Center for Biosecurity of the University of Pittsburgh Medical Center

10:15–12:15

Panel: Critical Information Needs for Decision Makers

Moderator: Calvin Johnson

James Hadler, M.D., M.P.H., New Haven, Connecticut

Jeffrey Engel, M.D., North Carolina State Epidemiologist

Herminia Palacio, M.D., M.P.H., Harris County Public Health and Environmental Services, Texas

Martin Fenstersheib, M.D., M.P.H., Santa Clara County Health Department, California [by phone]

12:15 p.m.

Working Lunch

12:45–1:15

Amy Altman, Ph.D.

Director, Extramural Research Office

Luminex Corporation

1:15–3:00

Panel: Index Case Recognition: Current Realities/Future Opportunities

Moderator: Art Kellermann

Kate Heilpern, M.D., Emory University

Michael Bullard, M.D., University of Alberta, Edmonton

Art Papier, M.D., Logical Images, Inc.

Barry Rhodes, Ph.D., National Center for Public Health Informatics, CDC

3:15–5:00

Panel: Point-of-Care Diagnostics: Current Realities/Future Opportunities

Moderator: Jerome Schultz

Stephen Quake, D.Phil., Stanford [by phone]

Frances Ligler, D.Phil., D.Sc., Naval Research Laboratory

Gerald Kost, M.D., Ph.D., UC Davis and Lawrence Livermore National Laboratory

Amy Altman, Ph.D., Luminex Corporation

1:45–3:15 p.m.

Other Operational Approaches to Environmental Monitoring for Bioterrorism

1:45

DoD Joint Program Guardian Installation Protection Program

COL Mark Malatesta

Joint Project Manager–Guardian

Joint Program Executive Office for Chemical and Biological Defense, DoD

2:30

Postal Service Biohazard Detection System

Patrick Mendonca

Senior Director, Policy and Planning

U.S. Postal Service