United States biological defense program

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United States biological defense program
Organizations Federal
administrative
DHS DHS Chemical and Biological Defense Division • DHS Office of Health Affairs (National Biosurvelliance Integration Center, BioWatch) • National Biodefense Analysis and Countermeasures Center • National Bio and Agro-Defense Facility • National Bioforensic Analysis Center
DNI National Counterproliferation Center (Advisory Committee on Bioterrorism)
DHHS Office of the Assistant Secretary for Preparedness and Response • Division of Select Agents and Toxins (CDC) • National Science Advisory Board for Biosecurity
DoD Assistant SECDEF for NCB Defense Programs • Defense Threat Reduction Agency • Global Emerging Infections Surveillance and Response System • Joint Program Executive Office of Chemical and Biological Defense (JPEO-CBD) • National Center for Medical Intelligence
Federal
research
Trans-
departmental
National Interagency Confederation for Biological Research (National Interagency Biodefense Campus, Fort Detrick) • Integrated National Biodefense Medical Countermeasures Portfolio (DHHS/DoD)
Military U.S. Army Medical Research Institute of Infectious Diseases • Defense Advanced Research Projects Agency • Edgewood Chemical Biological Center • Dugway Proving Ground
Civilian Galveston National Laboratory (UTMB/NIAID) • Integrated Research Facility (HHS/NIAID) • Biomedical Advanced Research and Development Authority (HHS) • Homeland Security Research Program (EPA/DHS) • Plum Island Animal Disease Center (USDA) • Foreign Disease Weed Science Research Unit (USDA)
Response Local State Health Departments • Nebraska Biocontainment Patient Care Unit
State State Health Departments • Nebraska Biocontainment Patient Care Unit
Federal National Medical Response Team/National Pharmacy Response Team (NDMS, HHS) • Chemical Biological Incident Response Force (USMC) • Epidemic Intelligence Service (CDC) • Aeromedical Biological Containment System (CDC) • Bioterror Rapid Response and Advanced Technology Laboratory (CDC)
Non-
governmental
Academic centers
& think tanks
Johns Hopkins Center for Health Security (formerly Center for Biosecurity) • Henry L. Stimson Center • Center for Advancing Microbial Risk Assessment • Center for Biodefense and Emerging Pathogens (Brown University) • Middle-Atlantic Regional Center of Excellence for Biodefense and Emerging Infectious Diseases Research • Center for Biodefense Immune Modeling (University of Rochester) • Johns Hopkins Center for Civilian Biodefense Strategies • National Center for Biodefense and Infectious Diseases (NCBID; George Mason Univ.)
Government
contractors
Battelle Memorial Institute • SRI International • Idaho Technology • Phoenix Air
Programs
& projects
Threat reduction Nunn-Lugar Cooperative Threat Reduction Program, including the Cooperative Biological Engagement Program (DoD) • Project Bacchus • Project Clear Vision • Project Jefferson
Biosurveillance National Biosurveillance Strategy • Laboratory Response Network (CDC) • BioWatch (EPA, CDC) • Global Bio-Surveillance Technology Initiative (GBTI), Bio-Surveillance Management Office (BMO) (part of JPEO-CBD) • ESSENCE (DoD) • RODS (Civilian)
Biosecurity/Biosurety Select Agent Program (CDC) • Personnel Reliability Program (DoD)
Medical intelligence National Intelligence Assessments on Infectious Diseases
Disaster response National Response Framework of the National Strategy for Homeland Security (DHS; including NIMS & ICS) • National Disaster Medical System (DHHS) • Strategic National Stockpile (CDC, DHS)
Technology
& equipment
Protection MOPP • NBC suit • Respirators
Detection Cell CANARY • Biological Materials MASINT • Autonomous Pathogen Detection System • Joint Biological Agent Identification and Diagnostic System (JBAIDS)
Biocontainment Biosafety level • Biosafety cabinet • Positive pressure personnel suit
Law Treaties Geneva Protocol (1925, 1975) • Statement on Chemical and Biological Defense Policies and Programs (1969) • Biological Weapons Convention (1972)
Legislation Biological Weapons Anti-Terrorism Act of 1989 • Executive Order 13139 (1999) • Patriot Act (2001) • Public Health Security and Bioterrorism Preparedness Response Act (2002) • Agricultural Bioterrorism Protection Act of 2002 • Project Bioshield Act (2004) • Biodefense and Pandemic Vaccine and Drug Development Act of 2005 • Public Readiness and Emergency Preparedness Act (2005) • Pandemic and All Hazards Preparedness Act (2006) • Pandemic and All-Hazards Preparedness Reauthorization Act of 2013
International
representation
Global Health Security Initiative • Global Partnership Against the Spread of Weapons and Materials of Mass Destruction • United Nations Security Council Resolution 1540 (2004)
History Past biological
incidents
1984 Rajneeshee bioterror attack • 1989 California medfly attack • 2001 anthrax attacks • Wood Green ricin plot (2002) • 2003 ricin letters • 2013 ricin letters
Defunct organizations
& programs
United States Army Medical Unit • United States biological weapons program • Sunshine Project • Aeromedical Isolation Team (DoD)
Related topics Agro-terrorism • Biodefense • Biosecurity in the United States • Biological agent • Biological hazard • Biological warfare (BW) • Biosurveillance • Bioterrorism • CBRN defense • Decontamination • Entomological warfare • Isolation (health care) • Select agent • Smallpox virus retention debate
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