1. Preparing for Bioemergencies
Seventh Symposium – November 20, 2006
New Jersey Universities Consortium for Homeland Security Research
Preparing for Bioemergencies
Brendan McCluskey
Executive Director
Emergency Management and Occupational Health and Safety
University of Medicine and Dentistry of New Jersey

2. “Today's problems cannot be solved with the same thinking that created them.”
- Albert Einstein

3. Preparing for Bioemergencies
Since 2001, the federal government has spent over $18 Billion on biodefense and related programs
Strategy – prevention and non-proliferation, mitigation, preparedness, response, recovery
Terrorism, naturally-occurring incident, or unintended consequence?
Scientists – commenting on policy

4. Panel Speakers Dr. Richard H. Ebright, Rutgers University
Bioweapons-agents Research: Biosafety, Biosecurity, and Dual-use Implications
Dr. Laura H. Kahn, Princeton University
An Overview of Princeton's Program on Science and Global Security Biodefense Activities
Dr. Nancy D. Connell, UMDNJ
The Biosafety Level 3 Laboratory: At the Intersection of Research, Safety and Security