About Us

Early in 2006, leaders from government, academia, clinical medicine and industry involved in influenza planning, research and treatment met to discuss preparation for a potential flu pandemic and to open the lines of communication among all involved. Another two-day summit was held in 2007. These meetings resulted in the generation of CME-certified materials and other informational resources available to you on this site. Today, the threat of pandemic influenza is still with us, and the need to continue the dialogue and preparedness planning is greater than ever.

Scientific Planning Committee

Richard J. Whitley, MD, Co-Chair
Professor of Pediatrics, Microbiology, Medicine
and Neurosurgery
UAB Center for Biodefense and
Emerging Infections
Birmingham, AL

Frederick G. Hayden, MD
Stuart S. Richardson Professor of
Clinical Virology
Professor of Medicine and Pathology
University of Virginia School of Medicine
Charlottesville, VA
Medical Officer, GIP/EPR/CDS
The World Health Organization
Geneva, Switzerland

Michael L. Tapper, MD
Clinical Professor of Medicine
New York University School of Medicine
Hospital Epidemiologist
Director, Division of Infectious Diseases
Lenox Hill Hospital
New York, NY

Arnold S. Monto, MD, Co-Chair
Professor of Epidemiology
University of Michigan School of Public Health
Founding Director
University of Michigan Bioterrorism
Preparedness Initiative
Ann Arbor, MI

John G. Bartlett, MD
Professor of Medicine
Johns Hopkins University School of Medicine
Baltimore, MD

Andrew T. Pavia, MD
George and Esther Gross Presidential Professor
Chief, Division of Pediatric Infectious Diseases
University of Utah
Salt Lake City, UT