Tom Goodrich, PhD – received his BS in Medical Microbiology from Montana State University and his MS and PhD in Marine Microbiology from Oregon State University.
As Assistant Laboratory Director of Wildlife Vaccines Inc., he pioneered the early development and improvement of immersion vaccines against enteric red mouth disease and vibriosis for use in salmonids. He also developed the first licensed injectable vaccine using an oil-base adjuvant against furunculosis.
Later as the Laboratory Director of Biomed/Alpharma he developed the first multivalent Vibrio vaccine against coldwater vibriosis (Hitra disease) in combination with traditional Vibrio vaccine. He improved upon his earlier injectable oil-based adjuvant system which remains as the primary basis of all injectable fish vaccines on the market today. The improvements led to the development of a variety of multivalent bacterial and viral vaccines built upon the original furunculosis-vibriosis formulation.
Most recently he has been involved in the development and registration of effective anti-viral and anti-rickettsial oral vaccines for fish in Chile. In addition to Research and Development, Fermentation Development, and Production of fish vaccines, he has handled registration and regulatory affairs in the United States (US Department of Agriculture) as well as in multiple countries (Norway, United Kingdom, Ireland, Denmark, Canada, and Chile).
