| Middle-Atlantic Regional Center of Excellence for Biodefense and Emerging Infectious Diseases Research |
| Region III: DE, DC, MD, PA, VA, WV |
| Principal Investigator |
Myron Levine, M.D., D.T.P.H. |
| Lead Institution |
University of Maryland at Baltimore |
| Research Projects |
- Understanding Anthrax to develop new drugs and vaccines against it
- Developing treatments for low dose enteric pathogens such as E.coli and Shigella and Crytosporidium
- Evaluate and deploy new biomedical technologies needed for a public health response to a bioterror or infectious disease event
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- Understanding innate and adaptive immune responses to F. tularensis and developing vaccines and drugs
- Developing safer and more effective vaccine strategies for smallpox
- Developing vaccines and drugs against emerging viruses such as West Nile, Nipah or VEE
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Core Research
Facilities |
- Bioinformatics and Genomics Core
- Clinical Trials Core
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- Non-Human Primates Core
- Administrative Core
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| Member Institutions |
- Drexel University
- George Washington University
- Georgetown University
- Johns Hopkins University
- Maryland Biotechnology Institute
- Uniformed Services University of the Health Sciences
- University of Missouri, Kansas City
- University of Pennsylvania
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- University of Pittsburgh
- University of Vermont
- University of Virginia
- Virginia Bioinformatics Institute
- Virginia Commonwealth University
- Virginia Polytechnic Institute and State University
- West Virginia University
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