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From SARS to Bio Attack: Developing A Coordinated Response to the Unexpected

(How can federal agencies and the private sector ensure a systematic response to major infectious outbreaks?)

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September 5, 2003
Sumner School Museum
1201 17th St. NW, Washington, D.C
Moderator: John S. Parker, MD Senior Vice President, SAIC
Former Commander, Army Medical Research and Materiel Command

8:00 AM Coffee

8:30 - 8:45 AM Welcoming remarks

8:40 - 10:15 AM Panel 1: What have we learned from SARS, monkeypox, and other novel agents and outbreaks?

• Susan Mather, MD, MPH, Chief Public Health and Environmental Hazards Officer, Department of Veterans Affairs
• Roger Gibson, PhD, Program Director for Military Public Health, Health Affairs Office, Department of Defense
• Joseph Rosen, MD, DartmouthUniversity/Hitchcock Medical Center - Biodefense Strategy
• Marjorie Pollack, MD, Associate Editor/Epidemiology and Surveillance Moderator, ProMED

10:15 - 10:30 AM Break

10:30 - 11:45 AM Panel 2: How can response be made systematic rather than episodic?

• Joseph Barbera, MD, Co-Director, Institute for Crisis, Disaster, and Risk Management, The George Washington University
• Ivan Walks, MD, Former Director, District of Columbia Department of Health
• Janet Heinrich, PhD, RN, Director, Public Health Programs, General Accounting Office
• Edward Eitzen, MD, Public Health Emergency Preparedness, Department of Health and Human Services

11:45 - 12:00 Noon Forum Summary

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