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Gregory B. Saathoff, M.D., Executive Director
CIAG became a division of the Center for the Study of Mind and Human Interaction in Spring 2002. It is an interdisciplinary consortium of academicians, professionals, and experts dedicated to improving the public’s ability to understand and cope with critical incidents, and government’s capacity to anticipate, prevent, and manage them effectively. CIAG contributes to the public debate by analyzing recent critical incidents and finding ways to prevent new ones. Conference topics may include terrorist threats from within and outside the US and dialogues between militia leaders and law enforcement officials.
CIAG has focused attention on time-limited, newsworthy, provocative events, such as the siege in Waco, the bombing in Oklahoma City, the Exxon Valdez oil spill, the attack on U.S. embassies in Africa, Aum Shinrikyo, Community and Public Health Response to the West Nile Virus, the attacks on the World Trade Center, the attack on the Pentagon, bioterrorism hoaxes and the anthrax attacks through the U.S. mail.
These critical incidents can bring us together or drive us apart. They can alter institutions and institutional relationships. They affect public trust. Ultimately, they confirm or confound our culture.
CIAG has recently published a monograph titled, "What is to Be Done? Emerging Perspectives on Public Response to Bioterrorism." Copies may be purchased by contacting us:
The Critical Incident Analysis Group, CSMHI
University of Virginia, School of Medicine
PO Box 800657
Charlottesville, VA 22908-0657
(434)243-9458
ciag@virginia.edu
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