The University of Pittsburgh Medical Center announced today that Dr. Thomas V. Inglesby is the new director of its Center for Biosecurity. He succeeds Dr. Tara O'Toole, who was recently appointed undersecretary for science and technology in the U.S. Department of Homeland Security.

Dr. Inglesby has been the chief operating officer of the Baltimore-based Center for Biosecurity since its founding in 2003 and is an associate professor of medicine and public health at the University of Pittsburgh School of Medicine and Graduate School of Public Health. He is an infectious disease physician.

The Center for Biosecurity is an independent organization whose mission is to strengthen national security by reducing the risks posed by biological attacks, epidemics and other destabilizing events.

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