Public Policy and Biological Threats
2007 Summer Training Calendar

8:00 a.m.
Campus IDs

9:00-9:30 a.m.
Program Overview
Peter Cowhey
UCSD
Sam Bozzette
UCSD/RAND

9:30 a.m.–noon History of Biowarfare, Bioterrorism and Biocrimes
Raymond Clark
UCSD

9:30 a.m.–noon
Basic Principles of Bacterial Pathogenesis and Treatment
Joshua Fierer, M.D.
UCSD

9:30 a.m.–noon
Epidemiology
Michele Ginsberg
San Diego County HHS

9:30 a.m.–noon
Public Health Infrastructure and Response
Nicole Lurie and Jeffrey Wasserman
RAND Corp.

Location: SDSC Auditorium

9:30 a.m.–noon
Agricultural Threats: Infectious Diseases and Agroterrorism

Agrothreat Exercise
Jerry Gillespie
WIFSS

6:00 p.m.
Opening Reception and Dinner

Location: Estancia Hotel and Spa

1:30–3:30 p.m.

Basic Principles of Viral Pathogenesis and Treatment
Samuel Stanley
Washington U.

3:30–4:30 p.m.
Computer Lab Orientation
Gary Hoffman
IR/PS

Location: IR/PS Computer Lab

4:30 p.m.
Optional Art Tour

1:30–4:00 p.m.

Local Integrated Response Systems
Jim Dunford, M.D. (invited)

7:00–8:00 p.m.
Evening Discussion Session

Location: TBA

1:30–4:00 p.m.
Bioweapons and Bioterrorism: Effectiveness and Utility
Dean Wilkening
Stanford U.

1:30–4:00 p.m.
Tabletop Exercise: Topic TBA
Nicole Lurie and Jeffrey Wasserman
RAND Corp.

Location: SDSC Auditorium

1:30–4:00 p.m.
Continuum of Vigilance:
Control and Verification

Control Regimes
Peter Cowhey

Verification
Raymond Zilinskas
Monterey Inst.

9:00 a.m.
Sea Kayaking
La Jolla Shores

9:30 a.m.–noon
Economic and Regulatory Perspectives on Pharmacological Countermeasures
Michael Friedman, M.D.
City of Hope Cancer Center

9:30 a.m.–noon
Policy Evaluation
Craig McIntosh
UCSD

9:30 a.m.–noon
Terrorist Networks
Miles Kahler
UCSD

9:30 a.m.–noon
Legal Issues
Hon. Margaret McKeown
9th Circuit Court of Appeals

9:30 a.m.–noon
National Security Decision Making
Richard Feinberg
UCSD

1:30–4:00 p.m.
Introduction to Policy Analysis & Implications
Peter Cowhey
UCSD
Sam Bozzette
UCSD/RAND

7:00–8:00 p.m.
Evening Discussion Session

Location: TBA

1:30–5:00 p.m.
Disaster Preparedness and Response
Michael Kleeman
UCSD

1:30–4:00 p.m.
Lawrence Kerr, M.D.
Office of the Director of National Intelligence

7:00–8:30 p.m.
Pandemic Influenza: Science, Policies, and Politics
Sanford Weiner
MIT

1:30–4:00 p.m.
Communications and Media
Mike Sicilia
CA Office of Homeland Security

Communications Exercise
Mike Sicilia
CA Office of Homeland Security
Philip van Saun
UCSD

1:30–4:00 p.m.
Wrap-up and Recap Discussion: The Future of Biosecurity
Peter Cowhey
Sam Bozzette
Raymond Clark

6:30 p.m.
Closing Reception and Dinner

Location: Mandeville Suite, UCSD