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July Newsletter
- 2004
Center Changes Name
to Institute for Bio-Security
Name change designed to better describe our work and be easier
to remember. Read
the full story.
Institute Newsletter
Seeks Submissions from its Readers
The Institute Newsletter board recently received permission
to request submissions of articles of interest from our subscribers.
Pieces (op-ed, book reviews, commentaries, notices of conferences or
published works, etc.) should run 100-300 words and pertain to matters
of interest to the preparedness community and the subscribers of this
newsletter. No guarantee of publishing is implied; however, within
space and time limitations, every effort will be made to include pertinent
and timely information submitted by our readers. Interested parties
should send articles via email to bioterr@slu.edu.
Standing on the
Stage of Terror a Great Success
The Institute helps to train participants on how to communicate with the media
in the event of a bioterrorism event Read
the full story.
The Institute Kicks
Off New Marketing Initiative
Spreading the word about the Institute to increase collaboration in the Bioterrorism
field. Read
the full story.
Institute Adjunct
Professor Zelicoff continues refinements for the syndromic surveillance
program SYRIS
He was in Central Massachusetts recently installing the system for the region's
public health and EMS systems. Read
the full story.
Simpox Continues
to Make Progress
This bioterrorism simulation exercise is nearing completion. Read
the full story.
Institute Hosts
Focus Group Workshop for FBI
Institute
hosts one of three regional focus group workshops to help counter the
WMD terrorist threat. Read
the full story.
Information Of Note…
- Saint Louis University
School of Public Health Adjunct Associate Professor and long standing
member of the Institute’s Advisory Committee, Dr. Louis Tripoli,
was called to active duty in Iraq with his Marine Division. Please
join us in keeping Dr. Tripoli in your thoughts and wishing him,
and all our service men and women, a safe return.
- The first meeting of
the Institute’s new “Journal Club” was held on
Tuesday, July 6, 2004. The article discussed was Richard
Danzig’s “Catastrophic Bioterrorism: What Is
To Be Done?” published by the National Defense University
(ISBN 0-16-051468-1). This article provides a thorough summary
of the threat bioterrorism poses and policy recommendations to
prevent a bioterrorism threat.
Conferences and
Events of Interest
NACCHO
Annual 2004 Conference
July 14-16, St. Paul, Minnesota
National
Conference on the Science and Law of Combating Terrorism
October 21-23, 2004, Pittsburgh, PA
Summer
Institute of Public Health Practice: Public Health Preparedness:
Tools for the Frontline
August 2-6, 2004, Seattle, WA.
Infectious
Disease Society of America 2004 Annual Meeting
September 30 – October 3, 2004, Boston, MA.
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