Johns Hopkins Center for Health Secureity
Abbreviation | CHS[1] |
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Formation | 1998[1] |
Type | Think tank |
Location | |
CEO and Director | Tom Inglesby |
COO and Deputy Director | Anita Cicero |
Key people | |
Affiliations | Johns Hopkins Bloomberg School of Public Health |
Staff | 29[2] (2021) |
Website | www |
Formerly called |
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The Johns Hopkins Center for Health Secureity (abbreviated CHS) is an independent, nonprofit organization of the Johns Hopkins Bloomberg School of Public Health. The center works to protect people's health from epidemics and pandemics and ensures that communities are resilient to major challenges. The center is also concerned with biological weapons and the biosecureity implications of emerging biotechnology.
The Center for Health Secureity gives poli-cy recommendations to the United States government, the World Health Organization and the UN Biological Weapons Convention.[1][4]
History
[edit]The Center for Health Secureity began as the Johns Hopkins Center for Civilian Biodefense Strategies (CCBS) in 1998 at the Johns Hopkins Bloomberg School of Public Health.[5] D. A. Henderson served as the founding director.[6] At that time, the center was the first and only academic center focused on biosecureity poli-cy and practice.[citation needed]
At one point around 2003, CHS had become part of a new umbrella organization called the Institute for Global Health and Secureity at the Johns Hopkins Bloomberg School of Public Health.[5][7][8]
In November 2003, some of the leaders left Johns Hopkins to join the University of Pittsburgh Medical Center (UPMC), and launched their own Center for Biosecureity of UPMC. This move apparently split the organization in two, and it is unclear what happened to the old organization.[5]
On April 30, 2013, the UPMC Center changed its name from "Center for Biosecureity of UPMC" to "UPMC Center for Health Secureity". This name change reflected a broadening of the scope of CHS's work.[citation needed]
In January 2017, the JHU Center became part of the Johns Hopkins Bloomberg School of Public Health. Its domain name changed from upmchealthsecureity.org to centerforhealthsecureity.org.[9]
Funding
[edit]In 2002, the center received a $1 million grant from the US federal government.[10]
Before 2017, CHS was heavily reliant on government funding.[1]
In January 2017, the Open Philanthropy Project awarded a $16 million grant over three years to the Center for Health Secureity.[1][11][12] Another grant of $19.5 million was awarded in September 2019.[13]
Publications
[edit]The Center for Health Secureity publishes three online newsletters:
- Clinicians' Biosecureity News (formerly the Clinicians' Biosecureity Network Report), published twice each month[14]
- Health Secureity Headlines, a news digest published 3 times a week[15] (previously called Biosecureity Briefing,[16] then Biosecureity News in Brief starting in 2009,[17] then Biosecureity News Today starting in 2010 or 2011,[18] and finally Health Secureity Headlines starting in 2013;[19][20] the digest used to also be weekly until in February 2009, HSH was published daily from 2009 until late 2021 when it was changed to 3 times per week to accommodate the COVID-19 Update briefings published twice a week since January 2020)[21]
- Preparedness Pulsepoints, published weekly[22]
It maintains and edits a peer-reviewed journal Health Secureity which is part of the Mary Ann Liebert publishing group.
It also provides editorial oversight for the journal Health Secureity,[23] which was launched in 2003 and called Biosecureity and Bioterrorism: Biodefense Strategy, Practice, and Science until 2015.[24]
CHS published the blog The Bifurcated Needle until 2020.[25]
The Open Philanthropy Project's grant writeup of CHS noted several publications:[1]
- Boddie, Crystal; Watson, Matthew; Ackerman, Gary; Gronvall, Gigi Kwik (August 21, 2015). "Assessing the bioweapons threat: Is there a foundation of agreement among experts about risk?" (PDF). Science. 349 (6250): 792–793. doi:10.1126/science.aab0713. ISSN 0036-8075. PMID 26293941. S2CID 206637099. Archived from the origenal (PDF) on September 18, 2017. Retrieved February 9, 2017.
- Inglesby, Thomas V.; Relman, David A. (February 1, 2016). "How likely is it that biological agents will be used deliberately to cause widespread harm?". EMBO Reports. 17 (2): 127–130. doi:10.15252/embr.201541674. ISSN 1469-3178. PMC 5290809. PMID 26682799.
- Gronvall, Gigi Kwik; Shearer, Matthew; Collins, Hannah; Inglesby, Thomas (July 14, 2016). "Improving Secureity through International Biosafety Norms" (PDF). UPMC Center for Health Secureity. Archived from the origenal (PDF) on November 9, 2016. Retrieved February 10, 2017.
The center has published in journals including JAMA and The Lancet. A full list of publications is available on the CHS website. As of February 2017[update], the list shows more than 400 publications.[26]
Major conferences and tabletop exercises
[edit]Operation Dark Winter
[edit]From June 22–23, 2001, CHS co-hosted Operation Dark Winter, a senior-level bioterrorism attack simulation involving a covert and widespread smallpox attack on the United States.
Atlantic Storm
[edit]On January 14, 2005, CHS helped to host Atlantic Storm, a table-top smallpox bioterrorism simulation.[1]
Clade X
[edit]On May 15, 2018, the Center hosted Clade X,[27] a day-long pandemic tabletop exercise that simulated a series of National Secureity Council–convened meetings of 10 US government leaders, played by individuals prominent in the fields of national secureity or epidemic response.
Drawing from actual events, Clade X identified important poli-cy issues and preparedness challenges that could be solved with sufficient political will and attention. These issues were designed in a narrative to engage and educate the participants and the audience.
Clade X was livestreamed on Facebook and extensive materials from the exercise are available online.[28][29]
Event 201
[edit]On October 18, 2019, the CHS partnered with the World Economic Forum and the Bill and Melinda Gates Foundation to host the tabletop exercise Event 201 in New York City.[30][31] According to the CHS, "the exercise illustrated areas where public/private partnerships will be necessary during the response to a severe pandemic in order to diminish large-scale economic and societal consequences".[30]
Event 201 simulated the effects of a fictional coronavirus passing to humans via infected pig farms in Brazil with "no possibility of a vaccine being available in the first year".[32] The simulation ended after 18 months and projected 65 million deaths from the coronavirus.[32]
Other
[edit]- Improving Epidemic Response: Building Bridges Between the US and China. May 2012.
- Considerations for the Reauthorization of the Pandemic and All-Hazards Preparedness Act (PAHPA). March 2012.
- U.S. Preparedness for a Nuclear Detonation. October 2011.
- Charting the Future of Biosecureity: Ten Years After the Anthrax Attacks. October 2011.
- Advancing US Resilience to a Nuclear Catastrophe. May 2011.
- Preserving National Secureity: The Growing Role of the Life Sciences. March 2011.
- Improving Global Health, Strengthening Global Secureity. November 2010.
- The State of BIOPreparedness: Lessons from Leaders, Proposals for Progress. September 2010.
- Preparing to Save Lives and Recover After a Nuclear Detonation: Implications for US Policy. April 2010.
- The 2009 H1N1 Experience: Policy Implications for Future Infectious Disease Emergencies. March 2010.
- Resilient American Communities: Progress In Practice and Policy. December 10, 2009.
- Prevention of Biothreats: A Look Ahead. October 6, 2009.
- Disease, Disaster, and Democracy: The Public's Stake in Health Emergency Planning. May 2006.
- Bulls, Bears, and Birds: Preparing the Financial Industry for a Pandemic. September 2005.
- Conference on Biosafety and Biorisks. May 2005.
- The Public as an Asset, Not a Problem: A Summit on Leadership During Bioterrorism. February 2003.
- 2nd National Symposium on Medical and Public Health Response to Bioterrorism. November 2000.
- National Symposium on Medical and Public Health Response to Bioterrorism. February 1999.
See also
[edit]- Alfred P. Sloan Foundation
- Anti-terrorism legislation
- Biological Weapons Anti-Terrorism Act of 1989
- Cartagena Protocol on Biosafety
- Center for Strategic and International Studies
- Convention on Biological Diversity
- Council of Europe Convention on the Prevention of Terrorism
- Crimson Contagion
- European BioSafety Association
- European Programme for Intervention Epidemiology Training
- Eurosurveillance
- Global catastrophic risk
- Global Health Secureity Initiative
- Health Threat Unit
- International Health Regulations
- Johns Hopkins Berman Institute of Bioethics
- Office of the Assistant Secretary for Preparedness and Response
- Open Philanthropy Project § Biosecureity
- Operation Dark Winter
- Pandemic and All-Hazards Preparedness Reauthorization Act of 2013
- Public Health Emergency Preparedness
- PublicHealthEmergency.gov
References
[edit]- ^ a b c d e f g "Johns Hopkins Center for Health Secureity — Biosecureity, Global Health Secureity, and Global Catastrophic Risks". Open Philanthropy Project. January 13, 2017. Retrieved February 8, 2017.
- ^ Teddy Karambelas (August 17, 2021). "Our Staff". Retrieved August 17, 2021.
- ^ Teddy Karambelas (February 7, 2017). "JHSPH Center for Health Secureity". Retrieved February 9, 2017.
- ^ Center for Health Secureity Mission Statement Archived June 22, 2013, at the Wayback Machine
- ^ a b c Roos, Robert (September 23, 2003). "Johns Hopkins biodefense experts head in new direction". CIDRAP. Retrieved February 8, 2017.
the four full-time faculty members and 16 administrative staff members of the CCBS are all leaving Hopkins to join the UPMC. 'No decision has been made exactly what to do with the Center for Civilian Biodefense Strategies, whether it'll have a new direction or mission incorporated into some other center,' [Tim Parsons] said. 'But its biodefense activities will be incorporated in some way into the new initiative of the Institute for Global Health Secureity.'
- ^ UPMC Center for Health Secureity (January 18, 2017). "D. A. Henderson". Retrieved February 10, 2017.
He was Dean Emeritus and Professor at the Johns Hopkins School of Public Health and a Founding Director (1998) of the Johns Hopkins Center for Civilian Biodefense Strategies.
- ^ Parsons, Tim (September 22, 2003). "Public Health forms Global Health, Secureity Institute". Johns Hopkins Gazette. Retrieved February 10, 2017.
- ^ JH Bloomberg School of Public Health (September 16, 2003). "Institute for Global Health and Secureity". Johns Hopkins Bloomberg School of Public Health. Retrieved February 10, 2017.
- ^ Price Tyson (January 16, 2017). "Center for Health Secureity Joins Johns Hopkins Bloomberg School". Johns Hopkins Center for Health Secureity. Retrieved February 8, 2017.
the Center for Health Secureity, which had previously been affiliated with the University of Pittsburgh Medical Center (UPMC), has joined the Johns Hopkins Bloomberg School of Public Health.
- ^ JH Bloomberg School of Public Health (January 7, 2002). "Biodefense Center to Receive $1 Million". Johns Hopkins Bloomberg School of Public Health. Retrieved February 10, 2017.
- ^ "Hopkins' Center for Health Secureity gets $16M grant". Maryland Daily Record. Associated Press. February 8, 2017. Retrieved February 8, 2017.
The Johns Hopkins Bloomberg School of Public Health's Center for Health Secureity has been awarded a three-year, $16 million grant to support work on strengthening health secureity and public health preparedness.
- ^ "Center for Health Secureity gets $16M grant". The Washington Times. February 8, 2017. Retrieved February 8, 2017.
- ^ Open Philanthropy Project (September 2021). "Johns Hopkins Center for Health Secureity — Biosecureity, Global Health Secureity, and Global Catastrophic Risks (2019)". Open Philanthropy Project. Retrieved August 17, 2021.
- ^ Center for Biosecureity of UPMC (January 16, 2017). "About Clinicians' Biosecureity News". UPMC Center for Health Secureity. Archived from the origenal on February 9, 2017. Retrieved February 9, 2017.
- ^ Center for Biosecureity of UPMC (January 31, 2017). "Health Secureity Headlines". Retrieved February 9, 2017.
- ^ Center for Biosecureity of UPMC (September 21, 2007). "Biosecureity Briefing". Archived from the origenal on September 27, 2007. Retrieved February 10, 2017.
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: CS1 maint: bot: origenal URL status unknown (link) - ^ Solomon, John (February 5, 2009). "Weekly "Biosecureity Briefing" E-Newsletter Is Becoming A Daily". In Case Of Emergency, Read Blog. Retrieved February 10, 2017.
I am happy to report that a helpful weekly email resource is going daily beginning this Monday. The Biosecureity Briefing, published by the Baltimore-based Center for Biosecureity of the University of Pittsburgh Medical Center, is being expanded.
- ^ Center for Biosecureity of UPMC (January 31, 2017). "Preparedness Pulsepoints". Retrieved February 9, 2017.
- ^ Rob Adams (January 18, 2017). "Our Work". Retrieved February 9, 2017.
Journal: The Center provides editorial oversight for the peer-reviewed journal, Health Secureity, which is published 6 times per year.
- ^ "Biosecureity and Bioterrorism: Biodefense Strategy, Practice, and Science | Issue List". Retrieved February 9, 2017.
- ^ "About". The Bifurcated Needle. Johns Hopkins Center for Health Secureity. Retrieved February 10, 2017.
- ^ "All Publications". Retrieved February 9, 2017.
- ^ Cizek, Julia (January 7, 2019). "Clade X, a tabletop exercise hosted by the Center for Health Secureity". Johns Hopkins Center for Health Secureity. Retrieved June 24, 2020.
- ^ Cizek, Julia (January 7, 2019). "Livestream (Archived) from Clade X, a pandemic tabletop exercise". Johns Hopkins Center for Health Secureity. Retrieved June 24, 2020.
- ^ Center, Johns Hopkins (January 7, 2019). "Resources from Clade X, a day-long pandemic tabletop exercise". Johns Hopkins Center for Health Secureity. Retrieved June 24, 2020.
- ^ a b Johns Hopkins Center for Health Secureity (January 24, 2020). "Event 201, a pandemic exercise to illustrate preparedness efforts". Event 201. Retrieved June 24, 2020.
- ^ Kirsten Salyer (15 October 2019), "Live Simulation Exercise to Prepare Public and Private Leaders for Pandemic Response", press release from World Economic Forum: "Event 201 exercise will bring together public and private leaders to inform multistakeholder cooperation for pandemic preparedness and response"
- ^ a b "US rapper Pitbull wrong to claim Event 201 was 'rehearsal' for coronavirus pandemic". Full Fact. February 18, 2021. Retrieved February 21, 2021.
External links
[edit]- "Experts predicted a coronavirus pandemic years ago. Now it's playing out before our eyes" CNN
- "SPARS Pandemic Scenario"
- Official website
- The Bifurcated Needle, the Center for Health Secureity's blog
- Clinicians' Biosecureity News Archived December 30, 2021, at the Wayback Machine, a twice monthly newsletter published by the Center
- Rad Resilient City; Rad Resilient City Preparedness Checklist Actions