CHRISTINE CRUDO BLACKBURN is the editor of Preparing for Pandemics in the Modern World. An assistant professor in the Department of Health Policy and Management and a faculty fellow at the USA Center for Rural Health Preparedness at Texas A&M University in College Station, Texas, she previously served as deputy director of the Pandemic and Biosecurity Policy Program at the Scowcroft Institute of International Affairs in the Bush School of Government and Public Service at Texas A&M University. GERALD W. PARKER is associate dean for Global One Health in the Texas A&M University School of Veterinary and Biomedical Science and director of the Pandemic and Biosecurity Policy Program at the Scowcroft Institute of International Affairs. Previously, Parker served in federal public service, including senior leadership positions in the Department of the Army, Homeland Security, Health and Human Services, and Department of Defense, leading biodefense, health security, and all-hazards preparedness and response organizations and programs.