Michael T. Osterholm, Ph.D., MPH is the director of the Center for Infectious Disease Research and Policy, an associate director of the Department of Homeland Security's National Center for Food Protection and Defense, and a professor in the School of Public Health at the University of Minnesota. He has served as Special Advisor to the Department of Health and Human Services on issues related to bioterrorism and public health preparedness and was appointed to the newly established National Science Advisory Board on Biosecurity.
