The U.S. Army Medical Research Institute of Infectious Diseases (USAMRIID) is the U.S. Department of Defense (DoD) lead medical research laboratory on biological threats resulting in medical solutions to protect military service members and the greater public.…
The U.S. Army Public Health Command (USAPHC) conducts applied research for enhancement of the safety and defense of food and water; improved disease and injury surveillance and control; and minimized risk from occupational and environmental health hazards.…
The U.S. Department of Energy (DOE) is charged with advancing the national, economic, and energy security of the United States.
DOE promotes scientific and technological innovation in support of clean energy and ensuring the environmental cleanup of the national nuclear weapons complex.…
The Department of Health and Human Services (HHS) is the United States technical agency for human health, disease surveillance, and the public health response to emergencies and disasters.…
The U.S. Department of Homeland Security (DHS) is charged with the primary responsibilities of protecting the United States and its territories from and responding to terrorist attacks, man-made accidents, and natural disasters.…
U.S. Strategic Command, established in 1992 as a successor to Strategic Air Command (SAC), is one of nine unified commands in the Department of Defense and is the leader, steward and advocate of the U.S.…
Headquartered in Silver Spring, Maryland, the Walter Reed Army Institute of Research is the oldest and most mission-diverse biomedical research laboratory in the Department of Defense. WRAIR houses three centers, the Center for Infectious Disease Research (CIDR), the Center for Military Psychiatry and Neuroscience and the Center for Enabling Capabilities.…
The U.S. military domestic CBRN Response Enterprise includes National Guard units assigned to the National Guards Weapons of Mass Destruction Civil Support Teams (WMD-CSTs), CBRN Enhanced Response Force Packages (CERFPs), and Homeland Response Forces (HRFs).…
The World Health Organization (WHO) is the coordinating authority for health within the United Nations system. It is responsible for providing leadership on global health matters, shaping the health research agenda, setting norms and standards, articulating evidence-based policy options, providing technical support to countries and monitoring and assessing health trends.…