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| Ann E. Norwood, MD, COL, MC, USA
Associate Professor and Associate Chairman, Department of Psychiatry,
Uniformed Services University Anticipated Psychological Impact of Bioterrorism [Transcript] [Slides] |
Speaker Biography Dr. Norwood received her A.B. (1976) in Psychobiology from Vassar College, and M.D. (1981) from the Uniformed Services University of the Health Sciences. She completed her residency in Psychiatry (1985) at Letterman Army Medical Center, San Francisco. She was the Chief of Psychiatry at Darnall Army Community Hospital, Ft. Hood, TX before coming to the University in 1988. Dr. Norwood currently serves as Associate Professor of Psychiatry and Associate Chairman for the Department of Psychiatry. She is the recipient of the William C. Porter Award given by the Association of the Military Surgeons of the United States for outstanding contributions to military psychiatry. She holds the "A" designation for her expertise in trauma and disasters from the Army Surgeon General. She serves as the Chair of the American Psychiatric Association's Committee on Psychiatric Dimensions of Disaster. Dr. Norwood has published numerous articles and chapters on the effects of trauma and violence as well as the volume, Emotional Aftermath of the Persian Gulf War: Veterans, Families, Communities, and Nations. Most recently, she has focused on the use of biological and chemical agents by terrorists. Dr. Norwood co-authored an article on this topic for the Journal of the American Medical Association (JAMA) and has spoken on psychological aspects of terrorism and weapons of mass destruction to numerous audiences including the Institute of Medicine, the American Medical Association, the American Psychiatric Association, and the American Academy of Neurology. She was a participant in the 2001 Consensus Conference on Mass Violence and Early Intervention. She current is co-editing two volumes on disasters and bioterrorism for Cambridge University Press. [return to top] |
