Public Health and Emergency Preparedness:
CRS Experts
Sarah A. Lister
Specialist in Public Health and Epidemiology
December 13, 2011
Congressional Research Service
7-5700
www.crs.gov
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epared for Members and Committees of Congress
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
Erin Bagalman
7-5345
ebagalman@crs.loc.gov
Analyst in Health Policy
Food safety
Renée Johnson
7-9588 rjohnson@crs.loc.gov
Specialist in Agricultural Policy
Joel Greene
7-9877 jgreene@crs.loc.gov
Analyst in Agricultural Policy
Sarah A. Lister
7-7320
slister@crs.loc.gov
Specialist in Public Health and Epidemiology
Workforce: responder health and
Scott Szymendera
7-0014 sszymendera@crs.loc.gov
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
Erin Bagalman
7-5345
ebagalman@crs.loc.gov
Analyst in Health Policy
Stafford Act assistance and role of
Francis X. McCarthy
7-9533 fmccarthy@crs.loc.gov
FEMA
Analyst in Emergency Management Policy
Bruce R. Lindsay
7-3752 blindsay@crs.loc.gov
Analyst in Emergency Management Policy
DOD incident response and civil
Lawrence Kapp
7-7609 lkapp@crs.loc.gov
support
Specialist in Military Manpower Policy
VA preparedness and response
Sidath Panangala
7-0623 spanangala@crs.loc.gov
Specialist in Veterans 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
Emergency powers and the Stafford
Edward C. Liu
7-9166 eliu@crs.loc.gov
Act
Legislative Attorney
Civil rights of individuals with
Emily C. Barbour
7-5842 ebarbour@crs.loc.gov
disabilities
Legislative Attorney
Food safety
Vanessa K. Burrows
7-0831 vburrows@crs.loc.gov
Legislative Attorney
Medical countermeasures: regulation, 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
Susan Thaul
7-0562 sthaul@crs.loc.gov
Specialist in Drug Safety and Effectiveness
Regulation of vaccines
Judith A. Johnson
7-7077 jajohnson@crs.loc.gov
Specialist in Biomedical Policy
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
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
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Public Health and Emergency Preparedness: CRS Experts
Legislative Issues
Name/Title
Phone
E-mail
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
Radiation health effects
C. Stephen Redhead
7-2261 credhead@crs.loc.gov
Specialist in Health 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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