Agrodefense: Challenges and Solutions

Bipartisan Commission on Biodefense

This meeting of the Commission took place on January 26, 2017, and covers challenges and solutions for agrodefense. See here for more information on this event.

Congressional Perspective

• The Honorable Roger Marshall, United States Representative, Kansas

Panel One – Prevention and Deterrence

• Stephen Higgs, PhD, Associate Vice President for Research and Director, Biosecurity Research Institute
• Amy Kircher, DrPH, Director, Food Protection and Defense Institute, University of Minnesota
• Gerald W. Parker, Jr., DVM, PhD, Vice President, Public Health Preparedness and Response, and Interim Director, Institute for Animal Infectious Diseases Defense, Texas A&M University
• Steve Parker, MBA, MSCM, Head, North America Veterinary Public Health, Merial

Panel Two – Surveillance and Detection

• Tammy R. Beckham, DVM, PhD, Dean, College of Veterinary Medicine, Kansas State University
• Ali S. Khan, MD, MPH, Dean, College of Public Health, University of Nebraska Medical Center
• Kelly F. Lechtenberg, DVM, PhD, President, Midwest Veterinary Services/Central States Research Center/Veterinary and Biomedical Research Center

Panel Three – Preparedness, Response, Recovery & Mitigation

• Jackie McClaskey, PhD, Secretary, Kansas Department of Agriculture
• D. Charles Hunt, MPH, State Epidemiologist and Director, Bureau of Epidemiology and Public Health Informatics, Kansas Department of Health and Environment
• Curt J. Mann, DVM, Chief Executive, Empryse Group