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Bioterrorism
October 30th, 2012
Experts predict personalized bioweapons possible in the near future
Op-ed: Atlantic MagazineCISAC Affiliate Marc Goodman co-authors an article on how advances in biotechnology may be used in the near future to create personalized biological agents that target individuals based on their DNA. Read more »
December 14th, 2009
CISAC's Sig Hecker elected fellow of American Physical Society
in the news: American Physical SocietyCo-Director Hecker has been elected for work in promoting nuclear security, preventing nuclear terrorism and ensuring a safe U.S. nuclear arsenal. Read more »
November 2nd, 2008
Lawrence Wein, CISAC faculty member, is cited in article about America's unpreparedness for a bioterrorism attack
in the news: City Journal on October 1, 2008Despite billions of dollars, America is still not prepared for a bioterrorism attack, writes Judith Miller. The Pulitzer Prize-winning journalist cites Lawrence Wein's research in this article. Read more »
April 16th, 2008
Preparation is key to avoiding 'worst-case outcome,' Chertoff says
CISAC members Lynn Eden, Martha Crenshaw, and Mariano-Florentino Cuéllar participated in"Germ Warfare, Contagious Disease and the Constitution," a daylong event co-hosted by Stanford Law School. CISAC affiliate Laura Donohue conceived and developed the project. Read more »
June 15th, 2007
CISAC awards 14 honors certificates in international security studies
CISAC awarded honors certificates in international security studies to 14 undergraduates. Among them were award winners Brian Burton, who received a Firestone Medal for his thesis, "Counterinsurgency Principles and U.S. Military Effectiveness in Iraq," and Sherri Hansen, who received the William J. Perry Award for her thesis, "Explaining the Use of Child Soldiers." Read more »
June 6th, 2006
CISAC researcher mines old anthrax release for new data
In 1979, anthrax was accidentally released in the city of Sverdlovsk (pop. 1,200,000) in the former Soviet Union, infecting about 80 to 100 people and killing at least 70. Now, physicist Dean Wilkening, director of CISAC's science program, has revisited this Cold War tragedy and used its real-world data to improve our ability to model the medical effects of inhalational anthrax. His research allows more accurate modeling of hypothetical scenarios such as the release of a kilogram of aerosolized anthrax in Washington, D.C., today. 
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March 9th, 2006
Operations research, mathematics yield homeland security decision tools
George Habash, a militant and former secretary-general of the Popular Front for the Liberation of Palestine, once characterized terrorism as a "thinking man's game." Fighting terrorism is a thinking game, too, as illustrated by CISAC scholars Lawrence M. Wein and Jonathan Farley who use operations research and mathematics to devise rational methods for homeland security policy making. Read more »