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The Trump administration’s proposed FY2019 budget would cut funding for health security–related programs by 4%, or $636 million, according to researchers at the Center for Health Security.

Nancy Connell, PhD, has been invited to serve a 4-year term on the National Science Advisory Board for Biosecurity (NSABB) of the National Institutes of Health.

Strategic investment in 15 promising technologies could help make the world better prepared and equipped to prevent future infectious disease outbreaks from becoming catastrophic events.

At the latest meeting in a series of international biosecurity dialogues hosted by the Center for Health Security, conversations on scientific and policy issues related to South Asia followed a pragmatic theme: infectious disease outbreaks are inevitable, pandemics are optional.

Investments in global health security programs at the federal level directly benefit US national security and the economy by helping to prevent the cross-border spread of infectious disease outbreaks in other countries.

Biosecurity risks to Southeast Asia stem from the region’s highly dynamic human-animal-environmental interface, a growing threat from terrorist groups, and the increased prevalence of advanced biotechnology.

Gronvall presented a paper she co-authored with Diane DiEuliis, PhD, and Amanda Moodie, MA, scholars at the Center for the Study of Weapons of Mass Destruction

Faculty at the Center for Health Security have developed a new degree track at the Johns Hopkins Bloomberg School of Public Health for US and international students who are passionate about taking a leadership role in preventing, detecting, and responding to epidemics and other disasters.

Crystal Watson, DrPH, has been accepted into the Council on Foreign Relations Stephen M. Kellen Term Member Program, which offers promising young leaders the opportunity to participate in a sustained conversation on international affairs and US foreign policy.

Effective communication is vital to ensuring people’s safety during all types of public health emergencies—from Ebola and Zika to hurricanes and wildfires.