Biosecurity and Bioterrorism

Mr. Ryan is a retired US Army officer and currently a Professor at Jacksonville State University’s Department of Emergency Management within the Institute of Emergency Preparedness. The program provide instruction on various aspects of emergency preparedness with a focus on terrorism, Weapons of Mass Destruction, medical aspects of emergency management, public health preparedness, biodefense, and biosecurity. His research interests are biothreat pathogen detection, agro-terrorism and the role of military forces in disaster response and humanitarian assistance.Since 2003, Professor Ryan has also served as Managing Director of Quetzal Consulting, Inc. a private firm specializing in a wide array of consultative services related to biothreat pathogen detection, tropical diseases research, course development, diagnostics development, marketing and product management. Services are provided to the U.S. Department of Defense, Department of Homeland Security, defense contractors (SAIC, GeoCenters and EAI) and biotechnology and diagnostics companies, among others. Jan Glarum has over 35 years of experience in the fields of EMS, Fire, Law Enforcement, Hospital, Public Health, and Emergency Management, including response to federally declared disasters. His experience includes an extensive background in planning, training, education and response at the local, county, regional, state and federal government levels, including Department of Defense initiatives CONUS and OCONUS. In 1999, he became a founding member of Oregon’s Disaster Medical Assistance Team (DMAT) and continues his association with the team.He has co-authored a number of books including Biosecurity and Bioterrorism, Hospital Emergency Response Teams, Pandemic Influenza and a Homeland Security Field Guide. Additionally, he has written numerous articles on emergency and disaster planning and response. He serves as a subject matter expert and speaker on emergency management, disaster planning, and has led hospital emergency response team development for hazardous materials events. He has developed a number of Incident Command System courses for hospital personnel to create operationally competent Incident Management Team members.

Part I: Biosecurity, Biodefense and the Reason for themChapter 1 Seeds of DestructionChapter 2 Biological Threats and RecognitionPart II: Defining the ThreatChapter 3 Category A Diseases and AgentsChapter 4 Category B Diseases and AgentsChapter 5 Newly Emerging Diseases and their ChallengesChapter 6 Recognition, Avoidance, Isolation and NotificationChapter 7 Case StudiesPart III: The Threat to AgricultureChapter 8 Biological Threat to AgricultureChapter 9 Recent Animal Disease Outbreaks & Lessons LearnedPart IV: Initiatives, Issues, Assets and ProgramsChapter 10 Legal Aspects of BiosecurityChapter 11 At the Local and State LevelChapter 12 Federal Programs and AssetsChapter 13 Consequence Management and a Model ProgramChapter 14 Future Directions for Biosecurity