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The Center for Unconventional Security Affairs
(CUSA), and
The Center for Global
Peace and Conflict Studies (CGPACS)
present a speaker series
in 2003-2004 on
New Biological Threats
Previous talks in
this series include:
Ray Zilinskas
"The Anti-Plague
System of the Former Soviet Union:
Assessing
Proliferation Risks and Potential for Disease Monitoring in Central Asia
and the Caucasus"
February 23, 2004
12:00 pm
Emerald Bay C, UCI
Student Center
Dr. Ray Zilinskas is a
Professor at the Monterey Institute of International Studies where he
directs the Chemical Biological Weapons Nonproliferation Program.
Mike Sage
“Terrorism and Emergency Response: Perspectives from the Centers for
Disease Control”
and
Robert Coullahan
“National Incident Management System (NIMS): New Challenges in Homeland
Security Training, Assessment, and Readiness”
March 26th, 2004
9:00 am -12:00 noon
MPAA Building, Room 408
Mike Sage is the Director of Global Operations for the U.S. Centers for Disease Control (CDC).
Robert Coullahan CEM(r) is Senior Vice President & Certified
Emergency Manager, Justice & Security Solutions, Science Applications
International Corporation.
Luis
Villarreal
"An Agile System to Respond to Biological Threats: UCI Based Whole Proteome
Technology"
Friday April 30, 2004
12:00 noon – 1:30 p.m.
SSPA 2112
Dr. Luis Villarreal
is Professor of
Molecular Biology and Biochemistry
at the University of
California, Irvine. He is Director of the
IRVINE Research Unit
on Animal Viruses; a
multi-faculty interdepartmental research group. He is also director of the Viral
Vector Facility for gene therapy. He has long been active in
minority science education programs
. His area of interest is molecular virology of small DNA viruses, and virus
evolution.
Susan Wright
"The Biosciences Under the
Bush Counterbioterrorism Regime: Moving Towards Militarization?"
Friday, May 28,
2004
12:00 noon
SSPA 2112
Dr.
Susan Wright is a
Research Scientist in the History of
Science and Science Policy at the
Institute for Research on Women and Gender located at the
University of Michigan.
Lance Simpson
"Obstacles to Developing Rational
Countermeasures to Bioterrorism"
3:30 pm
Monday, June 7th, 2004
MPAA Building 408
Lance L. Simpson, PhD, is
Professor of Medicine and Chief, Division of Occupational and Environmental
Health Sciences, Department of Medicine, Jefferson Medical College.
These events are free and open to the
public.
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