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Appendix A Committee and Staff Biographies
Appendix A Committee and Staff Biographies
Pages 177-186
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Dr. Barbera has been the lead medical consultant for the Federal Emergency Management Agency in the development of the National Urban Search & Rescue Response System and has provided extensive consulta177
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He is board certified in internal medicine and is a fellow of the American College of Physicians. His previous career experience includes serving in administrative positions as chief of the Acute Illness Clinic at Madigan Army Medical Center, chief of Emergency Medicine at Walter Reed Army Medical Center, chairman of the Department of Community Health and Ambulatory Care at the District of Columbia General Hospital, and health commissioner for the District of Columbia.
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was Chief of Rescue Operations in the New York City Fire Department's Special Operations Command, where he was responsible for preparedness, training, and response to weapons of mass destruction incidents for the department until his death in the World Trade Center attack of September 11,2001. The command, which includes 450 firefighters and officers in 25 special units, has fully equipped and trained 12 units to respond to such incidents.
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She developed and maintained the mental health section of the California emergency plan, provided training and technical assistance to local mental health departments, and designed and participated in federal, state, and local emergency exercises. A member of the faculty for Crisis Counseling Assistance workshops at the National Emergency Training Center and the Federal Emergency Management Agency (FEMA)
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Chief Higuchi began his 28 years on the County of Los Angeles Fire Department as a firefighter and paramedic and has held positions involving fire protection engineering, public affairs, and fire prevention. As Deputy Fire Chief for Operations, he was responsible for providing fire protection and emergency medical services to 31 cities and unincorporated areas of Los Angeles County.
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Dr. Howitt has authored books and chapters on the federal grant-in-aid system, management capacity building, the political economy of land use exactions, going private, transportation economics and policy, and state growth management regulatory programs.
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From 1997 to 1999 he served on the Institute of Medicine's Committee to Improve Civilian Medical Response to Chemical and Biological Terrorism and is facilitating state health department efforts regarding bioterrorism preparedness. He is the principal investigator on a Centers for Disease Control and Prevention bioterrorism grant.
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Her most recent research inventories the various federal response assets and training and equipment programs addressing domestic terrorism, airs widespread feedback from the front lines on these federal efforts, and shares innovative ideas from local emergency personnel on coordination, plans, tactics, and capabilities for dealing with these type of incidents. She has published widely in journals, testified before the U.S.
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Board on Health Sciences Policy and study director. In 8 years at IOM, he has served as study director for projects addressing a variety of topics including medical isotopes, potential hepatitis drugs, blood safety and availability, rheumatic disease, resource sharing in biomedical research, occupational safety and health, and chemical and biological terrorism.
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Mr. Chang earned a bachelor of arts degree in international relations from The George Washington University, Washington, D.C.
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