Global Catastrophic Biological Risks

Dr. Inglesby is the Director of the Center for Health Security of the Johns Hopkins Bloomberg School of Public Health. The Center for Health Security is dedicated to protecting people’s health from the consequences of epidemics and disasters. Dr. Inglesby is also a Professor in the Department of Environmental Health and Engineering in the Johns Hopkins Bloomberg School of Public Health, with a Joint Appointment in the Johns Hopkins School of Medicine. Dr. Inglesby's work is internationally recognized in the fields of public health preparedness, pandemic and emerging infectious disease, and prevention of and response to biological threats. Dr. Adalja is a Senior Scholar at the Johns Hopkins University Center for Health Security. He is a board certified physician in internal medicine, emergency medicine, infectious diseases, and critical care medicine. He has served on US government panels tasked with developing guidelines for the treatment of plague, botulism and anthrax inmass casualty settings, the system of care for infectious disease emergencies, and as an external advisor to New York City Health and Hospital Emergency Management Highly Infectious Disease training program.

• Characteristics of Microbes Most Likely to Cause Pandemics and Global Catastrophes. – Enhancing Situational Awareness to Prevent Infectious Disease Outbreaks from Becoming Catastrophic. - Viral Forecasting, Pathogen Cataloging, and Disease Ecosystem Mapping: Measuring Returns on Investments. -  Risk and Response to Biological Catastrophe in Lower Income Countries. - Global Catastrophic Threats from the Fungal Kingdom. - Artemisinin-Resistant Malaria as a Global Catastrophic Biological Threat. - Does Biotechnology Pose New Catastrophic Risks. - Priorities for Public–Private Cooperation to Mitigate Risk and Impact of Global Catastrophic Biological Risks.