ANN ARBOR—University of Michigan experts are available to discuss tuberculosis, quarantine and other related issues. A Georgia resident who traveled by plane despite being infected with a drug-resistant form of potentially fatal tuberculosis, has been quarantined.

U-M experts include:

Matthew Boulton, clinical associate professor of epidemiology, is the former Michigan state health department’s chief epidemiologist. He is teaching a national course to the officers in the Public Health Commissioned Corps in Cincinnati next week on the utilization of isolation and quarantine for communicable disease control purposes. He can be reached at (734) 936-1623 or [email protected]

Arnold Monto, professor in epidemiology, has served on an advisory board to the National Institute of Allergy and Infectious Diseases and consults each year on the design of the annual influenza vaccine. His was the inaugural director of the U-M Bioterrorism Preparedness Initiative. He is available at (734) 764-5453 or [email protected]

James Koopman, professor in epidemiology, is concerned with all aspects of infectious diseases, but especially the control of infection spread in populations, newly emerging infections like SARS, and vaccines. He can be reached at (734)763-5629 or [email protected]

Betsy Foxman, professor in epidemiology, specializes in the molecular epidemiology of infectious disease, particularly infectious agents causing urinary tract infection (including E. coli). She can be contacted at (734) 764-5487 or [email protected]

Peter Jacobson, professor in health management and policy, has research interests regarding the relationship between law and health care delivery and policy, the study of health care safety net providers, and public health systems. His is also director of the Center for Law and Ethics and Health. He can be contacted at (734) 936-0928 or [email protected].

Carl Marrs, associate professor in epidemiology, is involved in molecular epidemiologic approaches to urinary tract infection gene discovery & Group B Streptococcus. He also works on virulence related genetic variation of Mycobacterium tuberculosis and the Haemophilus influenzae genes associated with acute otitis media (ear infection). He can be reached at (734) 647-2407 or [email protected]