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Appendix E: Committee Biosketches
Pages 319-328

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From page 319...
... Dr. Bass is past president of the National Association of State EMS Officials and the National Association of EMS Physicians, and past chair of the EMS Committee of the American College of Emergency Physicians.
From page 320...
... for contributions to the welfare of society, the Pierskalla Prize from INFORMS for research excellence in health care management science, a Presidential Young Investigator Award from the National Science Foundation, the Department of Management Science and Engineering Graduate Teaching Award, and the Eugene L Grant Faculty Teaching Award.
From page 321...
... Brekke's leadership, Target Assets Protection has developed strategic partnerships with law enforcement, emergency management, and public health organizations to continue to enhance the company's strong commitment to public safety and preparedness. Specifically, through the premiere, innovative public-private partnership Target & BLUE, Target shares expertise and resources with local, state, and federal law enforcement, building critical relationships that help make Target and its surrounding communities safer places to live and work.
From page 322...
... in chemistry from Brandeis University in 1980 and immediately entered New York University School of Medicine, where he received his medical degree. He completed a 3-year internship and residency in internal medicine, also at the New York University School of Medicine, followed by a fellowship in medical toxicology at the New York City Poison Control Center/Bellevue Hospital Center.
From page 323...
... Kevin Massey, M.Div., is director of Lutheran Disaster Response, a collaborative program of the Evangelical Lutheran Church in America and the Lutheran Church Missouri Synod. He received a bachelor of arts degree with distinction in linguistics from the University of Wisconsin and completed his master of divinity degree at Luther Seminary in St.
From page 324...
... Rev. Massey currently serves as vice president of the board of directors for National Voluntary Organizations Active in Disaster and has written extensively on such diverse topics as spiritual care, clinical ethics, pandemic influenza preparedness, disaster response, linguistics, archaeology, and interreligious dialogue.
From page 325...
... Dr. Palacio received her medical degree from the Mount Sinai School of Medicine in New York City, where she was also inducted into the Alpha Omega Alpha Honor Medical Society.
From page 326...
... He has been involved in applying operations research and decision analysis methods to understand and influence a variety of operational phenomena, including military search and detection, criminal recidivism, manufacturing process monitoring, sequential allocation of resources, predictive and proactive maintenance, networks of queues, the stochastic behavior of infectious disease epidemics, and the optimization of radiation oncology plans. He has authored more than 60 technical papers; co-edited two books; and served as a consultant to more than 30 industrial, governmental, and service organizations.
From page 327...
... He is immediate past chair of the Secretary of Health and Human Services' Advisory Committee on Genetics, Health and Society. Additionally, he recently served as commissioner, Certification Commission on Health Information Technology, and is currently a member of the Performance Measurement Workgroup, Ambulatory Care Quality Alliance, and the Quality Workgroup, American Health Information Community.
From page 328...
... His work has been funded by the Department of Health and Human Services, the National Institutes of Health, and The Robert Wood Johnson Foundation. He publishes clinical work in the area of pediatric disaster preparedness, pediatric trauma, and computerized physician order entry.


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