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His professional experience includes working as a Staff Pharmacist and Pharmacy Manager for Rupert Heller's Prescriptions, Owner and Operator of three retail pharmacies, and consultant for Omnicare, Inc. in Pharmacy from the University of Georgia in 1980.
7.1 Electoral vote certification on January 6-7, 2021Ĭarter was born and raised in Port Wentworth, Georgia. 4.5.3.2 Pain-Capable Unborn Child Protection Act. On the Web: 4.2 Key votes: Previous sessions of Congress View photos of Carter’s visit at bit.ly/2ASdSFl. Carter also met with members of the VSU Sullivan Scholars Program, which awards college scholarships to high school juniors and seniors from the region in an effort to recruit and educate high-quality teachers for rural schools in Georgia. While at VSU, Carter also met and was interviewed by VSU journalism students, who are following the drug research at VSU and developing a story for the Atlanta Journal-Constitution. James Baxter, head of the Department of Chemistry and Jacob Bell, Student Government Association president. Michael Savoie, dean of the Honors College Dr. Keith Walters, dean of the College of Science and Mathematics Dr. Senator Johnny Isakson Andrew Gibbs, Valdosta city councilman Dr. Carvajal, president of VSU John Gayle, mayor of Valdosta Bill Slaughter, chairman of the Lowndes County Board of Commissioners Jody Redding from the office of U.S. The student researchers who presented were Matthew Cowan, Yalanda Gordon, Jordan Gravett, Olin Blair, Jenu Thomas-Richardson, Rachel Davis, Thomas Falkenhausen, Olivia Moss, and Courtney Johnson.Ĭarter was joined at the presentation by university and community leaders, including Dr. If we can attack and eradicate tuberculosis in this world, it’s a much better world for all of us.” “This is so appropriate for the issues being discussed in Congress right now,” said Carter, who is currently the only pharmacist serving in the U.S. India’s Prime Minister Narendra Modi has pledged to eradicate the disease from his country by 2025, and VSU student researchers are hoping their drug can be part of the solution.Īfter the presentation, Carter applauded the students’ innovative thinking, the significance of the research, and the humanitarian emphasis of their work. They have also written patent applications and business plans, presented to high-level business executives and politicians, and established national and international collaborations.ĭuring the presentation, students requested help from Carter in establishing ties in India, where 500 million citizens suffer from tuberculosis. Throughout their research, students have had many of their drugs successfully tested at the National Institutes of Health. “…Our solutions don’t follow old benchmarks on how things are supposed to be done we are working toward a solution, not just studying the problem.” “We are teaching our students to pursue the same problems governments, large corporations, Wall Street companies and major universities are trying to solve - but we step back and reevaluate how you ‘STP,’ or ‘Solve The Problem.’ Thomas Manning, professor of chemistry who oversees the drug research and has been in the drug development field for more than two decades. “Our lab has focused on humanitarian and cost-effective solutions to some of the biggest diseases facing the planet,” said Dr. Earl “Buddy” Carter of Georgia’s 1 st Congressional District recently visited Valdosta State University to talk to chemistry students about their groundbreaking efforts to develop new drugs to treat tuberculosis, malaria, cervical cancer, Alzheimer’s disease, HPV, and HIV. Pictured (l-r) with Congressman Buddy Carter (center) are VSU students Olin Blair, Yalanda Gordon, Courtney Johnson, Olivia Moss, Thomas Falkenhausen, Rachel Davis, Jordan Gravett, Matthew Cowan, and Jenu Thomas-Richardson in a chemistry lab in VSU’s Bailey Science Center. 19-126 VSU Students Present Advanced Drug Research to Congressman Buddy Carter
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