Monica Schoch-Spana
Monica Schoch-Spana, a medical anthropologist, is a senior associate with the Center for Biosecurity of the University of Pittsburgh Medical Center and assistant professor in the University of Pittsburgh’s School of Medicine Division of Infectious Diseases.
The Center for Biosecurity works at the intersection of public health and national security to affect policy and practice in ways that improve U.S. resilience to biological and nuclear dangers. Since 1998, Schoch-Spana has briefed numerous federal, state, and local officials, as well as medical, public health, and public safety professionals on critical issues in biosecurity and public health emergency preparedness. She has also led research, education, and advocacy efforts to encourage greater consideration by authorities of the public’s key contributions to the management of epidemics, biological attacks, and other public health emergencies.
Schoch-Spana has served on several committees of the National Academies, and she is on the faculty of the National Consortium for the Study of Terrorism and Responses to Terrorism (START)—a university-based center of excellence supported by the U.S. Department of Homeland Security. She received her bachelor’s from Bryn Mawr College and her PhD in cultural anthropology from the Johns Hopkins University.
Workshop Abstracts
Related Resources from Monica Schoch-Spana
Rad Resilient City: Fallout Preparedness Checklist
Center for Biosecurity of UPMC, 2011
