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Swine Influenza

The University of Maryland has a number of experts who can address different issues related to the ongoing swine flu epidemic:

Dean Don Kettl - Public Policy (Kettl@umd.edu) - "This is an issue that has swept around the world in lightning speed. At a food cart on the streets of Philadelphia yesterday, two people were talking about the coming plague - and the need to read the Bible. This isn't Armageddon- the government faces a keen test of calibrating its response and the people's reaction. How can we best signal the level of seriousness of the issue to ensure the best preparedness and caution without creating panic? We've long known that a genuine pandemic could strike fast and hit hard. Especially in the aftermath of the 2001 anthrax attacks and SARS, the government has spent a lot of time and energy quietly preparing for the possibility of biothreats, either from nature or from terrorists. From all indications, the preparations were thorough and the nation is ready. But this could prove the first real acid test."
See: Kettl's analysis of the first 100 days

Daniel Perez - Swine and avian flu vaccine development, virus transmission, and pathogenesis; swine as an intermediary species for mutation and transmission of flu strains between birds and humans.

Steven Salzberg - Sequencing the flu genome

Galit Shmueli - Flu surveillance

Jeffrey Herrmann - Software to pinpoint mass vaccination locations

Full list is below in alphabetical order


Number of experts found: 40

 
Kanisha Bond

Asst Prof

Government & Politics

Expertise Key Words:
The organizational ecology of violent extremism, civil war dynamics, links between sub- and transnational conflict and cooperation, and the politics of Latin America and Southern Europe.

Contact Information:

Work phone(s)    

E-mail(s)    

301 405 7421

kanisha@umd.edu

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Stephen Brighton

Asst Prof

Anthropology

Expertise Key Words:
Historical archaeology of northeast North America, Ireland, and Scotland, with specializations in anthropological approaches to the archaeology of diaspora, colonialism, the emergence and influence of capitalism and urbanization, immigration history, social identity and heritage formation.

Contact Information:

Work phone(s)    

E-mail(s)    

301 405 3700

sbrighto@umd.edu
sbrighton@anth.umd.edu

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Maureen L. Cropper

Affiliate Prof, Dist Univ Prof Chair

Economics

Expertise Key Words:
Valuing environmental amenities (especially environmental health effects), on the discounting of future health benefits, and on the tradeoffs implicit in environmental regulations

Contact Information:

Work phone(s)    

E-mail(s)    

301 405 3483

mcropper@umd.edu

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Gniesha Y. Dinwiddie

Asst Prof

African American Studies

Expertise Key Words:
Sociology of Health and Illness, Social Epidemiology, Health Disparities, Educational Inequalities

Contact Information:

Work phone(s)    

E-mail(s)    

301 405 1158

gnieshad@umd.edu

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Lillian E. Doherty

Affiliate Prof, Prof & Chair

Classics

Expertise Key Words:
Homer, Iliad, Odyssey, Greek epic, Hesiod, women in ancient Greece, Greek mythology, classical mythology, ancient Greek language

Contact Information:

Work phone(s)    

E-mail(s)    

301 405 2022

ldoherty@umd.edu

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Avital Feuer

Visit Asst Prof

Meyerhoff Program & Center for Jewish Studies

Expertise Key Words:
Second language education, heritage language education, bilingual education, applied linguistics, Hebrew, minority identity and culture, Jewish studies, Israel studies, qualitative research, ethnography

Contact Information:

Work phone(s)    

E-mail(s)    

301 405 8216

afeuer@umd.edu

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Mary A. Garza

Assistant Professor

Behavioral & Community Health

Expertise Key Words:
Psychosocial, Behavioral, and Neighborhood-level factors associated with health behavior specifically, the factors related to sustained compliance with cancer screening. Religion and spirituality influence on health outcomes.

Contact Information:

Work phone(s)    

E-mail(s)    

301 405 0766

magarza@umd.edu

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Michele J. Gelfand

Prof, Affiliate Prof

Psychology

Expertise Key Words:
cultural influences on conflict, negotiation, justice, and revenge; workplace diversity and discrimination; and theory and methods in cross-cultural psychology

Contact Information:

Work phone(s)    

E-mail(s)    

301 405 6972

mgelfand@umd.edu

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Kerry M. Green

Assistant Professor

Behavioral and Community Health

Expertise Key Words:
Substance Use, Psychological Well-Being, Comorbidity, Life Course Development, Longitudinal Studies, Prospective Cohort Studies, Gender Differences, Urban Health, African Americans

Contact Information:

Work phone(s)    

E-mail(s)    

301 405 2524

greenkm@umd.edu

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Jeffrey W. Herrmann

Associate Professor

Mechanical Engineering and Institute for Systems Research

Expertise Key Words:
Operations research, homeland security, emergency preparedness, bioterrorism, public health, decision making, production scheduling, industrial engineering, systems engineering, vaccination clinics, health care operations

Expertise Credentials:
Jeffrey W. Herrmann is an associate professor at the University of Maryland, where he holds a joint appointment with the Department of Mechanical Engineering and the Institute for Systems Research. He is the director of the Computer Integrated Manufacturing Laboratory. He is a member of INFORMS, ASME, IIE, SME, and ASEE.

Dr. Herrmann has led applied research projects supported by NSF, NIST, ONR, the Semiconductor Research Corporation, the U.S. Air Force, the U.S. Army Tank-Automotive Command, Lockheed Martin Missiles and Space, Harris Semiconductor, Northrop Grumman Electronic Sensors and Systems Division, Black & Decker, and other manufacturers in the state of Maryland. The total funding of these projects is over $3 million.

For example, Dr. Herrmann has worked with Montgomery County, MD and with the federal government on terrorism/disaster exercises. His specialty in this area is mass vaccination health clinics. He has developed software that can help local governments improve the way they set up mass vaccination clinics for influenza (like H1N1) or other illnesses so that people are served more efficiently and quickly, which could help reduce panic and save lives.

Dr. Herrmann has written over 50 book chapters, journal articles, and papers in refereed conference proceedings.

Dr. Herrmann earned his B.S. in applied mathematics from Georgia Institute of Technology. As a National Science Foundation Graduate Research Fellow from 1990 to 1993, he received his Ph.D. in industrial and systems engineering from the University of Florida. His dissertation investigated production scheduling problems motivated by semiconductor manufacturing. He held a post-doctoral research position in the Institute for Systems Research from 1993 to 1995.

Web Site(s):
Jeffrey W. Herrmann home page
Modeling MedKits: Placing Pre-event Pharmaceuticals for Anthrax
Improving Mass Dispensing and Vaccination Clinic Operations

Contact Information:

Work phone(s)    

E-mail(s)    

301 405 5433

jwh2@umd.edu

Address:
0151B Martin Hall
College Park, MD  20742

Degrees:
Ph.D., Industrial and Systems Engineering, University of Florida
B.S., Applied Mathematics, Georgia Institute of Technology

Publication(s):
Embracing Computer Modeling to Address Pandemic Influenza in the 21st Century
Improving Mass Vaccination Clinic Operations
Using Operations Research to Improve Mass Dispensing and Vaccination Clinic Planning
A Routing and Scheduling Approach for Planning Medication Distribution
Predicting the Impact of Placing Pre-event Pharmaceuticals for Anthrax


 
Yi Ting Huang

Asst Prof, Aff Asst Prof

Hearing & Speech Sciences

Expertise Key Words:
language acquisition; cognitive development; language processing; eye-tracking; school-aged children

Contact Information:

Work phone(s)    

E-mail(s)    

301 405 4227

ythuang1@umd.edu

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Odis D. Johnson

Asst Prof

African American Studies/Maryland Population Research Center

Expertise Key Words:
Neighborhood Racial, Socioeconomic and Social Inequality; Racial and Gender Disparities in Education; Poverty and Housing Policy; African Americans; Development and Evaluation of Social Programs; Children and Adolescents

Contact Information:

Work phone(s)    

E-mail(s)    

301 405 1158

ojohnson@umd.edu

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Anya Jones

Asst Prof

Aerospace Engineering

Expertise Key Words:
experimental fluid dynamics including unsteady low Reynolds number aerodynamics, vortex dynamics, and flow control with applications to MAVs, flapping wings, and wind/water turbines

Contact Information:

Work phone(s)    

E-mail(s)    

301 405 7988

arjones@umd.edu

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Sam W. Joseph

Professor Emeritus

Cell Biology & Molecular Genetics

Expertise Key Words:
Bioterrorism; human pathogens in the food supply; survival of pathogens in the environment; microbial antibiotic resistance, anthrax.

Contact Information:

Work phone(s)    

E-mail(s)    

301 405 5452

swj@umd.edu

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Donald F. Kettl

Dean

School of Public Policy

Expertise Key Words:
Public policy and public management with a speciality in the management of public organization; federalism; budgeting; and U.S. politics.

Contact Information:

Work phone(s)    

E-mail(s)    

301 405 6971

kettl@umd.edu

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Kenneth T. Kiger

Assoc Prof, Affil Assoc Prof

Mechanical Engineering

Expertise Key Words:
Fluid mechanics and experimental techniques, specifically in the topics of multi-phase flows, particle/turbulence interaction, and turbulent mixing in complex geometries.

Contact Information:

Work phone(s)    

E-mail(s)    

301 405 5245

kkiger@umd.edu

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Jungho Kim

Assoc Professor

Mechanical Engineering

Expertise Key Words:
Heat Transfer Boiling Electronic cooling Spray cooling Jet impingement cooling

Contact Information:

Work phone(s)    

E-mail(s)    

301 405 5437

kimjh@umd.edu

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Meredith A. Kleykamp

Asst Prof

Sociology

Expertise Key Words:
Military, Demography, Stratification

Contact Information:

Work phone(s)    

E-mail(s)    

301 405 6409

kleykamp@umd.edu

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Kristjana L. Maddux

Asst Prof

Communication

Expertise Key Words:
political communication; feminism; religion and public affairs; civic participation; presidential speeches; women in politics; first ladies; Christian media; church history; political rhetoric

Contact Information:

Work phone(s)    

E-mail(s)    

301 405 6533

klmaddux@umd.edu

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John F. McCauley

Asst Prof

Government & Politics

Expertise Key Words:
African politics, religious and ethnic politics, informal institutions, and field experiments in social science.

Contact Information:

Work phone(s)    

E-mail(s)    

301 405 4156

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Brian D. McKenzie

Asst Prof

Government & Politics

Expertise Key Words:
American politics, racial and ethnic group politics, political participation, public opinion, voting behavior, and religion and politics.

Contact Information:

Work phone(s)    

E-mail(s)    

301 405 0460

bmckenzi@umd.edu

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Donald K. Milton

Professor and Director

Maryland Institute for Applied Environmental Health

Expertise Key Words:
Influenza transmission, endotoxin, hygiene hypothesis, allergy, asthma, occupational health, environmental public health, bioaerosols, exposure assessment, microbial exposures, airborne infection transmission, biomarkers, exhaled breath analysis.

Contact Information:

Work phone(s)    

E-mail(s)    

301 405 0389

dmilton@umd.edu

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Laurent G. Montesi

Asst Prof

Geology

Expertise Key Words:
earthquakes
plate boundaries
magma dynamics
mid-ocean ridges
subduction zones
geology of Venus
geology of Mars
geology of icy satellites

Contact Information:

Work phone(s)    

E-mail(s)    

301 405 7534

montesi@umd.edu

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Xiaoli Nan

Asst Prof

Communication

Expertise Key Words:
Persuasion, particularly in applied contexts such as health and risk communication. How people form health beliefs and risk perceptions, what motivates people to take preventive actions against a potential health problem, and how media messages influence individuals' health attitudes and behaviors.

Contact Information:

Work phone(s)    

E-mail(s)    

301 405 0640

nan@umd.edu

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Clare Narrod

Asst Res Sci

Dean-Joint Inst for Food Safety & Applied Nutrition

Expertise Key Words:
Food and water safety along the value chains of poor producers; Evaluate the impact of food safety "train the trainers" programs.

Contact Information:

Work phone(s)    

E-mail(s)    

301 405 1780

cnarrod@umd.edu
cansam@aol.com

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Zhihong Nie

Asst Prof

Chemistry & Biochemistry

Expertise Key Words:
Molecular and colloidal self-assembly; soft nanotechnology; nanoscience and nanochemistry; plasmonics and metamaterials; bioimaging and drug delivery; microfluidics and microreactors;biomineralization and bioinspired materials

Contact Information:

Work phone(s)    

E-mail(s)    

301 405 1874

znie@umd.edu

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Daniel R. Perez

Associate Professor

VA-MD Regional Col Veterinary Med

Expertise Key Words:
Avian influenza, swine influenza, interspecies virus transmission (such as animal to human or avian to swine, flu transmission); virology; plasmid-based reverse genetics; pandemic viruses.

Contact Information:

Work phone(s)    

E-mail(s)    

301 314 6811
301 314 6678

dperez1@umd.edu
danielpmd@comcast.net

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Rashawn Ray

Assistant Professor

Sociology

Expertise Key Words:
Social psychology, social stratification, race relations, African American, social class, middle class, men's treatment of women, health policy

Contact Information:

Work phone(s)    

E-mail(s)    

301 405 9581

rjray@umd.edu

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Amir Riaz

Assistant Professor

Mechanical Engineering

Expertise Key Words:
Numerical methods for multiphase flow. Multiscale modeling and simulation of multiphase flow in porous media, microchannels and heat exchangers. Multiphase transport of mixtures in porous media. Perturbation analysis of interfacial instability. Carbon dioxide sequestration. Enhanced oil recovery.

Contact Information:

Work phone(s)    

E-mail(s)    

301 405 0707

ariaz@umd.edu

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Siba K. Samal

Professor, Associate Dean & Department Chair

VA-MD Regional College of Veterinary Medicine

Expertise Key Words:
Newcastle disease virus; Avian Influenza; foreign animal diseases; zoonotic diseases; bioterrorism; animal and human health threats; viral vaccine development.

Contact Information:

Work phone(s)    

E-mail(s)    

301 314 6813
301 314 6830

ssamal@umd.edu

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Thomas C. Schelling

Dist Univ Prof

School of Public Policy

Expertise Key Words:
Schelling won 2005 Nobel Prize in Economics for his work in game theory. He has published highly influential works in a many areas including nuclear proliferation & arms control, terrorism, organized crime, energy & environmental policy, climate change, and racial segregation. CONTACT:301-405-4621

Contact Information:

Work phone(s)    

E-mail(s)    

301 405 3494

tschelli@umd.edu

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Laura J. Shaffer

Asst Prof

Anthropology

Expertise Key Words:
human-environment interactions, historical ecology, indigenous knowledge, rural livelihoods, conservation, climate change adaptation and resilience, Southern and Eastern Africa

Contact Information:

Work phone(s)    

E-mail(s)    

301 405 1423

lshaffe1@umd.edu

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Galit Shmueli

Assistant Professor

Decision & Information Technology

Expertise Key Words:
E-Commerce; Business Analytics; Data Mining; Bio-Surveillance; Statistics; Healthcare; eBay; Health tracking; Pandemic; Public safety data

Contact Information:

Work phone(s)    

E-mail(s)    

301 405 9679

gshmueli@rhsmith.umd.edu

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Alicia Solorzano Quijano

Res Asst Prof

Veterinary Medicine Program

Expertise Key Words:
Swine Flu, pandemics, vaccines

Contact Information:

Work phone(s)    

E-mail(s)    

301 314 6812

asolor@umd.edu

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Nathaniel L. Tablante

Assoc Prof / /Extension Poultry Veterinarian

Veterinary Medicine Program

Expertise Key Words:
Prevention and control of poultry and other economically important and zoonotic diseases; Avian flu; swine flu;emergency preparedness and response training; epidemiology and preventive veterinary medicine; biosecurity and animal health management.

Contact Information:

Work phone(s)    

E-mail(s)    

301 314 6810

nlt@umd.edu

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Konstantin Vinnikov

Sr Res Sci

Atmospheric & Oceanic Science

Expertise Key Words:
numerical models and observations,global or large-scale data sets of conventional and satellite-retrieved data to study the ocean-land-atmosphere climatic system, cryosphere (sea ice and snow cover) and its interaction with atmospheric and hydrospheric processes

Contact Information:

Work phone(s)    

E-mail(s)    

301 405 5382

kostya@umd.edu

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Gary Vroegindewey

Director of Global Health Initiatives at the Center for Public and Corporate Veterinary Medicine

Veterinary Medicine Program

Expertise Key Words:
Food safety, Avian Influenza global planning, developing international training programs.

Contact Information:

Work phone(s)    

E-mail(s)    

301 314 6821

gvroeg@umd.edu

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Ian White

Asst Prof

Fischell Department of Bioengineering

Expertise Key Words:
Disease detection, optical biosensors, ring resonators, SERS, lab-on-a-chip

Contact Information:

Work phone(s)    

E-mail(s)    

301 405 6230

ianwhite@umd.edu

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Patrick C. Wohlfarth

Asst Prof

Government & Politics

Expertise Key Words:
American politics and quantitative methodology, focusing on judicial politics, interinstitutional politics, and time series analysis. Judicial influence on the executive branch, impact of public opinion on the Supreme Court, executive branch litigation on the Supreme Court and bureaucratic politics.

Contact Information:

Work phone(s)    

E-mail(s)    

301 405 4156

patrickw@umd.edu

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Nickolas G. Zimmermann

Associate Professor

Animal & Avian Sciences

Expertise Key Words:
Poultry, chicken, layer hens, turkey, eggs, food safety, management, environment, housing, welfare, drinking water quality, water treatment, organic, freerange, natural, physiology, nitrogen, phosphorus, lighting, artificial insemination.

Contact Information:

Work phone(s)    

Home phone    

E-mail(s)    

301 405 2805

410-742-8544

nickz@umd.edu

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