Funding for the development of these technologies was received from the National Institutes of Health / National Institute of Allergy and Infectious Disease (NIAID), Northeast Biodefense Center, and Ellison Medical Foundation. NIAID and the Jerome L. Greene Foundation provided additional funding for the workshop. Says Dr. Lipkin, "The advances that we've been able to make in pathogen identification are a direct result of increased funding in the area of biodefense. There is a tremendous 'peace dividend' gained from these investments because we will continue to see natural outbreaks of disease, and the increased speed, accuracy, and coordination of surveillance and response will save lives."
Select list of institutions participating in Greene Lab training course:
Australian Biosecurity CRC, Curtin University of Technology, Perth, Austrailia
Canadian Science Centre for Human and Animal Health, Winnipeg, Canada
University of Hong Kong, SAR China
Capital Institute of Pediatrics, Beijing, China
Fudan University, Shanghai,China
Robert Koch Institute, Berlin, Germany
Bernhardt Nocht Institute, Hamburg, Germany
NHS, Glasglow, Scotland
Centro Nacional de Microbiologia, Madrid, Spain
CDC, Special Pathogens, Atlanta, GA
Agilent Technologies, Palo Alto, CA
USAMRIID, Fort Detrick, MD
Wadsworth Center, NYSDOH, Albany, NY
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Contact: Randee Sacks Levine
rs363@columbia.edu
212-305-8044
Columbia University's Mailman School of Public Health
3-May-2005