Jeanne Guillemin is a senior fellow in the Security Studies Program at Massachusetts Institute of Technology, in the Center for International Studies. Her academic specialty focuses on national security issues involving infectious diseases and in particular the history of biological weapons. Her...
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Jeanne Guillemin is a senior fellow in the Security Studies Program at Massachusetts Institute of Technology, in the Center for International Studies. Her academic specialty focuses on national security issues involving infectious diseases and in particular the history of biological weapons. Her most recent book is "American Anthrax: Fear, Crime, and the Investigation of the Nation's Deadliest Bioterror Attack" (2012). In 2005 she wrote "Biological Weapons: From State-sponsored Programs to Contemporary Bioterrorism." In 1999, she chronicled her research on the 1979 Sverdlovsk outbreak in "Anthrax: The Investigation of a Deadly Outbreak." AmericanAnthrax.comThe Massachusetts Center for the Book has listed American Anthrax as a "Must-Read" book for 2012!http://massbook.org/MassBooks12/booknews2012_optimizedv2.pdfRead Dr. Guillemin's May 24 2012 letter to the Boston Globe, "A vital institution, Postal Service should be valued." Read it here: http://www.bostonglobe.com/opinion/letters/2012/05/23/vital-institution-postal-service-should-valued/2D8SRX7D7pXQYasO9ZEhpK/story.htmlWatch Dr. Guillemin talk about the 2001 Anthrax Attacks at The Library of Congress at the following link.http://www.loc.gov/today/cyberlc/feature_wdesc.php?rec=5498Listen to the author in her September 2011 interview with Ireland's Newstalk radio. Click on the link, scroll down, and click on the "Monday September 5: Anthrax and Attractiveness" link. http://media.newstalk.ie/podcast/56284/?uniqueID=539625
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