Welcome and Opening Remarks

Amy Gutmann, Ph.D.
Commission Chair

James Wagner, Ph.D.
Commission Vice Chair

Session 1: Ethical Issues Associated with Research in the Context of a Public Health Emergency

Clement A. Adebamowo, B.M., Ch.B., F.W.A.C.S., F.A.C.S., Sc.D.
Professor, Epidemiology and Public Health Department of Epidemiology and Public Health, Institute of Human Virology, and Greenebaum Cancer Center
University of Maryland School of Medicine

Luciana Borio, M.D.
Assistant Commissioner for Counterterrorism Policy Director, Office of Counterterrorism and Emerging Threats
U.S. Food and Drug Administration

Nancy Kass, Sc.D.
Phoebe R. Berman Professor of Bioethics and Public Health Department of Health Policy and Management
Johns Hopkins Bloomberg School of Public Health
Director for Public Health
Berman Institute of Bioethics

Session 2: Public Health Perspectives on the Current Ebola Epidemic in Western Africa

Peter Hotez, M.D., Ph.D.
Dean, National School of Tropical Medicine
Professor, Departments of Pediatrics and Molecular Virology & Microbiology,
Baylor College of Medicine
Endowed Chair of Tropical Pediatrics, Texas Children’s Hospital
President, Sabin Vaccine Institute

Helene D. Gayle, M.D., M.P.H.
President and CEO,
CARE USA

William Foege, M.D., M.P.H.
Senior Fellow, Health Policy, Carter Center
Senior Fellow, Global Health Program, Gates Foundation
Emeritus Presidential Distinguished Professor of International Health,
Emory University

Session 3: How U.S. Public Attitudes and Policies Intended to Prevent Ebola in the United States Impact Affected Communities

Oretha Bestman-Yates
President
Staten Island Liberian Community Association

Chernor Bah, M.A.
Youth Engagement Officer, A World at School
Chair, Youth Advocacy Group, Global Education First Initiative

Seema Yasmin, M.D.
Professor of Public Health
University of Texas at Dallas
Staff Writer
Dallas Morning News

Kate Hurley, R.N., M.B.A., M.S.N.
Clinical Nurse Manager, Intensive Care Unit
Providence St. Patrick Hospital

Patricia C. Henwood, M.D.
Director of Global Health Initiatives
Department of Emergency Medicine
Assistant Professor, Perelman School of Medicine
University of Pennsylvania

Session 4: Historical, Sociological, and Legal Perspectives on U.S. Policies Intended to Prevent Ebola in the United States

Howard Markel, M.D., Ph.D.
George E. Wantz Distinguished Professor of the History of Medicine
Founding Director, Center for the History of Medicine
Professor of Pediatrics and Communicable Diseases
Professor of Psychiatry
Professor of Health Policy and Management
Professor of History
Professor of English Literature and Language
University of Michigan

Dorothy E. Roberts, J.D.
George A. Weiss University Professor of Law & Sociology
Raymond Pace and Sadie Tanner Mossell Alexander Professor of Civil Rights
Director, Program on Race, Science, and Society
University of Pennsylvania

Unni Karunakara, M.B., B.S., Dr.PH
Senior Fellow, Jackson Institute for Global Affairs
Yale University
Assistant Clinical Professor, Mailman School of Public Health
Columbia University
Adjunct Visiting Professor, Kasturba Medical College
Manipal University

Session 5: Roundtable Discussion

Closing Remarks

Amy Gutmann, Ph.D.
James Wagner, Ph.D.

Session 6: Member Discussion

Session 7: Member Discussion

Concluding Remarks

Amy Gutmann, Ph.D.
James Wagner, Ph.D.