Focus on Mitigation
Convened by University of Edinburgh
Edinburgh, Reino Unido
10-23-2011 - 10-26-2011
Emerging and Persistent Infectious Diseases: Focus on Mitigation Convened by the Institute on Science for Global Policy in partnership with the University of Edinburgh
Biographical information of scientific presenters
Conference Materials
Policy Position papers
ISGP Podcast: C.S.Ecoli: Las Vegas
Prof. Shaun Kennedy
Now that the most recent E. coli outbreak has left the romaine lettuce sphere, have you ever wondered how food safety authorities investigate foodbo...
ISGP Podcast: Synbio: Scary or Solution?
Dr. John Glass
In the first installment in a two-part miniseries on applying synthetic biology to the real world scientists and policy makers must balance the overwh...
EPID: Focus on Mitigation
This book was developed by the ISGP from the policy position papers, debates, and caucuses at the Emerging and Persistent Infectious Diseases: Focus o...
This book was developed by the ISGP from the policy position papers, debates, and caucuses at the Emerging and Persistent Infectious Diseases: Focus o...
Innovation, Policy, and Public Interactions in the Management of Infectious Diseases
Joyce Tait, C.B.E., F.R.S.E., D. Univ. (Open), Ph.D., B.Sc
Professor and Scientific Advisor, Innogen Centre, University of Edinburgh
Summary
This paper focuses on preparedness planning for an influenza p...
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,...