Blue Ribbon Panel to Advise on the Risk Assessment of the National Emerging Infectious Diseases Laboratories at Boston University Medical Center

The Blue Ribbon Panel members are as follows:

Chair

Mahmoud, Adel, Ph.D., M.D.
Professor
Department of Molecular Biology and Woodrow Wilson School
Princeton University

Members

Burke, Donald, M.D.
Dean, Graduate School of Public Health
Director, Center for Vaccine Research
Associate Vice Chancellor for Global Health
UPMC-Jonas Salk Chair in Global Health
University of Pittsburgh

Eubank, Stephen, Ph.D.
Professor, Virginia Bioinformatics Institute
Deputy Director of Network Dynamics and Simulation Science Laboratory
Adjunct Professor, Department of Physics Professor
Virginia Polytechnic Institute and State University

Freimuth, Vicki, Ph.D.
Professor, Department of Speech Communication and Grady College of Journalism and Mass Communication
University of Georgia

Friedman-Jimenez, George, M.D.
Director, Bellevue Hospital Center
New York University Occupational and Environmental Medicine Clinic
New York School of Medicine

Hamburg, Peggy, M.D., M.P.H.
Senior Scientist
Nuclear Threat Initiative

Holbrook, Karen, Ph.D.
Vice President for Research and Innovation
University of South Florida

Kasper, Dennis, M.D.
William Ellery Channing Professor of Medicine
Professor of Microbiology and Molecular Genetics
Harvard Medical School
Director, Channing Laboratory
Department of Medicine
Brigham and Women's Hospital

Lewis, Johnnye, Ph.D., D.A.B.T.
Director, Community Environmental Health Program
College of Pharmacy, Health Sciences Center
Co-Director, Environmental Health Signature Program
Health Sciences Center
University of New Mexico

Lipkin, W. Ian, M.D.
Principal Investigator and Scientific Director
Northeast Biodefense Center
John Snow Professor of Epidemiology and Director
Center for Infection and Immunity
Mailman School of Public Health
Professor of Neurology and Pathology
College of Physicians and Surgeons
Columbia University

Murray, Tom, Ph.D.
President
The Hastings Center

Northridge, Mary, Ph.D., M.P.H.
Professor, Clinical Sociomedical Sciences
Mailman School of Public Health
Columbia University

Patterson, Jean, Ph.D.
Scientist and Chair, Department of Virology and Immunology
Southwest Foundation for Biomedical Research

Robson, Mark Gregory, Ph.D., M.P.H.
Director of the New Jersey Agricultural Experiment Station
Professor of Entomology
School of Environmental and Biological Sciences
Rutgers, The State University of New Jersey

Stanley, Samuel, M.D.
Vice Chancellor for Research
Director, Midwest Regional Center of Excellence
Biodefense and Emerging Infectious Diseases
Professor of Medicine and Molecular Microbiology
Washington University in St. Louis

Thomann, Wayne, Dr.P.H.
Assistant Professor
Director of Environmental Safety
Duke University Medical Center
Duke University