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HHS Public Health Emergency Medical Countermeasures Enterprise Stakeholders Workshop 2008 & BARDA Industry Day Participants HHS Public Health Emergency Medical Countermeasures Enterprise Stakeholders Workshop 2008 & BARDA Industry Day Participants September 24−26, 2008 Crystal Gateway Marriott Arlington, VA U.S. Department of Health and Human Services Assistant Secretary for Preparedness and Response Biomedical Advanced Research and Development Authority inside front cover blank PARTICIPANTS M. Javad Aman, PhD President and Chief Scientific Officer Katherine (Kay) Aaby, RN, BSN, MPH Integrated BioTherapeutics Inc. Nurse Manager [email protected] Montgomery County, Maryland Department of Health and Human Services Norman Anderson, PhD [email protected] President Viral Defense Foundation Abe Abramovich, BSEE, MSEE [email protected] Spacelabs Healthcare [email protected] Richard Andrews, BS, MS, SM David Adams, BSN, MA Chief Business Officer Director, Contingency Planning and Policy ProThera Biologics Office of Health Affairs [email protected] U.S. Department of Homeland Security [email protected] Russell Andrews, MS, RPh Chief Executive Officer Steven Adams, MPH NexGenisys Deputy Director [email protected] Division of Strategic National Stockpile Coordinating Office for Terrorism Preparedness and Edward Arcuri, PhD Emergency Response Chief Operating Officer Centers for Disease Control and Prevention VaxInnate U.S. Department of Health and Human Services [email protected] [email protected] Mary Ari, PhD Heidi Agostini, PhD, PMP Health Scientist Associate Director Centers for Disease Control and Prevention Botulinum Vaccine and Therapeutic Programs U.S. Department of Health and Human Services Emergent Product Development, Inc. [email protected] [email protected] Alexander Aristarkhov, PhD Ronald Aimes, PhD Director, Science & Technology Associate Director, Research and Development Exiqon, Inc. Peregrine Pharmaceuticals, Inc. [email protected] [email protected] David Aimone Stuart Armstrong, BSc Assistant Director of Federal Procurement Defense Science and Technology Laboratory Buchanan Ingersoll & Rooney [email protected] [email protected] Rebecca Ashery, PhD Edson Albuquerque Consultant Chairman of the Department of Pharmacology and [email protected] Experimental Therapeutics University of Maryland Baltimore County Medical School Hugh Auchincloss, MD [email protected] Deputy Director National Institute of Allergy and Infectious Diseases Kate Alford, JD, BS National Institutes of Health Office of Health Affairs U.S. Department of Health and Human Services U.S. Department of Homeland Security [email protected] [email protected] Bruce Altevogt, PhD Timothy Axtelle Senior Program Officer Vice President, Research and Development Institute of Medicine Implicit Bioscience [email protected] [email protected] Amy Altman, PhD CAPT Judith L. Bader, MD Director, Extramural Research Office Senior Medical Advisor Luminex Corporation Office of the Assistant Secretary for Preparedness and Response [email protected] U.S. Department of Health and Human Services [email protected] Jennifer Bryning Alton Office of Senator Richard Burr HELP Committee [email protected] 1 Timothy Baker, MPH Brian Bell Senior Consultant President Northrop Grumman Health IT Medical Conservation Devices, LLC [email protected] [email protected] Shukal Bala, PhD Archana Belle, PhD Lead Microbiologist, Office of Antimicrobial Products Senior Scientist Division of Special Pathogen and Transplant Products Planet Biotechnology U.S. Food and Drug Administration [email protected] U.S. Department of Health and Human Services [email protected] Grant Belsham, BS Program Manager Michael Balady, PhD, MSPH Cangene Corporation Director for Acquisition Management Systems [email protected] Biomedical Advanced Research and Development Authority Office of the Assistant Secretary for Preparedness and Response Steven Bennett, PhD U.S. Department of Health and Human Services WMD Risk Assessment Program Manager [email protected] U.S. Department of Homeland Security [email protected] Tali Bar-Shalom, PhD Program Examiner Carmela Benson Office of Management and Budget Ortho-McNeil Janssen Scientific Affairs, LLC Executive Office of the President [email protected] [email protected] Wendy Benson Lena A. Basile, PhD, JD Vice President President, Director of Research HX Diagnostics Neumedicines Inc. [email protected] [email protected] Kavita Berger, PhD Bill Basinger, BS, MS Project Director Chief Executive Officer America Association for the Advancement of Science Countervail Corporation [email protected] [email protected] Ruth Berkelman, MD Henry Bassman Rollins Professor and Director Vice President and Chief Business Officer Center for Public Health Preparedness and Research StormBio, LLC Rollins School of Public Health [email protected] Emory University [email protected] Frederick Batzold, PhD Director, Clinical Operations Bob Bernard Pharmaceutical Product Development, Inc. President, Chief Executive Officer [email protected] Ichor Medical Systems [email protected] Robert Becker, PhD Vice President, Business Development Diane Berry, PhD VaxInnate Chief Scientist [email protected] Office of Health Affairs U.S. Department of Homeland Security Steven Becker, PhD [email protected] Associate Professor of Public Health University of Alabama at Birmingham Kathleen Berst [email protected] Director, Developmental Program Integration CBMS – Joint Vaccine Acquisition Program Stefanie Bednarczyk U.S. Army Senior Manager, New Business U.S. Department of Defense Dupont Vaccine Company LLC, a CSC Company [email protected] [email protected] Stephen Berte, PhD Senior Management Consultant Skyline Integrated Technologies Enterprises [email protected] 2 Richard Besser, MD Luciana Borio, MD Director Senior Associate Coordinating Office for Terrorism Preparedness and Emergency Center for Biosecurity of the University of Pittsburgh Medical Response Center Centers for Disease Control and Prevention [email protected] U.S. Department of Health and Human Services [email protected] Jim Bowman, MD, MS Medical Officer George Bettinger, PhD Centers for Medicare and Medicaid Services Director, Product Development Operations U.S. Department of Health and Human Services University of Texas Medical Branch [email protected] [email protected] Deborah Brandon, BS Penelope Bevan Editor Department of Health www.birdflujourney.typepad.com United Kingdom [email protected] [email protected] Ken Brennan Walter Biederbick, PhD Weapons of Mass Destruction Coordinator Federal Information Centre for Biological Safety Fairfax County (Virginia) Police Department Robert Koch Institute [email protected] [email protected] Gary Bignami Ann Brockhaus, MPH Director, Strategic Development Occupational Safety and Health Consultant PanThera Biopharma LLC ORC Worldwide [email protected] [email protected] Peggy Binzer Stephen Brozak, MBA Partner Chairman and Chief Executive Officer McKenna, Long & Aldridge, LLP StormBio, Inc. [email protected] [email protected] Peter Blain, PhD Greg Burel Professor of Environmental Medicine Director, Division of Strategic National Stockpile University of Newcastle Upon Tyne Coordinating Office for Terrorism Preparedness [email protected] and Emergency Response Centers for Disease Control and Prevention William Blakely, PhD U.S. Department of Health and Human Services Senior Scientist and Biodosimetry Program Advisor [email protected] Armed Forces Radiobiology Institute Uniformed Services University of the Health Sciences John P. Burke III U.S. Department of Defense Assistant Director, Public Health and Scientific Affairs [email protected] College of American Pathologists [email protected] Glenn Blanchette, MS, BS Regional Emergency Coordinator Roberta Carlin, MS, JD National Capital Region Executive Director Office of the Assistant Secretary for Preparedness and Response American Association on Health and Disability U.S. Department of Health and Human Services [email protected] [email protected] Calvin Carpenter, DVM James Blumenstock, MA Research Professor Chief Program Officer George Mason University Association of State and Territorial Health Offices [email protected] [email protected] Jerold Blutman Miles Carroll, PhD Senior Technical Advisor Head of Research and Development DTRA CBM / Biological Diagnostics Health Protection Agency, United Kingdom U.S. Department of Defense [email protected] [email protected] Leslie Casey, PhD Tove Bolken, BS Executive Director, Preclinical Development and Head of Research Operations Immunobiology SIGA Technologies, Inc. Elusys Therapeutics, Inc. [email protected] [email protected] 3 Christine Cassan, PharmD John Cheronis, MD, PhD Technical Advisor, Public Health Emergencies Preparedness President and Chief Scientific Officer and Response Accuthera, Inc. French Health Ministry General Directorate [email protected] [email protected] Kelly Childress, JD David Cassatt, PhD Health Policy Specialist Program Officer Foley Hoag, LLP Division of Allergy, Immunology and Transplantation [email protected] National Institute of Allergy and Infectious Diseases National Institutes of Health Christine Chopard U.S. Department of Health and Human Services EPRUS (French Ministry of Health) [email protected] [email protected]
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