Capabilities

EMS Public Health Emergency Response 2010-2020

Surveillance & Epidemiology

EMS works to rapidly identify and respond to international and domestic public health threats.

Our Surveillance & Epidemiology partners include:

  • Centers for Disease Control and Prevention (CDC)

    • Division of Global Health Protection (DGHP)

    • Global Disease Detection Operations Center (GDDOC)

    • Division of Global Migration & Quarantine (DGMQ)

  • The BioMosaic Project, a collaborative effort between the DGMQ, Harvard University and the University of Toronto

  • The Kindenga mobile app, a collaborative effort between DGMQ and the University of Arizona

  • TEPHINET (Training Programs in Epidemiology and Public Health Interventions Network)

  • EpiCore


Infectious Diseases

EMS exceeds expectations through our response to infectious disease outbreaks including new tasks and deployments for the SARS-CoV-2 pandemic in 2020, ongoing work with Zika virus disease, and the 2014-2016 Ebola pandemic in West Africa.

Our Infectious Diseases partners include:

  • Centers for Disease Control and Prevention (CDC)

    • Division of Global HIV & Tuberculosis (DGHT) and the President’s Emergency Plan for AIDS Relief (PEPFAR)

    • Division of Global HIV & Tuberculosis (DGHT), International Laboratory branch (ILB)

    • Division of Global Migration and Quarantine (DGMQ)

    • Division of Healthcare Quality Promotion (DHQP)

  • The International AIDS Conference

  • The Migrant Serum Bank

  • National Healthcare Safety Network (NHSN)


Military Medical Research

EMS provides essential medical care and helps develop the most innovative medical technologies that transcend all domains of Military Medicine, and we recognize the importance of applying lessons learned through military medicine to all areas of public health.

Our Military Medicine partners include:

  • Defense Health Agency (DHA)

  • U.S. Air Force, 59th Medical Wing, Wing Chief Scientist's Office, Science and Technology (59MDW/ST)

  • U.S. Army

    • Institute of Surgical Research (USAISR)

    • Medical Research Institute of Chemical Defense (USAMRICD)

    • Public Health Center (APHC)

  • Department of Defense (DoD)

  • Department of Veterans Affairs (VA)

  • Extremity Trauma and Amputation Center of Excellence (EACE)

  • Hearing Centers of Excellence (HCE)


International Public Health Communication

EMS employs an exceptionally talented team of technical writers, managing editors, health communication specialists, and social media specialists to work with national, state, and local health agencies to quickly and accurately communicated information to the public.

Our International Public Health Communication partners include:

  • Centers for Disease Control and Prevention (CDC)

    • Center for Global Health (CGH)

    • Global Immunization Division (GID)

    • National Center for Emerging and Zoonotic Infectious Diseases (NCEZID), Division of Global Migration and Quarantine (DGMQ)

    • Traveler’s Health Ebola Ad Buy Strategy

  • Orange Sparkle Ball

  • The Sensis Advertising Project

  • Oak Ridge Associated Universities (ORAU)

  • Biosafety in Microbiological and Biomedical Laboratories (BMBL) 6th edition


Clinical Investigation & Regenerative Medicine

EMS coordinates with clinical investigation collaborators including the military, federal agencies, private industry leaders, and international sites, and the wide array of resources in our portfolio allows us to support a variety of research projects including multisite assessments and longitudinal studies.

Our Clinical Investigation & Regenerative Medicine partners include:

  • U.S. Air Force

    • Nellis Air Force Base’s Clinical Investigation Program (CIP)

    • Medical Service’s (AFMS) Analytics Division

    • 59th Science & Technology Wing, Air Force Medical Service (AFMS) Enterprise

    • Trauma and Resuscitation Research Program (AFT2R), Trauma and Clinical Care Research (TCCR)

  • Myaglic Encephalitis (ME)/Chronic Fatigue Syndrome (CFS) multi-site assessment, a collaborative effort between CDC, Open Medicine Institute, the National Institute of Health (NIH), and the Mayo Clinic

  • Congenital Zika virus infection research, a collaborative effort between CDC, National Associate of County and City Health Officials, Public Health Informatics Institute, and the U.S. Embassy in Bogota, Colombia

  • Genetics Policy Institute

  • Regenerative Medicine Foundation


Precision Medicine & Advanced Diagnostics

EMS specializes in the emerging disciplines of precision medicine and bioinformatics utilizes a wide array of computational tools designed to extract valuable information contained within genomic data.

Our Precision Medicine & Advanced Diagnostics partners include:

  • Centers for Disease Control and Prevention (CDC)

    • Office of Infectious Diseases (OID)

    • Center for Global Health (CGH), International Laboratory Branch (ILB)

    • Office of Advanced Molecular Detection (OAMD), the Division of Foodborne, Waterborne, and Environmental Diseases (DFWED)

    • National Center for Emerging and Zoonotic Infectious Diseases (NCEZID)

  • Department of Defense (DoD)

  • U.S. Air Force, 59th Medical Wing, Wing Chief Scientist's Office, Science and Technology (59MDW/ST)

  • FilmArray® Respiratory Panel Instrument, a collaborative effort between U.S. Air Force and Idaho Technologies

  • Global Hepatitis & Surveillance Technology (GHOST)

  • SynVivo