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"The Integration of Mental and Behavioral Health Into Disaster Preparedness, Response, and Recovery." Pfefferbaum B, Flynn BW, Schonfeld D, Brown LM, Jacobs GA, Dodgen D, Donato D, Kaul RE, Stone B, Norwood AE, et al. Disaster Medicine and Public Health Preparedness. 2012;6:60-66.
Biosecurity and Bioterrorism Special Feature: A Decade in Biosecurity. Various authors. Biosecurity and Bioterrorism. 2012;10(1):5-88. This series of 7 review articles by leaders in the field was commissioned by the Sloan Foundation to document achievements of the past decade and help chart the direction of future efforts.
"A History of Eradication--Successes, Failures, and Controversies." Henderson DA. Lancet. 2012;379(9819):884-885.
"Lessons Learned During Dengue Outbreaks in the United States, 2001–11." Adalja AA, Sell TK, Bouri N, and Franco C. Emerging Infectious Diseases [serial on the Internet]. April 2012;18(4). http://dx.doi.org/10.3201/eid1804.110968.
"Use of Potassium Iodide (KI) in a Nuclear Emergency." Adalja AA. Biosecurity and Bioterrorism. 2011;9(4):405-407.
"A Possible Approach to Large-Scale Laboratory Testing for Acute Radiation Sickness after a Nuclear Detonation." Adalja AA, Watson M, Wollner S, and Toner E. Biosecurity and Bioterrorism. 2011;9(4):345-350.
"Biosurveillance Where It Happens: State and Local Capabilities and Needs." Toner ES, Nuzzo JB, Watson M, et al. Biosecurity and Bioterrorism. 2011;9(4):321-330.
"Center for Biosecurity Meets with Chinese Leaders in Public Health and Science." Inglesby TV and Cicero A. www.upmc-biosecurity.org. September 2011.
"Contagion--Public Health's Top Gun." Toner E, Cicero A, Adalja A, and Inglesby TV. www.upmc-biosecurity.org. September 2011.
"A Crossroads in Biosecurity: Steps to Strengthen U.S. Preparedness." Center for Biosecurity, September 2011.
"Progress in Disaster Planning and Preparedness Since 2001." Inglesby TV. The Journal of the American Medical Association, Published online September 8, 2011. doi: 10.1001/jama.2011.1359.
"A Crossroads in Biosecurity." Various authors. Crossroads in Biosecurity: Steps to Strengthen U.S. Preparedness. Center for Biosecurity of UPMC. September 8, 2011.
"Preparing Hospitals for Large-Scale Infectious Disease Emergencies." Toner E and Adalja AA.In Crossroads in Biosecurity: Steps to Strengthen U.S. Preparedness. Center for Biosecurity of UPMC. September 8, 2011: 28-31.
"Delivering Medical Care in a Catastrophe: Time for Crisis Standards." Hanfling D. In Crossroads in Biosecurity: Steps to Strengthen U.S. Preparedness. Center for Biosecurity of UPMC. September 8, 2011:22-26.
"Responding to Dengue Fever in the U.S.: Lessons from Three Outbreaks." Adalja AA, Bouri N, Sell TK, and Franco C. Poster. July 2011.
"The Role of Isolation, Self-protection, and Mosquito Abatement in an Agent-based Model of Dengue Fever Transmission." Selck F, Bouri N, Franco C, Sell TK, and Adalja AA. Poster. July 2011.
"Global Health Security: Closing the Gaps in Responding to Infectious Disease Emergencies." Nuzzo J and Gronvall GK. Global Health Governance. 2011;4(2). www.ghgj.org.
"Smallpox Virus Destruction and the Implications of a New Vaccine." Henderson DA. Biosecurity and Bioterrorism. 2011;9(2):163-168.
"Polio: A Tale of Two Vaccines." Adalja AA. Biosecurity and Bioterrorism. 2011;9(2):87-88.
"Acting on the Lessons of SARS: What Remains To Be Done?" Toner E and Nuzzo J. Biosecurity and Bioterrorism. 2011;9(2):169-174.
"Improving Global Health, Strengthening Global Security Conference Report." Gronvall GK, Morhard R, Rambhia K, et al. Biosecurity and Bioterrorism. 2011;9(1):73-78.
"Mass Vaccination for the 2009 H1N1 Pandemic: Approaches, Challenges, and Recommendations." Rambhia K, Watson M, Kirk Sell T, et al. Biosecurity and Bioterrorism. 2010;8(4):321-330.
"The State of Biopreparedness: Conference Report." Franco C and Hansen MB. Biosecurity and Bioterrorism. 2010;8(4):379-384.
"Standard of Care--In Sickness and in Health and in Emergencies." Gostin LO, Hanfling D, Hodge JG, Courtney B, et al. New England Journal of Medicine. 2010;363:1378-1380.
"Preparing to Save Lives and Recover After a Nuclear Detonation: Conference Report." Bouri N, Norwood A, Kirk Sell T. Biosecurity and Bioterrorism. 2010;8(3):287-294.
"Stigma, Health Disparities, and the 2009 H1N1 Influenza Pandemic." Schoch-Spana M, Bouri N, Rambhia K, and Norwood A. Biosecurity and Bioterrorism. 2010;8(3):243-254.
"Expanding Practitioner Scopes of Practice During Public Health Emergencies." Courtney B, Morhard R, Bouri N, and Cicero A. Biosecurity and Bioterrorism. 2010;8(3):223-231.
"The Dengue Threat to the United States." Franco C, Hynes NA, Bouri N, and Henderson DA. Biosecurity and Bioterrorism. 2010;8(3):273-276.
"Public Health Emergencies and Legal Standards of Care--Reply." Hodge JG and Courtney B. Journal of the American Medical Association. 2010;303(18):1811-1812.
"Conference Report: Resilient American Communities: Progress in Practice and Policy." Schoch-Spana M. Biosecurity and Bioterrorism. 2010;8(1):97-98.
"Assessing the Legal Standard of Care in Public Health Emergencies." Hodge JG and Courtney B. The Journal of the American Medical Association. 2010;303(4):361-362.
2009 H1N1 Issue Brief: "International Progress in Vaccine Development and Distribution." Rambhia K and Jennifer Nuzzo, December 17, 2009.
"Preliminary Findings: Study of the Impact of the 2009 H1N1 Influenza Pandemic on Latino Migrant Farm Workers in the U.S." Schoch-Spana M, Bouri N, Norwood A and Rambhia K, November 23, 2009.
2009 H1N1 Issue Brief: "Licensure, Evaluation and Adverse Event Monitoring of the 2009 H1N1 Influenza Vaccine." Watson M and Nuzzo J, November 13, 2009.
"Public Health and Medical Responses to the 1957-58 Influenza Pandemic." Henderson DA, Courtney B, Inglesby TV, Toner E, and Nuzzo JB. Biosecurity and Bioterrorism. 2009;7(3):265-273.
2009 H1N1 Issue Brief: "A Closer Look at WHO Pandemic Declaration." Nuzzo J, June 11, 2009.
"Pandemic Flu Preparedness: Lessons from the Frontlines." Levi J, Inglesby TV, Segal LM, and Vinter S, June 2009.
"Stigma: Its Harm and Its Remedy in Outbreaks Like Swine Flu." Schoch-Spana M and Norwood A, April 29, 2009.
"Can the Current Swine Flu Outbreak Be Contained? In A Word, No." Center for Biosecurity, April 29, 2009.
"FDA Emergency Use Authorizations (EUAs): What Are They and What Do They Mean for the Swine Flu Response?" Courtney B, April 29, 2009.
"Biosecurity Memos to the Obama Administration." O'Toole T and Inglesby TV, et al., March 2009.
"Strategic Priorities for U.S. Biosecurity." O'Toole T and Inglesby TV. Biosecurity and Bioterrorism. 2009;7(1):25-28.
"Preserving Gains from Public Health Emergency Preparedness Cooperative Agreements." Nuzzo J, Mair M, and Franco C. Biosecurity and Bioterrorism. 2009;7(1):35-36.
"Comments from the Center for Biosecurity of UPMC on Draft Guidances for Pandemic Influenza Planning." Mair M, Norwood A, Courtney B and Nuzzo J. Biosecurity and Bioterrorism. 2008;6(3):279-284.
"Healthcare Epidemiology: The Current Status of Planning for Pandemic Influenza and Implications for Health Care Planning in the United States." Bartlett JG and Borio L. Clinical Infectious Diseases. 2008;46(6):919-925.
"Biodefense Countermeasures: The Impact of Title IV of the US Pandemic and All-Hazards Preparedness Act." Gronvall GK. Emerging Health Threats Journal. 2008;1:e3. doi: 10.3134/ehtj.08.003.
"Avian Influenza: Critical Program Issues." Yansen S, Safi B, Nuzzo J, and Barnett D. Global Health Technical Brief (Prepared for the United States Agency for International Development). February 2008.
"Summary of HSPD-21." Mair M and Franco C, October 2007.
"Roundtable Discussion: Corporate Pandemic Preparedness." Maldin-Morgenthau B, Toner E, Wilkinson D, et al. Biosecurity and Bioterrorism. 2007;5(2):168-173.
"Commentary on Community Mitigation of Pandemic Influenza." Toner E. eInfluenza Review. 2007;1(6).
"Prepared Statement: Passage of S. 3678-The Pandemic and All-Hazards Preparedness Act." Mair M, Maldin B, and Smith B. December 20, 2006. Summary of S. 3678: The Pandemic and All-Hazards Preparedness Act.
"Disease Mitigation in the Control of Pandemic Influenza." Inglesby TV, Nuzzo J, O'Toole T, and Henderson DA. Biosecurity and Bioterrorism. 2006;4(4):366-375.
"Risky Business: Planning for Pandemic Flu." Maldin B and Criss K. Biosecurity and Bioterrorism. 2006;4(3):307-312.
"Comments from the Center for Biosecurity of UPMC on the National Strategy for Pandemic Influenza: Implementation Plan." By Center Staff. Biosecurity and Bioterrorism. 2006;4(3):320-324.
"Comments from the Center for Biosecurity of UPMC on Proposed Revisions to Federal Quarantine Rules." Nuzzo J, Henderson DA, O'Toole T, and Inglesby TV. Biosecurity and Bioterrorism. 2006;4(2):204-206.
"Getting Medicine to Millions: New Strategies for Mass Distribution." Lien O, Maldin B, Franco C, and Gronvall GK. Biosecurity and Bioterrorism. 2006;4(2):176-182.
"Control and Eradication." Miller M, Barrett S, and Henderson DA. In: Jameson DT, Breman, JG, Measham AR, et al, eds. Disease Control Priorities in Developing Countries. New York: World Bank and Oxford University Press; 2006:1163-1176.
"Universal Influenza Vaccination: The Time to Act is Now." Mair M, Grow RW, Mair JS, and Radonovich Jr LJ. Biosecurity and Bioterrorism. 2006;4(1):20-40.
"Do Public Health and Infection Control Measures Prevent the Spread of Flu?" Toner E. Biosecurity and Bioterrorism. 2006;4(1):84-86.
"The Scientific Response to a Pandemic." Gronvall GK and Henderson DA, 2006. PLoS Pathogens. 2006;2(2).
"Atlantic Storm." Hamilton DS and Smith BT. EMBO Reports. 2006;7:4-9.
"Working Group on Pandemic Influenza Preparedness: Joint Statement in Response to Department of Health and Human Services Pandemic Influenza Plan." Levi J and Inglesby TV. Clinical Infectious Diseases. 2006 Jan1;42(1):92-94.
"Disease Eradication and Control." Henderson DA. In: Guerrant RL, Walker DH, Weller PF, eds. Tropical infectious Diseases: Principles, Pathogens and Practices, Vol I. New York: Elsevier; 2006:68-72.
"National Strategy for Pandemic Influenza and the HHS Pandemic Influenza Plan: Thoughts and Comments." By Staff of the Center for Biosecurity of UPMC. Biosecurity and Bioterrorism. 2005;3(4):292-294.
"Navigating the Storm: Report and Recommendations from the Atlantic Storm Exercise." Smith B, Inglesby TV, Brimmer E, et al. Biosecurity and Bioterrorism. 2005;3(3):256-267.
"Influenza Vaccine Scarcity 2004-05: Implications for Biosecurity and Public Health Preparedness." Schoch-Spana M, Fitzgerald J, and Kramer B. Biosecurity and Bioterrorism. 2005;3(3):224-234.
"Bioterrorism: U.S. Public Health and a Secular Apocalypse." Schoch-Spana M. Anthropology Today. 2004 Oct 1;20(5):1-6.
"Battling Infectious Diseases." O'Toole T and Inglesby TV. Washington Times. 2003 Jul 9;A21.
"Public Health Preparedness." Henderson DA. In: Teich AH, Nelson SD, et al., eds. Science and Technology in a Vulnerable World: A Special Supplement to the 2003 AAAS Science and Technology Policy Yearbook. 2003:33-40.
"Anthrax 2001: Observations on the Medical and Public Health Response." Gursky E, Inglesby TV, and O'Toole T. Biosecurity and Bioterrorism. June 2003;1(2):97-110.
"The Hemorrhagic Fever Viruses as Biological Weapons: Medical and Public Health Management." Borio L, Inglesby TV, Peters CJ, et al. The Journal of the American Medical Association. 2002;287(18):2391-2405.
"Anthrax as a Biological Weapon, 2002: Updated Recommendations for Management." Inglesby TV, O’Toole T, Henderson DA, et al. The Journal of the American Medical Association. 2002;287(17):2236-2252.
"Countering the Post Eradication Threat of Smallpox and Polio." Henderson DA. Clinical Infectious Diseases. 2002;34(1):79-83.
"Bioterrorism--Guidelines for Medical and Public Health Management." Henderson DA, Inglesby TV, and O’Toole T. Chicago, IL: The Journal of the American Medical Association & Archives Journals; 2002 Jul.
"Bioterrorism and Public Health." O’Toole T, Inglesby TV, Bartlett J, and Mair M. 2002: eMedguides.com.
"Letter to the Editor: Biopreparedness and Public Health." Henderson DA. American Journal of Public Health. 2001;91(12): 1917-1918.
"Large-scale Quarantine Following Biological Terrorism in the United States: Scientific Examination, Logistic and Legal Limits, and Possible Consequences." J. Barbera, A. Macintyre, L. Gostin, Inglesby TV, et al. The Journal of the American Medical Association. 2001;286(21).
"Observations from the TOPOFF Exercise." Inglesby TV. Public Health Reports. 2001;116(Suppl 2):64-68.
"Epidemic Response Scenario: Decision-making in a Time of Plague." O’Toole T and Inglesby TV. Public Health Reports. 2001;116 (Suppl 2):92-103.
"Emerging Illness and Bioterrorism: Implications for Public Health." O’Toole T. Journal of Urban Health. 2001;78(2):396-402.
"Tularemia as a Biological Weapon: Medical & Public Health Management." Dennis DT, Inglesby TV, Hayes EB, et al. The Journal of the American Medical Association. 2001;285(21):2763-2773.
"Botulinum Toxin as a Biological Weapon: Medical & Public Health Management." Arnon SS, Schechter R, Inglesby TV, et al. The Journal of the American Medical Association. 2001;285(8):1059-1070.
"A Plague on Your City: Observations from TOPOFF." Inglesby TV, Grossman R, and O’Toole T. Clinical Infectious Diseases. 2001;32(3):436-445.

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