Drew has served on the US National Science Advisory Board for Biosecurity and the Committee on Science, Technology, & Law; he currently serves on the World Health Organization's Smallpox Advisory Committee.
Since emerging technology with potential biosecurity concerns, a dynamic oversight process is adopted at the Wyss Institute to ensure the research is carefully reviewed and properly controlled.
The competence areas are: epidemiological methods, biostatistics, public health surveillance, laboratory and biosecurity, communication, management and leadership, computer technology, learning and mentorship for public health professionals, epidemiology of priority diseases and injury, and emergency preparedness and response.
In 2003, responding to concerns about biological research that could be used for civil or military purposes, NIH set up the National Science Advisory Board for Biosecurity to deal with such dual-use technology.
In contrast, biosecurity issues revolve around novel pests and technologies that have little or no historic precedents.
In the following pages, I suggest that information ecology can help proponents of biosecurity innovations appreciate the complex challenges associated with technology adoption in the national security community.
Biosecurity relies on ecological risk assessment to evaluate alternative technologies and regulations, and to design adaptive management strategies and mitigations.
"Poultry producers have looked at every part of their production chain to see where new ideas and technology can combat this very complex bacteria: improved biosecurity on farms, new methods in the slaughterhouse, and brand new technologies being developed such as SonoSteam, rapid surface chilling, and roast-in-the-bag packaging.
The Obama Administration has nominated a prominent biosecurity expert to be the under secretary for science and technology at the Department of Homeland Security (DHS).
The industry group said it hoped the combination of improved biosecurity on farms, new methods in the slaughterhouse and new technologies would help reduce the level of campylobacter in chickens over time.
