Are faculty or students required to have practical or “real world experiences” in bioterrorism preparedness?
Our philosophy is that a quality graduate education in bioterrorism preparedness must involve educators, researchers, and administrators with an interest in the field, as well as those with significant hands-on experience. The topic of public health preparedness and the people who work in or are interested in the field are very diverse. The curriculum is therefore meant to accommodate these divergent interests. For example, federal employees in the Departments of Education, Justice, and Transportation have critical roles in public health preparedness, but will invariably bring a different perspective to the table when compared to the U.S. Public Health Service. Similarly, individuals working at the National Institutes of Health, National Science Foundation, and Centers for Disease Control have different, but more scholarly, interests in the field—much of it involving research and development. Likewise, our lead faculty tend to be academicians, but are utilizing those with direct hands-
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