Special Coverage -- "Bioterrorism & Biodefense: Are We Ready?" 11/1/2001
Alliance for Health Reform and the Forum on Technology and Innovation, Washington, DC
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Senator Bill Frist moderates this briefing, jointly hosted by the Alliance for Health Reform and the Forum on Technology & Innovation. The briefing addresses potential threats, existing public health capabilities, and new approaches to preventing harm.
Panelists include: Laurie Garrett, science writer for Newsday and author of The Coming Plague and Betrayal of Trust; Michael Osterholm, director of the Center for Infectious Disease Research and Policy at the University of Minnesota and the stateâ??s former chief epidemiologist; Margaret Hamburg, vice president for biological programs at the Nuclear Threat Initiative; and Phillip Russell, former director of the U.S. Army Medical Research Institute of Infectious Diseases.
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