Table 1 Advisory board and affiliations
From: Effective media communication of disasters: Pressing problems and recommendations
| Advisory Board Member | Affiliation |
|---|---|
| Robert J. Alvey |
Public Information Officer Bioterrorism Preparedness Team, Arkansas Department of Health |
| C. Kirk Avent, MD |
Medical Director of Disease Control Jefferson County Department of Health, Birmingham, Alabama |
| Steven M. Becker, PhD |
Associate Professor University of Alabama at Birmingham, School of Public Health, Birmingham, Alabama; Member, Scientific Committee 46-14, NCRP |
| Eric Braun |
Vice President for Convergence and corporate news director Raycom Media, Inc., Montgomery, Alabama |
| Jerdan Bullard | Executive Director, Alabama Broadcasters Association, Birmingham, Alabama |
| Joy Carter | Media Relations, University of Alabama at Birmingham, Birmingham, Alabama |
| Vincent T. Covello, PhD |
Director, Center for Risk Communication, New York, New York |
| Sharon Dunwoody, PhD |
Evjue-Bascom Professor and Director University of Wisconsin, School of Journalism and Mass Communication, Madison, Wisconsin |
| Jamey Durham |
Risk Communication Specialist, Alabama Department of Public Health, Montgomery, Alabama |
| David R. Franz, DVM, PhD |
Chief Biological Scientist, Midwest Research Institute, Kansas City, Kansas; Director, National Agricultural Biosecurity Center, Kansas State University |
| Sharon Friedman, PhD |
Professor of Journalism and Communication; Director of the Science and Environmental Writing Program; Lehigh University, Lehigh, Pennsylvania |
| L. Sam Hansen, EMT-P |
Battalion Chief, Vestavia Hills Fire Department, Vestavia Hills, Alabama; Instructor, Texas A&M University National Emergency Rescue esponse Training Center |
| Captain David K. Hartin | Public Information Officer, Tuscaloosa Police Department and Tuscaloosa County Emergency Management Agency, Tuscaloosa, Alabama |
| Robert J. Howard, MS, MPH | Consultant. Former press officer and Director of Strategic Communication, National Centers for Infectious disease, Centers for Disease Control and Prevention, Duluth, Georgia |
| Corporal Don Kelly |
Baton Rouge Police Department, Office of the Chief of Police, Media Relations Division; Past President, National Information Officers Association |
| Donald Koss |
Instructor, Mississippi Fire Academy, Pearl, Mississippi; Former Public Information Officer, Hattiesburg (MS) Fire Department |
| Deborah Potter |
Executive Director, Radio-Television News Directors Foundation |
| Scott C. Ratzan, MD, MPA |
Editor, Journal of Health Communication; Vice President, Government Affairs, Johnson & Johnson Europe (Belgium) |
| Thomas E. Terndrup, MD |
Professor and Chair, Department of Emergency Medicine; Director, Center for Emergency Care and Disaster Preparedness, University of Alabama at Birmingham, Birmingham, Alabama |
| Laura Tutor | Metro Editor, Anniston Star, Anniston, Alabama |
| Edward Van Horne |
Executive Director, Southern Newspapers Publishers Association, Atlanta, Georgia |
| Chris Waddle |
Director, Ayers Family Institute for Community Journalism; Vice President for News, Consolidated Publishing; Publisher, Anniston Star, Anniston, Alabama |
| Ann Wright |
Public Information Officer, Arkansas Department of Health; Regional Representative (Region VI), National Public Health Information Coalition |