Global Emerging and Persistent Infectious Diseases (GEPID) - Armed Forces Impact

The ISGP developed this book from the position papers, debates, and caucuses at the Global Emerging and Persistent Infectious Disease – Armed Forces Impact (GEPID–AFI) Conference convened on October 14-15, 2024 within the North Atlantic Treaty Organization (NATO) Headquarters in Brussels, Belgium by the ISGP in cooperation with the NATO Office of the Chief Scientist and the United States Department of Defense, Office of the Assistant Secretary of Defense for Health Affairs.  

Presenters/Authors:

• Ret. COL Dr. Paige Waterman, Chair of the Department of Medicine, Infectious Disease Clinician, Uniformed Services University of the Health Sciences
• Col. Mark Bailey, Defence Professor of Military Medicine, Royal Centre for Defence Medicine
• Ret. Cdr. Dr. Stef Stienstra, Subject Matter Expert Chemical, Biological, Radiological and Nuclear (CBRN) Defense; Lecturer North Atlantic Treaty Organization (NATO) School, NATO Joint CBRN-defense Centre of Excellence
• CAPT Andrew Letizia, Science Director, Naval Medical Research Unit INDO PACIFIC
• Dr. Robert Kadlec, Former U.S. Department of Health and Human Services Assistant Secretary for Preparedness and Response, and 
• Dr. Geoffrey Ling, Professor of Neurology, Neurosurgery and Anesthesiology-Critical Care Medicine, Johns Hopkins Medicine