Homeland Security Subcommittee

The U.S. EPA’s Homeland Security Research Program provides scientific solutions that:

Improve water utilities’ abilities to prepare for and respond to incidents that threaten public health.
Advance EPA’s capabilities to respond to wide area chemical, biological or radiological contamination incidents, including those caused by natural disasters.

This research program strengthens the resiliency of our communities by providing water utility managers, on-scene coordinators, laboratory technicians, risk assessors, and emergency responders with the scientific tools; methodologies and technologies; and technical support to prepare for, respond to, and rapidly recover from all environmental disasters.

Featured Research and Tools:

Subcommittee Members

Chair

Paula Olsiewski, PhD
Contributing Scholar
Johns Hopkins Bloomberg School of Public Health

Vice Chair

Justin Teeguarden
Chief Science Officer
Pacific Northwest National Laboratory

Members

Charles Barton, PhD
Global Manager of Toxicology &
Risk Assessment
Valspar Corporation

Kari Cutting, MS
Vice President
North Dakota Petroleum Council

Shawn Gibbs, PhD, MBA, CIH
Dean of the School of Public Health
Texas A&M University

David Klein, PhD
Associate Professor
Texas Tech University

Edwin Roehl, MS
Chief Technical Officer
Advanced Data Mining
International

Robert Scudder, PhD, CIH,
CSP, CET
Industrial & Occupational Risk Manager
Grand River Dam Authority

Michael Wichman, PhD
Director, Arkansas Regional
Laboratory
U.S. Food and Drug
Administration - ORA

Murray Cohen, PhD, MPH, CIH
Director
Frontline Healthcare Workers
Safety Foundation, Ltd

Andrew DeGraca, PE
Water Quality Division Director
San Francisco Public Utilities

Edward Hackney
Director
SUEZ (United Water)

Debra Reinhart, PhD
Associate Vice President for
Research and Scholarship
University of Central Florida

Monica Schoch-Spana, PhD
Senior Associate
Center for Health Security,
Johns Hopkins University

Dana S. Tulis
Director, Emergency Management
U.S. Coast Guard

Homeland Security Subcommittee

Subcommittee Members

Chair

Vice Chair

Members

Designated Federal Official (DFO)

Tom Tracy (tracy.tom@epa.gov)
Office of Science Advisor, Policy and Engagement
Office of Research and Development
U.S. EPA

Board of Scientific Counselors (BOSC)

Homeland Security Subcommittee

Subcommittee Members

Chair

Vice Chair

Members

Designated Federal Official (DFO)

Tom Tracy (tracy.tom@epa.gov) Office of Science Advisor, Policy and Engagement Office of Research and Development U.S. EPA

Board of Scientific Counselors (BOSC)

Tom Tracy (tracy.tom@epa.gov)
Office of Science Advisor, Policy and Engagement
Office of Research and Development
U.S. EPA