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Tuesday, June 9, 2009 Infectious Disease Pandemic Possibilities What’s Real and What’s False Are You at Risk or is it Media Hype? Presented by Tony Gelish
The news media have flooded us with stories and images of “worst case scenario” infectious disease pandemic possibilities. Does the hype live up to the reality? To learn the unbiased facts, gain perspective and make rationale personal plans you’ll want to attend this months CyberPizza, Tuesday, June 9, in the UH-M Marine Sciences Auditorium. Tony Gelish, an Associate at Booz Allen Hamilton – Honolulu, will share the latest scientific information with you in layman’s terms. In addition, to an overview of H1N1, “Swine flu” and H5N1 “Avian flu” he will alert you to 10 other less publicized but potentially more virulent, lethal and catastrophic infectious diseases that are on the horizon. The presentation will conclude with simple, inexpensive preventive measures you can take to reduce your risk. Currently, Tony Gelish is supporting US Pacific Command, J35 - Future Operations, J359 - Civil Military Operations as an infectious disease technical analyst and the project manager for a $9.5M Pandemic Influenza mitigation planning effort. This effort is comprised of 22 PI mitigation preparedness and response training, education and planning projects primarily being conducted in Bangladesh, Cambodia, China, Indonesia, Nepal and Vietnam. Additionally, his work requires authoring mission assurance/continuity of operations Concepts of Operations (CONOPS), Alert Orders (ALERTORD), Planning Orders (PLANORD), and Execution Orders (EXORD) for Humanitarian Assistance/Disaster Response activities supported by Combined Support Force – 503, US Marine Forces – Pacific (MARFORPAC) and Defense Support to Civil Authorities (DSCA) for Joint Task Force – Homeland Defense (JTF-HD), US Army – Pacific (USARPAC). From October 2006 to December 2008 Tony supported Continuity of Operations Planning and development of Enterprise Continuity Planning policy and guidance for the U.S. Navy Network Warfare Command (NAVNETWARCOM) Outside the Continental United States (OCONUS) Navy Enterprise Network (ONE-NET) at Naval Computer and Telecommunications Station (NCTS) Naples, Italy; Al Manama, Jaffhair, Bahrain; and Yokosuka, Japan.
Tony is a Fellow, American College of Healthcare Executives, a Certified Professional Logistician, Society of Logistics Engineers and a Certified Anti-Terrorism Officer. He earned his Bachelors of Business Administration, Marketing, with a minor in Philosophy from Loyola University of Chicago in 1972. In 1982 he completed a Masters of Science in Systems Management, Technology, from the Institute of Safety and Systems Management, Viterbi School of Engineering of the University of Southern California.
$8 per person for pizza & drinks Time: Doors open at 5:45pm; program begins at 6:00pm Sign up and receive free parking by sending an email with your FULL NAME and PHONE NUMBER, before noon on Tuesday, to Courtney Brown at (Cyberpizza@gmail.com) Location: UH Manoa, Marine Science Auditorium Room 114 See map: http://www.hawaii.edu/campusmap/ Test Page: Test Page Click on Marine Science [E4] Directions: From H-1, exit University and go north. Turn right on Dole Street. Turn left on East West Rd.Make the first FIRST LEFT into unnamed access road to lot # 11. Your name will be on the list at the guard booth at the entrance to the parking lot. Please call Eran Agmon at 831-0600 or Courtney Brown at 780-9000 if you have any questions. |
