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Johns Hopkins Center for Health Security

Our Mission:

To protect people’s health from epidemics and disasters and ensure that communities are resilient to major challenges.

New & Noteworthy

New Health Security Issue

Health Security, Volume 23, Issue 2 / March/April 2025
Our May/June 2025 issue of Health Security is now available.

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Policy & Legislative Priorities

Policy & Legislative Priorities
Learn about the Center's Policy & Legislative Priorities.

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Explore our focus areas

Global Health Security We work with international partners to advance science diplomacy, strengthen outbreak prevention systems, and enhance global capabilities for disease detection, surveillance, and coordinated response.
Emerging Infectious Diseases and Epidemics Explore how we advance priorities and strategies for epidemic readiness, from early detection and rapid response to recovery, whether threats emerge naturally or deliberately.
Medical and Public Health Preparedness and Response We provide decision makers with evidence-based analysis and actionable recommendations to build resilient health systems capable of effectively managing public health emergencies and disasters.
Deliberate Biological Threats Learn about our work to identify, analyze, and equip leaders with critical intelligence on deliberate biological threats, including detecting misleading claims that exacerbate security challenges.
Opportunities and Risks in the Life Sciences We track emerging trends at the intersection of biotechnology and AI, delivering actionable recommendations to enhance biosecurity and biosafety while maximizing innovation potential.
Health Security Education and Awareness We train the next generation of health security leaders through coursework, scholarships, and fellowships, and we inform policymakers and the public through seminars, our weekly newsletter, and our journal.

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About the Center

The Johns Hopkins Center for Health Security explores how new policy approaches, scientific advances, and technological innovations can strengthen health security and save lives.

Our research focuses on improving organizations, systems, and tools to prevent and respond to outbreaks and other public health crises. We advance policies and practice addressing diverse challenges, including the global rise in emerging infectious diseases, a continued risk of pandemic flu, major natural disasters, and the potential for biological accidents or intentional threats. Interdisciplinary and international collaborations with other experts and policymakers improve and inform our work.

Our mission is to protect people’s health from epidemics and disasters and ensure that communities are resilient to major challenges.

At the Johns Hopkins Center for Health Security, we imagine a world where everyone can be resilient and thrive in good health. Watch our video to: 

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  • Explore groundbreaking research that safeguards our well-being
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