October 31st, 2007

WHO official joins CISAC as consulting professor

David L. Heymann, assistant director-general for communicable diseases and the director general's representative for polio eradication at the World Health Organization (WHO), has joined CISAC as a consulting professor. Heymann has dedicated much of his career as a medical doctor to investigating and fighting the spread of infectious diseases and mobilizing global efforts to prevent pandemics. Read more »

December 6th, 2006

Face facts: New York Times op-ed by CISAC's Lawrence Wein

"Pandemic influenza is probably the world's most serious near-term public health threat," CISAC's Lawrence Wein points out, yet the nation is unprepared to treat the ill if a strain similar to that of the 1918 Spanish flu breaks out. A relatively inexpensive way to keep the illness from spreading may be within reach, though. In this New York Times op-ed, Wein explains how stockpiles of inexpensive masks and respirators could provide critical protection if a deadly flu virus hits. Read more »

November 3rd, 2005

Cooperation key to national security, says CISAC's Stedman

Tackling global problems such as terrorism and disease pandemics requires international cooperation, said CISAC's Stephen J. Stedman, during a Stanford Reunion Homecoming forum entitled "National Security: At What Cost?" "When we understand that our security is dependent on security in the larger world, we'll all be better off," Stedman said. Read more »