Stephanie S. Loranger, Ph.D., Senior Program Officer, Global Health and Security Initiative, Nuclear Threat Initiative (NTI), will be the keynote speaker for a special forum to be held on Wednesday, September 20, 2:00 p.m., Room H203, College of Veterinary Medicine.
This event is sponsored by UGA’s Biomedical and Health Sciences Institute (BHSI) and Center for International Trade and Security (CITS), in coordination with Women In International Security (WIIS) at the Center for Peace and Security, Edmund A. Walsh School of Foreign Service, Georgetown University. The title of Dr. Loranger’s address will be "Biosecurity and Bioterroism: What do those have to do with me?"
Before joining NTI, Dr. Loranger was the Director of the Biosecurity Project at the Federation of American Scientists (FAS). Dr. Loranger's work at FAS focused on: biological weapons control, the responsible use
of science and technology, training and preparedness for WMD attacks, and developing on-line educational materials for teaching biosecurity to bioscience graduate students. Dr. Loranger received her Ph.D. in Biology and Biomedical Sciences with a concentration in Molecular Cell Biology at Washington University. Dr. Loranger is also an Adjunct Associate Professor in the Security Studies Program at the Edmund A. Walsh School of Foreign Service at Georgetown University.
A panel discussion will follow Dr. Loranger’s lecture. Panelists will include:
Corrie Brown, Ph.D., DVM, Coordinator of International Veterinary Medicine, and Professor, Pathology, College of Veterinary Medicine, UGA
Seema Gahlaut, Ph.D., Director, South Asia Program, Center for International Trade & Security, UGA
Susan Sanchez, Ph.D, Associate Professor, Infectious Diseases and Athens Diagnostic Laboratory, College of Veterinary Medicine, UGA
Patricia Thomas, MA, Professor, Knight Chair in Health and Medical Journalism, Grady College of Journalism & Mass Communications, UGA
Tru Twedt, DVM, CBSP, Director, Office of Biosafety, UGA
For more information, contact Harry Dailey (hdailey@uga.edu) or Gary
Bertsch (gbertsch@uga.edu).
