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| Major Topics and
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• Introduction-Definition of Natural and Manmade Biological Emergencies • Examination of Homeland Security Presidential Directive 21 (HSPD-21) • Applicable United States and International Laws • Policy Considerations and Reforms • Role of National Laboratories • Public Health Surveillance Systems / Gaps / Stalemates • Intelligence and Law Enforcement Monitoring Systems / Gaps / Stalemates • UCLA High-Throughput Laboratory Program • NIH/NIAID CEIRS and RCE Programs • Pathomics / Computational Methods for Data-Driven Research • Top Bioagents of Natural Outbreaks and Bioterrorism / Threat List • Principles of Bioterrorism and Biowarfare • Operational Landscape and Capacity: International (WHO, OIE, FAO) • Operational Landscape and Capacity: Federal ConOps (HHS, USDA, DHS) • Operational Landscape and Capacity: State and Local • Operational Landscape and Capacity: Resilience Networks • Economic Impacts of Biological Emergencies • Ethical Issues for Biological Emergencies • Preparedness Measures for Biological Emergencies • National Security Responses to Biological Emergencies • Critical Gaps / What's Wrong / Fixes (if any) • Essay Presentations / Examination Current Biological Emergencies WHO Communicable disease risk assessment and interventions Cyclone Nargis: Myanmar May 2008 Download report (pdf) |
| Date | Day | Format | Topic | Speaker | Session |
| 3/31 | Mon | Lecture |
Introduction (pdf) |
Layne |
01 |
| 4/02 | Wed | Lecture |
HSPD-21 Examination (MarkUp pdf) |
Layne |
02 |
| 4/07 | Mon | Lecture |
High-Throughput Laboratory (pdf) |
Layne |
03 |
| 4/09 | Wed | Forum † | Terrorism & Counter-Terrorism (pdf) |
Panel † |
04 |
| 4/14 | Mon | Lecture |
Measuring Hospital Preparedness (pdf) |
Kaji |
05 |
| 4/16 | Wed | — |
Reading |
— |
06 |
| 4/21 | Mon | Lecture |
Resilience Networks (pdf) |
McDonald (pdf) |
07 |
| 4/23 | Wed | Forum † | Intel and Law Enforcement (pdf) |
Panel † | 08 |
| 4/q8 | Mon |
Lecture |
Public Information: FluWiki (pdf) |
Dworkin (link) |
09 |
| 4/30 | Wed | Discussion |
Essay Related Discussions |
Layne |
10 |
| 5/05 | Mon | Lecture |
InSTEDD.org (link) |
Rasmussen |
11 |
| 5/07 | Wed | Lecture |
International Laws & Diplomacy (pdf) |
Fidler (pdf) |
12 |
| 5/12 | Mon | Lecture |
Ethics and Pandemics (link) |
Sabl |
13 |
| 5/14 | Wed | Lecture |
Preparedness: Private Sector (link) |
Sidenberg |
14 |
| 5/19 | Mon | Lecture |
Federal Landscape: BioWatch (link) |
Hitchcock |
15 |
| 5/21 | Wed | Lecture |
Microbial Forensics: Anthrax |
Keim |
16 |
| 5/26 | Mon | Holiday | — | — | Holiday |
| 5/28 | Wed | Discission | Essay Q&A |
Layne |
17 |
| 6/02 | Mon | Final |
Essay Presentations |
Layne |
18 |
| 6/04 | Wed |
Final |
Essay Presentations |
Layne | 19 |
| Joint sessions of
EPI 226 and Public Policy 290 † 4/09 Panel Topic: “Are we safer now than before 9-11?” Location: Anderson Room D301 Michael Intriligator, Moderator Albert Carnesale, Former UCLA Chancellor, “Nuclear Terrorism” Lt. John Sullivan, LA Sheriff’s Dept., “Creating a Global Counter-Terrorism Network” Peter Katona, UCLA, “Biological Terrorism” 4/23 Panel Topic: Intelligence, Law Enforcement, and the Future Location: TBD Alvin Toffler, Author and Futurist Greg Treverton, RAND Lieutenant John Sullivan, LA Sheriff’s Department / Terrorism Early Warning Group Dick Diamond, LA County Health Department Speakers Scott P Layne MD is a Professor at the UCLA School of Public Health and focuses on enabling real-time, global and transparent surveillance of infectious diseases. Albert Carnesale PhD is UCLA Chancellor Emeritus and holds professorial appointments in UCLA’s School of Public Affairs and Henry Samueli School of Engineering and Applied Science. Dickson Diamond MD is a Chief Psychiatrist with the Los Angeles County Public Health. Greg Dworkin MD is a founding editor of Flu Wiki and its sister site, the Flu Wiki Forum. David Fidler JD is the James L. Calamaras Professor of Law at the Indiana University School of Law. Penny Hitchcock DVM MS is the Chief Scientist for the BioWatch Program Office, which is managed by the Tauri Group in Alexandria, VA. Michael D. Intriligator PhD is an economist and educator, is Professor of Economics, Political Science, and Policy Studies at UCLA. Amy Kaji MD PhD is an Assistant Clinical Professor at the David Geffen School of Medicine at UCLA and currently practices at Harbor-UCLA Medical Center and Long Beach Memorial Medical Center. Peter Katona MD is an Associate Professor of Clinical Medicine at the David Geffen School of Medicine at UCLA in Infectious Diseases. Paul Keim PhD is a Professor in the Department of Biological Sciences at Northern Arizona University. Michael D. McDonald DrPH is the Coordinator of the National Disaster Risk Communication Initiative and President and CEO of Global Health Initiatives, Inc. Eric Rasmussen MD is the President and CEO of InSTEDD (Innovative Support to Emergencies, Diseases and Disasters), an international nonprofit organization founded by Google.org and dedicated to delivering innovative technological support to those who help the world stay safe. Andrew Sabl PhD is an Associate Professor at the UCLA Department of Public Policy and a political theorist whose research focuses on political ethics. John P. Sullivan is a Lieutenant with the Los Angeles Sheriff's Department, a senior research fellow at the Center for Advanced Studies on Terrorism, and a member of the board of advisors for the Terrorism Research Center, Inc. Beth Sidenberg MD is a partner at Kleiner Perkins Caufield & Byers and joined in May 2005 to work in the life sciences area. Alvin Toffler is a Futurist, author of Future Shock, and co-author with Heidi Toffler of Revolutionary Wealth. ###
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