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Public Health and Emergency Management: CRS Experts (CRS Report for Congress)

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Release Date Revised Sept. 14, 2018
Report Number R40904
Report Type Report
Authors Sarah A. Lister, Specialist in Public Health and Epidemiology
Source Agency Congressional Research Service
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Summary:

The following table provides names and contact information for CRS experts on policy concerns relating to public health and emergency management. Policy areas identified include public health and medical system preparedness and response; mental and behavioral health; food safety and food defense; health care financing in disaster response; Stafford Act assistance and the role of the Federal Emergency Management Agency (FEMA); Department of Defense (DOD) incident response and civil support; global health and international preparedness; selected legal issues in preparedness and response; medical countermeasures; Project BioShield and the Biomedical Advanced Research and Development Authority (BARDA); regulation of drugs and vaccines; homeland security research and development; biological and chemical defense research; biomedical research; pandemic influenza; and health effects of biological, chemical, and radiological agents (i.e., radiation health).