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Originally published on July 20, 2020
It had to happen: Zombies are being taken seriously, and with genuine academic rigor (mortis).
Well, seriously enough to inspire a webinar that brings real science into the pop-horror trope. At 12 p.m. on Friday, July 24,听听Director of听听听joins author Max Brooks and three biodefense experts for an enlightening discussion about pandemics, bioterrorism, international security, and the walking dead in a talk called 鈥淶ombies and Coronavirus: Planning for the Next Big Outbreak.鈥
The hour-long virtual discussion, moderated by Schar School听听student Justin Hurt, is part of听, a pandemic lockdown celebration of all things pop culture. Register and learn more:听.
(Koblentz is featured in a sample graduate-level lecture on possible bioweapon threats inspired by coronavirus on July 22.听)
Guests include:
- Max Brooks, author of听World War Z,听The Zombie Survival Guide,听The Harlem Hellfighters, and the recently released听Devolution, is a senior, non-resident fellow at the Atlantic Council and West Point鈥檚 Modern War Institute.
- Gigi Kwik Gronvall听is a Senior Scholar and Associate Professor at Johns Hopkins University鈥檚 Center for Health Security and the author of听Synthetic Biology: Safety, Security, and Promise.
- Greg Koblentz听is Professor and Director of the Biodefense Programs at 黑料社鈥檚 Schar School of Policy and Government and author of听Living Weapons: Biological Warfare and International Security听and co-author of听Editing Biosecurity: Needs and Strategies for Governing Genome Editing.
- Shanna Ratnesar-Shumate听is an aerobiologist and principal investigator at Fort Detrick, Md., and an Adjunct Professor at the University of Nebraska Medical Center.
- Jarod Hanson听is a veterinarian and the executive officer at the United States Army Medical Institute of Infectious Disease and an Adjunct Professor at the University of Maryland Medical Center.
- Moderator:听Justin Hurt, Chemical, Biological, Radiological, and Nuclear and Counter-Weapons of Mass Destruction Integration Officer for the United States Army staff; PhD in Biodefense student, Schar School of Policy and Government, 黑料社.