Publications
Biosecurity & Pandemic Policy Center
in the Scowcroft Institute for International Affairs at The Bush School of Government & Public Service
Dr. Parker is the Director.
- Envisioning an Independent Bioresponsibility Authority to Safeguard U.S. Leadership in the Life Sciences (January 2025)
- BioSafety and BioSecurity: Policy Landscape and Recommendations (January 2025)
- Summary of Conclusions from Healthcare Common Operating Picture and Healthcare Delivery Workshop (November 2024)
- A Critical Review of COVID-19 Origins: “Hidden in Plain Sight” (September 2024)
- Border Health Summit: A Synopsis (August 2024)
- Examining COVID-19 Vaccine Hesitancy in Nigeria, Kenya, and South Africa: A Cross-National Study (July 2024)
- Consequences of COVID-19: A One Health Approach to the Responses, Challenges, and Lessons Learned (Edited by Blackburn and Parker, April 15, 2024, Texas A&M University Press, available for purchase)
- Pandemic Denialism: The Case of COVID-19 (October 2022)
- Establishing the North American Disease Defense Shield (NADDS) at the Panama-Colombia Border (October 2021)
- The American Bioeconomy and What Can Be Done to Support It (August 2021)
- Lessons from Past Epidemics and Pandemics (July 2021)
- Improving Health Security Along the US-Mexico Border (May 2021)
- “Six: Leadership in One Health” by Gerald W. Parker, Jr. in Preparing for Pandemics in the Modern World (Dec. 12, 2020, Texas A&M University Press, available for purchase)
- Lessons In Pandemic Response Student Perspectives from the Scowcroft Institute’s 2019 Pandemic Simulation (August 2020)
- COVID-19 and Seasonal Influenza: Preparing for a Collision (August 2020)
- Pandemic Preparedness and Response in the Age of Technology (June 2020)
- Finding a Balance Between Scientific Advancement and National Security (June 2020)
- Incentivizing Novel Approaches to Combat Antimicrobial Resistance (August 2019)
- Community Resilience, Centralized Leadership & Multi-Sectoral Collaboration in Pandemic Preparedness (May 2019)
- Pandemic Preparedness: An Interdisciplinary Approach to Disease Prevention & Control (May 2019)
- Global Leadership at a Crossroads: Are We Prepared for the Next Pandemic?
(March 2020 – Second Edition [March 2018 – First Edition published]) - The Growing Threat of Pandemics: Enhancing Domestic and International Biosecurity (March 2017)
National Sciences Advisory Board for Biosecurity (NSABB)
part of the Office of Science Policy (OSP) at the National Institutes of Health (NIH)
Dr. Parker is a former Chair of the NSABB.
Bipartisan Commission on Biodefense
formerly the Blue Ribbon Study Panel on Biodefense
Dr. Parker is a former ex officio member of the Commission.
- National Blueprint on Biodefense: Immediate Action Needed to Defend Against Biological Threats (April 17, 2024)
- Box The Pox: Reducing the Risk of Smallpox and Other Orthopoxviruses (February 2024)
- Boots on the Ground: Land-Grant Universities in the Fight Against Threats to Food and Agriculture (May 2022)
- The Athena Agenda: Advancing the Apollo Program for Biodefense (April 2022)
- Saving Sisyphus: Advanced Biodetection for the 21st Century (October 2021)
- Insidious Scourge – Critical Infrastructure at Biological Risk (October 2021)
- Biodefense in Crisis – Immediate Action Needed to Address National Vulnerabilities (March 2021)
- The Apollo Program for Biodefense – Winning the Race Against Biological Threats (January 2021)
- Diagnostics for Biodefense – Flying Blind with No Plan to Land (November 2020)
- Germ Warfare: A Very Graphic History (Graphic Novel – April 2019)
- Holding the Line on Biodefense: State, Local, Tribal, And Territorial Reinforcements Needed (October 2018)
- Budget Reform for Biodefense: Integrated Budget Needed To Increase Return On Investment (February 2018)
- Defense of Animal Agriculture (October 2017)