Leonard Cole
Leonard A. Cole, an American dentist, political scientist and expert on bioterrorism and terror medicine. He was adjunct professor of political science at Rutgers University-Newark, New Jersey and of emergency medicine at the Rutgers New Jersey Medical School. A pioneer in developing the field of terror medicine, he was founding Director of the Program on Terror Medicine and Security at the medical school. Trained in both the health sciences and public policy, Cole testified before congressional committees and made invited presentations to the U.S. Department of Energy, U.S. Department of Defense, the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention, and the Office of Technology Assessment. He served on the Board of Directors of the World Association for Disaster and Emergency Medicine and on the Advisory Board of the International Institute for Counter-Terrorism.