3 February 2014
Expanding the Humanitarian University Consortium, kicked off in 2003 in
conjunction with biodefense work, and help from the International
Society for Infectious Diseases global public health network ProMED.
Today, with information and disinformation flowing at the speed of
light, there has never been a greater need for peer reviewed
information access, considered the gold standard for advocacy and
policy development.
Access
points for submission, participation in peer reviewed advocacy and
policy discussions:
Updated
January 2014
Contact: Stephen
M. Apatow
Founder,
Director of Research & Development
Humanitarian
Resource Institute (UN:NGO:DESA)
Humanitarian University
Consortium Graduate Studies
Center
for Medicine, Veterinary Medicine & Law
Phone:
203-668-0282
Email:
s.m.apatow@humanitarian.net
Internet:
www.humanitarian.net
H-II
OPSEC
Url:
www.H-II.org
Peer
Review: Humanitarian University
Consortium Graduate Studies Center
for Medicine, Veterinary Medicine & Law
From
Y2K to Today: International
Disaster Information Network
Mediates Global Infrastructure Analysis, Contingency Planning and
Response. -- Humanitarian Resource Institute.
Humanitarian
Resource Institute specializes in research, identification of the
target audience and effective integration of resources such as
telecommunications, direct mail, newspaper, radio, television and
Internet to achieve our communications objective. Networks
include:
- newspaper,
radio and television, corporate, intergovernmental, non-governmental,
United Nations, community action and interfaith organizations in
approximately 195 countries.
- grassroots
networks (household level), corporate, municipal, state and federal
government, community action and interfaith organizations in
approximately 3100 United States Counties.
The Humanitarian University Consortium (ProMED:ISID: Announcements
2003 (08): Humanitarian Univ. Consort.) was founded to
support the development of initiatives associated with economic,
social, cultural and humanitarian issues worldwide. Our mission
is to serve as (1) an
international community of scholars, (2) a bridge between Humanitarian
Resource
Institute and the international academic community, (3) a think tank in
support of the United Nations programs and (4) the promotion of higher
learning
through both traditional and distance education.
In
2010, the Humanitarian Intervention Initiative (H-II) was established
to support strategic planning, development and stabilization of
humanitarian emergencies that are beyond the operational capacities of
the United Nations, non-governmental and relief organizations. This
focus includes Expanding Special Protective Forces for Humanitarian
Operations through H-II OPSEC.
Biodefense: Expanding Dialogue
In the
publication "Biological
Threats and Terrorism, Assessing the Science and Response Capabilities:
Workshop Summary," the National Academy of Sciences has recognized
Humanitarian Resource Institute (HRI) as one of nine leading
educational and research institutions. These include:
- Center
for Nonproliferation Studies.
- Columbia
University: Center for Public Health Preparedness.
- Harvard
University John F. Kennedy School of Government: Belfer Center for
Science and International Affairs.
- Humanitarian
Resource Institute.
- Johns
Hopkins University: Center for Civilian Biodefense Studies.
- Massachusetts
Institute of Technology: Center for International Studies.
- National
Academy of Sciences.
- University
of Maryland: Center for International and Security Studies at Maryland.
- University
of Minnesota: Center for Infectious Disease Research and Policy.
Reference: Forum on
Emerging Infections, Board on Global Health. "Front Matter."
Biological Threats and Terrorism: Assessing the Science and Response
Capabilities: Workshop Summary. Washington, DC: The National
Academies Press, 2002.
Representative
Presentations, Workshops and Media
- H-II: Stephen Michael Apatow Named Ambassador for
Vet2011 Global Initiative: Vet2011: World Veterinary Year
250th Year Anniversary of the Global Veterinary Profession,
Humanitarian Resource Institute, 7 February 2011.
- Keynote
Speaker: The Future of
Biodetection Systems - Final Workshop Analysis: The Future of
Biodetection Systems Workshop was coordinated by the intelligence
community
to bring together
industry, academia, national labs, and federal agency personnel in an
interactive process, to develop a roadmap for research
and development investment in biodetection. Sponsored by Los Alamos National
Laboratory, September 26 & 27 2006. -- Overview:
BTACC Pathobiologics International. DNA-based
Detection Technologies: Powerpoint Presentation.
- Member
of the scientific committee of the World
Health Organization Collaborating Centre for Tourist Health and Travel
Medicine, 2005: Fifth European Conference on Travel Medicine.
- EHPNET:
Humanitarian Resource Institute Emerging Infectious Disease Network:
Environmental Health Perspectives (EHP), an online publication by the
Public Health Service, U.S. Department of Health and Human Services,
National Institutes of Health, National Institute of Environmental
Health Sciences (NIEHS), Volume 112, Number 1, January 2004.
- Keynote
Speaker: 8th annual meeting of the Association of Veterinary
Biologics Companies (AVBC), 5 November 2003.
- 2002
Award for Excellence in Outbreak Reporting on the Internet:
International Society for Infectious Diseases, ProMED-mail.
- U.S.
Representative for
Agricultural Security: U.S. Medicine Institute for Health Studies Forum "Food, Air, Water, and Terrorism:
Assessing the Risk," sponsored by the Department of Defense, Global Emerging
Infections System and Annapolis Center. 29 January 2002. The paper "Agricultural Security and Emergency Preparedness:
Protecting One of America's Infrastructures," Stephen M. Apatow,
Humanitarian Resource Institute, was a reference point for agricultural
security.
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