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GTo improve capability to respond to bioterrorism to a degree that, in effect, removes bioterrorism from the category of weapons of mass destruction She is an epidemiologist and public health practitioner. She had held senior positions in local and state governmental public health where she enhanced system-wide capacity to detect, respond to, and c... ontain large-scale disease outbreaks. She has served as a vice president for a 10-acute care hospital system initiating community-wide disease prevention programs. She has held faculty positions at Johns Hopkins University, and has developed graduate courses and lectured at numerous academic institutions on biosecurity. Dr. Gursky is currently a Fellow and Principal Deputy for Biodefense at ANSER/Analytic Services, Inc. where she heads the Health Security Strategy and Systems portfolio. In the past decade, Dr. Gursky has given over 50 invited talks nationally and internationally and has helped lead two, multi-country NATO-sponsored meetings relating to health security issues with health ministers and senior health leaders. She served on the AAAS Global Security Fellowship Selection Committee from 2005-2007 and in 2011. Dr. Gursky recently served on the Institute of Medicine Committee on the Effectiveness of National Biosurveillance Systems: BioWatch and the Public Health System. She has published over 35 peer-reviewed articles and nine book chapters. Dr. Gursky received her Doctor of Science degree in 1985 at the Johns Hopkins Bloomberg School of Public Health. She is a Fulbright Senior Specialist by the U.S. Department of State, Council for the International Exchange of Scholars. Once the projects Board of Advisors has determined metrics, a separate, independent team of subject matter experts will perform evaluation and analysis of capabilities in each category and subcategory. This team will include experienced practitioners and other thought leaders from academia, leading think tanks, and private sector organizations that specialize in biodefense, to ensure ...Read More