The Biological Technologies Office (BTO) of the Defense Advanced Research Projects Agency (DARPA) will host a Proposers’ Day on October 28, 2019 in Arlington, Virginia. The event will gather the planned proposer community in support of the Nucleic Acids On-Demand Worldwide (NOW) program, which aims to develop a mobile medical countermeasure (MCM) manufacturing platform for
The Office of Genomics and Precision Public Health, Office of Science, Centers for Disease Control and Prevention will host a Webinar on 21 Nov 2019 on the All of Us research program. The National Institute of Health (NIH)-led All of Us research program aims to enroll over one million people in the U.S. in a research cohort
A webinar on the Legal Preparedness for Outbreaks will be held 21 Nov 2019 at 2:00pm Eastern. The discussion will examine challenges public health professionals and responders are facing during the Ebola response, as well as current legal provisions and concepts and how to apply them to future infectious disease emergency response planning. In addition,
The Defense Advanced Research Projects Agency (DARPA) Biological Technologies Office is holding a Proposers Day meeting and webinar covering the new Personalized Protective Biosystem (PPB) program on Dec 4, 2019 in Arlington, Va. PPB aims to develop technology that reduces the need for burdensome protective equipment while increasing individual protection against chemical and biological threats.
The National Science Advisory Board for Biosecurity (NSABB) will convene 23-24 January 2020 in Bethesda, Md. The meeting will be open to the public, with attendance limited to space available. The meeting will also be videocast. January 23: 12:30 PM – 5 PM Eastern January 24: 9 AM – 2:30 PM Eastern The purpose of
The National Academies' Forum on Drug Discovery, Development, and Translation will host a virtual public workshop on Jan 26, 2021 as part of a web series forum of events to discuss critical policy for advancement of biopharmaceutical innovation nationally and globally. This virtual public workshop will provide a venue for stakeholders to consider a transformed
The Centers for Disease Control and Prevention (CDC) is closely monitoring an outbreak caused by a novel (new) coronavirus in Wuhan City, Hubei Province, China. A number of countries, including the U.S., are actively screening incoming travelers from Wuhan. Starting January 21, 2020, CDC’s 2019 Novel Coronavirus (2019-nCoV) response team will host a series of national
The 11th meeting of the Tick-borne Disease Working Group (TBDWG) will be held on January 28 and 29, 2020, from 9:00 a.m. to 4:30 p.m. ET on both days (times subject to change). The meeting will be held at the in Washington D.C. and by webcast. Preregistration for public members is advisable and can be
The CDC will hold a COCA (Clinicians Outreach and Communication Activity) call this afternoon with their latest recommendations. Due to the high demand we anticipate for this COCA Call, we kindly ask participants to access it in a group format, if at all possible, to allow for the maximum number of participants to attend. Target audience: Physicians
