Masters of the Air: Overcoming Airborne Pathogens Indoors

NOTE CHANGE OF START TIME:  This meeting will start at 11am (instead of 10:30am). 

This Commission meeting, Masters of the Air: Overcoming Airborne Pathogens Indoors, will be held on Thursday, July 25th, in Washington, DC.

The focus of this meeting will be to provide the Bipartisan Commission on Biodefense with a better understanding of: (1) how the federal government currently addresses indoor air quality; (2) new scientific and technological advances for indoor air quality; and (3) how enhancing indoor air quality can help prevent the spread of pathogens.

Speakers include:

• Jessica Green, PhD – Program Manager, Resilient Systems, Advanced Research Projects Agency for Health (ARPA-H)
• Joseph Allen, DSc, MPH – Assistant Professor of Exposure, Assessment Science, Department of Environmental Health; Director, Healthy Buildings Program, Harvard T.H. Chan School of Public Health
• Christopher Sales, PhD – Associate Professor, Civil, Architectural and Environmental Engineering, Drexel University
• Melissa Baker – Senior Vice President, Technical Development, US Green Building Council
• Kathryn C. Worrilow, PhD – Founder and CEO, LifeAire Systems
• Alice Yates – Director, Government Affairs, The American Society of Heating, Refrigerating and Air-Conditioning Engineers
• W. Stuart Dols – Mechanical Engineer, Indoor Air Quality and Ventilation Group Staff, Engineering Laboratory, National Institute of Standards and Technology
• Kathryn Ratliff, PhD – Physical Scientist and Principal Investigator, Office of Research and Development, Center for Environmental Solutions and Emergency Response, Homeland Security and Materials Management Division, Environmental Protection Agency
• Brian Gilligan, PE – Deputy Director, Office of Federal High-Performance Green Buildings; Chief Sustainability Officer, General Services Administration