Deliberate Biological Threats
Our Center identifies, analyzes, and informs leaders about new and emerging threats to the public’s health and security.
Recent Projects
The BWC Global Forum: Biotech, Biosecurity & Beyond
Supported by: Open Philanthropy Project
International Guidelines for Biosecurity Ethics
Supported by: The Office of Foreign Consequence Management, US Department of State
Boosting NATO Resilience to Biological Threats
Supported by: Open Philanthropy Project
Combating Health-Related Misinformation
Supported by: US Centers for Disease Control and Prevention (CDC), Johns Hopkins University Catalyst Award, National Academies of Science, Engineering and Medicine (NASEM), and Open Philanthropy (past funding support)
PASCC US: India Biosecurity Dialogue
Supported by: Defense Threat Reduction Agency (DTRA), Naval Postgraduate School, Project on Advanced Systems and Concepts for Countering WMD
Recent Publications
Infodemic Management Approaches Leading up to, During, and Following the COVID-19 Pandemic
Improving U.S. Biosafety and Biosecurity: Revisiting Recommendations from the Federal Experts Security Advisory Panel and the Fast Track Action Committee on Select Agent Regulations
Appl Biosaf. 2023 Mar 1;28(1):43-54
Building Strong Biosafety and Biosecurity into the Expanding US Bioeconomy
The Biological Weapons Convention should endorse the Tianjin Biosecurity Guidelines for Codes of Conduct
Trends in Microbiology
Missing Links: Understanding Sex- and Gender-Related Impacts of Chemical and Biological Weapons
UNIDIR
Remediation of a Biological Weapons Attack
Defense Against Biological Attacks
Recent Advances in Gene Editing and Synthesis Technologies and their Implications
The Security Implications of Synthetic Biology
Survival