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By Date Range: 2001-2025

A Crossroads in Biosecurity: Steps to Strengthen U.S. Preparedness

“With this collection of commentaries, Center experts mark the 10th anniversary of the 2001 anthrax attacks by taking stock of progress to date and making recommendations for change that would help build resilience and preparedness against biological threats. – A Crossroads in Biosecurity (Tom Inglesby and Anita Cicero) – Post-9/11 Challenges of a Crisis (D.A.  Read More »

Author:
Center for Biosecurity of UPMC
Publish Date:
September 2011

Contagion: Public Health’s “Top Gun”

“Contagion, the just released film by director Steven Soderbergh, traces a flu-like virus as it jumps from animals to humans, creating a deadly pandemic. Contagion is unique in that it has earned acclaim from both movie critics and members of the scientific community, a group that often criticizes Hollywood for producing unrealistic movies about lethal  Read More »

Author:
Eric Toner, Anita Cicero, Amesh Adalja, and Tom Inglesby
Publish Date:
September 2011

Center for Biosecurity Meets with Chinese Leaders in Public Health and Science

“China, like the U.S., has had to cope with a range of disease outbreaks in recent years and continues to prepare for future emerging and reemerging infectious disease threats. Over the past few years, the Center for Biosecurity has benefited greatly from policy discussions with government officials and nongovernment leaders in other countries, including Canada,  Read More »

Author:
Trip Report by Tom Inglesby and Anita Cicero
Publish Date:
September 2011

Executive Summary: Diagnostics for Global Biosurveillance

“The discovery of the 2009 H1N1 influenza pandemic and the emergence of other diseases such as SARS have highlighted the important role that diagnostic tools can play in improving the surveillance of infectious disease threats at the population level. Experiences with these events have shown that recognition of outbreaks, management of epidemics, and development of  Read More »

Author:
Jennifer B. Nuzzo, Kunal J. Rambhia, Samuel B. Wollner, Amesh A. Adalja, Eric Toner, Anita Cicero, and Thomas V. Inglesby
Publish Date:
September 2011

An Introduction to Biorisk Management and Dual Use in the Life Sciences

This volume is one of the most relevant results of a cooperative effort among Quaid-i-Azam University, Landau Network Centro Volta, and Sandia National Laboratories and is aimed to provide the Pakistani life-sciences academic community with better instruments for education on managing biorisk and dual-use issues. The joint project which produced this volume also assessed the  Read More »

Author:
Zabta K. Shinwari, Giulio M. Mancini and William J. Pinard
Publish Date:
February 2012