Public Policy and
Biological Threats

A program of the UC Institute on
Global Conflict and Cooperation

funded by the Carnegie Corporation of New York

2009 Summer Training Program
July 31–August 9, 2009

Deadlines

Extended to May 1, 2009 for Ph.D. students, post-docs, and junior faculty participants seeking fellowship support for the 2009 summer program.

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Extended to May 1, 2009 for individual community, government, or industry participants.

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The multidisciplinary Public Policy and Biological Threats training program fosters a dynamic, collaborative, multidisciplinary learning environment for junior faculty, Ph.D. and professional-school students in the University of California system, and private industry professionals to analyze policy responses to bioterrorism and emerging public health threats. The biological threats training program includes an annual "biological threats boot camp."

Program Support for Graduate Students and Junior Faculty

Fellowship funding is available on a competitive basis to Ph.D. students, post-docs, and junior faculty participants from diverse disciplines. Early-career scholars from professional schools, chemistry, medicine, epidemiology, nursing, public health, pharmacy, law, social psychology, public policy, economics, and international relations academic programs are encouraged to apply. The deadline for registration is April 17, 2009.

Community Participation

Industry professionals and government officials are also invited to participate in the program. The cost for individual participants, including food and lodging, is $4,000. The fee is $3,500 for participants who would prefer to make their own housing arrangements. The deadline for registration is April 17, 2009.

Curriculum

The Public Policy and Biological Threats summer training program will cover the following elements:

  • The science of biological weapons and biological threats: An introduction to infectious diseases, treatment, weaponization, and dispersion

  • Domestic and international biosecurity intelligence

  • Disease outbreak and detection: Remote sensing, syndromic surveillance, contact tracing, etc.

  • Improved risk-scenario planning and tools for scenario building

  • Assessment of response strategies and plans

  • International rules and regime building (creation of shared understandings of the strategic challenge and policy norms)

  • Building consensus among stakeholders, including an introduction to public policymaking

  • Analysis of the growth of a sophisticated biotechnology industry around the world and the issues it poses for the control of bioterrorism

  • The ethical and legal aspects of setting and coordinating biothreats responses and policy

  • Communication of evolving threat scenarios and disasters to officials and the public

How to Apply

Download and complete the appropriate Public Policy and Biological Threats Training Program application available above. For more information, email igcc-recruiting@ucsd.edu.

Program Leadership

The program is directed by Sam Bozzette, Adjunct Professor of Medicine and International Relations at UC San Diego.

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