Biodefense Seminar Series

The Biodefense Seminar Series invites subject experts and policymakers from various government agencies to speak on current, critical issues in the field of biodefense and bioterrorism. The seminar series is part of the curriculum and is a required course for students in the Biohazardous Threat Agents & Emerging Infectious Diseases program. This seminar is also open to all students in Biomedical Graduate Education.

Dr. Michael Bray, Editor-in-Chief, Antiviral Research, and Adjunct Professor, Georgetown University, and Dr. Seth Carus, Emeritus Distinguished Professor, National Defense University and Adjunct Professor, Georgetown University, coordinate the seminars. A full schedule can be found below. Contact Dr. Bray (mikebraygeorgetown@gmail.com) and Dr. Carus (carus.wmdcenter@gmail.com) for more information.

Seminar Details

Course Name: BHTA 6551 – Biohazardous Threat Agents & Emerging Infectious Diseases Seminar Series
Time: Fridays, 11:30am – 1:30pm
Location: Medical-Dental Building, Room C105

2019 Fall Schedule

Fall 2019 Biodefense Seminar Schedule
Date	Topic	Lecturer	Affiliation
9/6	History of Biowarfare and Bioterrorism	Seth Carus	National Defense University (retired)
9/13	What Ebola and Zika have taught us about health security	Jennifer Nuzzo	Johns Hopkins Center for Health Security
9/20	Threats to the Bio Economy	Ed You	Federal Bureau of Investigation
9/27	Alumni Panel and Networking Event (Will be located in Pre-clinical Science Building Room LA2)	Alumni
10/4	The Federal Response to Disasters	Joselito Ignacio	Federal Emergency Management Agency
10/11	National Bioforensic Analysis Center, NBACC	George Korch	Director, NBACC
10/18	Medical Countermeasures for public health emergencies	Chris Hassell	Department of Health and Human Services
10/25	Biodefense: where do we go from here?	Dave Franz	Former commander, USAMRIID
11/1	TBD	TBD	TBD
11/8	USAMRIID	N/A	N/A
11/15	Responding to Ebola Epidemics	Dan Chertow	NIH Clinical Center
11/22	The Biological Weapons Convention	Rebecca Katz	Georgetown Medical School
11/29	Thanksgiving — No Class!	N/A	N/A
12/6	TBD	N/A	N/A