Organizations

By Region: North America

RAND Corporation

“The RAND Corporation is a nonprofit institution that helps improve policy and decisionmaking through research and analysis. For nearly 60 years, decisionmakers in the public and private sectors have turned to the RAND Corporation for objective analysis and effective solutions that address the challenges facing the nation and the world. These challenges include such critical  Read More »

Website:
http://rand.org/
Phone:
(310) 393-0411
Address:
1776 Main Street, Santa Monica, CA 90401-3208 USA

Resources for Research Ethics Education

Biosecurity and the concept of dual-use research have important implications for the responsible conduct of research in the life sciences. A good illustration of this point is the statement on responsible publication issued in 2003 by editors and authors of some premiere scientific journals. Their statement affirmed a collective responsibility to review papers submitted to  Read More »

Website:
http://research-ethics.net/topics/biosecurity/
Address:
9500 Gilman Drive | UC San Diego | La Jolla, CA 92093-0612

Rocky Mountain Regional Center of Excellence for Biodefense and Emerging Infectious Diseases Research (RMRCE)

The Rocky Mountain Regional Center of Excellence (RMRCE) for Biodefense and Emerging Infectious Diseases Research was established in 2004 as part of a national effort by the National Institute of Allergy and Infectious Diseases (NIAID) to facilitate research, product development and training of scientists for important emerging infectious diseases and bio-threat agents. The primary mission  Read More »

Website:
http://www.rmrce.colostate.edu/
Phone:
970-491-7543
Address:
Colorado State University - Foothills | 0922 Campus Delivery | Fort Collins, CO 80523-0922

SAIC, Inc.

SAIC is the largest employee owned research and engineering firm in the United States , and works globally to provide its commercial and government customers with solutions to their information technology, systems integration and eSolutions needs. SAIC also has a biosecurity team which works with their clients to provide biosecurity and biosafety technical knowledge, risk  Read More »

Website:
http://www.saic.com/
Phone:
+ 1 ( 800) 430 – 7629 (USA)
+ 44 (0) 845 366 7242 (Europe)
Address:
1710 SAIC Drive | McLean, VA 22102 USA

Sandia National Laboratories

Sandia’s International Biological Threat Reduction (IBTR), a division of Sandia’s Global Security Programs, enhances United States and international security by reducing biological threats worldwide. The highest goals of Sandia’s International Biological Threat Reduction program are: (1) Promote the responsible use of biological agents, equipment, and expertise at bioscience facilities (2) Strengthen capacities to detect and  Read More »

Website:
http://www.sandia.gov/index.html
Phone:
New Mexico: (505) 284-5200 California: (925) 294-1470
Address:
Sandia National Laboratories, New Mexico PO Box 5800 Albuquerque, NM 87185-