Policy Position Papers
Synthetic Biology: A New Weapon in Our War Against Infectious Diseases
John I. Glass, Ph.D.
Professor, J. Craig Venter Institute
Summary
Prior to the modern age, infectious diseases were the principal cause of human morbidity and
morta...
Opportunities for Mitigating Foodborne Illnesses Caused by Emerging and Persistent Infectious Agents
Michael P. Doyle, B.Sc., M.Sc., Ph.D.
Regents Professor and Director, Center for Food Safety, University of Georgia
Summary
Foodborne illnesses caused by infectious agents are a majo...
Proactive Use of Supply Chain Data in Foodborne Illness Outbreak Investigation
Shaun Kennedy, B.S.Ch.E.
Director, National Center for Food Protection and Defense, Assistant Professor, Veterinary Population Medicine, University of Minnesota
Summary
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Planning for Pandemics: The Formulation of Policy
Roy Anderson, F.R.S., F.Med.Sci.
Chair of Infectious Disease Epidemiology, Department of Infectious Disease Epidemiology, Faculty of Medicine, Imperial College London
Summary
Th...
The Need for Expanded Global Efforts to Mitigate Viral Threats: Lessons from the HIV/AIDS Epidemic
Robert C. Gallo, M.D.
Director, Institute of Human Virology, University of Maryland School of Medicine, Director, Global Virus Network
Summary
There is a critical gap...
Communicating Risk in the Age of Information Plenty: Implications for Policy and Practice of Emerging and Persistent Infectious Diseases (EPID)
Kasisomayajula “Vish” Viswanath, Ph.D.
Associate Professor, Harvard School of Public Health; Associate Professor, Dana-Farber Cancer, Institute; Faculty Director, Health Communication Core,...
It’s Not What You Know, But What You Do With What You Know
Ilaria Capua, D.V.M., Ph.D.
Director, Division of Comparative Biomedical Sciences, Istituto Zooprofilattico Sperimentale delle Venezie, Padova, Italy
Summary
Two and a ha...
Will a Comprehensive Global Source Attribution System Provide for Cost-Effective Food Safety?
Gay Y. Miller, D.V.M., Ph.D.
Professor, Department of Veterinary Pathobiology, College of Veterinary Medicine, and Adjunct Professor, Department of Agriculture and Consumer Econom...
The Challenges of Implementing One Health
Laura H. Kahn, M.D., M.P.H., M.P.P., F.A.C.P
Research Scholar, Program on Science and Global Security, Woodrow Wilson School of Public and International Affairs, Princeton University
Summary
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How Can We Predict, Prevent and Pay for the Next Pandemic?
Peter Daszak (below right), Ph.D.
President, EcoHealth Alliance
Summary
The emergence of novel pandemics causes substantial mortality, morbidity, and economic loss. Recent anal...