David Aaron
Washington, DC
U.S. Department of Justice

Jessica Appler
Brentwood, Maryland
American Association for the Advancement of Science
U.S. Department of Homeland Security

Patrick Ayscue
Brooktondale, New York
Cornell University

Stefanie Bumpus
Washington, DC
American Association for the Advancement of Science
U.S. Department of Defense

Hillary Carter
Arlington, Virginia
American Association for the Advancement of Science
U.S. Department of State

Sheana Cavitt
Arlington, Virginia
PricewaterhouseCoopers

Angela Fowlkes
Birmingham, Alabama
University of Alabama at Birmingham

Ashley Grant
Galveston, Texas
University of Texas Medical Branch

Haroun Habib
Washington, DC
U.S. Department of State

Katharine Hagen
Arlington, Virginia
U.S. Department of Homeland Security

Carolyn Hall
Livermore, California
Lawrence Livermore National Laboratory

Nicholas Kelley
Bloomington, Minnesota
University of Minnesota/CIDRAP

Luis Martinez
Ponce, Puerto Rico
Xyrion Medical
University of Ponce School of Medicine

Michael Montague
Frederick, Maryland
J. Craig Venter Institute

Rakesh Raghuwanshi
Baltimore, Maryland
U.S. Food and Drug Administration

Patrick Rose
Baltimore, Maryland
Center for Health and Homeland Security

Sara Rubin
Washington, DC

Yuliya Seldina
Silver Spring, Maryland
Uniformed Services University of the Health Sciences

Calvin Siow
Washington, DC
Georgetown University

Halley Smith
Albuquerque, New Mexico
Sandia National Laboratories

Brendan Thomason
Silver Spring, Maryland
Senior Analyst, Department of Defense

Anthony Treubrodt
Washington, DC
Federal Bureau of Investigation

Renee D. Wegrzyn
Washington, DC
Booz Allen Hamilton

Stephen White
Miami, Florida
Florida Department of Health

Jaime Yassif
San Francisco, California
University of California, Berkeley

May 14 | Fellows' Symposium

  8:00

Breakfast and Photos

  9:00

Welcome: Tom Inglesby, CEO and Director, Center for Biosecurity of UPMC

  9:10

Introductions: Ann Norwood, Senior Associate, Center for Biosecurity of UPMC

  9:45

Fellowship Information Session and Q&A: Nidhi Bouri, Senior Analyst, Center for Biosecurity of UPMC

10:00

Biological Threats: Past, Prestent, and Future: Randall Larsen, Founding Director, The WMD Center

10:45

Break

11:00

Panel Discussion: Can Innovative Developments in Science and Technology Enhance Intelligence? Moderator: Gigi Gronvall, Senior Associate, Center for Biosecurity of UPMC

• Jason Matheny, Program Manager, Intelligence Advanced Research Projects Agency (IARPA)
• Brad Smith, Homeland Security Advanced Research Projects Agency (HSARPA), Science and Technology Directorate, U.S. Department of Homeland Security
• Erik Prentice, Assistant Deputy Director for Global Biological Threats, National Counterproliferation Center, Office of the Director of National Intelligence

11:45

Networking Lunch

12:45

Leading DHS S&T: Challenges Ahead: Tara O’Toole, Under Secretary for Science and Technology, U.S. Department of Homeland Security

  1:15

Break

  1:30

Panel Discussion: The Biological Weapons Convention, Cooperative Threat Reduction, and International Engagement: What Are the Opportunities in Years Ahead? Moderator: Tom Inglesby, CEO and Director, Center for Biosecurity of UPMC

• Ambassador Bonnie Jenkins, Coordinator for Threat Reduction Programs, U.S. Department of State
• James B. Petro, Principal Director, Chemical and Biological Defense, Office of the Assistant Secretary for Defense (NCB/CB), U.S. Department of Defense
• Jo Husbands, Scholar/Senior Project Director, Board on Life Sciences, National Academy of Sciences

  2:15

Panel Discussion: Developing Medical Countermeasures: How to Meet the Challenge? Moderator: Anita Cicero, COO and Deputy Director, Center for Biosecurity of UPMC

• Luciana Borio, Assistant Commissioner for Counterterrorism Policy, U.S. Food and Drug Administration
• John Grabenstein, Senior Director for Adult Vaccines, Merck
• Philip Russell, Former Senior Advisor, Office of the Assistant Secretary for Public Health Emergency Preparedness, U.S. Department of Health and Human Services

 3:00

Past Adventures and Future Expectations in Biosecurity: D. A. Henderson, Distinguished Scholar, Center for Biosecurity of UPMC

 3:20

Closing Remarks: Tom Inglesby, CEO and Director, Center for Biosecurity of UPMC
 

May 14 | Evening Events

  4:15

Depart for Capitol Hill Talk (meet in lobby to walk to Capitol Hill talk and dinner)
  

  6:30

Fellows Dinner
  

May 15 | Center for Biosecurity Conference

May 16 | Morning Pentagon Talk and Tour