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News from For immediate release: Oct. 3, 2002 Contact: Steven Schultz (609) 258-5729, sschultz@princeton.edu Princeton University to hold symposium on bioterrorismPRINCETON, N.J. -- An academic symposium entitled ''Bioterrorism: Science, Security, and Preparedness,'' will be held on Friday, Oct. 11 at the Lewis Thomas Laboratory on the campus of Princeton University. The symposium will run from 8:30 a.m. to 4 p.m., with registration starting at 8 a.m. The symposium will bring together recognized experts working in the area of bioterrorism defense and preparedness. It will provide an opportunity for academic researchers to learn from policy makers and others in the field, while contributing their expertise to the debate over bioterrorism preparedness. People from both the industrial and the public health sectors are welcome to attend and contribute to the discussion. The symposium is co-sponsored by the Princeton University Department of Molecular Biology, the Center for Health and Wellbeing, the Program on Science and Global Security and the Woodrow Wilson School of Public And International Affairs. Shirley M. Tilghman, president of Princeton University, will make opening remarks. The symposium will be divided into three discussion sessions, each lead by a panel of experts. The first session will be on current issues of science and technology related to bioterrorism and will be led by Laura Bortolin of the Massachusetts Institute of Technology Lincoln Laboratory, Martin Hugh-Jones, a professor of epidemiology at Louisiana State University School of Veterinary Medicine, and Stephen Morse, director of the Center for Public Health Preparedness at the Mailman School of Public Health at Columbia University. John Bolton, under secretary for arms control and international security for the U.S. Department of State and Margaret Hamburg, vice president for biological programs at the Nuclear Threat Initiative in Washington, D.C. will discuss security issues of bioterrorism in the second session. The symposium will close with a discussion on the U.S. preparedness and response to a possible bioterrorism threat. Jack Killen, the director of the AIDS division for the National Institute of Allergy and Infectious Diseases of the National Institutes of Health and Scott Lillibridge, director of the Center for Biosecurity and a professor at the University of Texasí Health Sciences Center School of Public Health, will lead the discussion on preparedness. Advance registration for the symposium is requested. For
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