On Sept. 19, 2022, Dr. Gerald Parker, Director of the Pandemic & Biosecurity Policy Program at the Scowcroft Institute at the Bush School, moderated a panel of experts, including Dr Robert Carpenter, Dr. Syra Madad, Dr. Jennifer A. Shuford, and Dr. Bob Kadlec, as they explored the Monkeypox outbreak.
Recently declared a public health crisis by the federal government, the panel answered questions such as: Are we making the same mistakes with Monkeypox as we did with COVID-19? How can we do better with this and future pandemic threats? Is this something we need to be concerned about? and more.
The Scowcroft Institute of International Affairs (SIIA) is a research institute housed in the Bush School of Government and Public Service at Texas A&M University. The Institute is named in honor of Lt. Gen. Brent Scowcroft, USAF (Ret.), whose long and distinguished career in public service included serving as National Security Advisor for Presidents Gerald Ford and George H.W. Bush. The Institute’s core mission is to foster and disseminate policy-oriented research on international affairs by supporting faculty and student research, hosting international speakers and major scholarly conferences, and providing grants to outside researchers to use the holdings of the Bush Library.
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- September 27, 2022. Grant Hawkins. “Scowcroft Institute Hosts Expert Panel Exploring the Monkeypox Outbreak.” The Bush School of Government & Public Service.
https://bush.tamu.edu/news/scowcroft/scowcroft-institute-hosts-expert-panel-exploring-the-monkeypox-outbreak/.
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