Experts Available to Discuss Swine Flu

The University of Michigan School of Public Health and the U-M Health System have several experts available to discuss various aspects of the recent swine flu outbreak, including disease transmission, nonpharmaceutical interventions, antiviral resistance, quarantine, viruses and trauma.

Allison Aiello, John G. Searle assistant professor of epidemiology at the School of Public Health, is an infectious disease expert. She can discuss aspects of identification, transmission, prevention, mitigation and social response to influenza outbreaks and pandemic planning, including rapid testing, transmission modes, vaccination uptake, and nonpharmaceutical intervention measures such as mask use, hand hygiene, social distancing and quarantine.
Profile: www.sph.umich.edu/iscr/faculty/profile.cfm?uniqname=aielloa

Arnold Monto, M.D., professor of epidemiology at the School of Public Health, is a nationally known expert on influenza. He can discuss transmission, prevention, mitigation and social response to influenza outbreaks and pandemic planning, including rapid testing, transmission modes, vaccination uptake, and nonpharmaceutical intervention measures such as mask use, hand hygiene, social distancing and quarantine. Monto served on the advisory board to the National Institute of Allergy and Infectious Diseases and consults each year on the design of the annual influenza vaccine.

Profile: www.sph.umich.edu/iscr/faculty/profile.cfm?uniqname=asmonto and www.sph.umich.edu/news_events/findings/fall06/features/two.htm (from Findings).

Matthew Boulton, M.D. associate dean for practice and associate professor of epidemiology at the School of Public Health, can discuss disease transmission, nonpharmaceutical interventions and quarantine. Boulton was chief epidemiologist at the state of Michigan's Department of Health and director of the Bureau of Epidemiology.
Profile: www.sph.umich.edu/iscr/faculty/profile.cfm?uniqname=mboulton

Peter Jacobson, professor of health management and policy at the School of Public Health, can discuss the legal issues of quarantine. His research focuses on the relationship between law and health care delivery and policy.
Profile: www.sph.umich.edu/iscr/faculty/profile.cfm?uniqname=pdj

Mark Wilson, professor of epidemiology at the School of Public Health, can discuss disease transmission, global patterns of disease and relationship to human activity.

Profile: www.sph.umich.edu/iscr/faculty/profile.cfm?uniqname=wilsonml

James Koopman, M.D., professor of epidemiology at the School of Public Health, can discuss quarantine, influenza, transmission and antiviral resistance. Koopman's current project with the Center for Advancing Microbial Risk Assessment at Michigan State University looks at how flu virus spreads in different environments, such as a school or an office.

Profile: www.sph.umich.edu/iscr/faculty/profile.cfm?uniqname=jkoopman