Amy Brown 02/21/2022
Description
Amy Brown, director of research operations in the vice president for research office at Oklahoma State University (OSU), talks about her involvement with the OSU COVID-19 Incident Management Team (IMT) as a liaison officer. She outlines her background working at OSU and earning a PhD in agricultural education. Brown discusses the process of transitioning the Oklahoma Animal Disease Diagnostic Laboratory to a human diagnostic lab during the COVID-19 Pandemic and the challenges of starting a lab from the ground up. She describes the realization of needing a more robust emergency management response structure in the lab and the decision to create the IMT. Brown reflects on the impact of the IMT in the overall success of the lab and shares advice on how universities can better prepare for future emergency management responses.
| Date(s) | 2/21/2022 |
| Call Number | IMT |
| Subjects | OSU COVID-19 Incident Management Team, PPE, Supply shortages, OADDL, University emergency management, COVID-19 diagnostic labs COVID-19 (Disease)--Testing, COVID-19 Pandemic (2020-), Incident command systems, Interviews, Oklahoma Animal Disease Diagnostic Laboratory, Personal protective equipment, Universities and colleges |
| Interviewee(s) | Amy Brown |
| Interviewer(s) | Rodney Eksteen |