National Science Advisory Board for Biosecurity

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National Science Advisory Board for BiosecurityAbbreviation| NSABB

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Location|

* United States

Membership| Jason Boehm (Department of Commerce)
David Christian Hassell (Department of Defense)
Sharlene Weatherwax (Department of Energy)
Anthony S. Fauci (Department of Health and Human Services)
Sally Phillips (Department of Health and Human Services)
CAPT Carmen Maher (Department of Health and Human Services)
Michael W. Shaw(Department of Health and Human Services)

The National Science Advisory Board for Biosecurity (NSABB) is a panel of experts that reports to the Secretary of the United States Department of Health and Human Services. It is tasked with recommending policies on such questions as how to prevent published research in biotechnology from aiding terrorism, without slowing scientific progress.[1]

The NSABB is a federal advisory committee that addresses issues related to biosecurity and dual use research at the request of the United States Government. The NSABB has up to 25 voting members with a broad range of expertise including molecular biology, microbiology, infectious diseases, biosafety, public health, veterinary medicine, plant health, national security, biodefense, law enforcement, scientific publishing, and other related fields.[2]

## History

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In May 2016,[3] the NSABB published "RECOMMENDATIONS FOR THE EVALUATION AND OVERSIGHT OF PROPOSED GAIN-OF-FUNCTION RESEARCH".[4]

## Publications

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The NSABB had published 11 reports as of February 2021. The first report on the list was released in December 2006.[5]

## Composition

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The NSABB is composed of non-voting ex officio and appointed voting members. As of 2021, the Chair of the NSABB was Gerald W. Parker, Jr., DVM, PhD.[6]

As of 2017, the ex officio members were:[7]

* Department of Commerce:
* Jason Boehm, Ph.D., Office of Program Analysis and Evaluation, National Institute of Standards and Technology Division Head
* Department of Defense :
* David Christian Hassell, Ph.D., Deputy Assistant Secretary of Defense for Nuclear and Chemical and Biological Programs
* Department of Energy:
* Sharlene Weatherwax, Ph.D., Associate Director of Science for Biological and Environmental Research
* Department of Health and Human Services
* Anthony S. Fauci, M.D., Director, National Institute of Allergy & Infectious Disease
* Sally Phillips, R.N., Ph.D., Deputy Assistant Secretary, Office of Policy and Planning, Office of the Assistant Secretary for Preparedness and Response
* CAPT Carmen Maher, Deputy Director, Office of Counterterrorism and Emerging Threats (OCET), Office of the Commissioner, Food and Drug Administration
* Michael W. Shaw, Ph.D., Senior Advisor for Laboratory Science, Office of Infectious Diseases, Centers for Disease Control and Prevention
* Department of Homeland Security
* Wendy Hall, Ph.D., Special Senior Advisor for Biological Threats, Office of Chemical, Biological, and Nuclear Policy
* Department of the Interior
* Anne E. Kinsinger, Associate Director for Biology, U.S. Geological Survey
* Department of Justice
* Edward You, Supervisory Special Agent, FBI Weapons of Mass Destruction Directorate
* Department of State
* Christopher Park, Director, Biological Policy Staff, Bureau of International Security and Nonproliferation
* Department of Veterans Affairs
* Brenda A. Cuccherini, Ph.D., M.P.H. Special Assistant to the Chief Research and Development Officer, Veterans Health Administration
* Environmental Protection Agency,
* Gregory Sayles, Ph.D., Acting Director, National Homeland Security Research Center
* Executive Office of the President
* Gerald Epstein, Ph.D., Assistant Director for Biosecurity and Emerging Technologies, National Security and International Affairs Division, Office of Science and Technology Policy
* Intelligence Community
* Amanda Dion-Schultz, Ph.D., Office of the Chief Scientist
* Robert M. Miceli, Ph.D., Biological Issue Manager and Advisor to the Director, Office of the Director of National Intelligence
* National Aeronautics and Space Administration
* David R. Liskowsky, Ph.D., Director, Medical Policy & Ethics, Office of the Chief Health and Medical Officer
* Department of Agriculture
* Steven Kappes, Ph.D. Deputy Administrator, Animal Production and Protection

## References

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1. ^ "National Science Advisory Board for Biosecurity (NSABB)". Office of Science Policy. Retrieved 2022-02-16.
2. ^ "National Science Advisory Board for Biosecurity (NSABB)". National Institutes of Health. Office of Science Policy. Retrieved 4 February 2021.
3. ^ "Recommended Policy Guidance for Departmental Development of Review Mechanisms for Potential Pandemic Pathogen Care and Oversight (P3CO)" (PDF). Department of Health and Human Services. Office of the Assistant Secretary for Preparedness and Response. 9 January 2017.
4. ^ "RECOMMENDATIONS FOR THE EVALUATION AND OVERSIGHT OF PROPOSED GAIN-OF-FUNCTION RESEARCH" (PDF). United States Department of Health and Human Services. National Science Advisory Board for Biosecurity. May 2016. Archived from the original (PDF) on 7 January 2017.
5. ^ "Reports and Recommendations of the National Science Advisory Board for Biosecurity (NSABB)". United States Department of Health and Human Services. National Science Advisory Board for Biosecurity. Retrieved 4 February 2021.
6. ^ "NSABB Member Roster". Retrieved 2021-05-26.
7. ^ "Archived copy" (PDF). Archived from the original (PDF) on 2016-12-31. Retrieved 2017-03-22.`{{cite web}}`: CS1 maint: archived copy as title (link)

## External links

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* National Science Advisory Board for Biosecurity
* NPR profile, July 2, 2005

* v
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Biological warfare and bioterrorism

Modern incidents|

* Unit 731
* 1984 Rajneeshee bioterror attack
* 1989 California medfly attack
* 2001 anthrax attacks
* Wood Green ricin plot
* 2003 ricin letters
* 2013 ricin letters

Prevention
and response|

* Australia Group
* Caribbean Public Health Agency
* Center for Health Security
* Centers for Disease Control and Prevention
* Chinese Center for Disease Control and Prevention
* Council of Europe Convention on the Prevention of Terrorism
* Defense Advanced Research Projects Agency
* Defense Threat Reduction Agency
* European Centre for Disease Prevention and Control
* Global Health Security Initiative
* Health Threat Unit
* Laboratory Response Network
* India's Ministry of Health and Family Welfare
* National Biodefense Analysis and Countermeasures Center
* National Science Advisory Board for Biosecurity
* United Nations Office for Disarmament Affairs
* United States Army Medical Research Institute of Infectious Diseases

Biological agents|

* Anthrax
* Avian influenza
* Botulinum toxin
* Brucellosis
* Burkholderia pseudomallei
* Chlamydophila psittaci
* Coxiella burnetii
* Ebola
* Equine encephalitis (Eastern
* Western
* Venezuelan)
* Foodborne illness
* Fungi
* Glanders
* Hantavirus
* Henipavirus
* Legionnaires' disease
* Marburg virus
* Mold
* Plague
* Ricin
* Salmonella enterica
* Salmonellosis
* Salmonella typhi
* Smallpox
* Staphylococcus
* Tularemia
* Typhus
* Viral hemorrhagic fever

Related concepts|

* Agro-terrorism
* Anthrax hoaxes
* Psychochemical weapons
* Bacteria
* Biocontainment
* Biological hazard
* Biological warfare in popular culture
* Ethnic bioweapon
* Decontamination
* Entomological warfare
* Infectious disease
* Virus
* Toxin
* Terrorism

International law|

* Geneva Protocol
* Biological Weapons Convention
* United Nations Security Council Resolution 1540

* Wiktionary definition
* Wikimedia Commons
* Wikisource

* v
* t
* e

United States biological defense program

Organizations|

| Federal
administrative|

| DHS|

* DHS Chemical and Biological Defense Division
* DHS Office of Health Affairs (National Biosurvelliance Integration Center, BioWatch)
* National Biodefense Analysis and Countermeasures Center
* National Bio and Agro-Defense Facility
* National Bioforensic Analysis Center

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DNI|

* National Counterproliferation Center (Advisory Committee on Bioterrorism)

DHHS|

* Office of the Assistant Secretary for Preparedness and Response
* Division of Select Agents and Toxins (CDC)
* National Science Advisory Board for Biosecurity

DoD|

* Assistant SECDEF for NCB Defense Programs
* Defense Threat Reduction Agency
* Global Emerging Infections Surveillance and Response System
* Joint Program Executive Office of Chemical and Biological Defense (JPEO-CBD)
* National Center for Medical Intelligence

Federal
research|

| Trans-
departmental|

* National Interagency Confederation for Biological Research (National Interagency Biodefense Campus, Fort Detrick)
* Integrated National Biodefense Medical Countermeasures Portfolio (DHHS/DoD)

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Military|

* U.S. Army Medical Research Institute of Infectious Diseases
* Defense Advanced Research Projects Agency
* Edgewood Chemical Biological Center
* Dugway Proving Ground

Civilian|

* Galveston National Laboratory (UTMB/NIAID)
* Integrated Research Facility (HHS/NIAID)
* Biomedical Advanced Research and Development Authority (HHS)
* Homeland Security Research Program (EPA/DHS)
* Plum Island Animal Disease Center (USDA)
* Foreign Disease Weed Science Research Unit (USDA)

Response|

| Local|

* Local Health Departments

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State|

* State Health Departments
* Nebraska Biocontainment Patient Care Unit

Federal|

* National Medical Response Team/National Pharmacy Response Team (NDMS, HHS)
* Chemical Biological Incident Response Force (USMC)
* Epidemic Intelligence Service (CDC)
* Aeromedical Biological Containment System (CDC)
* Bioterror Rapid Response and Advanced Technology Laboratory (CDC)

Non-
governmental|

| Academic centers
and think tanks|

* Johns Hopkins Center for Health Security (formerly Center for Biosecurity)
* Henry L. Stimson Center
* Center for Advancing Microbial Risk Assessment
* Center for Biodefense and Emerging Pathogens (Brown University)
* Middle-Atlantic Regional Center of Excellence for Biodefense and Emerging Infectious Diseases Research
* Center for Biodefense Immune Modeling (University of Rochester)
* Johns Hopkins Center for Civilian Biodefense Strategies
* National Center for Biodefense and Infectious Diseases (NCBID; George Mason Univ.)

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Government
contractors|

* Battelle Memorial Institute
* SRI International
* Idaho Technology
* Phoenix Air

Programs
and projects|

| Threat reduction|

* Nunn–Lugar Cooperative Threat Reduction Program, implemented the Defense Threat Reduction Agency and Biological Threat Reduction (DoD) plus
* Project Bacchus
* Project Clear Vision
* Project Jefferson

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Biosurveillance|

* National Biosurveillance Strategy
* Laboratory Response Network (CDC)
* BioWatch (EPA, CDC)
* Global Bio-Surveillance Technology Initiative (GBTI), Bio-Surveillance Management Office (BMO) (part of JPEO-CBD)
* ESSENCE (DoD)
* RODS (Civilian)

Biosecurity/Biosurety|

* Select Agent Program (CDC)
* Personnel Reliability Program (DoD)

Medical intelligence|

* National Intelligence Assessments on Infectious Diseases

Disaster response|

* National Response Framework of the National Strategy for Homeland Security (DHS; including NIMS and ICS)
* National Disaster Medical System (DHHS)
* Strategic National Stockpile (CDC, DHS)

Technology
and equipment|

| Protection|

* MOPP
* NBC suit
* Respirators

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Detection|

* Cell CANARY
* Biological Materials MASINT
* Autonomous Pathogen Detection System
* Joint Biological Agent Identification and Diagnostic System (JBAIDS)

Biocontainment|

* Biosafety level
* Biosafety cabinet
* Positive pressure personnel suit

Law|

| Treaties|

* Geneva Protocol (1925, 1975)
* Statement on Chemical and Biological Defense Policies and Programs (1969)
* Biological Weapons Convention (1972)

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Legislation|

* Biological Weapons Anti-Terrorism Act of 1989
* Soviet Nuclear Threat Reduction Act of 1991
* Executive Order 13139 (1999)
* Patriot Act (2001)
* Public Health Security and Bioterrorism Preparedness Response Act (2002)
* Agricultural Bioterrorism Protection Act of 2002
* Project Bioshield Act (2004)
* Biodefense and Pandemic Vaccine and Drug Development Act of 2005
* Public Readiness and Emergency Preparedness Act (2005)
* Pandemic and All-Hazards Preparedness Act (2006)
* Pandemic and All-Hazards Preparedness Reauthorization Act of 2013

International
representation|

* Global Health Security Initiative
* Global Partnership Against the Spread of Weapons and Materials of Mass Destruction
* United Nations Security Council Resolution 1540 (2004)

History|

| Past biological
incidents|

* 1984 Rajneeshee bioterror attack
* 1989 California medfly attack
* 2001 anthrax attacks
* Wood Green ricin plot (2002)
* 2003 ricin letters
* 2013 ricin letters

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Defunct organizations
and programs|

* United States Army Medical Unit
* United States biological weapons program
* Sunshine Project
* Aeromedical Isolation Team (DoD)

Related topics|

* Agro-terrorism
* Biodefense
* Biosecurity in the United States
* Biological agent
* Biological hazard
* Biological warfare (BW)
* Biosurveillance
* Bioterrorism
* CBRN defense
* Decontamination
* Entomological warfare
* Isolation (health care)
* Select agent
* Smallpox virus retention debate

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