EMERGENCY MANAGEMENT AND NATIONAL RESPONSE
Dan KaniewskiDeputy Director, GW Homeland Security Policy Institute
Dan Kaniewski is available to comment on national response issues, incident and emergency management and disaster relief.
Mr. Kaniewski chaired the Domestic Readiness Group at the White House; managed the Presidential Disaster Declaration process, and oversaw the development and approval of the National Response Framework and National Incident Management System. In addition, he traveled with the President aboard Air Force One to disaster sites around the country.
Greg ShawCo-director, GW Institute for Crisis, Disaster and Risk ManagementAssociate Professor
Greg Shaw is an expert in business crisis and continuity management; risk management; and training, education and development.
Joseph BarberaCo-director, GW Institute for Crisis, Disaster and Risk ManagementAssociate Professor, Engineering Management and Systems Engineering
Joseph Barbera is an expert in emergency management, management of large-scale incident response, management of volunteers in major disasters and mass casualty and public health emergency response.
STRUCTURAL ENGINEERING
Pedro Silva, Ph.D.Associate Professor
Dr. Silva is available to comment on the seismic design and retrofit of civil structures; blast resistance of structures; and use of fiber-reinforced polymers for the structural rehabilitation of structures.
To interview the Drs. Norris, Lieberman, Hotez or Katz, contact:Melissa Kadish[email protected]w: 202-994-8874
PSYCHIATRY
Lorenzo Norris, M.D.Disaster Psychiatry ExpertAssistant Professor of Psychiatry, GW Medical Center
Lorenzo Norris, M.D., is available to comment on the psychiatric health issues. Dr. Norris is an assistant professor of psychiatry at the GW Medical Center and has a background in disaster psychiatry, as well as in mind-body, body mind interactions and psychiatric care in the severely medically ill.
Daniel LiebermanDirector, Division of Ambulatory Care; Associate Professor of Anthropolocy and Human Evolutionary Anatomy
Dr. Lieberman is available to comment on the psychological aspect of the earthquake.
INFECTIOUS DISEASES
Peter Hotez, M.D., Ph.D.Infectious Disease ExpertDistinguished Research Professor; Chair, Department of Microbiology, Immunology, & Tropical Medicine
Peter Hotez, M.D., Ph.D., is available to comment on the short- and long-term health effects of earthquakes and tsunamis.
Dr. Peter Hotez, Distinguished Research Professor and the Walter G. Ross Professor and Chair of the Department of Microbiology, Immunology, and Tropical Medicine at The George Washington University in Washington DC and serves as President of the Sabin Vaccine Institute. Dr. Hotez' academic research focuses on vaccine development for a wide range of neglected tropical diseases around the globe.
Dr. Hotez founded the Human Hookworm Vaccine Initiative (HHVI) at Sabin, a unique partnership with The George Washington University, funded by the Bill & Melinda Gates Foundation to develop a vaccine to prevent the spread of human hookworm disease. In addition, Dr. Hotez was instrumental in creating the Global Network for Tropical Neglected Diseases Control, an innovative new partnership dedicated to controlling the spread of tropical diseases in developing nations. He is also the Founding Editor-in-Chief of PLoS Tropical Neglected Diseases, the first online open access medical journal focused exclusively on neglected tropical diseases.
HEALTH POLICY
Rebecca KatzAssistant Research Professor
Dr. Katz is available is comment on public health preparedness, disease and security and international health regulations.
POLITICS
Llewelyn HughesAssistant Professor of Political Science and International Affairs
Dr. Hughes is available to comment on Japanese domestic politics.
U.S. - JAPAN RELATIONS
Michael MochizukiAssociate Dean for Academic Programs
Michael Mochizuki is available to comment on U.S. - Japan relations and East Asian Security.INTERNATIONAL FINANCE/ECONOMY
Scheherazade RehmanProfessor of International Finance/Business and International Affairs
Professor Rehman is available to comment on international finance.
Robert WeinerProfessor of International Business and International Affairs
Professor Weiner is available to discuss the implications for the oil and gas markets and industry.
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