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Nevilledog

(51,031 posts)
Mon Nov 9, 2020, 11:08 AM Nov 2020

Biden added whistleblower Dr. Rick Bright as a member of his coronavirus advisory board.



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President-elect Biden added whistleblower Dr. Rick Bright as a member of his coronavirus advisory board. Awesome.
6:54 AM · Nov 9, 2020
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Biden added whistleblower Dr. Rick Bright as a member of his coronavirus advisory board. (Original Post) Nevilledog Nov 2020 OP
Oh Yes! malaise Nov 2020 #1
Best Monday morning news EVAH!!! Leghorn21 Nov 2020 #2
Dr. Michael Osterholm is excellent choice frazzled Nov 2020 #3

frazzled

(18,402 posts)
3. Dr. Michael Osterholm is excellent choice
Mon Nov 9, 2020, 11:36 AM
Nov 2020

Top-notch epidemiologist, from Minnesota.

Osterholm was the principal investigator and director of the National Institutes of Health (NIH)-supported Minnesota Center of Excellence for Influenza Research and Surveillance (2007–2014) and chaired the Executive Committee of the Centers of Excellence Influenza Research and Surveillance network. He is a past president of the Council of State and Territorial Epidemiologists and served on the CDC's National Center for Infectious Diseases Board of Scientific Counselors from 1992 to 1997. Osterholm served on the Institute of Medicine (IOM) Forum on Microbial Threats from 1994 to 2011. He has served on the IOM Committee on Emerging Microbial Threats to Health in the 21st Century and the IOM Committee on Food Safety, Production to Consumption, and was a reviewer for the IOM Report on Chemical and Biological Terrorism. As a member of the American Society for Microbiology, Osterholm has served on the Committee on Biomedical Research of the Public and Scientific Affairs Board, the Task Force on Biological Weapons, and the Task Force on Antibiotic Resistance. He is a frequent consultant to the World Health Organization, the NIH, the Food and Drug Administration, the Department of Defense, and the CDC. He is a fellow of the American College of Epidemiology and the IDSA

https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Michael_Osterholm
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