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Swine Influenza
The University of Maryland has a number of experts who can address different issues related to the ongoing swine flu epidemic:
Dean Don Kettl - Public Policy (Kettl@umd.edu) - "This is an issue that has swept around the world in lightning speed. At a food cart on the streets of Philadelphia yesterday, two people were talking about the coming plague - and the need to read the Bible. This isn't Armageddon- the government faces a keen test of calibrating its response and the people's reaction. How can we best signal the level of seriousness of the issue to ensure the best preparedness and caution without creating panic?
We've long known that a genuine pandemic could strike fast and hit hard. Especially in the aftermath of the 2001 anthrax attacks and SARS, the government has spent a lot of time and energy quietly preparing for the possibility of biothreats, either from nature or from terrorists. From all indications, the preparations were thorough and the nation is ready. But this could prove the first real acid test."
See: Kettl's analysis of the first 100 days
Daniel Perez - Swine and avian flu vaccine development, virus transmission, and pathogenesis; swine as an intermediary species for mutation and transmission of flu strains between birds and humans.
Steven Salzberg - Sequencing the flu genome
Galit Shmueli - Flu surveillance
Jeffrey Herrmann - Software to pinpoint mass vaccination locations
Full list is below in alphabetical order
Number of experts found: 14
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Jeffrey W. Herrmann
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Associate Professor
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Mechanical Engineering and Institute for Systems Research
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Expertise Key Words:
Production scheduling, manufacturing systems design, control of manufacturing systems, decision-making, product development, product design, simulation, industrial engineering, operations research, systems engineering, lean manufacturing, emergency preparedness, flu vaccination clinics, RFID. Health
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301 405 5433
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jwh2@umd.edu
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Sam W. Joseph
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Professor Emeritus
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Cell Biology & Molecular Genetics
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Expertise Key Words:
Bioterrorism; human pathogens in the food supply; survival of pathogens in the environment; microbial antibiotic resistance, anthrax.
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301 405 5452
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swj@umd.edu
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Donald F. Kettl
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Dean
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School of Public Policy
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Expertise Key Words:
Public policy and public management with a speciality in the management of public organization; federalism; budgeting; and U.S. politics.
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301 405 6971
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kettl@umd.edu
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Kristjana L. Maddux
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Asst Prof
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Communication
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Expertise Key Words:
political communication; feminism; religion and public affairs; civic participation; presidential speeches; women in politics; first ladies; Christian media; church history; political rhetoric
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301 405 6533
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klmaddux@umd.edu
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Donald K. Milton
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Prof and Director
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Maryland Institute for Applied Environmental Health
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Expertise Key Words:
Influenza transmission, endotoxin, hygiene hypothesis, allergy, asthma, occupational health, environmental public health, bioaerosols, exposure assessment, microbial exposures, airborne infection transmission, biomarkers, exhaled breath analysis.
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301 405 5509
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dmilton@umd.edu
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Laurent G. Montesi
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Asst Prof
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Geology
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Expertise Key Words:
earthquakes
plate boundaries
magma dynamics
mid-ocean ridges
subduction zones
geology of Venus
geology of Mars
geology of icy satellites
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301 405 7534
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montesi@umd.edu
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Xiaoli Nan
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Asst Prof
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Communication
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Expertise Key Words:
Persuasion, particularly in applied contexts such as health and risk communication. How people form health beliefs and risk perceptions, what motivates people to take preventive actions against a potential health problem, and how media messages influence individuals' health attitudes and behaviors.
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301 405 0640
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nan@umd.edu
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Daniel R. Perez
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Associate Professor
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VA-MD Regional Col Veterinary Med
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Expertise Key Words:
Avian influenza, swine influenza, interspecies virus transmission (such as animal to human or avian to swine, flu transmission); virology; plasmid-based reverse genetics; pandemic viruses.
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301 314 6811
301 314 6678
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dperez1@umd.edu
danielpmd@comcast.net
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Steven L. Salzberg
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Professor
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Computer Science
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Expertise Key Words:
influenza virus, anthrax, genomics, bioinformatics, evolution, computer science, DNA sequencing, human genome, infectious diseases, vaccines and autism
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Expertise Credentials:
Steven Salzberg is the Director of the Center for Bioinformatics and Computational Biology (CBCB) and the Horvitz Professor of Computer Science. From 1997 to 2005 he was at The Institute for Genomic Research (TIGR) in Rockville, Maryland, where he was the Senior Director of Bioinformatics, and where he continues to hold an adjunct appointment.
His interest in the human genome project motivated him to develop one of the first computational gene-finding systems for the human genome, in the early 1990s. He was part of the teams that analyzed the human genome as well as the genomes of B. burgdorferi (the Lyme disease bacterium), T. pallidum (the syphilis bacterium), M. tuberculosis, V. cholerae, B. anthracis (anthrax), and over 50 more bacterial, viral, and other species, including plants and animals. Salzberg has contributed analyses to many genome sequencing projects, using computational methods to analyze genome duplications, rearrangements, and other evolutionary phenomena in a wide range of organisms. His recent genomics projects include sequencing and analysis of multiple strains of Bacillus anthracis and of the human influenza A virus.
Salzberg was on the team that sequenced the anthrax contained in anonymous letters mailed in 2001 to members of Congress and the media. In an article in the journal Science (Salzberg et al., Science 2002), the team reported that the anthrax appeared to come directly from Ft. Detrick (USAMRIID).
Dr. Salzberg has authored or co-authored two books and over 175 publications in leading scientific journals. He is a Fellow of the American Association for the Advancement of Science.
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301 405 9611
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salzberg@umd.edu
salzberg@umiacs.umd.edu
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Address:
3125 Biomolecular Sciences
College Park, MD 20742
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Siba K. Samal
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Professor, Associate Dean & Department Chair
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VA-MD Regional College of Veterinary Medicine
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Expertise Key Words:
Newcastle disease virus; Avian Influenza; foreign animal diseases; zoonotic diseases; bioterrorism; animal and human health threats; viral vaccine development.
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301 314 6813
301 314 6830
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ssamal@umd.edu
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Thomas C. Schelling
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Dist Univ Prof
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School of Public Policy
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Schelling won 2005 Nobel Prize in Economics for his work in game theory. He has published highly influential works in a many areas including nuclear proliferation & arms control, terrorism, organized crime, energy & environmental policy, climate change, and racial segregation.
CONTACT:301-405-4621
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301 405 3494
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tschelli@umd.edu
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Galit Shmueli
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Assistant Professor
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Decision & Information Technology
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Expertise Key Words:
E-Commerce; Business Analytics; Data Mining; Bio-Surveillance; Statistics; Healthcare; eBay; Health tracking; Pandemic; Public safety data
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301 405 9679
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gshmueli@rhsmith.umd.edu
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Nathaniel L. Tablante
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Assoc Prof / /Extension Poultry Veterinarian
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Veterinary Medicine Program
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Expertise Key Words:
Prevention and control of poultry and other economically important and zoonotic diseases; Avian flu; swine flu;emergency preparedness and response training; epidemiology and preventive veterinary medicine; biosecurity and animal health management.
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301 314 6810
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nlt@umd.edu
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Nickolas G. Zimmermann
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Associate Professor
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Animal & Avian Sciences
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Expertise Key Words:
Poultry, chicken, layer hens, turkey, eggs, food safety, management, environment, housing, welfare, drinking water quality, water treatment, organic, freerange, natural, physiology, nitrogen, phosphorus, lighting, artificial insemination.
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301 405 2805
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410-742-8544
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nickz@umd.edu
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