Faculty

Arnauld Nicogossian

Arnauld Nicogossian is a Distinguished Research Professor and Director of the Center for Study of International Medical Policies and Practices, at the School of Public Policy, George Mason University (SPP/GMU). He conducts research in biodefense and health policy, and teaches the concentration and certificate “Global Challenges and Threats and Medical Policy” graduate courses that he helped create for GMU.  He is also the Director of Public Policy for the International Society of Microbial Resistance (ISMR). He is a member of the National American Red Cross Advisory Committee.

Dr. Nicogossian served as the National Aeronautics and Space Administration (NASA) Associate Administrator for Life and Microgravity Sciences, Designate Agency Health and safety official, Chief Medical Officer and Senior Advisor for Health Affairs. Dr. Nicogossian managed and funded an extensive portfolio of research and development in the areas of space biology, medicine, physics and chemistry. He was also responsible for the oversight of the NASA workforce occupational and astronaut’s health programs.

Dr. Nicogossian is a Diplomat of the American Board of Preventive Medicine (Aerospace), holds a Masters in Science degree from Ohio State University, and is licensed to practice medicine in the State of Virginia. He served as President of three professional societies, holds a teaching faculty appointment at the Uniformed Services University of Health Sciences, Bethesda, Maryland. He is a fellow of the American College of Physicians, American College of Preventive Medicine, Aerospace Medical Association, the American Astronautical Society and a full member of the International Academy of Astronautics. Dr. Nicogossian has received numerous awards and medals from the U.S. and foreign governments for contributions to education and humanitarian help using telemedicine. He is a Foreign Member of the Armenian Academy of Sciences and a Distinguished Lecturer at the Moscow State University, Russia. He has been the recipient two NASA Distinguished Service Medals, the Senior Executive Service, Presidential Rank and the NASA Inventions and Contributions Awards.

He has published extensively in the peer reviewed literature. Together with Academician Gazenko he edited the four volumes of the Joint US-Russian Space Biology and Medicine published in English and Russian by the AIAA (2005) and Nauka Press is the contributor to several text books. Dr Nicogossian is also the senior editor of the classic textbook on Space Physiology and Medicine.

Dr Nicogossian expertise is in program management, strategic planning and execution of research and technology development, health and medical policy analysis and evaluation, global public health, aerospace medicine and internal medicine.

Areas of Research

A selected list of Dr. Nicogossian's publications, lectures and professional activities can be found here.

Tom Zimmerman

Tom Zimmerman, Ph.D., is an Affiliate Research Professor for the School of Public Policy at George Mason University. Dr. Zimmerman is the Executive Director of the International Society of Microbial Resistance. He has extensive experience in medical education. Dr. Zimmerman served in the medical education division of American Medical Association. He was Associate Vice Chancellor for the University of Illinois Medical Center, and held faculty appointments at the Center for Education Development and in psychiatry (Medical Psychology). Dr. Zimmerman was the founding Director of the Annenberg Center for the Health Sciences on the campus of Eisenhower Medical Center in Rancho Mirage, California. Dr. Tom Zimmerman has designed and implemented a wide variety of digital multimedia projects and networks addressing both consumer and professional education and information needs. He has extensive international experience in Europe, Russia, Mexico and South America. He served for several years as medical education consultant to the World Medical Association.

Desmond Lugg

Desmond J Lugg, AM, MD, MBBS, FAFOM, FACRRM, was Chief, Medicine of Extreme Environments at NASA Headquarters, and Washington D.C. for 5 years and was Distinguished Research Professor at the School of Public Policy, George Mason University until 2006. He served as a Visiting Professor at the University of Texas Medical Branch (UTMB), Galveston,Texas, in the Department of Preventive Medicine and Community Health. He is currently on the faculty at Wright State University and continues as a visiting professor with the Office of International Medical Policy. He graduated from the University of Adelaide in 1961 and Cambridge University, England, in 1979.He wintered with the Australian National Antarctic Research Expeditions (ANARE) at Davis, Antarctica, in 1963. From 1968-2001 he was Head of Polar Medicine, Australian Antarctic Division (AAD) and Program Leader, Human Biology and Medicine for the Australian Antarctic Program. He has led a number of expeditions to Antarctica and in summer 1980-81 was Scientific Leader of the International Biomedical Expedition to Antarctica (IBEA).Dr Lugg is widely published in a number of polar fields and has been a member of numerous national and international polar committees. For the last 12 years he has collaborated with NASA, the National Space Biomedical Research Institute (NSBRI) and universities in Australia and the USA on human research studies in Antarctica, an analogue for long-duration space flight.

Wing T. Chan

Wing Chan, Ph.D., is currently a Research Professor with the George Mason University School of Public Policy, Fairfax, Virginia, participating in teaching and research in the Office of International Medical Policy. Research areas include “Interoperability Enhancement of Emergency Health & Medical Services” and “Space Medicine Knowledge Base Development.” He retired in 2006 from the National Aeronautics & Space Administration as the Senior Public Health Officer, Office of the Chief Health and Medical Officer at NASA Headquarters. From 1999-2006, he was on detail to NASA from the Uniformed Services University of the Health Sciences (USUHS), where he held a faculty position as a Visiting Scientist in the Division of Environmental and Occupational Health and as Head, Industrial Hygiene Branch, Centers for Preventive Medicine, Department of Preventive Medicine & Biometrics. He has also been an Adjunct Associate Professor with the George Washington University School of Medicine/Health Sciences since 1989.

Allan J. Morrison, Jr.

Allan Morrison, M.D., received his Doctor of Medicine degree from the University of Virginia in 1980. Following an internship and residence in Internal Medicine, he received a Master of Science degree at the University of Virginia in Hospital Epidemiology and Infection Control as a component of fellowship training in Infectious Diseases. He completed his Infectious Diseases training at Emory University in Atlanta, Georgia in 1986. Since that time, he has been in private practice in Infectious Diseases in Northern Virginia. He has been honored as one of Washington, D.C.’s top doctors in Infectious Diseases continuously since 1993. He is the Hospital Epidemiologist for Inova Health System. He is the medical advisor for local Fire and Rescue as well as Police Department activities pertaining to occupational exposures. He is a faculty member of Georgetown University School of Medicine. Dr. Morrison is a fellow of the American College of Physicians and a fellow of the Infectious Diseases Society of America (IDSA). Further, he is a member of the Society for Healthcare Epidemiology of America (SHEA). He is a member of the American College of Medical Quality, the American Society for Microbiology, the Fairfax County Medical Society, the Greater Washington Infectious Diseases Society, the Virginia Infectious Diseases Society, and the Medical Society of Virginia. He has published multiple articles in journals including the Annals of Internal Medicine, Infection Control Hospital Epidemiology, Archives of Internal Medicine, and Clinical Infectious Diseases, and has authored several chapters in medical textbooks. Dr. Morrison has received multiple leadership/teaching awards from Inova Health System.

Dan Hanfling

Dan Hanfling, M.D., is the Director of Emergency Management and Disaster Medicine for the Inova Health System located in Falls Church, Virginia, where he has practiced Emergency Medicine since 1996. He is also the Operational Medical Director for the Inova Fairfax hospital-based helicopter Medevac service, Inova AirCare. He is extensively involved in local disaster planning, and is founder and Co-chairman of the Northern Virginia Emergency Response Coalition, an active group of leaders from the law enforcement, fire and rescue, public health, emergency management and health and medical communities of Northern Virginia. He is also founder of the Northern Virginia Hospital Alliance, an entity that serves to facilitate emergency preparedness planning for the Northern Virginia hospitals. He serves on the Arlington County Metropolitan Medical Response System Development Team, the Health and Medical Sub-panel of the Secure Virginia Initiative, the Virginia Healthcare and Hospital Association Hospital Emergency Management Committee, and has also been appointed to the Virginia Department of Health Emergency Preparedness and Response Advisory Committee.

Dr. Hanfling serves as the Medical Team Manager of the Fairfax County Urban Search and Rescue (USAR) team, which operates under the auspices of FEMA and USAID. He was deployed to Izmit, Turkey, in August, 1999, to the Pentagon on September 11, 2001, and in New Orleans in the aftermath of Hurricane Katrina.

Dr. Hanfling has been appointed Clinical Professor of Emergency Medicine at George Washington University. He has testified before the United States Congress on disaster and bioterrorism preparedness. Dr. Hanfling received his undergraduate degree in Political Science from Duke University in 1985 and his medical degree from Brown University in 1992. He completed his internship in Internal Medicine at the Miriam Hospital in Providence, Rhode Island, and completed his Emergency Medicine training from a joint George Washington-Georgetown University program.

A selected list of Dr. Hanfling's publications, lectures and professional activities can be found here.

Saralyn Mark

Saralyn Mark, M.D., an endocrinologist, geriatrician and women’s health specialist, was the first Senior Medical Advisor to the Office on Women’s Health within the Department of Health and Human Services and the National Aeronautics and Space Administration (NASA) for ten years. As Senior Medical Advisor, Dr. Mark was responsible for the development and analysis of initiatives and programs on emerging technologies, public health preparedness, physician workforce issues, sex and gender based medicine and women’s health on Earth and in Space.

As a pioneer in women’s health, she designed the first women’s health fellowship in the Nation, helped create the National Centers of Leadership in Academic Medicine, the National Centers of Excellence in Women’s Health in academic and community health centers across the country and landmark educational campaigns on critical health issues. Dr. Mark is now President of SolaMed Solutions, LLC. In this capacity, she serves as a medical and scientific policy advisor to organizations and agencies including NASA and the Cook Group.

Dr. Mark is a Diplomate of the National Board of Medical Examiners and had been the civilian representative to the Surgeon General Physician Advisory Committee. She has chaired or served on over 50 national and international editorial and advisory boards, commissions and task forces including the President’s Interagency Council on Women, the National Institutes of Health Federal Work Group on Bone Diseases, the NASA Medical Policy Board, NCQA HEDIS Measurement Advisory Panel, and the United Nations Global Commission on Women’s Health.

Dr. Mark is an Associate Professor adjunct at the Yale University School of Medicine in the Departments of Medicine and Obstetrics and Gynecology as well as at the Georgetown University School of Medicine. She is an alumna of the New York University School of Medicine and Barnard College of Columbia University and completed her residency, fellowships and first academic appointment at the University of California at San Francisco School of Medicine (UCSF). At UCSF, Dr. Mark conducted clinical research trials in osteoporosis, lipids and cardiovascular disease.

Dr. Mark has published and delivered over 400 lectures in the United States and abroad. She has made over 100 television, radio and print appearances including CNN, NBC Nightly News and the Washington Post. Dr. Mark has received many accolades and awards from the federal government and prominent health organizations such as the Secretary of Health Award for Distinguished Public Service, the Assistant Secretary of Health Award for Outstanding Team Performance and the Gynecologic Cancer Foundation’s Public Service Award. Dr. Mark continues to foster the development of innovative programs and policies which affect the lives of men and women around the world.

A selected list of Dr. Mark's publications, lectures and professional activities can be found here.

Carolyn S Huntoon

Dr. Huntoon has 30 years of experience as a scientist and manager of technical programs at the U.S. Department of Energy (DOE) as Assistant Secretary of Environmental Management and the National Aeronautics and Space Administration (NASA). Her past assignments have included the Center Director, Director of Space and Life Sciences, and Associate Director of the NASA Lyndon B. Johnson Space Center.

Dr. Huntoon has been elected fellowship status in the American Astronautical Society, the American Institute of Aeronautics and Astronautics, and the Aerospace Medical Association. In addition to her management and professional association responsibilities, Dr. Huntoon has maintained her position as one of the world's leading space scientists. She has served as Principal Investigator during the Apollo, Skylab, Shuttle, Spacelab, and Shuttle-Mir Programs. Her more than 200 papers, book chapters, and books reflect her research on the endocrine control of fluid and electrolyte metabolism and the physiological effects of spaceflight.. Dr Huntoon serves as consultant to several technical organizations and serves on the National Academies panels.

A native of Leesville, LA, Dr. Huntoon received her undergraduate degree from Northwestern State College, Natchitoches, Louisiana, and her Masters of Science and Doctor of Physiology degrees from Baylor College of Medicine, Houston, Texas.

Gloria Addo-Ayensu

Gloria Addo-Ayensu M.D. M.P.H. serves as the Director of Health for Fairfax County. In this capacity she provides overall direction for public health programs in the county. She has led the County’s comprehensive approach to pandemic influenza preparedness and is facilitating coordination of regional planning through the Metropolitan Washington Council of Governments Health Officials Committee. Dr. Addo-Ayensu received her medical degree from Tulane University School of Medicine. Following her residency training in preventive medicine from the Loma Linda University Medical Center, she spent two years with the Loma Linda University Preventive Medicine Faculty Group before joining the Fairfax Health Department in 1999. She is interested in international health and has provided consultation to research and public health programs in Ghana.

Lee Singer

Lee Singer, M.D., FACS, is Curriculum Development and Instructor for the Master of Science: Biomedical Crisis Management program at Boston University, Graduate School of Medical Sciences. He is a diplomate of the New York Medical College. Dr. Singer practiced surgery for eighteen years in solo private practice.  He had institutional responsibilities in credentialing, privileging and physician training.

Kevin Hallock

Kevin Hallock, Ph.D., is a diplomate of the University of Michigan in Chemistry. He is currently a Research Associate and Assistant Director of the Biomedical Crisis Management Unit at Boston University.

A selected list of Dr. Hallock's publications, lectures and professional activities can be found here.