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| Slide1 : Facing the Threat of A
Pandemic Influenza
September 6, 2006
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Biography Speaker
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| Slide2 : Dr. David
Nabarro Ms. Lisa
Koonin Mr. Len
Pagano Dr. Irwin
Redlener Dr. Doug
Himberger Speakers Biography Dr. Laurence J.
Downey Dr. Roger
Edwards Mr. R. James
(Jim) Caverly Dr. Avram
Nemetz Mr. Terry
Atkins Mr. Isaac B.
Weisfuse Mr. Eugene F.
Swanzey Dr. Stuart
Weiss Mr. Ed
Scott Ms. Julie
Kabous Dr. Judith Ann
Peterka Mr. Gary
Grube Mr. Al Martinez-
Fonts, Jr. Ms. Theresa
Bishoff Cpt. Lynn
Slepski Mr. Frank
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| Slide3 : Speakers Presentation Dr. Irwin
Redlener Dr. David
Nabarro Mr. Len
Pagano Dr. Doug
Himberger Dr. Roger
Edwards Mr. R. James
Caverly Ms. Lisa
Koonin Mr. Al
Martinez-Fonts Jr. Dr. Roger A.
Edwards |
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| Slide4 : Speaker Handouts CDC Dr. Doug
Himberger Mr. Roger
Edwards Dr. Isaac
Weisfuse Dr. Avram
Nemetz |
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| Slide5 : Dr. David Nabarro David Nabarro (aged 56) was appointed as United Nations (UN) System Senior Coordinator for Avian and Human Influenza by Kofi Annan, UN Secretary General, on September 25th 2005. He has been seconded to this position, at the level of UN Assistant Secretary-General, by the World Health Organization (WHO).
Prior to this move, Dr Nabarro had served for six years at the WHO headquarters in Geneva. He started in 1999 as head of the Roll Back Malaria Program, then was promoted, in 2000, to be Executive Director in the Office of the then Director-General. In 2002 he led the WHO cluster on Sustainable Development and Healthy Environments. In 2003 he was made head of the newly-created Health Action in Crisis group, and special representative of Director General Dr LEE, Jong-Wook.
David Nabarro qualified as a physician in 1973, then worked in the UK National Health Service. In 1976 he worked for two years as District Child Health Officer in Dhankuta District, East Nepal. He then moved to the London School of Hygiene and Tropical Medicine (LSHTM), qualifying in public health. From 1990 he worked on the staff of the LSHTM Department of Human Nutrition, then was seconded back to Save the Children Fund (SCF) in 1982 as Regional Manager in South Asia, with responsibility for the work of SCF in India, Nepal, Bangladesh, Sri Lanka and Thailand
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| Dr. David Nabarro cont. : Dr. David Nabarro cont. In 1985 he joined the Liverpool School of Medicine as a Senior lecturer in International Community Health. He moved to the British Government's Overseas Development Administration (ODA) as a Strategic Adviser for Health and Population in East Africa, based in Nairobi in 1989.
David Nabarro took up the post of Chief Health and Population Adviser, at the ODA headquarters in London, in 1990, and was promoted to be Director of Human Development (as well as Chief Health Adviser) in the UK Department for International Development in 1997. He stayed in this role till he moved to the WHO in 1999.
Career History
1966-67 Social Worker: “Youth Action York” (Volunteer)
1967-72 Attending Oxford University (Worcester College) BA Physiology
1972-74 Attending University College Hospital Medical School, London,
1974-75 Medical Officer, Relief Expedition, North Iraq (Save the Children)
1975-77 House Officer and Senior House Officer posts in the National Health Service (Hillingdon, Northampton, Oxford)
1977-79 District Medical Officer, Dhankuta, East Nepal (Save the Children)
1979-80 Attending London School of Hygiene and Tropical Medicine (LSHTM)
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| Slide7 : Dr. David Nabarro cont. 1982-85 Regional Medical Adviser, South Asia (Save the Children Fund, Kathmandu Nepal)
1985-89 Senior Lecturer in International Health, Liverpool University Medical School (and Hon Consultant, Mersey Regional Health Authority)
1989-90 Regional Health and Population Adviser, East Africa (UK Government Overseas Development Administration)
1990-97 Chief Health and Population Adviser, and Head of Health and Population Division, Overseas Development Administration
1966-67 Social Worker: “Youth Action York” (Volunteer)
1967-72 Attending Oxford University (Worcester College) BA Physiology
1972-74 Attending University College Hospital Medical School, London,
1974-75 Medical Officer, Relief Expedition, North Iraq (Save the Children)
1975-77 House Officer and Senior House Officer posts in the National Health Service (Hillingdon, Northampton, Oxford)
1977-79 District Medical Officer, Dhankuta, East Nepal (Save the Children)
1979-80 Attending London School of Hygiene and Tropical Medicine (LSHTM)
1982-85 Regional Medical Adviser, South Asia (Save the Children Fund, Kathmandu Nepal)
1985-89 Senior Lecturer in International Health, Liverpool University Medical School (and Hon Consultant, Mersey Regional Health Authority) |
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| Slide8 : Dr. David Nabarro cont. 1989-90 Regional Health and Population Adviser, East Africa (UK Government Overseas Development Administration)
1990-97 Chief Health and Population Adviser, and Head of Health and Population Division, Overseas Development Administration
Personal Details:
Birth: 26th August 1949, London (Age 56)
Nationality: British
Married: in 2002 to Gillian Frances Holmes
Children: Five – aged 4 to 21 years
Honour: CBE in 1992
Languages: English (first language), French (spoken, read and some written), Nepali (spoken)
Address (work): UN Development Group, United Nations, New York
E-mail: david.nabarro@undp.org
Phone: +1 212 906 5147 (office) |
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| Dr. David Nabarro cont. : Dr. David Nabarro cont. In Mozambique in 1999 to take forward work on Roll Back Malaria
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| Slide10 : Ms. Lisa Koonin, MN, MPH Ms. Lisa Koonin serves as Chief of the Private and Public Partners Branch in the Division of Partnerships and Strategic Alliances, National Center for Health Marketing, Coordinating Center for Health Information and Service at the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention (CDC). In this role, she provides leadership for partnerships with CDC and business, education, healthcare, federal agencies, and faith-based and community organizations.
Ms Koonin also serves as Director for Business Partnerships for CDC. In this role, she develops and leads effective partnerships among businesses and business organizations with CDC and public health. Ms. Koonin provides direction for major initiatives linking public health agencies and the private sector for improving community-level preparedness for public health emergencies and serves as CDC’s Lead for Private Sector pandemic influenza planning and response. Her team has produced checklists and tools for businesses, as well as for educational, health care and faith and community-based organizations to use for pandemic influenza planning and preparedness. |
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| Ms. Lisa Koonin, MN, MPH cont. : Ms. Lisa Koonin, MN, MPH cont. Ms. Koonin has been with CDC since 1987 and previously served as CDC’s Chief for Reproductive Health Surveillance for 12 years. Prior to her employment with CDC, Ms. Koonin spent 10 years in a variety of clinical and faculty nursing leadership positions. Ms. Koonin is a Family Nurse Practitioner and Epidemiologist with a Master of Nursing and a Master of Public Health degrees from Emory University. Ms. Koonin actively serves as a member of multiple committees both within CDC and for other organizations. She participates in the White House Homeland Security Council’s Interagency Private Sector Workgroup on Pandemic Influenza. Ms. Koonin has published approximately 50 papers on a variety of health topics. |
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| Slide12 : Mr. Len Pagano Mr. Pagano is the founder, President and CEO of the Safe America Foundation, a national nonprofit focused on emerging health and safety issues that affect Americans at home, at play and in the workplace.
Through his leadership, the Safe America Foundation has focused on developing educational and practical safety and preparedness programs for businesses and communities. These issues include disaster preparedness, teen driving safety, safety product distribution, national youth programming and international travel security. As the President of Safe America Mr. Pagano supervises programming for a number of initiatives including Prepared.Not Scared., SafeTeenAmerica, SafeTeenGeorgia 2007, Operation Safe America, Safest Kid in America and the Safe America Teen Driving Institute. Mr. Pagano has been involved with Chambers of Commerce and the management of nonprofit organizations for nearly 20 years following a career in journalism and television broadcasting.
Mr. Pagano currently manages the staff and administers an annual budget of nearly $2.0 million.
He graduated magna cum laude from the University of Georgia. |
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| Slide13 : Dr. Irwin Redlener Irwin Redlener, M.D., is associate dean, professor of Clinical Public Health and director of the National Center for Disaster Preparedness at the Columbia University Mailman School of Public Health. Dr. Redlener speaks and writes extensively on national disaster preparedness policies, pandemic influenza, the threat of terrorism in the U.S. and related issues.
Dr. Redlener is also president and co-founder of the Children's Health Fund and has expertise in health care systems, crisis response and public policy with respect to access to health care for underserved populations.
Dr. Redlener, a pediatrician, has worked extensively in the Gulf region following hurricane Katrina where he helped establish on-going medical and public health programs. He also organized medical response teams in the immediate aftermath of the World Trade Center attacks on 9/11 and has had disaster management leadership experience internationally and nationally. He is the author of Americans At Risk: Why We Are Not Prepared For Megadisasters and What We Can Do Now, published in August 2006 by Alfred A. Knopf, Inc. |
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| Slide14 : Dr. Doug Himberger Dr. Douglas Himberger, a Partner at Booz Allen Hamilton, leads the Firm’s efforts in information analysis supporting Homeland Security (HLS) and Homeland Defense (HLD). He and his staff address survivability and vulnerability, as well as information and infrastructure assurance requirements for HLS, HLD, and enterprise resilience and assurance efforts across a wide range of clients. He is one of the leaders of the Firm’s Global Security team, supporting key clients including US Northern Command, US Strategic Command, the Department of Homeland Security (DHS), and law enforcement and counter-terrorism agencies.
He is the co-lead for the Firm’s Science and Technology (S&T) service offering, drawing together a broad spectrum of scientists, technologists, engineers, and related experts to support the Department of Defense, DHS, and other government agencies and activities. These technical staff support a wide range of efforts from basic research planning to technology transition. He also leads the Firm’s Pandemic Task Force, supporting Government and industry in preparedness, resiliency, and continuity of operations.
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| Dr. Doug Himberger cont. : Dr. Doug Himberger cont. Prior to Booz Allen, Dr. Himberger served as the Technical Director of GTE/BBN Laboratories’ Sensors & Systems Technology Division, where he supported DARPA, DoD laboratories and acquisition commands, and various international (e.g., Japan, UK) defense and commercial efforts. He led modeling and simulation efforts, as well as development of operational systems to provide direct support to combat missions
Before GTE/BBN, he served as the Chief Scientist of Epoch Engineering, where he led the development of various defense and industrial sensors and systems, including those supporting the healthcare community.
Prior to Epoch, Dr. Himberger was the Acoustic Sensors Branch Head within the Office of Naval Intelligence. He has received various research grants (e.g., National Science Foundation, etc.) to conduct R&D efforts, and has taught in a number of varied settings.
Dr. Himberger is the Chairman-Elect of the Board of Directors of Safe America, a not-for-profit organization supporting safety and resiliency across communities and businesses. He is a member of numerous professional societies and volunteer organizations. |
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| Dr. Doug Himberger cont. : . Dr. Himberger attended Nebraska Wesleyan University (earning a BS degree, majoring in Physics, and emphasizing Psychology, and Education), and Georgetown University (earning MS and PhD degrees in Physics). He is the Officer in Charge of Booz Allen’s Omaha office, and is on the Dayton, OH and McLean, VA Global Security leadership teams. Dr. Doug Himberger cont. |
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| Dr. Laurence J. Downey : Dr. Laurence J. Downey As president and chief executive officer of Solvay Pharmaceuticals, Inc., Dr. Laurence Downey focuses on expanding the company’s presence in the United States through aggressive strategies to grow the current business together with pipeline development and acquisitions. He is a member of the corporation’s board of directors and management committee, an officer of the corporation, CEO/chairman of the board of its wholly owned subsidiary Unimed Pharmaceuticals, Inc., and president of Organics LLC. Downey is a member of the global pharmaceutical management committee for Solvay Pharmaceuticals, the Solvay Group’s worldwide pharmaceutical businesses.
Dr. Downey served as President and CEO of Solvay Pharma Inc. in Canada from 1999-2005. A 25-year veteran of the company, he joined Solvay Healthcare Ltd. in Southampton, United Kingdom, in 1979 as a Medical Advisor. In 1986, Downey moved to Solvay Pharmaceuticals, Inc. in Marietta, Ga. where he initially served as Vice President, Medical Services and subsequently held positions as Senior Vice President Commercial Operations and interim President and CEO. A native of the United Kingdom, Downey earned a medical degree from the University of Manchester and a diploma in pharmaceutical medicine from the Royal College of Physicians, where he is also a faculty fellow. He completed the Advanced Management Program from Harvard Business School in 1996. |
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| Dr. Laurence J. Downey cont. : Dr. Laurence J. Downey cont. Downey currently serves on the board of directors of the Pharmaceutical Research and Manufacturers Association of America.
SOLVAY PHARMACEUTICALS, INC. (www.solvaypharmaceuticals-us.com) of Marietta, Georgia is the U.S. subsidiary of the research driven group of companies that constitute the global pharmaceutical business of the Solvay Group. The company seeks to fulfill carefully selected, unmet medical needs in the therapeutic areas of neuroscience, cardio-metabolic, influenza vaccines, gastroenterology and men’s and women’s health.
SOLVAY is an international chemicals and pharmaceuticals group with headquarters in Brussels. It is present in more than 50 countries and employs some 33,000 people in its Chemicals, Plastics and Pharmaceuticals activities. Including Fournier Pharma, its 2005 sales amounted to EUR 8.6 billion. Solvay S.A. is listed on the Euronext 100 index of top European companies. Details are available at www.solvay.com. |
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| Dr. Roger Edwards : Dr. Roger Edwards Dr Roger Edwards is a Managing Consultant in the Life Sciences & Healthcare Practice. Prior to joining PA Consulting, Dr. Edwards directed a number of projects related to medical innovations from commercial, R&D, and implementation‑related health services perspectives. His prior work includes over two decades of experience in academia, industry, and government in the diffusion of medical innovations including pharmaceutical and medical device business strategy, health economics/modeling, and outcomes research, pricing, reimbursement, telehealth/telemedicine, quality of care, molecular toxicology, robotics, academic technology transfer, complementary and alternative medicine, economic modeling of health care reforms, avian flu, and homeland security. Dr. Edwards holds an A.B. in Human Biology from Stanford University (University Distinction and Departmental Honors) as well as an M.S. in Health Services Research from Stanford University based on an individually designed, multidisciplinary curriculum with coursework from the School of Medicine, School of Engineering, and School of Humanities and Sciences focused on quantitative and policy analysis of the diffusion and implementation of medical innovations. He received a Sc.D. in Health Policy and Management from the Harvard School of Public Health (including a minor in quantitative methods). He is co-inventor on one patent, co-author of fourteen journal articles and three book chapters, and has made over seventy professional presentations in the health, medical, and technology fields. |
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| Mr. R. James (Jim) Caverly : Mr. R. James (Jim) Caverly Jim Caverly is currently serving as the Director of the Infrastructure Partnerships Division (IPD), which resides within the Infrastructure Protection and Preparedness Directorate of the Department of Homeland Security (DHS). The Infrastructure Partnerships Division is responsible for sustaining core sector expertise, maintaining operational awareness, and fostering working-level relationships with industry, state and local government, and federal agencies representing vital infrastructure interests.
Mr. Caverly joined DHS at its inception, having previously worked for the Department of Energy (DOE) and its predecessor agencies for over 25 years. During his tenure at the DOE, Mr. Caverly was involved in a broad range of energy-related issues, including energy emergency planning, critical infrastructure protection, international energy security, domestic energy supply, nuclear safeguards and security, and national security policy and planning. Mr. Caverly is a graduate of the University of Notre Dame and the Naval War College, and served for three years on the faculty of the Industrial College of the Armed Forces at the National Defense University. |
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| Dr. Avram Nemetz : Dr. Avram Nemetz Avram Nemetz, MD, Medical Director of Affiliated Physicians and expert in Occupational Medicine, has been providing top quality health care to New York City’s corporate community for over 15 years. During his tenure, he has led Affiliated Physicians’ response to many corporate medical emergencies including Tuberculosis outbreaks and Anthrax scares. Dr. Nemetz has been instrumental in the creation of Affiliated Physicians’ program to assist companies with their pandemic planning through education, flu vaccinations, and the distribution of anti-viral medications. A native of the city, Dr. Nemetz is a graduate of Cornell University and the Albert Einstein College of Medicine. |
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| Dr. Stuart Weiss : Dr. Stuart Weiss Dr. Weiss is the Director of the Center for Healthcare Preparedness (CHCP) at the Saint Barnabas Health Care System. He has over 20 years of experience in practicing pediatrics and emergency medicine and over a decade of experience in planning, training, exercising and education in areas related to disaster preparedness, hazardous materials, and the medical consequences of terrorism. He has been directly involved in the education of physicians, nurses, and medical planners as they prepare to receive and treat victims of hazardous material exposure to acts of terrorism. Dr. Weiss has worked with several Federal (Department of Defense, Soldier’s Biologic and Chemical Command, U.S. Navy), State (New York and New Jersey) and national organizations (American College of Emergency Physicians and Business Executives for National Security)
Dr. Weiss has served as an instructor in the Department of Defense’s Domestic Preparedness Program. The Domestic Preparedness Program provided training to first responders, law enforcement, government officials, and hospital providers in 120 cities across the United States. In addition to training, Dr. Weiss was a facilitator for tabletop exercises in several cities preparing for acts of terrorism.
Dr. Weiss participated in the development of the Biologic Weapons Improved Response victims of hazardous material exposure to acts of terrorism. |
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| Dr. Stuart Weiss cont. : Dr. Weiss has worked with several Federal (Department of Defense, Soldier’s Biologic and Chemical Command, U.S. Navy), State (New York and New Jersey) and national organizations (American College of Emergency Physicians and Business Executives for National Security)
Dr. Weiss has served as an instructor in the Department of Defense’s Domestic Preparedness Program. The Domestic Preparedness Program provided training to first responders, law enforcement, government officials, and hospital providers in 120 cities across the United States. In addition to training, Dr. Weiss was a facilitator for tabletop exercises in several cities preparing for acts of terrorism.
Dr. Weiss participated in the development of the Biologic Weapons Improved ResponsePlan for the Department of Defense. He also co-authored the Healthcare Infrastructure Advisory Committee Report for the State of New Jersey and the Report of the New Jersey Medical Emergency and Disaster Prevention and Response Expert Panel.
As director of CHCP, he is responsible for the development of training, education and research activities in the field of disaster preparedness as it relates to healthcare providers, from individual practitioners to hospital systems Dr. Stuart Weiss cont. |
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| Dr. Stuart Weiss cont. : Dr. Stuart Weiss cont. In addition to his duties as director of the Center for Healthcare Preparedness, Dr. Weiss also serves as the director of the Office of Disaster Preparedness for the Saint Barnabas Health Care System, the largest healthcare system in the State of New Jersey. In this capacity, he is responsible for the planning, training and exercising activities to increase the disaster preparedness across the system of 8 hospitals, 9 nursing homes, and numerous ambulatory and other healthcare facilities. In addition, Dr. Weiss was responsible for the design and construction of the mobile patient decontamination trailers at all Saint Barnabas Health Care System facilities.
In the State of New Jersey, Dr. Weiss has been a major participant in state-wide planning. He currently sits on the Department of Health statewide terrorism and disaster planning committee (MEDPREP), the New Jersey Hospital Association disaster taskforce executive committee, the Domestic Security Preparedness Taskforce – Healthcare Infrastructure Advisory Committee, New Jersey Business Force (a section of the national Business Executives for National Security) board of directors, the Newark Metropolitan Medical Response System (MMRS), several Local Emergency Planning Committees (LEPC’s), and is the principle investigator at Saint Barnabas Health Care System for the U.S. Department of Health and Human Service’s Health Resource and Services Administration Bioterrorism Training and Curriculum Development Program. |
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| Dr. Stuart Weiss cont. : Dr. Stuart Weiss cont. Dr. Weiss has been involved in the development of many planning documents both on a national level and a state level. He has also helped develop, facilitate and evaluate numerous tabletop, functional and full scale exercises on national, state and local levels. Recently, he served as co-chairman of the TOPOFF-3 medical planning committee that was responsible for the medical component of the large scale exercise held in New Jersey last spring.
Finally, Dr. Weiss has been involved in many Pandemic influenza planning activities including work at the US Dept of Transportation and the US Department of Homeland Security, presentations at the New Jersey Hospital Association and within the Saint Barnabas Health Care System as well as to many community groups across the region. |
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| Mr. Terry Atkins : Mr. Terry Atkins Terry Atkins is the Director of Integrated Marketing for Campbell USA and has responsibility for developing integrated marketing programs for some of the world’s biggest icon brands. He and his team create big idea events for brands like Campbell soups, Pace salsa, Prego spaghetti sauce, V8 vegetable juice and the longest running education based loyalty program, “Labels for Education”. With over 20 years of sales, promotion and integrated marketing experience, Mr. Atkins has built some of Campbell’s most successful programs and strategic alliances. Working with organizations like the NFL, Nickelodeon, Harlem Globetrotters, American Heart Association, Disney, U.S. Figure Skating, Pro Rodeo and other major Consumer Packaged Goods brands, he has created relationships that have yielded huge dividends for Campbell’s, as well as it’s partners. His classic “Art of Soup” contest generated an unprecedented number of museum quality entries and spurred significant media buzz and awareness for Campbell’s condensed soup business. Mr. Atkins has also played a key role in a number of community service initiatives that bring aid and support to education, health, hunger relief and safety. Mr. Atkins makes his home in Medford New Jersey. |
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| Mr. Isaac B. Weisfuse : Mr. Isaac B. Weisfuse Isaac B. Weisfuse is currently Deputy Commissioner of the New York City Department of Health and Mental Hygiene. He received his BA and MPH from Columbia University, and his MD from the State University of New York at Downstate. Dr. Weisfuse is board certified in Internal Medicine. He began his public health career at the Centers for Disease Control as an Epidemic Intelligence Service Officer. Since 1987, he as worked in public health in New York City at the Health Department. His current responsibilities include prevention and control of communicable diseases, including HIV/AIDS, TB, and STDs, as well as emergency preparedness, and public health laboratory services, through oversight of the Division of Disease Control. This Division has approximately 1,500 employees, with an annual budget in excess of $350 million. Dr. Weisfuse has extensive public health emergency experience, and served as agency incident commander during the World Trade Center Crisis. He is in charge of pandemic flu planning for the City of New York. |
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| Mr. Eugene F. Swanzey : Mr. Eugene F. Swanzey Mr. Swanzey has a career that spans thirty years of private and public sector experience. Most of his career was spent with the Chase Manhattan Corporation. He is currently a Partner in the Washington, DC office of PA Consulting, a global consulting firm headquartered in the United Kingdom. He is also currently Chairman of the Board o |