Security Debrief

Dr. Kimothy Smith speaks with Dr. James Wilson about the history, lessons, trends and challenges in biosurveillance, medical intelligence, and homeland security.

Dr. James Wilson, M.D., is the Director of the Nevada Medical Intelligence Center at the University of Nevada-Reno. He is an expert in health security intelligence with 25 years of direct operational experience. He has led the creation of several of the most powerful systems in the world used for anticipation, detection, and warning of infectious disease crises and disasters. Dr. Wilson provided warning of the 2009 H1N1 influenza pandemic and identification of the United Nations Nepalese Mirebalais base as the source of the 2010 Haiti cholera disaster. Dr. Wilson has direct experience with biological weapon deployment investigations and the detection of accidents of biotechnology.

Dr. Kimothy Smith, DVM, PhD, is a professor of microbiology and epidemiology at the University of Nevada School of Medicine. He is the co-founder of McCarthy & Smith Consulting, LLC, where he provides professional consulting services in the areas of biosurveillance, bioforensics, biodefense, biosecurity, molecular genetics and diagnostics, and food safety, defense, and security.

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