Deadlines
May 9,
2008 for
Ph.D. students, post-docs, and junior faculty participants seeking fellowship support for the 2008
summer program.
Download
the application form (.pdf format)
Download
the application form (Word format)
May 9,
2008 for
individual community, government, or industry participants.
Download
the registration form (.pdf format)
Download
the registration form (Word format)
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 May 9,
2008.
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 May 9,
2008.
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 co-directed by Sam
Bozzette, senior natural scientist at RAND and executive director of health outcomes at Amiyn, and Peter
Cowhey, Associate Vice Chancellor for International Affairs and
dean of the School of International Relations and Pacific Studies
at UC San Diego. The project leaders also work closely with
IGCC Director Susan
Shirk, leader of IGCC’s NSF IGERT program Public
Policy and Nuclear Threats: Training the Next Generation.
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