Tuesday, March 21, 2023
News on Pathogens and Preparedness
Global Biodefense
  • Featured
  • COVID-19
  • Funding
  • Directory
  • Jobs
  • Events
  • Subscribe
No Result
View All Result
  • Featured
  • COVID-19
  • Funding
  • Directory
  • Jobs
  • Events
  • Subscribe
No Result
View All Result
Global Biodefense
No Result
View All Result
Home Featured News

IEPHS: Rutgers New Institute for Homeland Security, Preparedness

by Global Biodefense Staff
June 12, 2014

IEPHS Institute for Emergency Preparedness and Homeland SecurityRutgers University formally launched a new institute last week to address emergency preparedness, disaster response and homeland security issues.

The Rutgers Institute for Emergency Preparedness and Homeland Security (IEPHS) encompasses new and established programs at the university that aim to protect people and property in the event of manmade or natural emergencies. It will promote collaborations among Rutgers experts across all locations across disciplines.

“Rutgers established the institute to play a leadership role, nationally and internationally, in the fields of emergency preparedness, disaster response and homeland security,” said Clifton R. Lacy, a physician and the institute’s director. “It brings together experts from the broad spectrum of disciplines that exist at Rutgers University – to forge collaborations among those professionals and between Rutgers faculty and entities in the public and private sectors.”

The new institute will collaborate with several Rutgers-led federally funded research efforts, including the Department of Homeland Security center of excellence for Command, Control, and Interoperability Center for Advanced Data Analysis (CCICADA); and a National Institutes of Health center of excellence that develops drugs to counter chemical terrorism, called CounterACT. Rutgers also is home to the Center for Environmental Exposures and Disease (CEED) and the Center for Exposure and Risk Modeling (CERM).

Tom Ridge, the country’s first homeland security secretary, keynoted the June 6 inaugural conference (.pdf) that brought together experts in emergency preparedness, disaster response and homeland security to mark the institute’s official launch.

“For the next generation of homeland security professionals, multidisciplined public-private collaboration must be a part of your DNA,” said Tom Ridge, to the audience of more than 450 stakeholders in emergency preparedness, disaster response and homeland security.

Presentation topics included research into treatment for poison gas attacks and accidents, protection of homes and highways from the ravages of storms and protecting cloud-based computing services from intrusions by cyber criminals.

Topics highlighted in the conferences Future Initiatives component included:

  • Biothreats and Biosecurity
  • Chemical Threats and Countermeasures
  • Cyberthreats and Cybersecurity
  • Educational and Healthcare Institutions as Targets
  • Policy and Politics of Preparedness
  • Protection of Critical Infrastructure
  • Radicalization and Counter-Radicalization
  • Radiological and Nuclear Threats and Countermeasures
  • Shooters and Bombers, Bullets and Blast
  • Tactical EMS and Integration of First Response
  • Terrorism and Counter-Terrorism, Homegrown and Foreign
  • Multilateral Organizations, Governments, and Non-State Actors
  • Transnational Organized Crime and Terrorism
  • Unmanned Aerial and Ground Vehicles

The conference also featured an address by New Jersey Acting Attorney General John Jay Hoffman, who called the institute a necessary component in the state’s emergency preparedness. He emphasized the need to share knowledge as widely as possible among New Jersey’s communities.

Advisory board members for the institute include Ridge; Michael Chertoff, former U.S. homeland security secretary; Thomas Kean, former New Jersey governor and chair of the 9/11 Commission and other distinguished academic, business and government leaders.

Source: Rutgers University, adapted.

Tags: EventsHealthcare Cybersecurity

Related Posts

Partner Therapeutics’ Novel Approach to Stratify Sepsis Patients Gains Backing From BARDA
Funding News

Biopreparedness Research Virtual Environment (BRaVE) Initiative Backed by $105M DOE Funding

January 25, 2023
New Material Helps Train First Responders on Biothreats
Biodetection

New Material Helps Train First Responders on Biothreats

January 4, 2023
Paxlovid Has Been Free So Far. Next Year, Sticker Shock Awaits.
Health Security

Paxlovid Has Been Free So Far. Next Year, Sticker Shock Awaits.

December 7, 2022
Predictive Intelligence for Pandemic Prevention Grant Awarded to Virginia Tech Researchers
Preparedness

Predictive Intelligence for Pandemic Prevention Grant Awarded to Virginia Tech Researchers

October 25, 2022
Load More

Latest News

Biodefense Headlines – 12 March 2023

Biodefense Headlines – 12 March 2023

March 12, 2023
Partner Therapeutics’ Novel Approach to Stratify Sepsis Patients Gains Backing From BARDA

Biopreparedness Research Virtual Environment (BRaVE) Initiative Backed by $105M DOE Funding

January 25, 2023
Influenza Proteins Tilt and Wave in ‘Breath-like’ Motions

Influenza Proteins Tilt and Wave in ‘Breath-like’ Motions

January 25, 2023
Biodefense Headlines – 24 January 2023

Biodefense Headlines – 24 January 2023

January 24, 2023

Subscribe

  • About
  • Contact
  • Privacy
  • Subscribe

© 2022 Stemar Media Group LLC

No Result
View All Result
  • Featured
  • COVID-19
  • Funding
  • Directory
  • Jobs
  • Events
  • Subscribe

© 2022 Stemar Media Group LLC