 | | - Center for Vaccine Development - research, training, and public service related to agents of chemical and biological warfare
- Maryland Poison Center - helping city and state public health officials develop procedures for responding to bioterrorism
- National Study Center for Trauma and Emergency Medical Systems - researching new trauma techniques
- Health Sciences and Human Services Library - providing latest Web health information on dealing with anthrax and other threats
- Dental School - providing forensic dentistry assistance
- School of Social Work - upgrading employee assistance programs to include training for mass casualty incidents
- Legal issues - expertise on anti-terrorism policies and their effects on privacy and other civil liberties
- School of Medicine - long-term radiation studies funded by the Department of Energy and the National Institutes of Health
- Military Training - Air Force physicians will receive training at the R Adams Cowley Shock Trauma Center for treating the kind of injuries likely to occur in warfare
- Neurotoxin Research - Neurobiologists are investigating the basic mechanisms of neurotoxins, including biological weapons and nerve agent threats
- Infectious Disease Research - The Division of Infectious Diseases conducts basic research relevant to homeland defense such as the mechanisms by which microorganisms cause disease, including bioterrorism threat agents, and the innate immune response to infection
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