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Center for Health Security rejoins Bloomberg School of Public Health
webRelevant background for understanding the institutional home of biosecurity research at JHU; the Center for Health Security works on catastrophic biological risks, which overlaps with AI safety concerns around engineered pandemics and global catastrophic risk governance.
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The Johns Hopkins Center for Health Security, originally founded at JHU in 1998, rejoined the Bloomberg School of Public Health in 2017 after 14 years of affiliation with the University of Pittsburgh Medical Center. The center focuses on protecting public health from epidemics and disasters through research and policy recommendations. This institutional move was intended to expand the center's reach in global health policy and research.
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- •Center for Health Security was originally founded at Johns Hopkins in 1998 by D.A. Henderson and returned to JHU in 2017 after a 14-year UPMC affiliation.
- •The center's mission is to protect people's health from epidemics and disasters through research, policy recommendations, and studying public health crisis response systems.
- •The move was designed to create new opportunities for research and contributions to national and international public health policy.
- •Director Tom Inglesby emphasized alignment with Bloomberg School's commitment to improving global health through large-scale change.
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# Center for Health Security rejoins JHU's Bloomberg School of Public Health
## Center, founded at Johns Hopkins in 1998, aims to protect people's health from consequences of epidemics, disasters through research, policy recommendations
ByStephanie Desmon
/Published Jan 17, 2017
In a move designed to create significant new opportunities for research and for contributing to national and international public health policy, the [Center for Health Security](http://www.upmchealthsecurity.org/)—previously affiliated with the University of Pittsburgh Medical Center—has joined the [Johns Hopkins Bloomberg School of Public Health](http://www.jhsph.edu/).
"The Center for Health Security brings strong expertise in global health, health policy, and environmental health that will enrich our school's wor
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