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Release date: June 2004 Emory University Experts Available For Comment On G-8 Summit
Contact: • Anti-globalism movement, new economic growth engines, currency issues Jagdish “Jag” N. Sheth is the Charles H. Kellstadt Professor of Marketing at Emory University’s Goizueta Business School and the founder of the Center for Relationship Marketing at Emory. Sheth is nationally and internationally known for his scholarly contributions in demographics, marketing, customer satisfaction, global competition and strategic thinking. 404-727-7603 (w), 404-325-0313 (h) or jagdish_sheth@bus.emory.edu. • Anti-globalization movement, religion and globalization Frank Lechner, a professor of sociology at Emory, is co-editor with John Boli of “The Globalization Reader” (2004). Lechner’s research includes global change, fundamentalism, secularization and sociological theory. He has studied a range of anti-globalization groups and movements. 404-727-7530 (w) or frank.lechner@emory.edu. • Anti-globalization movement, global culture, state power and authority John Boli, professor of sociology at Emory, is co-editor with Frank Lechner of “The Globalization Reader.” Boli studies global culture and organizations, education, citizenship and state power and authority. His other books include “New Citizens for a New Society” and “Constructing World Culture.” 404-727-7509 (w) or john.boli@emory.edu. • Debt relief and HIPC (heavily indebted poor countries) David Bederman, professor of public international law at Emory, has been a litigation consultant to the U.S. departments of justice, state, treasury and other federal agencies, and served as legal advisor at the Iran-U.S. Claims Tribunal in The Hague. He also has successfully argued two recent cases before the U.S. Supreme Court. 404-727-6822 (w) or lawdjb@law.emory.edu. • Globalism, trade imbalances, foreign exchange rates Jeffrey Rosensweig, associate dean for corporate relations at Emory’s Goizueta Business School, is an expert on economic development, globalism and its critics, the rise of China, trade imbalances and exchange rates. Rosensweig’s research focuses on business linkages with the emerging global economy, the implications of global demographic trends for business, and factors affecting the global travel and tourism industry. 404-727-6360 (w) or j@globalguru.com. • Greater Middle East Initiative Kenneth Stein is William E. Schatten Professor of Contemporary Middle Eastern History and Israeli Studies, and director of Emory’s Institute for the Study of Modern Israel and of the Middle East Research Program. A Carter Center fellow for Middle East affairs since 1983, Stein’s areas of expertise are the social and political composition of the Palestinian community in the 20th century, contemporary Arab politics, modern Israel, the Arab-Israeli negotiating process, and U.S. foreign policy toward the Middle East. 404-727-4472 (w) or kstein@emory.edu. (In Middle East June 1-10, so only available by e-mail during that time.) • Human rights, International Criminal Court Johan van der Vyver, professor of international human rights law at Emory, is a native of South Africa and a fellow of The Carter Center. Van der Vyver has been involved with the formation and ratification process for the International Criminal Court. He was heavily involved in South Africa’s transition to democracy and was a consultant to the development of the country’s constitution. He also helped train judges, magistrates and public prosecutors under the new government. jvyver@law.emory.edu. Only available by e-mail after May 5. • International trade, WTO negotiations, international securities markets Robert Ahdieh is a professor of international trade law at Emory whose specialties also include comparative law, Russian law, emerging markets and contracts. His current research examines the implications of network economies in securities markets, the extended reach of international law through NAFTA’s Chapter 11, and the limits of “world” trade in a multipolar world. 404-727-4924 (w) or rahdieh@law.emory.edu. • Terrorism and international security Larry Taulbee, associate professor of political science at Emory, specializes in big picture and historical terrorism and international law/security issues. His work directly addresses the legal control of terrorism and terrorism’s impact on domestic rights. His current research explores the use of mercenaries and private military companies (PMCs), and has influenced the current British green paper that contemplates regulations on PMCs. He is interviewed for and is a consultant on an upcoming History Channel segment on mercenaries and PMCs. According to Taulbee, these companies are playing an ever larger role in combat support services, and the killing of four Black Water employees and contractor involvement in the prisoner abuse scandal in Iraq have brought their role to the forefront, including whether such companies are involved in combat. Taulbee also can discuss the effectiveness of human rights initiatives, the International Criminal Court and the utility of non-conventional defense strategies. 404-727-6571 (w) or psjt@emory.edu. (Call 404-727-6216 if cell number needed.) Contact: Ron Sauder, Health Sciences Communications, 404-727-3366 (w), 404-686-5500 pin # 14570 (pager) or rsauder@emory.edu • Health care reform, national health care spending Kenneth E. Thorpe, Ph.D., is chairman of the department of health policy and management at Emory’s Rollins School of Public Health. He is a leading health policy commentator and analyst who can speak authoritatively about the projected cost and scope of the George Bush and John Kerry proposals for health care reform, as well as Medicare expansion, tort reform, and the uninsurance debate. 404-727-3373 (w) or kthorpe@sph.emory.edu. • Problems of the uninsured, hospital capacity and emergency preparedness Arthur Kellermann, M.D., MPH, is chairman of the department of emergency medicine in the Emory University School of Medicine and co-chairman of the Institute of Medicine’s Committee on the Consequences of Uninsurance, which recently issued a call for universal health coverage in the U.S. by 2010. He can discuss the impact of 43 million uninsured Americans on the nation’s health care system and hospitals. He is also an expert in emergency preparedness; the lack of “surge capacity” for dealing with epidemics and mass casualty incidents, including bioterrorism; and injury control from a public health standpoint. 404-778-2600 (w) or akell01@sph.emory.edu. • Public health preparedness, bioterrorism, emerging infectious diseases Ruth Berkelman, M.D., is professor of epidemiology and director, Center for Public Health Preparedness and Research at Emory’s Rollins School of Public Health. Formerly a consultant to the Nunn-Turner Initiative, she is a leading expert on state and local public health agencies and their capacity for surveillance, early detection and emergency response to future episodes of bioterrorism or emerging infectious diseases. She is also a member of an Institute of Medicine committee studying the relationship between globalization, especially the speed of worldwide air travel, and the transmission of pathogens from one part of the world to another. 404-727-3366 (w) or rberkel@sph.emory.edu • Global health and disease trends and issues, public health practice Jeffrey P. Koplan, M.D., MPH, is vice president for academic health affairs in Emory University’s Woodruff Health Sciences Center and the former director of the U.S. Centers for Disease Control and Prevention (CDC). He headed the CDC during the anthrax terrorism episodes in 2001. A leading expert on global health issues, he has worked recently as a consultant to the World Bank on SARS preparedness in China. He is prepared to comment on the worldwide impact of chronic diseases, tobacco use, obesity and emerging infectious diseases. 404-727-3366 (w) or jkoplan@emory.edu. • Global nursing workforce: the migration of nurses from developing to industrialized nations Marla Salmon, ScD, RN, FAAN, is dean of the Nell Hodgson Woodruff School of Nursing and founder and director of the Lillian Carter Center for International Nursing, which is host to the “Global Government Health Partners Leadership Forum 2004: Managing Biological Threats Through Professional Collaboration” in June. An internationally recognized leader in nursing and public health, she has worked with the Pan American Health Organization, chaired the WHO’s Global Advisory Group on Nursing and Midwifery, and was director of the Division of Nursing of the U.S. Department of Health and Human Services. She can discuss the migration of nurses from developing countries where they are badly needed to industrialized nations. 404-727-7976 (w) or msalmon@emory.edu. ###
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