Nancy Jaax
Nancy Jaax is a veterinary pathologist for the United States Army Medical Research Institution for Infectious Diseases (USAMRIID). She and her husband, Jerry Jaax, live in a lovely Victorian home in Thurmont, Maryland on Catoctin Mountain, a ridge of the Appalachian mountains. Nancy and Jerry Jaax also have two young children, Jaime (five) and Jason (seven). She began working with the Ebola virus in 1983. During this time, she had a close encounter with the virus - she had a hole in her biological space suit. In 1989, she became the chief of pathology at USAMRIID, and was a main part of the Reston research facility biohazard operation.