Risk Assessment for NIH BSL-3 Biodefense Laboratory Project

-- Accomplishments

• Development and deployment of the "maximum possible risk" model
• Development and deployment of an interactive model for computing risk of "worst case" community exposure over several test "scenarios" of intentional or unintentional laboratory breeches
• Development of a proprietary model for dispersion of "deliberately enhanced" bacterial spores compared to naturally occurring bacterial spores
• Successful presentations before community groups and media representatives to answer questions and explain the containment and control of risks anticipated for this suburban-location facility

-- Client’s name and contact person

• National Institutes of Health/NIAID
• Dr. Valerie Nottingham

-- Project's time frame: January –November 2003
-- Dollar value of contract: $100,000

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