Experts provide information on H1N1 and seasonal flu at Johns Hopkins hospital

Johns Hopkins has a wide range of experts available for interviews and comments about seasonal flu, H1N1, emergency preparedness, infection control, flu transmission in children, vaccine safety, flu treatment, public health ethics, flu in cancer patients, and related public communications strategies. If you would like to interview a Johns Hopkins expert, call or e-mail the designated information officer in the list below.

If you do not see an expert in your field of interest, contact Mark Guidera in Media Relations at 410-735-6429 or by e-mail [email protected]

Flu Pandemic, Public Health Crises Planning and Response
Area of expertise: Planning, preparedness and rapid response for medical facilities and institutions; disaster and emergency response; and coordination with federal, state and local governments as well as disaster assistance organizations.

Gabor Kelen , M.D.
Director, Johns Hopkins Office of Critical Event Preparedness and Response (CEPAR)
Chair, Department of Emergency Medicine
http://www.hopkins-cepar.org/About/Bios/kelen.html

James Scheulen
Executive Director, Johns Hopkins Office of Critical Event Preparedness and Response (CEPAR)
Chief Administrative Officer, Department of Emergency Medicine
http://www.hopkins-cepar.org/About/Bios/scheulen.html

Christina Catlett, M.D.
Associate Director for Health System Preparedness, Johns Hopkins Office of Critical Event Preparedness and Response ( CEPAR)
Assistant Professor, Department of Emergency Medicine
http://www.hopkins-cepar.org/About/Bios/catlett.html

To schedule an interview with one of these experts, please contact Mark Guidera, communications manager, CEPAR and Marketing & Communications: 410-735-6429, 443-898-2320 (cell), or [email protected].

Infection Control
Area of expertise: Infectious diseases, protecting patients and hospital staff from outbreaks of illness, epidemiology, and infectious-disease identification and monitoring.

Trish Perl, M.D.
Director of Johns Hopkins Hospital Epidemiology and Infection Control
Professor, Johns Hopkins University School of Medicine, Infectious Diseases
http://myprofile.cos.com/tperl

John Bartlett, M.D.
Stanhope Bayne-Jones Professor of Medicine
Johns Hopkins University School of Medicine
Infectious Diseases
http://myprofile.cos.com/bartletj05

Howard Gwon
Administrator, Office of Emergency Management
Johns Hopkins Hospital

To schedule an interview with one of these experts please contact Gary Stephenson, assistant director, Media Relations, Marketing and Communications. 410-955-5384 or [email protected].

Child Health (Pediatrics)
Area of expertise: H1N1 transmission in children, vaccine safety for children, and planning for and response to flu in children.

Julia McMillan, M.D.
Professor of Pediatrics
Vice Chair for Education and Director of the Pediatric Residency Program in the Johns Hopkins School of Medicine's Department of Pediatrics
http://www.hopkinschildrens.org/Julia-McMillan-MD.aspx

Aaron Milstone, M.D.
Assistant Professor of Pediatric Infectious Diseases
Associate Hospital Epidemiologist
http://www.hopkinschildrens.org/staffDetail.aspx?id=2376

Allen Walker, M.D.
Associate Professor and Director of Pediatric Emergency Medicine
Director of Pediatric Emergency Medicine
http://www.hopkinschildrens.org/staffDetail.aspx?id=3140

Niranjan Bhat, M.D.
Assistant Professor, Division of Pediatric Infectious Diseases at Johns Hopkins Children's Center
http://www.hopkinschildrens.org/staffDetail.aspx?id=7078

To schedule an interview with one of these experts, please contact Kim S. Martin, director, Communications & Public Affairs, Johns Hopkins Children's Center, 410-516-4958; or Kim Hoppe, associate director of Public Affairs, 410-516-4934.

Flu in Cancer Patients
Suzanne M. Cowperthwaite, M.S.N., R.N.
Assistant Director of Nursing, Johns Hopkins Kimmel Cancer Center

To schedule an interview with this expert, please contact Vanessa Wasta, communications associate, Johns Hopkins School of Medicine Public Affairs: 410-614-2916 or [email protected].

Influenza Viruses/Vaccine Development
Area of expertise: Swine flu, avian flu and other influenza viruses; respiratory viruses, such as SARS; and vaccine development and effectiveness.

Andrew Pekosz, Ph.D.
Associate Professor, Department of Molecular Microbiology and Immunology, Bloomberg School of Public Health
http://faculty.jhsph.edu/default.cfm?faculty_id=1972

Ruth Karron, M.D.
Professor , Department of International Health, Bloomberg School of Public Health
Director, Center for Immunization Research; Director, Johns Hopkins Vaccine Initiative
http://faculty.jhsph.edu/default.cfm?faculty_id=360

Public Health Law and Ethics
Area of expertise: International, national, state and local aspects of legal preparedness and emergency responses, including issues such as emergency declarations, public health powers at the federal, state, and local levels, and ethical issues on testing, screening, vaccination, quarantine, isolation and civil liberties interests.

Ruth Faden, Ph.D.
Professor, Health Policy and Management, Bloomberg School of Public Health
Executive Director, Johns Hopkins Berman Institute of Bioethics; Philip Franklin Wagley Professor in Biomedical Ethics
http://faculty.jhsph.edu/Default.cfm?faculty_id=210

Holly Taylor, Ph.D., M.P.H.
Assistant Professor, Health Policy and Management, Bloomberg School of Public Health
Core Faculty, Berman Institute of Bioethics
http://faculty.jhsph.edu/default.cfm?faculty_id=695

Nancy Kass, Sc.D.
Professor, Health Policy and Management, Bloomberg School of Public Health
Phoebe R. Berman Professor of Bioethics and Public Health
http://faculty.jhsph.edu/default.cfm?faculty_id=362

Influenza Epidemiology (Disease Tracking, Mapping)
Area of Expertise: Tracking of influenza spread and computer modeling of disease.

Derek Cummings Ph.D., M.P.H.
Assistant Professor, Epidemiology, Bloomberg School of Public Health
and International Health
http://faculty.jhsph.edu/default.cfm?f=Derek&l=Cummings

Women's Health
Area of expertise: seasonal, pandemic, and avian influenza in women and during pregnancy, sex-based differences in response to flu infection and vaccination.

Sabra Klein, Ph.D.
Assistant Professor, Department of Molecular Microbiology and Immunology
http://faculty.jhsph.edu/default.cfm?faculty_id=1038&grouped=false&searchText=&department_id=0&departmentName=Molecular%20Microbiology%20and%20Immunology

Vaccine Safety
Area of Expertise: Vaccine safety, children and vaccines, and other vaccine production questions.
Neal Halsey, M.D.
Professor, International Health, Bloomberg School of Public Health
http://faculty.jhsph.edu/default.cfm?faculty_id=290

Global Disease Transmission (Disease Vectors)
Area of Expertise: Role of air transportation in the spread of influenza.
Greg Glass, Ph.D.
Professor Molecular Microbiology and Immunology, Bloomberg School of Public Health
http://faculty.jhsph.edu/?faculty_id=287

Behavior Communication and Prevention Planning
Area of expertise: Communication strategies in the context of pandemic flu preparation.
Douglas Storey, Ph.D.
Assistant Professor, Health, Behavior and Society, Bloomberg School of Public Health
Associate Director, Communication Science & Research, The Health Communication Partnership
http://faculty.jhsph.edu/?faculty_id=1207
To schedule an interview with one of these experts, contact Tim Parsons
director, Public Affairs, Johns Hopkins Bloomberg School of Public Health
410-955-7619 or [email protected].