Johns Hopkins Center for Health Security

The Johns Hopkins Center for Health Security (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 biosecurity implications of emerging biotechnology.

Johns Hopkins Center for Health Security
AbbreviationCHS[1]
Formation1998 (1998)[1]
TypeThink tank
Location
CEO and Director
Tom Inglesby
COO and Deputy Director
Anita Cicero
Key people
AffiliationsJohns Hopkins Bloomberg School of Public Health
Staff (2021)
29[2]
Websitewww.centerforhealthsecurity.org
Formerly called
  • Johns Hopkins Center for Civilian Biodefense Strategies (1998–2003)
  • Center for Biosecurity of UPMC (2003–2013)
  • UPMC Center for Health Security (2013–2017)

The Center for Health Security gives policy recommendations to the United States government, the World Health Organization and the UN Biological Weapons Convention.[1][3]

History

The Center for Health Security began as the Johns Hopkins Center for Civilian Biodefense Strategies (CCBS) in 1998 at the Johns Hopkins Bloomberg School of Public Health.[4] D. A. Henderson served as the founding director.[5] At that time, the center was the first and only academic center focused on biosecurity policy and practice.

At one point around 2003, CHS had become part of a new umbrella organization called the Institute for Global Health and Security at the Johns Hopkins Bloomberg School of Public Health.[4][6][7]

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 Biosecurity of UPMC. This move apparently split the organization in two, and it is unclear what happened to the old organization.[4]

On April 30, 2013, the UPMC Center changed its name from "Center for Biosecurity of UPMC" to "UPMC Center for Health Security". This name change reflected a broadening of the scope of CHS's work.

In January 2017, the JHU Center became part of the Johns Hopkins Bloomberg School of Public Health. Its domain name changed from upmchealthsecurity.org to centerforhealthsecurity.org.[8]

Funding

In 2002, the center received a $1 million grant from the US federal government.[9]

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 Security.[1][10][11] Another grant of $19.5 million was awarded in September 2019.[12]

Publications

The Center for Health Security publishes three online newsletters:

  • Clinicians' Biosecurity News (formerly the Clinicians' Biosecurity Network Report), published twice each month[13]
  • Health Security Headlines, a news digest published 3 times a week[14] (previously called Biosecurity Briefing,[15] then Biosecurity News in Brief starting in 2009,[16] then Biosecurity News Today starting in 2010 or 2011,[17] and finally Health Security Headlines starting in 2013;[18][19] 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)[20]
  • Preparedness Pulsepoints, published weekly[21]

It maintains and edits a peer reviewed journal Health Security which is part of the Mary Ann Liebert publishing group.

It also provides editorial oversight for the journal Health Security,[22] which was launched in 2003 and called Biosecurity and Bioterrorism: Biodefense Strategy, Practice, and Science until 2015.[23]

CHS published the blog The Bifurcated Needle until 2020.[24]

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.
  • 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 Security through International Biosafety Norms" (PDF). UPMC Center for Health Security.

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, the list shows more than 400 publications.[25]

Major conferences and tabletop exercises

Operation Dark Winter
Main article: Operation Dark Winter

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

On January 14, 2005, CHS helped to host Atlantic Storm, a table-top smallpox bioterrorism simulation.[1]

Clade X

On May 15, 2018, the Center hosted Clade X,[26] a day-long pandemic tabletop exercise that simulated a series of National Security Council–convened meetings of 10 US government leaders, played by individuals prominent in the fields of national security or epidemic response.

Drawing from actual events, Clade X identified important policy 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.[27][28]

Event 201

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.[29][30] 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".[29]

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".[31] The simulation ended after 18 months with 65 million deaths from the coronavirus.[31]

Other
  • 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 Biosecurity: Ten Years After the Anthrax Attacks. October 2011.
  • Advancing US Resilience to a Nuclear Catastrophe. May 2011.
  • Preserving National Security: The Growing Role of the Life Sciences. March 2011.
  • Improving Global Health, Strengthening Global Security. 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

References
  1. "Johns Hopkins Center for Health Security — Biosecurity, Global Health Security, and Global Catastrophic Risks". Open Philanthropy Project. January 13, 2017. Retrieved February 8, 2017.
  2. Teddy Karambelas (August 17, 2021). "Our Staff". Retrieved August 17, 2021.
  3. Center for Health Security Mission Statement Archived June 22, 2013, at the Wayback Machine
  4. 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 Security.'
  5. UPMC Center for Health Security (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.
  6. Parsons, Tim (September 22, 2003). "Public Health forms Global Health, Security Institute". Johns Hopkins Gazette. Retrieved February 10, 2017.
  7. JH Bloomberg School of Public Health (September 16, 2003). "Institute for Global Health and Security". Johns Hopkins Bloomberg School of Public Health. Retrieved February 10, 2017.
  8. Price Tyson (January 16, 2017). "Center for Health Security Joins Johns Hopkins Bloomberg School". Johns Hopkins Center for Health Security. Retrieved February 8, 2017. the Center for Health Security, which had previously been affiliated with the University of Pittsburgh Medical Center (UPMC), has joined the Johns Hopkins Bloomberg School of Public Health.
  9. 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.
  10. "Hopkins' Center for Health Security 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 Security has been awarded a three-year, $16 million grant to support work on strengthening health security and public health preparedness.
  11. "Center for Health Security gets $16M grant". The Washington Times. February 8, 2017. Retrieved February 8, 2017.
  12. Open Philanthropy Project (September 2021). "Johns Hopkins Center for Health Security — Biosecurity, Global Health Security, and Global Catastrophic Risks (2019)". Open Philanthropy Project. Retrieved August 17, 2021.
  13. Center for Biosecurity of UPMC (January 16, 2017). "About Clinicians' Biosecurity News". UPMC Center for Health Security. Retrieved February 9, 2017.
  14. Center for Biosecurity of UPMC (January 31, 2017). "Health Security Headlines". Retrieved February 9, 2017.
  15. Center for Biosecurity of UPMC (September 21, 2007). "Biosecurity Briefing". Archived from the original on September 27, 2007. Retrieved February 10, 2017.{{cite web}}: CS1 maint: bot: original URL status unknown (link)
  16. Center for Biosecurity of UPMC (April 30, 2009). "Biosecurity News in Brief -- Center for Biosecurity of UPMC". Archived from the original on May 1, 2009. Retrieved February 10, 2017.{{cite web}}: CS1 maint: bot: original URL status unknown (link)
  17. Center for Biosecurity of UPMC (July 15, 2011). "Biosecurity News Today". Archived from the original on July 17, 2011. Retrieved February 10, 2017. Biosecurity News Today{{cite web}}: CS1 maint: bot: original URL status unknown (link)
  18. Center for Biosecurity of UPMC (August 13, 2012). "Center for Biosecurity | UPMC | Biosecurity News Today". Archived from the original on February 6, 2013. Retrieved February 10, 2017.{{cite web}}: CS1 maint: bot: original URL status unknown (link)
  19. Center for Biosecurity of UPMC (July 1, 2013). "Health Security Headlines | Published by UPMC Center for Health Security". Archived from the original on July 11, 2013. Retrieved February 10, 2017.{{cite web}}: CS1 maint: bot: original URL status unknown (link)
  20. Solomon, John (February 5, 2009). "Weekly "Biosecurity 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 Biosecurity Briefing, published by the Baltimore-based Center for Biosecurity of the University of Pittsburgh Medical Center, is being expanded.
  21. Center for Biosecurity of UPMC (January 31, 2017). "Preparedness Pulsepoints". Retrieved February 9, 2017.
  22. Rob Adams (January 18, 2017). "Our Work". Retrieved February 9, 2017. Journal: The Center provides editorial oversight for the peer-reviewed journal, Health Security, which is published 6 times per year.
  23. "Biosecurity and Bioterrorism: Biodefense Strategy, Practice, and Science | Issue List". Retrieved February 9, 2017.
  24. "About". The Bifurcated Needle. Johns Hopkins Center for Health Security. Retrieved February 10, 2017.
  25. "All Publications". Retrieved February 9, 2017.
  26. Cizek, Julia (January 7, 2019). "Clade X, a tabletop exercise hosted by the Center for Health Security". Johns Hopkins Center for Health Security. Retrieved June 24, 2020.
  27. Cizek, Julia (January 7, 2019). "Livestream (Archived) from Clade X, a pandemic tabletop exercise". Johns Hopkins Center for Health Security. Retrieved June 24, 2020.
  28. Center, Johns Hopkins (January 7, 2019). "Resources from Clade X, a day-long pandemic tabletop exercise". Johns Hopkins Center for Health Security. Retrieved June 24, 2020.
  29. Johns Hopkins Center for Health Security (January 24, 2020). "Event 201, a pandemic exercise to illustrate preparedness efforts". Event 201. Retrieved June 24, 2020.
  30. 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"
  31. "US rapper Pitbull wrong to claim Event 201 was 'rehearsal' for coronavirus pandemic". Full Fact. February 18, 2021. Retrieved February 21, 2021.
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