As the head of Special Projects Section of the
Institute for Biosecurity Professor Stanhope has responsibility for
bioterrorism and emerging infectious disease simulation and exercise
development. His research focuses on an examination of the issues
associated with biological and chemical agents as potential weapons of
terror, the epidemiology of wounds arising from improvised explosive
devices and the social and economic consequences of epidemics. He is
also working to develop a series of workshops and a formal course in
medical and public health intelligence.
Prior to joining the Institute for Biosecurity he was
the Acting Dean of Health Sciences and the Director of the Institute
for Bio-terrorism Defense at Touro University in Mare Island C.
He developed an interest in the issues attendant to
bioterrorism when as a health policy fellow he became involved with
the military medical biological warfare defense projects during the
1980’s.
He practiced as a physician assistant in the areas of
pain management and neurosurgical disorders of the spine.
Education
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