Prof. Wolf Appointed to National Science Advisory Board on Biosecurity

U.S. Department of Health and Human Services Secretary Kathleen Sebelius has appointed Professor Susan Wolf to the National Science Advisory Board on Biosecurity (NSABB). NSABB, which is administered by the Office of Biotechnology Activities (OBA) at the National Institutes of Health (NIH), is described on the OBA website as "a federal advisory committee chartered to provide advice, guidance, and leadership regarding biosecurity oversight of dual use research, defined as biological research with legitimate scientific purpose that may be misused to pose a biologic threat to public health and/or national security." For more on NSABB, please visit oba.od.nih.gov/biosecurity/about_nsabb.html.