Public Policy and Biological Threats
Summer Training Workshop
July 31–August 9, 2009
Funded by the Carnegie Corporation of New York
Agenda
NOTE: All workshop sessions will be held in Social Science Building Room 104 (SSB104) unless otherwise noted.
Friday, July 31 |
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Fellows arrive all day |
Eleanor Roosevelt College |
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6:00 p.m.–8:30pm |
Reception–Estancia Hotel |
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Opening Talk: Preparedness and the Health Care System |
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Michael Friedman, City of Hope Medical Center |
Saturday, August 1 |
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9:00 a.m.–9:30 a.m. |
Workshop Introduction |
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Sam Bozzette, UC San Diego/RAND |
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9:30 a.m.–10:00 a.m. |
Threat Organisms and Their Classification |
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Sam Bozzette, UC San Diego/RAND |
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10:15 a.m.–12:15 p.m. |
Basics of Bacterial Pathogenesis, Disease, and Treatment |
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Kit Pogliano, UC San Diego |
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12:15 p.m.–2:00 p.m. |
Lunch |
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2:00 p.m.–4:00 p.m. |
Basics of Viral Pathogenesis, Disease, and Treatment |
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Michael Oxman, UC San Diego |
Sunday, August 2 |
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9 a.m.–9:45 a.m. |
Guide to Agencies involved in the U.S. National (Bio)Security Process |
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Raymond Clark, IGCC |
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10:00 a.m.–12:00 p.m. |
Bioweapons, Bioterrorism and Biocrimes |
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Seth Carus, National Defense University |
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12:00 p.m.–2:00 p.m. |
Lunch |
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2:00 p.m.–4:00 p.m. |
Synthetic Biology |
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Michele Garfinkle, J. Craig Venter Institute |
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Dinner |
Small group dinner with Michele Garfinkle |
Monday, August 3 |
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8:30 a.m.–10:30 a.m. |
Weaponization of Bioorganisms |
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Arturo Casadevall, Albert Einstein College of Medicine |
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10:305 a.m.–12:00 p.m. |
Videoconference: Responses to the 2009 H1N1 Influenza Outbreak |
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Jon Andrus, Pan American Health Organization |
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12:00 p.m.–2:00 p.m. |
Lunch |
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2:00 p.m.–4:00 p.m. |
Agricultural Threats |
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Speaker TBD |
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Dinner |
Small group dinner with Rohit Chitale and Les Lenert |
Tuesday, August 4 |
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9:00 a.m.–11:00 a.m. |
Videoconference: Technological Approaches to Disease Surveillance |
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Les Lenert, US CDC |
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12:00 p.m.–2:00 p.m. |
Lunch Session: Disease Intelligence and Surveillance |
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Rohit Chitale, US CDC |
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2:00 p.m.–4:00 p.m. |
Current Research into the H1N1 Pandemic |
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Ann Keller, UC Berkeley |
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Theresa MacPhail, UC Berkeley (PPBT Alumna) |
Wednesday, August 5 |
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9:00 a.m.–11:30 a.m. |
Biosecurity in an Era of Terrorism |
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Gigi Kwik-Gronvall, UPMC Center for Biosecurity |
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11:30 a.m.–1:00 p.m. |
Lunch |
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1:00 p.m.–3:00 p.m. |
Biological Weapons Treaties and Conventions |
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Marie Chevrier, University of Texas at Dallas |
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3:15–:4:15 p.m. |
General Discussion |
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Evening |
Group activity (sea kayaking) |
Thursday, August 6 |
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9:00 a.m.–11:00 a.m. |
Epidemiology |
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Michele Ginsberg, San Diego County Health and Human Services |
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12:00 p.m.–2:30 p.m. |
Lunch Session: Public Health Infrastructure |
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Jeffrey Wasserman, RAND |
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4:00–5:00 p.m. |
Biosecurity: Necessary Steps* |
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Adel Mahmoud, Princeton University |
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*Session held in the Center for Molecular Medicine East, Rm. 2047 in conjunction with Infectious Disease Rounds |
Friday, August 7 |
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9:00 a.m.–10:30 a.m. |
Biodefense Product Development |
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Michael G. Kurilla, Office of Biodefense Research Affairs, NIH |
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10:45 a.m.–12:00 p.m. |
Response of the Biomedical Community |
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Michael Kurilla and Adel Mahmoud |
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12:15 a.m.–2:00 p.m. |
Lunch |
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2:00 p.m.–4:30 p.m. |
Disaster Preparedness |
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Michael Kleeman, UC San Diego/American Red Cross |
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Juliet K. Choi, American Red Cross |
Saturday, August 8 |
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9:00 a.m.–12:00 p.m. |
Communications and the Media |
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Michael Sicilia, California Emergency Management Agency |
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Phillip Van Saun, UC San Diego |
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12:15 p.m.–2:00 p.m. |
Lunch |
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2:00–4:00 p.m. |
Federal Perspectives on Biothreats |
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Lawrence Kerr, Office of the Director of National Intelligence |
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6:00–8:00 p.m. |
Closing Reception–Mandeville Suite |
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Sam Bozzette, closing remarks |
Sunday, August 9 |
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Fellows depart. |
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