Understanding and Responding to Global Health Security Risks from Microbial Threats in the Arctic Proceedings of a Workshop (2020) / Chapter Skim
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Appendix B: Planning Committee Biosketches
Appendix B: Planning Committee Biosketches
Pages 71-76
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She is currently Science Chair, Global Soil Biodiversity Initiative. To understand the importance of soil biodiversity, she works at the physical limits to life in the Antarctic dry valleys where climate change effects are amplified and species diversity is much reduced compared to other soil ecosystems.
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Barbato leads a team of researchers to answer challenging questions relating to life in the cold regions of the planet. She has extensive experience leading field campaigns in the sub-Arctic and Arctic Alaska to study the permafrost microbiome and how it changes during thaw, as well as the efficacy of bioremediation treatment technologies in cold regions.
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He also has courtesy appointments in the Department of Emergency Medicine of the Drexel University College of Medicine and in the School of Public Health. He received his B.S.
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He has been invited to brief White House officials from the past four presidential administrations on national biosecurity challenges and priorities, and he has delivered Congressional testimony on a number of issues related to public health preparedness and biosecurity. He is regularly consulted by major news outlets for his expertise.
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Prior to coming to Georgetown, she spent ten years at The George Washington University as faculty in the Milken Institute School of Public Health. Her research is focused on global health security, public health preparedness and health diplomacy.
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