Bioterrorism Preparedness for Infectious Disease

Abstract

Bioterrorism preparedness for infectious disease (BTPID) as part of homeland defense initiatives is advancing rapidly, with the Center for Disease Control (CDC) taking the lead in mandating improved surveillance and management for States to follow, centered around 6 major focus areas with 17 critical capacities. Significant opportunities exist for new research and development of bioinformatics and telecommunications solutions for BTPID that would complement CDC led initiatives. The objectives of this planning grant are to: 1) identify problems and propose bioinformatics and telecommunications solutions for BTPID surveillance for both military and civilian populations emphasizing the use of secure, redundant, real-time networks, 2) identify problems and propose bioinformatics and telecommunications for BTPID outbreak management. A multidisciplinary team is conducting the study consisting of members from the Department of Defense, State of Hawaii Department of Health, Maui High Performance Computing Center (MHPCC), University of Hawaii (Telemedicine, Environmental Health, Bioinformatics, Infectious Disease), University of Southern California (Image Processing and Informatics Lab) and Stanford University-NASA Ames (National Biocomputation Center). Information has been gathered through meetings, retreats and literature reviews regarding problems and solutions for a variety of potential scenarios such as Anthrax, Dengue, Smallpox and SARS epidemics. In addition to working meetings, a summit was hosted to gather experts in the field for technology demonstrations and information gathering for subsequent analysis for BTPID solutions. The information acquired is currently archived and available through a website and has been incorporated and referenced together with new information for the analyses and recommendations portion (year 2) of this project. In separate modifications to the original cooperative agreement, a report is being prepared for DTRA.

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Document Details

Document Type
Technical Report
Publication Date
Jan 01, 2005
Accession Number
ADA434692

Entities

People

  • Lawrence Burgess

Organizations

  • University of HawaiĘ»i System

Tags

DTIC Thesaurus Topics

  • Biomedical Research
  • Department Of Defense
  • Disease Outbreaks
  • Education
  • Geography
  • Governments
  • Health Care
  • Health Services
  • High Performance Computing
  • Homeland Defense
  • Hospitals
  • Infectious Diseases
  • Medical Personnel
  • Military Hospitals
  • Military Medicine
  • Public Health
  • Viruses

Readers

  • Defense Technology Research and Development.
  • Infectious Disease/Epidemiology
  • Technical Research and Report Writing.