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The Center's faculty regularly engage with local, national, and international media and share their science and policy expertise with the public on issues including:
- Global Health Security
- Emerging Infectious Diseases and Epidemics
- Medical and Public Health Preparedness and Response
- Deliberate Biological Threats
- Opportunities and Risks in the Life Sciences
Recent News
January 7, 2025: Center for Health Security announces fellows accepted to Emerging Leaders in Biosecurity Initiative class of 2025
December 12, 2024: Johns Hopkins Center for Health Security Director Joins Other Experts in Science Commentary to Highlight Potential Risks of ‘Mirror Bacteria’
November 14, 2024: More Than 110 Organizations Call on Congress to Reauthorize PAHPA Before End of Year
October 8, 2024: Dr. Caitlin Rivers’ New Book Crisis Averted Explores Public Health Lessons and Provides Insights for Future Pandemic Preparedness
October 7, 2024: The Johns Hopkins University Selected as Regional Center for Public Health Preparedness and Response
September 4, 2024: Johns Hopkins Center for Health Security launches Gene Synthesis Screening Information Hub
August 27, 2024: Applications Now Open for Johns Hopkins Center for Health Security Educational Opportunities for 2025-2026 Academic Year
Media Mentions
Scientific American: This is How We Fight Bird Flu If H5N1 Becomes the Next Human Pandemic, feat. Amesh Adalja, MD
Public Health Communications Collaborative: Building Your Public Health Comms Toolkit: Communications Planning on a Budget, feat. Aishwarya Nagar, MPH and Vanessa Grégoire, MSc
Public Health Review Morning Edition: Data to Reduce Heat Injuries, Public Health Rumors, feat. Tara Kirk Sell, PhD
NPR: Ancient miasma theory may help explain Health Secretary Robert F. Kennedy Jr.'s vaccine moves, feat. Amesh Adalja, MD
Nursing Times: Calls to support ‘critical’ work of nurses in disaster zones, feat. Tener Goodwin Veenema, PhD, MPH, MS, RN, FAAN
ABC News: Removal of CDC panel ‘undermines value of vaccines’: Doctor, feat. Amesh Adalja, MD
Who What Wear: How Science Communicator and Infectious Disease Epidemiologist Jessica Malaty Rivera Has Made Science Accessible, feat. Jessica Malaty Rivera, MS
Center Newsletter
Health Security Decoded
A digest of news, events, and policy updates in health security, delivered via email weekly. Sources include major US and international news outlets and peer-reviewed journals, US government reports and press releases, respected social media, and publications from research institutes and nongovernmental organizations.