Strengthening International Collaboration for Global Health Security: The Role of the Infectious Disease Emergency...

Hiromi Hibino¹, Jocelyn J Herstein¹, Katie L Stern¹+9

• ¹Hiromi Hibino, MD, MSc, is Liaison, National Emerging Special Pathogens Training and Education Center (NETEC), and Senior Scientist, Bureau of Strategic Planning; Yukimasa Matsuzawa, MD, PhD, is Deputy Director of Global Outbreak Intelligence, Capacity Building and Deployment Coordination Center, Disease Control and Prevention Center (DCC); Shinichiro Morioka, MD, is Deputy Chief Medical Director, DCC; Teiji Takei, MD, MBA, is Director-General, Bureau of Strategic Planning; and Norio Omagari, MD, MSc, PhD, is Director, DCC; all at the National Center for Global Health and Medicine, Tokyo, Japan. Jocelyn J. Herstein, PhD, MPH, is an Assistant Professor, Department of Environmental, Agricultural and Occupational Health, College of Public Health, and Director, NETEC International Partnerships and Programs; Katie L. Stern, MPH, is a Program Evaluation Specialist, Global Center for Health Security; and John J. Lowe, PhD, is Director, Global Center for Health Security, Professor and Interim Chair, Department of Environmental, Agricultural and Occupational Health, College of Public Health, and Assistant Vice Chancellor for Health Security Training and Education, Office of the Vice Chancellor for Academic Affairs; all at the University of Nebraska Medical Center, Omaha, NE. Jun Sugihara, MD, PhD, is Principal Deputy Director, Division of Infectious Disease Prevention and Control, Department of Infectious Disease Prevention and Control, and Public Health Bureau, Ministry of Health, Labour and Welfare, Tokyo, Japan. Adam Tewell, MA, MPA, is a Senior Emergency Management Specialist, International Operations; and Richard C. Hunt, MD, FACEP, is a Senior Medical Advisor, Office of Health Care Readiness; both at the Administration for Strategic Preparedness and Response, Washington, DC. Vikramjit Mukherjee, MD, FRCP, is Director, Critical Care, and Director, Special Pathogens Program, NYC Health + Hospitals/Bellevue, and Associate Professor, NYU School of Medicine, New York, NY.