Summit convened by:

Center for Biosecurity of UPMC

Canadian Policy Research Network

Center for Science Technology and Security Policy at AAAS

National Consortium for the Study of Terrorism and Responsed to Terror

Roundtable I: Who Receives the Limited Doses of Pandemic Flu Vaccine?
An Exercise in Shared Decision-Making

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Issues and Participants
Issues
Scarcity of life-saving medical supplies is one of the most complex issues facing policy-makers during a health emergency, in terms of medical outcomes, social stability, and confidence in government. How will policy deliberations adequately address the scientific and social values dimensions of the rationing dilemma? What are the benefits and challenges of seeking citizen input—in advance of the crisis—to decisions about how best to use limited doses of f lu vaccine? What might citizen engagement offer mid-crisis if local conditions and vaccine supplies are out of synch with national guidelines? What are the risks if we do not engage the public?

Moderator: Peter A. Singer, MD, MPH, FRCPC, Director, University of Toronto Joint Centre for Bioethics; Member, University of Toronto Joint Centre for Bioethics Pandemic Influenza Working Group

Participants

• Maggie Fox, Health and Science Correspondent, Reuters
• Peter B. Gudaitis, MDiv, Executive Director and CEO, New York Disaster Interfaith Services
• Dan Hanfling, MD, Director, Emergency Manager and Disaster Medicine, Inova Health System, Falls Church, Virginia
• Nelson Ortega, MBA, Executive Director, Centro de la Comunidad, Inc., Baltimore, Maryland
• Carol Jordan, RN, MPH, Director of Communicable Disease and Epidemiology, Montgomery County Department of Health and Human Services (Maryland)
• Arlene King, MD, MHSc, FRCPC, Director, Immunization & Respiratory Infections Division, Public Health Agency of Canada (PHAC); Co-Chair, PHAC’s Pandemic Influenza Committee (invited)
• Sarah Landry, MS, Director, Public Policy for Vaccines, GlaxoSmithKline; former Associate Director of Policy and Program Operations, National Vaccine Program Office, U.S. Department of Health and Human Services