Laboratory Security and Personnel Reliability Assurance Systems for
Laboratories Conducting Research on Biological Select Agents and Toxins
Board on Life Sciences, National Research Council
COMMITTEE
See the Current Projects System for biographies and to submit feedback
on the committee composition.
CHAIR
Rita R. Colwell, Ph.D.
Distinguished University Professor
University of Maryland, College Park
Johns Hopkins University School of Public Health
President and CEO, CosmosID, Inc.
Senior Advisor, Canon US Life Sciences, Inc.
MEMBERS
Ronald M. Atlas, Ph.D.
Professor of Biology and Public Health
Co-Director, Center for Health Hazards Preparedness
University of Louisville
John D. Clements, Ph.D.
Professor and Chair
Department of Microbiology and Immunology
Director, Center for Infectious Diseases
Tulane University
Joseph A. DiZinno, DDS
Technical Director, Homeland Security and Law Enforcement
BAE Systems
Adolfo García-Sastre, Ph.D.
Professor of Microbiology
Fischberg Chair and Professor, Department of Medicine
Co-Director, Emerging Pathogens Institute
Mount Sinai School of Medicine
Principal Investigator, Center for Research on Influenza Pathogenesis
Michael G. Gelles, Psy.D.
Senior Manager
Deloitte Consulting LLP
Robert J. Hawley, Ph.D., RBP, CBSP
Senior Advisor, Science
Midwest Research Institute
Sally Katzen, J.D.
Executive Managing Director
The Podesta Group
Paul Langevin, P.Eng.
Director of Lab Design
Merrick and Company
President, Merrick Canada ULC
Todd R. LaPorte, Ph.D.
Professor Emeritus of Political Science
University of California, Berkeley
Stephen S. Morse, Ph.D.
Professor of Clinical Epidemiology
Founding Director, Center for Public Health Preparedness
Columbia University Mailman School of Public Health
Kathryn Newcomer, Ph.D.
Professor and Director
The Trachtenberg School of Public Policy and Public Administration
Co-Director, Midge Smith Center for Evaluation Effectiveness
George Washington University
Elizabeth Rindskopf Parker, J.D.
Dean, McGeorge School of Law
University of the Pacific
Paul R. Sackett, Ph.D.
Beverly and Richard Fink Distinguished Professor of Psychology and Liberal Arts
University of Minnesota
STAFF
Adam P. Fagen, Ph.D. (AFagen@nas.edu), Study Director and Senior Program Officer
Jo L. Husbands, Ph.D., Senior Project Director
Rita Guenther, Senior Program Associate
Carl-Gustav Anderson, Program Assistant
Biographical information and the opportunity to submit feedback on the project and committee
composition is available on the National Academies Current Projects System.

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