Meet the Speakers

She holds a PhD in Biodefense from George Mason University, a Masters in Public Health with a focus on infectious diseases, and a Masters of Arts in International Security Studies, from the University of Arizona. Dr. Popescu is an Alumni Fellow of the Emerging Leaders in Biosecurity Initiative (ELBI) at the Johns Hopkins Bloomberg School of Public Health, Center for Health Security. Currently, she serves as an Adjunct Professor at the University of Arizona Mel and Enid Zuckerman College of Public Health within their department of epidemiology and biostatistics.

He is a Senior Fellow at the Center for Cyber and Homeland Security at Auburn University and was invited as an Emerging Leader in Biosecurity Fellow at the Center for Health Security at the Johns Hopkins School of Public Health. Dr. Phillips trained in Disaster Medicine and Emergency Management as a Fellow at Harvard and was a resident in Emergency Medicine at the University of Illinois-Chicago and Plastic Surgery at the University of Michigan. He has authored scientific journal articles in major medical journals such as the New England Journal of Medicine, book chapters, and numerous editorials featured in The New York Times, CNN, and NBC. He is a recognized national expert on both the COVID 19 pandemic, disaster medicine, and healthcare workplace violence. He is a graduate of the Counter Narcotics and Terrorism Operational Medical Support (CONTOMS) program and is a nationally registered EMT-Tactical.