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Published by the Johns Hopkins Center for Health Security
Diane Meyer, RN, MPH, Editor
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From October 1-4, 2018, the Johns Hopkins Center for Health Security is offering an expenses-paid biosecurity fellowship opportunity in conjunction with SynBioBeta 2018: The Global Synthetic Biology Summit. The program is sponsored by the Open Philanthropy Project.
Up to 30 emerging leaders from around the world who are interested in the nexus of biosecurity and synthetic biology will be sponsored to attend SynBioBeta 2018, to hear from and meet with practicing experts, and to discuss biosecurity as it relates to synthetic biology at special events with both peers and senior leaders. Fellows will have conference registration, travel, lodging, food, and transportation costs covered by the program.
Applications are due by
Wednesday, August 15, before 11:59 PM EST.
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Public Health & Healthcare Preparedness
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NEWS
HHS Official Who Spread Conspiracy Theories Forced Out.
Ximena Barreto -- a Donald Trump political appointee who used social media to spread conspiracy theories about a supposed pizza shop sex ring and made other inflammatory remarks -- was escorted from Health and Human Services Department headquarters Friday, according to an individual with knowledge of the situation. Barreto joined HHS in December 2017 as a deputy communications director.
(Politico, 7/27/18)
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PRESS RELEASE
Tickborne Diseases are Likely to Increase, Say NIH Officials. The incidence of tickborne infections in the United States has risen significantly within the past decade. It is imperative, therefore, that public health officials and scientists build a robust understanding of pathogenesis, design improved diagnostics, and develop preventive vaccines, according to a new commentary in the New England Journal of Medicine from leading scientists at the National Institute of Allergy and Infectious Diseases.
(NIH, 7/25/18)
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TRAINING
Highly Infectious Disease Training Week. The Highly Infectious Disease Training Week, hosted by FEMA's Center for Domestic Preparedness, is intended to broaden the training experience of healthcare responders beginning with the first recognition of illness, and continues through treatment, isolation and recovery. The training will take place the week of August 27-31, 2018 at the CDP campus in Anniston, Alabama.
(FEMA, 7/18)
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WORKSHOP
Strategic National Stockpile Preparedness Course. The Strategic National Stockpile Preparedness Course is a five-day course designed to give Federal, state, and local officials information on how to best plan and prepare for a public health emergency and how to use and manage the Strategic National Stockpile in response to a terrorist attack, natural disaster, or technological accident.
(NACCHO, 7/18)
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Homeland Security & Disaster Preparedness
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NEWS
BITMAP Bill Advances House Committee. The House Homeland Security Committee has advanced the Biometric Identification Migration Alert Program (BITMAP) Authorization Act of 2018. BITMAP is a US Immigration and Customs Enforcement/Homeland Security Investigations-led program established in 2011 under Obama Administration, enabling partner-country law enforcement officers to collect and share biometric and biographic data on special interest individuals to identify potential threat actors.
(Homeland Preparedness News, 7/26/18)
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FUNDING OPPORTUNITY
Partnership for Disaster Health Response. Awards will focus primarily on building and maturing the partnerships that are required to effectively prepare for and respond to the management of patients in disasters, including those that facilitate rapid expansion of medical surge capacity of the existing healthcare system, coordination of patient and resource movement to support the response, and the swift involvement of specific clinical specialists.
(Grants.gov, 6/14/18)
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Science & Technology Policy
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This Week's Hearings
There are no hearings scheduled for this week.
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