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Technologies to Enable Autonomous Detection for BioWatch: Ensuring Timely and Accurate Information for Public Health Officials Workshop Summary India Hook-Barnard, Sheena M. Posey Norris, and Joe Alper, Rapporteurs Board on Health Sciences Policy Board on Life Sciences THE NATIONAL ACADEMIES PRESS • 500 Fifth Street, NW • Washington, DC 20001 NOTICE: The workshop that is the subject of this workshop summary was approved by the Governing Board of the National Research Council, whose members are drawn from the councils of the National Academy of Sciences, the National Academy of Engineering, and the Institute of Medicine. This activity was supported by Contract No. HSHQDC-12-J-00188 between the National Academy of Sciences and the Department of Homeland Security, Office of Health Affairs. The views presented in this publication do not necessarily reflect the views of the organizations or agencies that provided support for the activity. International Standard Book Number 978-0-309-29251-1 Additional copies of this workshop summary are available for sale from the National Academies Press, 500 Fifth Street, NW, Keck 360, Washington, DC 20001; (800) 624-6242 or (202) 334-3313; http://www.nap.edu. For more information about the Institute of Medicine, visit the IOM home page at: www.iom.edu. Copyright 2013 by the National Academy of Sciences. All rights reserved. Printed in the United States of America Suggested citation: IOM (Institute of Medicine) and NRC (National Research Council). 2013. Technologies to Enable Autonomous Detection for BioWatch: Ensuring Timely and Accurate Information for Public Health Officials. Washington, DC: The National Academies Press. Copyright © National Academy of Sciences. All rights reserved. Technologies to Enable Autonomous Detection for BioWatch: Ensuring Timely and Accurate Information for Public Health Officials : Workshop Summary The National Academy of Sciences is a private, nonprofit, self-perpetuating society of distinguished scholars engaged in scientific and engineering research, dedicated to the furtherance of science and technology and to their use for the general welfare. Upon the authority of the charter granted to it by the Congress in 1863, the Academy has a mandate that requires it to advise the federal government on scientific and technical matters. Dr. Ralph J. Cicerone is president of the National Academy of Sciences. The National Academy of Engineering was established in 1964, under the charter of the National Academy of Sciences, as a parallel organization of outstanding engineers. It is autonomous in its administration and in the selection of its members, sharing with the National Academy of Sciences the responsibility for advising the federal government. The National Academy of Engineering also sponsors engineering programs aimed at meeting national needs, encourages education and research, and recognizes the superior achievements of engineers. Dr. C.D. Mote, Jr., is president of the National Academy of Engineering. The Institute of Medicine was established in 1970 by the National Academy of Sciences to secure the services of eminent members of appropriate professions in the examination of policy matters pertaining to the health of the public. The Institute acts under the responsibility given to the National Academy of Sciences by its congressional charter to be an adviser to the federal government and, upon its own initiative, to identify issues of medical care, research, and education. Dr. Harvey V. Fineberg is president of the Institute of Medicine. The National Research Council was organized by the National Academy of Sciences in 1916 to associate the broad community of science and technology with the Academy’s purposes of furthering knowledge and advising the federal government. Functioning in accordance with general policies determined by the Academy, the Council has become the principal operating agency of both the National Academy of Sciences and the National Academy of Engineering in providing services to the government, the public, and the scientific and engineering communities. The Council is administered jointly by both Academies and the Institute of Medicine. Dr. Ralph J. Cicerone and Dr. C.D. Mote, Jr., are chair and vice chair, respectively, of the National Research Council. www.national-academies.org Copyright © National Academy of Sciences. All rights reserved. Technologies to Enable Autonomous Detection for BioWatch: Ensuring Timely and Accurate Information for Public Health Officials : Workshop Summary Copyright © National Academy of Sciences. All rights reserved. Technologies to Enable Autonomous Detection for BioWatch: Ensuring Timely and Accurate Information for Public Health Officials : Workshop Summary PLANNING COMMITTEE FOR A WORKSHOP ON STRATEGIES FOR COST-EFFECTIVE AND FLEXIBLE BIODETECTION SYSTEMS THAT ENSURE TIMELY AND ACCURATE INFORMATION FOR PUBLIC HEALTH OFFICIALS1 WILLIAM RAUB (Chair), Science Advisor to the Secretary, Department of Health and Human Services (Retired) RITA COLWELL, Distinguished University Professor, University of Maryland; Professor, Johns Hopkins University Bloomberg School of Public Health JEFFREY DUCHIN, Chief, Communicable Disease Epidemiology and Immunization Section, Public Health–Seattle & King County; Professor in Medicine, Division of Allergy and Infectious Diseases, University of Washington School of Medicine SUZET M. McKINNEY, Deputy Commissioner, Bureau of Public Health Preparedness and Emergency Response; Division of Women and Children’s Health, Chicago Department of Public Health BETH MALDIN MORGENTHAU, Assistant Commissioner, Bureau of Policy, Community Resilience and Response, Office of Emergency Preparedness and Response, New York City Department of Health and Mental Hygiene DONALD PROSNITZ, Independent Consultant JOHN VITKO, Rector, St. Luke Church, Department of Homeland Security (Retired) IOM/NRC Staff INDIA HOOK–BARNARD, Senior Program Officer BRUCE M. ALTEVOGT, Senior Program Officer SHEENA M. POSEY NORRIS, Research Associate RACHEL KIRKLAND, Senior Program Assistant JOE ALPER, Science Writer ANDREW M. POPE, Board Director, Board on Health Sciences Policy FRANCES E. SHARPLES, Board Director, Board on Life Sciences 1IOM planning committees are solely responsible for organizing the workshop, identifying topics, and choosing speakers. The responsibility for the published workshop summary rests with the workshop rapporteurs and the institution. v Copyright © National Academy of Sciences. All rights reserved. Technologies to Enable Autonomous Detection for BioWatch: Ensuring Timely and Accurate Information for Public Health Officials : Workshop Summary Copyright © National Academy of Sciences. All rights reserved. Technologies to Enable Autonomous Detection for BioWatch: Ensuring Timely and Accurate Information for Public Health Officials : Workshop Summary BOARD ON HEALTH SCIENCES POLICY1 C. THOMAS CASKEY (Chair), Baylor College of Medicine ELI Y. ADASHI, Brown University WYLIE BURKE, University of Washington ROBERT M. CALIFF, Duke University Medical Center DENNIS CHOI, Stony Brook University KATHLEEN A. DRACUP, University of California, San Francisco MICHAEL EHLERS, Pfizer, Inc. NAOMI L. GERBER, George Mason University LEWIS R. GOLDFRANK, Bellevue Hospital Center and New York University Langone Medical Center STEVEN E. HYMAN, Broad Institute of Harvard University and Massachusetts Institute of Technology PAUL E. JARRIS, Association of State and Territorial Health Officials JEFFREY KAHN, Johns Hopkins University HARRY T. ORR, University of Minnesota SHARON TERRY, Genetic Alliance REED V. TUCKSON, Tuckson Health Connections, LLC KEITH A. WAILOO, Princeton University CLYDE YANCY, Feinberg School of Medicine and Northwestern Memorial Hospital IOM Staff DONNA RANDALL, Administrative Assistant ANDREW M. POPE, Director 1Institute of Medicine boards do not issue, review, or approve individual documents. The responsibility for the published workshop summary rests with the workshop rapporteurs and the institution. vii Copyright © National Academy of Sciences. All rights reserved. Technologies to Enable Autonomous Detection for BioWatch: Ensuring Timely and Accurate Information for Public Health Officials : Workshop Summary Copyright © National Academy of Sciences. All rights reserved. Technologies to Enable Autonomous Detection for BioWatch: Ensuring Timely and Accurate Information for Public Health Officials : Workshop Summary BOARD ON LIFE SCIENCES1 JO HANDELSMAN (Chair), Yale University SEAN EDDY, Howard Hughes Medical Institute, Janelia Farm Research Campus SARAH C. R. ELGIN, Washington University DAVID R. FRANZ, Former Commander, U.S. Army Medical Research Institute for Infection Diseases, Consultant LOUIS J. GROSS, University of Tennessee RICHARD A. JOHNSON, Arnold & Porter, LLC JUDITH KIMBLE, University of Wisconsin, Madison CATO T. LAURENCIN, University of Connecticut Health Center ALAN I. LESHNER, American Association for the Advancement of Science KAREN E. NELSON, J. Craig Venter Institute ROBERT M. NEREM, Georgia Institute of Technology CAMILLE PARMESAN, University of Texas ALISON G. POWER, Cornell University MARGARET RILEY, University of Massachusetts, Amherst JANIS C. WEEKS, University of Oregon MARY WOOLLEY, Research!America NRC Staff JO L. HUSBANDS, Scholar/Senior Project Director JAY B. LABOV, Senior Scientist/Program Director for Biology Education KATHERINE W. BOWMAN, Senior Program Officer INDIA HOOK-BARNARD, Senior Program Officer MARILEE K. SHELTON-DAVENPORT, Senior Program Officer KEEGAN SAWYER, Program Officer BETHELHEM M. BANJAW, Financial Associate CARL G. ANDERSON, Program Associate SAYYEDA AYESHA AHMED, Senior Program Assistant FRANCES E. SHARPLES, Director 1National Research Council boards do not issue, review, or approve individual documents. The responsibility for the published workshop summary rests with the workshop rapporteurs and the institution. ix Copyright © National Academy of Sciences. All rights reserved.

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The BioWatch program, funded and overseen by the Department of Homeland Security (DHS), has three main elements--sampling, analysis, and response--each coordinated by different agencies. The Environmental Protection Agency maintains the sampling component, the sensors that collect airborne particles
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