Terrence O'Sullivan
Homeland security expert specializing in catastrophic disease epidemics such as avian influenza and SARS, disaster response, bioterrorism, weapons of mass destruction, and airline/transportation terrorism threats
Researcher, USC Center for Homeland Security
Contact at: (626) 644-2729 or osulliv@usc.edu
Expertise:
- domestic and international bioterrorism
- biosecurity
- biological warfare and bioweapons
- chemical and nuclear weapons
- homeland security
- response to terrorism and U.S. security policy
- weapons of mass destruction (WMD)
- smallpox bioterrorism
- domestic and international epidemic disease outbreak politics
- catastrophic infectious diseases
- history of infectious diseases
- political economy of infectious diseases
- psychological of catastrophic disease outbreaks
- globalization and infectious diseases
- influenza outbreaks
- severe acute respiratory syndrome (SARS) epidemic
- U.S. and global antibiotic (antimicrobial) resistance politics
- Mad cow disease outbreaks
- international HIV/AIDS pandemic response
- global public health issues
- Africa politics and economics
- MANPADs (shoulder-fired missiles)
- aviation/airline threats
- emergency response
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