Appendix B
Presentations to the Committee
November 24-25, 2003
Dennis Imbro, Lawrence Livermore National Laboratory: Decontamination and Restoration of Major Transportation Facilities
Ellen Raber, Lawrence Livermore National Laboratory: How Clean Is Clean Enough? Recent Developments in Response to Threats Posed by Chemical and Biological Warfare Agents
Nina Marano, CDC: Responding to Bacillus anthracis-Related Bioterrorism
Mark Wheelis, University of California, Davis: History of Biological Weapons
Kenneth Martinez, CDC: Environmental Sampling During the Anthrax Outbreak Investigations
Dorothy Canter, EPA: Anthrax Cleanups: Addressing Residual Risk Issues
Laura Rose, CDC: Environmental Bioterrorism Research Activities
Robert Eckhaus, Edgewood Chemical Biological Center, U.S. Army: Capabilities in Support of How Clean Is Safe
January 28-29, 2004
Tom Day, United States Postal Service: Decision Making Process for Declaring Brentwood Postal Facility Safe for Use
David Franz, Midwest Research Institute: (1) Comments on What Type of Standards and Guidelines Are Needed to Determine “How Clean Is Safe?” and (2) Information About Anthrax, Smallpox, and Plague
C.J. Peters, University of Texas, Medical Branch at Galveston: Information About Anthrax, Smallpox, and Plague
Dick Spertzel, U.S. Army (retired): Issues of Weaponized Microbes
M. Louise M. Pitt, USAMRIID: Information About Dose–Response
Rick Batycky, Alkermes, Inc.: Information on Lung Physiology and Delivery of Microbes
Ray Mariella, Lawrence Livermore National Laboratory: Reliability of Detection
Calvin Chue, Johns Hopkins University: Mechanisms of Detection
Linda Stetzenbach, University of Nevada, Las Vegas: (1) Sampling Methods on Various Surfaces Using Simulant Organisms and (2) Natural Background
Richard Sextro, Lawrence Berkeley National Laboratory: Air Movement in Subways and Buildings and Reaerosolization of Microbes
Jeanine Prud’homme, New York City Department of Public Health: Information on Public Health
Brandolyn Thran, U.S. Army: Risk Assessment
Tony Cox, Cox Associates: Risk Assessment
March 29-31, 2004
Dean Wilkening, Stanford University: Human Effects Model for Inhalation Anthrax
Caron Chess, Rutgers University: Risk Communication
Kimothy Smith, Lawrence Livermore National Laboratory: Natural Background Levels of Anthrax
Terri Tanielian, RAND Corporation: Employee Decision-Making on Returning to Work at Brentwood and on Capitol Hill
John Eck and Laura Tankenson, NBC: Anthrax Incident at NBC
Peter Biggins, Dstl Chemical and Biological Sciences: Aerosols and Detection
July 20, 2004
E. Barry Skolnick: Surface-testing Issues in Bioagent Detection and Decontamination
October 13-14, 2004
John Mason and Karen Cavanagh, Sabre Technical Services, LLC: Decontamination and Sampling at AMI
Mike Shoemaker and Greg Knudson, Armed Forces Radiobiology Research Institute: Clearance Decisions After 2001 Attacks
Tyler Cymet and Shivang Joshi, Sinai Hospital of Baltimore: Long Lasting Health Effects of Exposure to Bacillus anthracis