Arnold S. Monto M.D.

Expertise: Bioterrorism preparedness, SARS, flu vaccine, respiratory viruses, quarantine, TB

Academic Discipline: Public Health

Appointments: Professor, Epidemiology, School of Public Health, Founder, Bioterrorism Preparedness Initiative

Phone: (734) 764-5453 Other phone: (734) 764-8094

E-mail: asmonto@umich.edu

· Has assessed the global impact of influeza on death and hospitalization
· Specializes in respiratory and enteric viruses and infectious diseases in developing countries
· A leader in vaccine testing, he argues that vaccinating children as well as the elderly for the flu has a significant impact on controlling epidemics
· Can speak about antiviral flu treatments zanamivir (Relenza) and oseltamivir (Tamiflu)
· Studied the spread of respiratory infections in 10,000 residents of Tecumseh, Mich. in the 1960s and 1970s, finding that human coronavirus cases followed a trend much like the flu-more cases in the colder months, fewer in the spring and summer

Additional interests: virology, pathogens, vaccine testing