North America
Partner Locations
Armed Forces Institute of Pathology
Medical Mortality Surveillance Division: Supports the Armed Forces Medical Examiner Systems by maintaining the DoD Medical
Mortality Registry. The division is organized into two subdivisions, the "Alert" component, which is designed to rapidly detect
mortality due to unexplained or infectious diseases, and the "Registry" component which has the broader mission of analyzing all active
duty deaths for trends and preventable and/or modifiable risk factors
http://www.afip.org/consultation/AFMES/operations/mortality_surveillance.html
1413 Research Blvd, Bldg. 102
Rockville, MD 20850
Virtual Public Health Laboratory: The Directory allows registered users to quickly search hundreds of infectious agents and their associated diseases. Users can also find contact information for contributing laboratories, as well as the types of tests available, turn- around time, and associated fees. All users must register and receive a password. Currently, the Directory is available only to medical personnel working in support of the DoD.
https://afip-geis.afip.osd.mil/ (you need to turn off pop up blocker)
6825 16th Street, NW
Washington, DC 20306
Brooke Army Medical Center: Brooke Army Medical Center contributes to the network with its work in leptospirosis, multidrug-resistant bacterial pathogens, and respiratory viruses. As one of the busiest military medical centers and the home of the U.S. Army Institute of Surgical Research with its burn center, BAMC is vital in the treatment of wounded service-members and the large local military and beneficiary population. In addition BAMC evaluates and tracks local infection patterns.
http://www.sammc.amedd.army.mil/
3851 Roger Brooke Drive
Fort Sam Houston, TX 78234
Center for Disaster and Humanitarian Assistance Medicine: The mission of CDHAM is exactly what its name implies - to be the focal point for medical aspects of disaster relief and humanitarian assistance. Other centers operate within the realm of humanitarian relief. However, they are focused on the broader issue of disaster management. By specializing in medicine and health-related topics worldwide, CDHAM complements the work of these centers, as well as many other organizations that are improving the provision of relief and international health care.
6700 Rockledge Drive
Bethesda, MD 20817
Global Viral Forecasting Initiative: A pandemic early warning system which monitors the spillover of novel infectious agents from animals into humans. GVFI coordinates activities of over 100 scientists and staff from countries around the world. Currently has active research and public health projects in Cameroon, China, Central African Republic, DR Congo, PR Congo, Gabon, Equatorial Guinea, Lao, Madagascar, Malaysia and Sao Tome.
914 Westwood #592
Los Angeles, CA 90024
The Johns Hopkins University - Applied Physics Laboratory: The Applied Physics Laboratory (APL) is a not-for-profit center for engineering, research, and development. APL is a division of one of the world's premier research universities, Johns Hopkins. Our 399 - acre campus, is north of Washington, DC, and home to 4,300 men and women. We recruit and hire the best and the brightest from top colleges, 68% of which are engineers and scientists. We work on more than 400 programs that protect our homeland and advance the nation's vision in research and space science, at an annual funding level of about $800 Million. APL is also designated as a University Affiliated Research Center (UARC).
The Laboratory has been a major asset to the nation since it was organized to help the war effort in 1942, 3 months after Pearl Harbor. We're proud of our heritage from those early days and the can-do attitude and spirit of dedication to the nation's welfare that are still major elements of our culture.
11100 Johns Hopkins Road
Laurel, MD 20723
National Aeronautics and Space Administration: The GIMMS Group's primary focus is to provide scientific Earth systems research, through the use of satellite remote sensing. Much of our research activities revolve around the use of timeseries analysis tools in the exploration of the Advanced Very High Resolution Radiometer (AVHRR) archive, which spans over 20 years (1982-present). From this data we have been able to find correlations between sensor derived information (primarily the Normalized Difference Vegetation Index-NDVI) and desertification, Rift Valley Fever Outbreaks, variations in the length of the vegetational growing cycle in higher Northern Latitudes. Other projects focus on the use of AVHRR thermal channels for land surface profile retrieval, TRMM (Tropical Rainfall Monitoring Mission) data for delineation of fire activity, Landsat moderate resolution imagery for deforestation projects and SeaWiFS (Sea Wide Field of view Sensor) and MODIS (MODerate resolution Imaging Spectrometer) information for the creation of Millenium data sets that bridge the timeseries gap between the AVHRR data archive and these new satellite senors systems. Additionally, the GIMMS group provides contract monitoring and technical expertise to the Commercial Remote Sensing Data Purchase project, which will result in the production of world wide land coverage of orthoectified Landsat TM (Thermatic Mapper) and MSS (Multi-Spectral Scanner) imagery.
NASA Goddard Space Flight Center &
Goddard Earth Sciences & Technology Center
Bldg. 33, Rm. F124
Greenbelt, MD 20771
Naval Environmental Preventive Medicine Unit - 2: The mission of NEPMU-2 is to support the Fleet and operational forces with preventive medicine expertise and specialized training, laboratory, and deployment capabilities to increase readiness, promote health and prevent disease. In July 2000, NEPMU-2 was assigned the Forward Deployed-Preventive Medicine Unit (FD-PMU) project transition. This future unit's mission would be to deploy to field to analyze for chemical, biological and radiological threats and project vectors of contamination in the interest of protecting military personnel in the operating theater. On 10 September 2002 FD-PMU East was commissioned.
http://www.med.navy.mil/sites/nmcp/Partnerships/nepmu2/Pages/default.aspx
1887 Powhatan Street
Norfolk, VA 23511-3394
Naval Health Research Center: The Respiratory Diseases Research Group (Dept. 166) conducts active, laboratory-based surveillance of U.S. military populations in unique environments to quantify and study the etiology of respiratory illnesses. We test specimens from our ongoing surveillance programs and from special investigations of febrile respiratory illness and pneumonia among military personnel or civilians (recruits, forces afloat, deployed forces, and outbreaks of concern, border populations). Leveraging these surveillance studies, we are able to address the safety and efficacy of drugs, vaccines, and new diagnostics as they impact operational health concerns. Results are provided to our customers, the Global Emerging Infectious Disease Surveillance and Response System, and other federal agencies.
http://www.med.navy.mil/sites/nhrc/Pages/Department166.aspx
140 Sylvester Road
San Diego, CA 92106
Navy and Marine Corps Public Health Center: We are the center of public health expertise for the Navy and the Marine Corps. We maintain awareness of global public health issues, and communicate significant events to senior leaders. We provide timely, meaningful public health information to all our customers, enabling them to preserve and improve their health. We support Sailors, Marines, and Civilians who go into harm's way, as well as their families who remain at home. We monitor public health data to quickly identify new health threats and recommend effective interventions to minimize risk. We maintain and analyze data to identify and document exposures and their associated risks.
http://www.nmcphc.med.navy.mil
620 John Paul Jones Circle, Suite 1100
Portsmouth, VA 23708-2103
Naval Medical Research Center: The Naval Medical Research Center is a premier research organization with a vision: World-class, operationally relevant health and medical research solutions - anytime, anywhere! In today's world, we face not only the medical threats associated with conventional warfare, but also the potential use of weapons of mass destruction and terrorism against our military forces and our citizens. Thus research at NMRC is focusing on finding solutions to both traditional battlefield medical problems, such as bleeding, traumatic brain injury, combat stress, and naturally occurring infectious diseases, as well as to health problems associated with non-conventional weapons, including thermobaric blast, biological agents, and radiation.
http://www.med.navy.mil/sites/nmrc/Pages/index.htm
503 Robert Grant Avenue
Silver Spring, MD 20910-7500
University of Iowa - Center for Emerging Infectious Diseases: Established in 2003, CEID focuses upon research and training regarding emerging infectious diseases, particularly those that are zoonotic. The Center is operated by faculty from the Department of Epidemiology within the University of Iowa's College of Public Health. CEID has won a national reputation for excellence in respiratory virus work. It is well-suited to support complex epidemiological studies of emerging pathogens including large cohort studies, evaluation of diagnostic tests, and clinical trials.
http://www.public-health.uiowa.edu/ceid/
2501 Crosspark Road
MTF B145
Coralville, IA 52241
United States Army Public Health Region - South:
The mission is to provide health promotion and preventive medicine leadership and services to identify, assess, and counter environmental occupational, disease, and injury threats to health, fitness, and readiness in support of the Army mission and the National Military Strategy. USAPHR - South serves the areas of Florida, Georgia, South Carolina, Alabama, Mississippi, Tennessee, Arkansas, Louisiana, Oklahoma, and parts of Kentucky and Texas.
http://chppm-www.apgea.army.mil/dsa%2Ds/
2472 Schofield Road, 2D FL
Fort Sam Houston, TX 78234-6230
Uniformed Services University of the Health Sciences: The Uniformed Services University is the Nation's federal health sciences university and is committed to excellence in military medicine and public health during peace and war. We provide the Nation with health professionals dedicated to career service in the Department of Defense and the United States Public Health Service and with scientists who serve the common good. We serve the uniformed services and the Nation as an outstanding academic health sciences center with a worldwide perspective for education, research, service and consultation; we are unique in relating these activities to military medicine, disaster medicine and military medical readiness.
4301 Jones Bridge Road
Bethesda, MD 20814
United States Air Force School of Aerospace Medicine: USAFSAM is an internationally renowned center for aerospace medical learning, consultation, aerospace medical investigations and aircrew health assessments. USAFSAM promotes readiness and protects force and community health by utilizing a range of tools and expertise including environmental and health surveillance, laboratory and risk analysis, process re-engineering, consultation and technological innovation to maximize operational health capabilities and to solve problems through ingenuity and partnerships. The school trains approximately 6,000 students each year.
http://www.wpafb.af.mil/afrl/711hpw/usafsam.asp
2513 Kennedy Circle
Brooks City-Base, TX 78235-5116
U.S. Army Medical Research Institute of Infectious Diseases: USAMRIID conducts basic and applied research on biological threats resulting in medical solutions to protect military service members. The institute plays a key role as the only laboratory in the Department of Defense (DoD) equipped to safely study highly hazardous infectious agents requiring maximum containment at bio-safety level (BSL)-4. As the center of excellence for DoD medical biological defense research, USAMRIID's challenge is to maintain its world-class scientific and technology base while being responsive to its primary customer - the war fighter.
http://www.usamriid.army.mil/index.htm
1425 Porter Street
Frederick, MD 21702-5011
Walter Reed Army Institute of Research: WRAIR's focus on research for the soldier affec ts all aspects of its operations because military medical research priorities differ from those of the civilian sector. WRAIR scientists have a unique understanding of military operations and environments, including the stresses and exposures troops encounter and the performance requirements of a deployed military force. Despite WRAIR's focus on the military, its research has been used to solve non-military medical problems around the world. Its history is filled with the life saving or life-enhancing discoveries of distinguished scientists.
503 Robert Grant Avenue
Silver Spring, MD 20910-7500
Walter Reed Army Medical Center: Mission - "We provide care to past, present, and future warriors and to all those entrusted to our care."
http://www.wramc.amedd.army.mil/Pages/default.aspx
6900 Georgia Avenue, NW
Washington, DC 20307