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Dr. Jim Wilson is an Adjunct Professor of Microbiology & Immunology at Georgetown University Medical Center. He is also a faculty member of the Departments of Pediatrics and Radiology, as well as the Division Head of Integrated Biodefense at the Imaging Science and Information System (ISIS) Center. In addition, Dr. Wilson is a member of the Center for Infectious Disease (CID) at Gerogetown.
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James Wilson, MD, is an expert in the application of disparate data sources towards integrated biodefense and the identification of novel epidemic Indications and Warnings (I&Ws) as well as a researcher in the field of Remotely Sensed Epidemic Surveillance (RSEPIS). In the 1990s, Dr. Wilson won contracts with both the World Health Organization (WHO) and NASA to examine satellite-derived data for evidence indicating possible climate modulation of Ebola hemorrhagic fever incidence in Cote d?Ivoire, West Africa. Dr. Wilson has also collaborated on similar investigations for Marburg hemorrhagic fever and Venezuelan equine encephalitis. Working on direct applications to global biosecurity and US biodefense, and Dr. Wilson has served as a consultant and advisor for many international and US organizations, including the World Health Organization, World Meteorological Organization, NASA, NOAA, the US Department of State, the US Department of Defense, and the US Defense Advanced Research Projects Agency.
Dr. Wilson teaches the Integrated Biosurveillance course at the Department of Microbiology & Immunology. [MICB-521-01, Spring only]
