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Addressing highly polluting brick manufacturing in South Asia
March 8, 2018
Abstract: Clay fired bricks are a primary building material used in the rapidly expanding construction sector across South Asia.
Vector-borne disease in a changing world: Insights from ecology across scales
January 5, 2017
Abstract: Globally, infectious diseases are emerging at an increasing rate. Vector-borne diseases in particular present one of the biggest threats to public health globally.
Health and human movement: global challenges, local solutions
February 22, 2016
Abstract: The interactions between biological and cultural processes are critical determinants of human health.
Actinide Chemistry and the Battlefields of the Cold War
May 18, 2015
Abstract: The Cold War rivalry between the United States and the Soviet Union lasted for much of the second half of the 20th Century.
What's out there? Microbial diversity, security, and the public health
October 14, 2013
More information TBA. Speaker bio: David A. Relman, M.D., is the Thomas C. and Joan M.
The Hazards of Low Level Ionizing Radiation: Controversy and Evidence
March 12, 2013
Symposium description: A unique, two-day symposium at which an international panel of leading medical and biological scientists, nuclear engineers, and policy experts will make presentations on and...
Mobilizing Public Law: The Lost Wartime Origins of American Administrative Law
November 29, 2012
Mariano-Florentino Cuéllar is a professor and Deane F.
Global Health Diplomacy in North Korea: the Stanford Tuberculosis Project in the Democratic Peoples Republic of Korea
November 26, 2012
About the topic: Stanford University, in collaboration with humanitarian NGOs, WHO, the Global Fund and the North Korean Ministry of Public Health have undertaken to develop that country's first...
Public Goods Provision and the Efficacy of Governance
May 18, 2012
On May 18-19, the Program on Poverty and Governance and the Center for Latin American Studies will host a two-day conference on the provision of public goods and good governance throughout the...
Terror Queues and the Duration of Terror Plots
April 10, 2012
About the topic: What could queueing theory, the science of customer flows and delays in service systems, possibly offer towards understanding and countering terrorism?
Dual Use Research of Concern: Avian H5N1 influenza adaption to a mammalian host
March 12, 2012
The life sciences have many examples of where research results and technologies can be used for good, but also for bad purposes.
The Insider Threat: Preserving the Good of Powerful Science in a Dangerous World
December 5, 2011
Recent events in the U.S. have raised concerns about the safety and security of research with hazardous microbial agents, particularly with regard to the insider threat.
What to Do about Flu? A Public Health Challenge
November 28, 2011
Infectious diseases, especially those transmitted from person to person through the respiratory route, continue to pose a threat to the global community.
Combating Counterfeit Medications: A Pharmacist's Perspective
October 3, 2011
The production and distribution of counterfeit medications has become a significant global public health issue.
Deconstructing the Nuclear Accident at the Fukushima-Daiichi Plant: What Went Wrong and What are the Prospects of Recovery?
August 16, 2011
A presentation for the plenary session of the annual Geochemistry Society meeting (Goldschmidt Conference), discussing the Fukushima-Daiichi nuclear incident, August 16, 2011.
CISAC Directors' Seminar featuring Honors Students
June 2, 2009
Regimes of Terror: The Relationship between Democracy and Terrorism in Chile By Jane Esberg How does democracy influence terrorism?
Public Health Preparedness and the Unthinkable: Reflections on Nuclear Terrorism and Pandemic Influenza
December 3, 2008
Abstract: In this era of catastrophic terrorism and heightened concerns about pandemic influenza and other emerging diseases, unprecedented resources have been allocated to improving medical and...
Is Mother Nature the Best Bioterrorist?
April 16, 2008
As we find ourselves at the start of the "biological century" with a wealth of potential benefits to public health, agriculture, and global economies, it is almost deliberately naive to think that...
Integrating 21st Century Development and Security Assistance
February 13, 2008
In early 2007, CSIS launched an expert task force to examine the growing involvement of the Department of Defense as a direct provider of “non-traditional” security assistance, concentrated in...
Agent Orange: The Toxic Trail
November 1, 2007
Jeanne Mager Stellman (speaker) has just recently joined the Department of Preventive Medicine and Community Health at SUNY-Downstate Medical Center in Brooklyn N.Y as Professor and Director of the...
DNA for Peace: The Balance Between Biosciences for Development and Security
May 30, 2007
One of the world's greatest ethical challenges is the inequities in global health.
Tactical Prevention of Suicide Bombings in Israel
May 8, 2007
Suicide bombings targeting Israeli civilians were once the favored tactic of Palestinian terrorists.
Risk Communication and the Public Debate on Biocontainment Facilities
October 31, 2006
The siting and construction of high-level biocontainment facilities involves a complex review process with environmental impact documents, legally mandated reviews, and public involvement in...
The Antiplague System of the Former Soviet Union
October 18, 2005
The USSR's anti-plague system had four main responsibilities: monitor natural foci of endemic dread diseases such as plague, tularemia, anthrax, and Crimean-Congo hemorrhagic fever; protect the...
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