Topic: Bioterrorism
Making decisions amid uncertainty
New Horizons in Science 2008
Monday, 27 October Morning sessions A
Speaker: Lawrence M. Wein, Ph.D.
Lawrence M. Wein uses advanced mathematics and operations research to address bioterrorism risks. He was praised and vilified in 2005 for a New York Times Op-Ed in which he explained how terrorists could poison the nation's milk supply. He calls himself "a probabalist." He has looked at the consequences of attacks using anthrax, smallpox, and botulinum. He's also used his techniques to study Alzheimer's disease, organ-transplant waiting lists, border-security issues, pandemic influenza, and port security.
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over the next five years,
over the next five years, terrorists will try to make a destructive biological attack. Officials are concerned about the possibility of infections to thousands of U.S. citizens, overwhelming regional systems of health care.
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Lawrence M. Wein uses advanced mathematics and operations research to address bioterrorism risks. He was praised and vilified in 2005 for a New York Times Op-Ed in which he explained how terrorists PMP certification could poison the nation's milk supply. He calls himself "a probabalist." He has looked at the consequences of attacks using anthrax, smallpox, and botulinum. He's also used his techniques to study Alzheimer's disease, organ-transplant waiting lists, border-secur