Public Health and Emergency Preparedness:
CRS Experts

Sarah A. Lister
Specialist in Public Health and Epidemiology
February 10, 2011
Congressional Research Service
7-5700
www.crs.gov
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Public Health and Emergency Preparedness: CRS Experts

he following table provides access to names and contact information for CRS experts on
policy concerns relating to public health and emergency preparedness. Policy areas
T identified include
• public health and medical system preparedness and response;
• legal issues in preparedness and response;
• medical countermeasures;
• homeland security research and development; and
• health effects of threat agents.

Legislative Issues
Name/Title
Phone
E-mail
Public health system preparedness and response
General
Sarah A. Lister
7-7320
slister@crs.loc.gov
Specialist in Public Health and Epidemiology

C. Stephen Redhead
7-2261 credhead@crs.loc.gov

Specialist in Health Policy
Mental and behavioral health
Sarah A. Lister
7-7320
slister@crs.loc.gov
Specialist in Public Health and Epidemiology
Food safety
Renée Johnson
7-9588 rjohnson@crs.loc.gov

Specialist in Agricultural Policy

Sarah A. Lister
7-7320
slister@crs.loc.gov
Specialist in Public Health and Epidemiology

Erin D. Williams
7-4897 ewilliams@crs.loc.gov
Specialist in Public Health and Bioethics
Workforce: responder health
Scott Szymendera
7-0014 sszymendera@crs.loc.gov
and safety, injury compensation
Analyst in Disability Policy
Medical and health care system preparedness and response
General
Sarah A. Lister
7-7320
slister@crs.loc.gov
Specialist in Public Health and Epidemiology
Health care financing in disaster
Sarah A. Lister
7-7320
slister@crs.loc.gov
response
Specialist in Public Health and Epidemiology
Mental and behavioral health
Sarah A. Lister
7-7320
slister@crs.loc.gov
Specialist in Public Health and Epidemiology
Stafford Act assistance and role
Francis X. McCarthy
7-9533 fmccarthy@crs.loc.gov

of FEMA
Analyst in Emergency Management Policy

Bruce R. Lindsay
7-3752 blindsay@crs.loc.gov

Analyst in Emergency Management Policy
DOD incident response and
Lawrence Kapp
7-7609 lkapp@crs.loc.gov

civil support
Specialist in Military Manpower Policy
Global health, international
Tiaji Salaam-Blyther
7-7677
tsalaam@crs.loc.gov
preparedness
Specialist in Global Health
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Public Health and Emergency Preparedness: CRS Experts

Legislative Issues
Name/Title
Phone
E-mail
Legal issues in public health and medical preparedness and response
General
Kathleen S. Swendiman
7-9105 kswendiman@crs.loc.gov

Legislative Attorney
Isolation and quarantine
Kathleen S. Swendiman
7-9105 kswendiman@crs.loc.gov

Legislative Attorney
Rationing health resources
Nancy Lee Jones
7-6976 njones@crs.loc.gov

Legislative Attorney
Civil rights of individuals with
Nancy Lee Jones
7-6976 njones@crs.loc.gov

disabilities
Legislative Attorney
Emergency powers and the
Edward C. Liu
7-9166 eliu@crs.loc.gov

Stafford Act
Legislative Attorney
Food safety
Vanessa K. Burrows
7-0831 vburrows@crs.loc.gov

Legislative Attorney
Medical countermeasures:
Edward C. Liu
7-9166 eliu@crs.loc.gov

liability and compensation
Legislative Attorney
Workforce: civil liability
Vivian Chu
7-4576 vchu@crs.loc.gov
Legislative Attorney
Medical countermeasures
Project BioShield/BARDA
Frank Gottron
7-5854 fgottron@crs.loc.gov

Specialist in Science and Technology Policy
Regulation of drugs and vaccines Susan Thaul
7-0562 sthaul@crs.loc.gov

Specialist in Drug Safety and Effectiveness

Judith A. Johnson
7-7077 jajohnson@crs.loc.gov

Specialist in Biomedical Policy
Bioethics, rationing, clinical
Erin D. Williams
7-4897 ewilliams@crs.loc.gov
trials for countermeasures
Specialist in Public Health and Bioethics
Homeland security research and development
Biological and chemical defense
Dana A. Shea
7-6844 dshea@crs.loc.gov

research / DHS
Specialist in Science and Technology Policy

Frank Gottron
7-5854 fgottron@crs.loc.gov

Specialist in Science and Technology Policy
Biomedical research / NIH
Pamela W. Smith
7-7048 psmith@crs.loc.gov

Analyst in Biomedical Policy

Judith A. Johnson
7-7077 jajohnson@crs.loc.gov

Specialist in Biomedical Policy
Health effects of threat agents
Pandemic influenza
Sarah A. Lister
7-7320
slister@crs.loc.gov
Specialist in Public Health and Epidemiology

C. Stephen Redhead
7-2261 credhead@crs.loc.gov

Specialist in Health Policy
Biological agents
Sarah A. Lister
7-7320
slister@crs.loc.gov
Specialist in Public Health and Epidemiology
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Public Health and Emergency Preparedness: CRS Experts

Legislative Issues
Name/Title
Phone
E-mail

Frank Gottron
7-5854 fgottron@crs.loc.gov

Specialist in Science and Technology Policy

Dana A. Shea
7-6844 dshea@crs.loc.gov

Specialist in Science and Technology Policy

Judith A. Johnson
7-7077 jajohnson@crs.loc.gov

Specialist in Biomedical Policy
Chemical agents
Dana A. Shea
7-6844 dshea@crs.loc.gov

Specialist in Science and Technology Policy

Frank Gottron
7-5854 fgottron@crs.loc.gov

Specialist in Science and Technology Policy
Chemicals in commerce
Linda-Jo Schierow
7-7279 lschierow@crs.loc.gov

Specialist in Environmental Policy


Experts List Coordinator

Sarah A. Lister

Specialist in Public Health and Epidemiology
slister@crs.loc.gov, 7-7320

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