John  G. Thomas PhD , Professor Emeritus

Describing JT (Professor Emeritus John G Thomas, PhD, academically) is not hard. Here are several you may find interesting:

Citizen Soldier.

1. September 1969.  The Viet Nam war dominated the news. Unfortunately.
2.  On September 6, noon, JT transitioned from a PhD survivor, student, at Syracuse University, NY,  to Captain, US Army, saluting the Flag at 6 PM formation, Fort Sam Houston, Brook Army Medical Center, San Antonio, TX. 30 hrs, 1,784 miles difference. Fast change.
3. On May 15, 2016, Syracuse University, made it all worthwhile, 47 years latter. Awesome!
4. All because, on May 19, 1964, JT graduated as a Distinguished Military Student, commissioned 2nd Lieutenant, US Army, from Norwich University, Vermont, the oldest private military institution in the US, founded in 1819.   

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Curriculum Vitae

Professor Emeritus  John G. Thomas, PhD, is recognized as an “International Educator  and Global Microbiologist “ (www.globalbugs.com) having lectured  in more than  43 countries while  a clinical microbiologist in pathology (Professor),  dentistry (Clinical Professor) and Graduate School Education (Adjunct Professor) for 54 years ,  his research emphasizing   biofilms and medical devices.  He has recently focused upon micro 3-D- bio Printing of contour fitting gauzes using bio-plastics and unique Prebiotics with Therapeutic Bacteria (Beneficial Bacteria) for chronic wound intervention (SMarT Gauze); this integrates a common pathway, visualized through his ‘Microbial Clock’ and recently created Center of Hologenomic Clinical Studies (www.globalbugs.com/Hologenomic Center) which underscores a “Dual Citizenship” and co evolution of symbiotic microbes and human ecosystems. “Microbes Matter”.  His Probiotic Solutions integrates Computer Decision Support for Probiotic (Beneficial Bacteria) Guidelines combining AI, Artificial Intelligence and Precision Medicine, expanded recently to emphasize Chronic Wound Care and Aging, hypothesized now as a disease.

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Lectures/Presentations/Book Proposal, 2024 John G Thomas, PhD. Professor Emeritus

American Society of Microbiology. ASM Microbe. Atlanta, June 13-17, 2024

1. ABSTRACT TITLE, 4600. “Extending Clinical Microbiology Service Into the Emerging ‘Microbiome First Medicine’ Paradigm: Interventional Microbiology”
2. ABSTRACT TITLE, 4477. “Using Our Microbial Credit Score as a Platform to Measure International Health Status; Global Pressures”
3. ABSTRACT TITLE, 4596. “Expanding the Educational Platform of Our Microbial Clock: Segregating Male, Female and the Aged”

Rutgers University, Rutgers Biomedical Health Sciences - School of Health Professionals, Laboratory Sciences, Infectious Disease Course, May 28 - August 14, 2024

1. LECTURE 1 JULY 18. “The Marriage of the Microbiome and Biofilms: Who, How and Why”
2. LECTURE 2 JULY 25. “Systemic Diseases as NCDs Linked to Our Microbial Clocks: Male, Female and the Aged”
3. LECTURE 3 AUGUST 1 “Banking on Your Microbial Wealth and Loans: Pre, Pro and Post biotics and Psycho biotics”

American Society of Microbiology, Clinical Virology Symposium, Long Beach, October, 7-10, 2024

1. ABSTRACT TITLE, 88. “Promoting the Role of the Bacteriophage as an Early Regulator of the Human Microbiome and a Laboratory Tool”

The American Institute of Oral Biology, Annual Meeting, Palm Springs, October 18-20, 2024

1. PRESENTATION TITLE. “The Evolutionary Marriage of Microbiomes and Biofilms, focusing on Oral Civilizations: Who, How and Why”
2. PRESENTATION TITLE. “The Explosion of Non-Communicable Diseases, their comorbidities in Oral Health and our Microbial Clocks: Male, Female and the Aged (ME!)
3. PRESENTATION TITLE. “Banking on your Microbial Portfolio and Loans using Oral-Microbiome Targeted Therapy (O-MTT): Pre, Pro, Post and Psyco biotics”

SPRINGER/NATURE, PUBLISHER, DUE DATE, NOV 28, 2024

1. BOOK PUBLICATON, TITLE (PROPOSED). “The Silent Revolution in Clinical Microbiology: From Communicable Pathogens to Intimate Partners in Health and Disease”. OR. Sub title. “THEM AND US in 3 Sections: COEXISTANCE CREATED, COEXISTANCE LOST AND COEXISTANCE AMPLIFIED. Framed in more than a half a century (70 years) of laboratory Medicine through experiences of Dr Thomas in research, teaching and clinical service of medical and dental school and public health education (1964-2024). 300 Pages with 75 illustrations.

Introducing Professor Malcome Moosalamoo our latest addition to 'The Culture Plate Gang',

He presents a more global perspective for ANIMALS, highlightinging the ONE HEALTH Theme of the WHO: Animals, Humans and Earth, our Globe" Travel to the 'Teaching with Puppets' Section for more definitive information on Professor Malcome.

ASM, Houston, TX.

June 2023.

1. J. Thomas and L. Dunlap. "Banking on a Microbial Credit Score: Education of an Aging Electorate"
2. J. Thomas and D. Winterton. “An Interdisciplinary Educational Approach to Maximize COVID-19 ICU Outcomes: Introducing an Oral-Lung-Trilogy”
3. J. Thomas. “Linking Non-Communicable Diseases and Symptoms to the Human Microbial Clock: An Educational Platfrom”

OLLI at WVU, School of Public Health, West Virginia University, Morgantown, WV.

3 Lectures, May 2023.

J. Thomas. “Banking on Your Microbial Wealth: A Common Language for Health Education.”

The Lorenzo Berra Clinical Research Group / Anesthesia Center for Critical Care Research (ACCCR), Massachusetts General Hospital and Harvard, Boston, MA.

"Fridays with John". XV Lectures to Inspire and Motivate creativity in clinical Microbiology, focused on airway infections in Critcal Care patients influenced by the COVID-19 pandemic.

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American Society of Microbiology (ASM) MICROBE

JUNE 9-13, 2022
Washington,  DC

Abstract 5109
"Refinancing Your Microbial Wealth with Probiotics, 'Microbial Loans': A Banking Concept"

American Society of Microbiology (ASM) 2020 National Meeting

1. Banking on your Microbial Wealth: Common Ground for Senior Citizen Education.

2. Designing an Instructional Microbial Periodic Table for Clinical Microbiology: Critical Thinking.

MICROBIAL JUSTICE:  2020 Forward with MICRO-CENTRIC position

1. Judge Oliver (for Oliver Wendel Holmes) as Puppet 11 of the Culture Plate Gang, and Scales of Justice in the interface between Humans and Microbes.

   Microbial Banker, involved in Microbial Portfolio and Wealth Management

   Who controls our microbial world and how is the control strategy implemented? What are the politics of microbes, “I” vs “Me” and is there a Microbial UN? Most importantly, what can we learn from microbes as in the “Politics of Socio-Microbiology” (Biofilms) and the similar behavior patterns of microbes and humans under stress. Here, we Re-Imagine Microbiology via parallel political themes: “Don’t Trash Your Microbiota” and “Microbes Matter”. Power of Political Buttons: Microbes for Election

   Culture Plate Gang, 10 + 1. Judge Oliver

2. Negotiating with Microbes and “How to Build a Better Human through Microbiology”: a Paradigm Shift

   How can we better manage our ‘Microbial Kin’ and evolutionary partners in health and disease? What are the steps or strategies to implement the theme, “Germ Theory to Germ Therapy”? How can we capture and harness (to our benefit) the genetic strength of beneficial microbes in Wounds, Oral health and Aging/Dementia, particularly those lost with aging? Therapeutic Bacteria as Pre/Probiotics naturally or as supplements recognizing the ‘Power Within’

   Bac-2-Health and Partners-4-Life

   View New Probiotic “Cheat Sheet”

3. One Health: Animals, Human’s and our Globe

   What can we learn from the ongoing Coronavirus pandemic, and the importance of animals as significant novel virus reservoirs? How important is it to invest in pandemic surveillance as described by the WHO and to address the impact of global warming and human incursion on global ‘Mother Nature’. How does this enhance our ‘Critical Thinking’?

   Read "We Live in a Microbial World", Dominion Post, Opinion

4. “Universal Donors” of Genetic Information 
   
   Microbes serve lots of benefits, but none more important than providing a rapid infusion of genetic information to our evolution.  Microbes are actually computer-chips of information, gene pools, rapidly processed with a huge data base; each one a history of previous interactions and a legacy of information.

    

MICROBIOLOGY RE-IMAGINED: 2017 - 2019

1. Re-Imagining Our Microbial Wealth: a Microbial Investment Portfolio

2. Leveraging Our Microbial Wealth: Probiotics as Restorative Genetics

3. Microbial Centric Aging: A paradigm Shift.

4. Microbial / Biologic Human Clocks and Chronic Diseases

5. View Teaching with Puppets

6. View ASM ABSTRACT. “Expanding our Microbial Teaching Puppets, ‘The Culture Plate Gang’ Dexter, the 2-Faced Clock”

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Global Experience

Dr. Thomas is an energetic international/global microbiologist recognizing his far-ranging academic appointments at Cardiff University, Wales, UK and NUS (National University of Singapore), compared to Northeast Ohio University College of Medicine (NEOUCOM), Rutgers University and WVU, nationally.  Dr. Thomas has often traveled more than 30,000 miles/year, often outside of the US, most recently focusing on Asia Pacific, China and Australia/New Zealand, addressing a diverse audience of more than 3,000 scientists, physicians, dentists, nurses and public health practitioners/year.  Locations in his 43-country lectures/workshops/ research initiatives have included Cancun, Mexico; Wuhan, China; Manila, Philippines; Brisbane and Adelaide, Australia; Tokyo, Japan; Mumbai, India; Cheshire, England; Glasgow and Edinburgh, Scotland; Stockholm, Sweden; United Emirates and multiple locations within the UK during his 6-month sabbatical at Cardiff University.