Terrorism and Public Health

Edited by Barry S. Levy, Adjunct Professor of Public Health, Tufts University School of Medicine, and Victor W. Sidel, Distinguished University Professor of Social Medicine, Albert Einstein College of Medicine

Barry S. Levy, MD, MPH, is an Adjunct Professor of Public Health at Tufts University School of Medicine and a consultant in occupational and environmental health. Trained in internal medicine and preventive medicine, he served as a medical epidemiologist with the Centers for Disease Control and as a professor at the University of Massachusetts Medical School. He worked in Kenya for the Carter Center and the U.S. Agency for International Development. Dr. Levy served as a program director at Management Sciences for Health and as Executive Director of the International Physicians for the Prevention of Nuclear War. Overall, he has worked in more than 20 countries. He served as President of APHA.

Victor W. Sidel, MD, is Distinguished University Professor of Social Medicine at Montefiore Medical Center and Albert Einstein College of Medicine, and an Adjunct Professor of Public Health at Weill Cornell Medical College. Trained in internal medicine and public health, he headed the Community Medicine Unit at Massachusetts General Hospital and chaired the Department of Social Medicine at Montefiore and Einstein. Dr. Sidel was a founder of the Physicians for Social Responsibility and the International Physicians for the Prevention of Nuclear War, which was the recipient of the 1985 Nobel Peace Prize. He has served as President of both organizations, and as President of APHA and the Public Health Association of New York City.

Susan Allan, M.D., J.D., M.P.H., Director, Northwest Center for Public Health Practice, Associate Professor, Department of Health Services, School of Public Health, University of Washington, Seattle, WA
Carol Easley Allen, Ph.D., R.N., Professor and Chair, Department of Nursing, Oakwood College, Huntsville, AL
George Annas, M.P.H., J.D., Chair, Health Law, Bioethics & Human Rights, Boston University School of Public Health, Boston, MA
Amelie Baillargeon, B.A., Research Assistant, Ryerson University, Ottawa, Ontario, Canada
Philipp C. Bleek, Ph.D., Assistant Professor, Monterey Institute of International Studies, A Graduate School of Middlebury College, Fellow, James Martin Center for Nonproliferation Studies, Research Affiliate, Project on Managing the Atom, , Belfer Center for Science and International Affairs, Harvard Kennedy School
Philip S. Brachman, M.D., Professor, Hubert Department of Global Health and Department of Epidemiology, Rollins School of Public Health, Emory University, Atlanta, GA
Robert M. Brackbill, Ph.D., M.P.H., Senior Scientist, World Trade Center Health Registry, Department of Health and Mental Hygiene, New York, NY
Luz Claudio, Ph.D., Associate Professor of Community and Preventive Medicine, Mount Sinai Medical Center, New York, NY
Michael A. Crane, M.D., Assistant Professor , Department of Preventive Medicine, Mount Sinai School of Medicine, New York, NY
Wendy Cukier, M.A., M.B.A., Ph.D., D.U. (Hon.), LL.D., (Hon.), M.S.C., Associate Dean, Academic
Interim Director, MBA/MMSc in the Management of Technology and Innovation, Ted Rogers School of Management, Ryerson University, Toronto, Ontario, Canada
Merav Datan, J.D., L.L.M., Board Member, Lawyer's Committee on Nuclear Power, Tel Aviv, Isreal
Ward M. Eagen, B.A. (Phil), M.A. (Phil), B. Arch., Ph.D. (ABD), Senior Researcher in Design and Innovation, Institute of Innovation and Technology Management, Ted Rogers School of Management, Ryerson University, Toronto, Ontario, Canada
Cheryl E. Easley, Ph.D., R.N., Dean and Professor, College of Health and Social Welfare, University of Alaska Anchorage, Anchorage, AK
Marguerite A. Erme, D.O., M.P.H., Assistant Professor, Behavioral and Community Health Sciences
Northeastern Ohio Universities Colleges of Medicine and Pharmacy, Disease Control Medical Officer, Akron Health Department, Akron, OH
Jonathan E. Fielding, M.D., M.P.H., Director of Public Health and Health Officer, Los Angeles County Department of Health, Los Angeles, CA
Elizabeth Frederick
Renee Funk, D.V.M., M.P.H. (CDR USPHS), Emergency Preparedness and Response Office, National Institute for Occupational Safety and Health, Atlanta, GA
H. Jack Geiger, M.D., M.Sc., Arthur C. Logan Professor of Community Medicine Emeritus , CUNY Medical School, City College of New York, New York, NY
Katie Gentile, Ph.D., Associate Professor and Director of the Gender Studies Programme, John Jay College of Criminal Justice, New York, NY
Robert M. Gould, M.D., Associate Pathologist , Kaiser Hospital, San Jose, CA
Shamil Haroon, Public Health Registrar, Sandwell Primary Care Trust, Kingston House, West Bromwich, United Kingdom
John Halpin M.D., M.P.H., LCDR, US Public Health Service, Medical Epidemiologist, NIOSH Emergency Preparedness and Response Office, Centers for Disease Control and Prevention, Atlanta, GA
John Howard, M.D., J.D., Director, National Institute for Occupational Safety and Health, Washington, DC
Nathaniel Hupert, M.D., M.P.H., Associate Professor of Public Health and Medicine, Department of Public Health, Weill Medical College, Cornell University, New York, NY
Stefanos N. Kales, M.D., M.P.H., FACP, FACOEM, Associate Professor of Medicine, Harvard Medical School, Associate Professor and Director, Occupational and Environmental Medicine Residency,
Harvard School of Public Health, Division Chief, Occupational & Environmental Medicine and Medical, Director, Employee and Industrial Medicine, The Cambridge Health Alliance
Nimmi Kapoor, M.D., Fellow in Breast Surgical Oncology, John Wayne Cancer Institute, Santa Monica, CA
C. William Keck, M.D., Professor Emeritus of Community Health Sciences, Northeastern Ohio Universities Colleges of Medicine and Pharmacy, Akron, OH
Margaret M. Kitt, M.D., M.P.H. (CAPT, USPHS), Deputy Director for Program, National Institute for Occupational Safety and Health, Atlanta, GA
Philip J. Landrigan, M.D., M.Sc., Ethel H. Wise Professor and Chairman, Department of Preventive Medicine, Professor of Pediatrics, Director, Children's Environmental Health Center, Dean for Global Health, Mount Sinai School of Medicine, New York, NY
Ernest C. Lee, M.D., M.P.H., Senior Medical Officer, Occupational Health Detachment, Marine Corps Logistics Base Barstow, Barstow, CA
Helen H. Lee, M.D., Instructor, Department of Preventive Medicine, Mount Sinai School of Medicine, New York, NY
Barry S. Levy, M.D., M.P.H., Adjunct Professor, Department of Family Medicine and Community Health, Tufts University School of Medicine, Sherborn, MA
Reefa Mahboob, M.A., Ph.D. Candidate in Policy Studies: Public Policy and Administration, Ryerson University, Toronto, Ontario, Canada
Trish Marsik, Assistant Commissioner, Bureau of Mental Health, New York City Department of Health and Mental Hygiene, New York, NY
John Middleton, Director of Public Health, Sandwell Primary Care Trust, West Bromwich, United Kingdom
Emily C. Milam, B.A., Clinical Research Coordinator, Department of Preventive Medicine, Mount Sinai School of Medicine, New York, NY
Nelson Palacio, M.A., Ph.D. Candidate in Policy Studies: Immigration Settlement and Diaspora Stream, Ryerson University, Toronto, Ontario, Canada
Gregory Pappas, M.D., Ph.D., Senior Deputy Director, HIV/AIDS, Hepatitis, STD and TB Administraion, District of Columbia Department of Health, Washington, DC
John Piacentino, M.D., M.P.H., Chief Medical Officer, Office of the Director , National Institute for Occupational Safety and Health, Centers for Disease Control and Prevention, Washington, DC
Alonzo L. Plough Ph.D., M.P.H., Director, Emergency Preparedness and Response Program , County of Los Angeles Department of Public Health, Los Angeles, CA
Zohra Rasekh, M.P.H., Vice President and Member from Afghanistan, United Nations Committee on the Elimination of Discrimination Against Women (CEDAW)
Dori B. Reissman, M.D., M.P.H. (CAPT, USPHS), Medical Director, World Trade Center Health Program, Office of the Director, National Institute for Occupational Safety and Health (NIOSH), Washington, DC
Garrett Reppenhagen, Chair of the Board, Iraw Veterans Against the War, Denver, CO
Leonard S. Rubenstein, J.D., LLM, Senior Scientist, Department of Epidemiology, Johns Hopkins, Bloomberg School of Public Health, Baltimore, MD
Patrick Saunders, FFPH, Consultant in Public Health, Sandwell Primary Care Trust, Kingston House, West Bromwich, United Kingdom
Mark Sidel, J.D., Professor of Law and Lauridsen Family Fellow, University of Iowa, Iowa City, IA
Victor W. Sidel, M.D., Distinguished University Professor of Social Medicine, Albert Einstein College of Medicine, Montefiore Medical Center, Bronx, NY
Charles B. Strozier, Ph.D., Professor of History and Director, Center on Terrorism, John Jay College, The City University of New York, Training and Supervising Analyst, Training and Research in Self Psychology Foundation (TRISP), New York, NY
Patrice M. Sutton, Ph.D., Research Scientist, National Center of Excellence in Women's Health, University of California, San Francisco, San Francisco, CA
Zebulon Taintor, M.D., Adjunct Professor, Department of Psychiatry, New York University School of Medicine, New York, NY
Isaac B. Weisfuse, M.D., M.P.H., Deputy Commissioner, Division of Disease Control, New York City Department of Health and Mental Hygiene, Adjunct Professor of Clinical Public Health, Columbia University, Mailman School of Public Health, New York, NY
Peter Weiss, J.D., President, Lawyers Committee on Nuclear Policy, Vice President, Center for Constitutional Rights, New York, NY

"In this comprehensive book, Barry S. Lewy and Victor W. Sidel have assembled chapters from international experts to provide a broad-based and multidisciplinary description and analysis of, and call for preparedness of, terrorism and its health consequences." - Jutta Lindert, European Journal of Public Health

"While it does not make light of a serious topic, it does present the material in a well-structured and easily digestible manner. It also provides some key questions for debate, as the contributors do not shy away from criticising responses from governments and organisations involved in the response to terror." - Nursing Times