USAMRIID Scientist Wins AMSUS Research and Development
Xiankun (Kevin) Zeng, Ph.D., a molecular biologist and principal investigator at the U.S. Army Medical Research Institute of Infectious Diseases ...
Tag: Leadership
Tom Inglesby Joins White House COVID-19 Response Team
Dr. Tom Inglesby, director of the Johns Hopkins Center for Health Security at the Bloomberg School of Public Health, will ...
Celdara’s Pandemic Security Initiative Introduces Scientific Advisory Board Founding Members
Celdara Medical has announced the launch of the Pandemic Security Initiative's Scientific Advisory Board (SAB), a group of outstanding scientists ...
What FDR’s Polio Crusade Teaches Us About Presidential Leadership Amid Crisis
Throughout much of the last century, a lethal and terrifying virus besieged America. Then, as now, the fear of contagion ...
USAMRIID: America’s Key Lab for Fighting Infectious Diseases Has Become a Pentagon Backwater
At the White House briefing Wednesday on efforts to combat COVID-19, Defense Secretary Mark Esper said that he had just ...
Operation 50/50: List of Women Health Security Experts Now Available
Women in Global Health (WGH), and Women of Color Advancing Peace and Security (WCAPS) have partnered to crowdsource a list ...
Center for Health Security Announces Emerging Leaders in Biosecurity Initiative Class of 2020
The Johns Hopkins Center for Health Security has accepted 30 professionals and scholars into its Emerging Leaders in Biosecurity Initiative ...
Henry Eigelsbach, Microbiologist Known for Tularemia Research, Dies at 100
Renowned microbiologist Henry “Hank” Eigelsbach died of natural causes on December 6, 2019 at the age of 100. The former ...
Interview: Ambassador Bonnie Jenkins on 8 years of Combating WMD Terrorism
This interview on 80,000 Hours focuses on Ambassador Bonnie Jenkins' time as Ambassador at the U.S. Department of State under ...
Meet the New Director of the National Bio and Agro-Defense Facility
For the newly hired director of the National Bio and Agro-Defense Facility (NBAF), Alfonso Clavijo, it’s been a whirlwind his ...
Rutgers University Receives 2019 Edison Patent Award for Rapid Test for Drug Resistant Tuberculosis
A milestone patent for a rapid, automated test for detecting Mycobacterium tuberculosis (TB) and Rifampicin-resistant M. tuberculosis invented by two ...
NBAF Names First Permanent Director
The United States Department of Agriculture’s (USDA) Agriculture Research Service (ARS) today announced the hiring of Dr. Alfonso Clavijo as ...
Dr. Frances Kelsey vs. Chemie Grünenthal
In 1960, Frances Kelsey was a recently appointed medical reviewer at the U.S. Food and Drug Administration. The new drug ...
Battelle Selects New Director For Biodefense Center
The Battelle National Biodefense Institute (BNBI) has selected Dr. George W. Korch, Jr. as the new lab director for the ...
President Buhari Signs Act Formalizing Support of Nigeria Centre for Disease Control
The President of the Federal Republic of Nigeria this week signed a bill which establishes the Nigeria Centre for Disease ...
UK Contributes £5.1M to Uganda for Ebola Preparedness and Prevention
On a recent visit to The Medical Research Council/Uganda Virus Research Institute (URVI) and the London School of Hygiene and ...
Preventing Pandemics and Bioterrorism: Past, Present, and Future
The George Mason University Schar School of Policy and Government will host “Preventing Pandemics and Bioterrorism: Past, Present, and Future” ...
Technology Transfer Award for Collaboration on Ebola Vaccine Development
The Federal Laboratory Consortium for Technology Transfer (FLC) has recognized National Institute of Allergy and Infectious Diseases (NIAID) with an ...
PNNL Scientists Honored for Their Role in Fight Against Ebola
Pacific Northwest National Laboratory scientists were recently recognized by the Secretary of the Department of Energy (DOE) for their role ...
Viral Outbreak Tracking Software ‘Nextstrain’ Wins Open Science Prize
Nextstrain is a real-time tracker of viruses such as Ebola (shown here) as they mutate. Credit: Fred Hutchinson Cancer Research ...
