Dr. Collmann, Center Director, O’Neill Institute for National and Global Health Law, Georgetown University, obtained his Ph.D in Social Anthropology from the University of Adelaide, South Australia. His research focuses on understanding the effect of bureaucracy and other complex forms of organization on everyday life. The results of his research on social change among Australian Aborigines have been published in numerous articles and as a book, Fringedwellers and Welfare: the Aboriginal response to bureaucracy. He joined the ISIS Center, Department of Radiology, Georgetown University in January 1992 where he developed a national reputation in the area of assuring organizational compliance with health information security regulations, including work on the HIPAA security program for the Military Health System. Dr. Collmann helped found Project Argus, an award-winning biosurveillance program. He teaches the anthropology of biodefense, infectious disease and Australian culture. He joined the O’Neill Institute in February 2008.