A biological hazard,or biohazard,is a biological substance that poses a threat to the health of living organisms,primarily humans. This could include a sample of a microorganism,virus or toxin that can adversely affect human health. A biohazard could also be a substance harmful to other living beings.
The London School of Hygiene &Tropical Medicine (LSHTM) is a public research university in Bloomsbury,central London,and a member institution of the University of London that specialises in public health and tropical medicine. The institution was founded in 1899 by Sir Patrick Manson,after a donation from the Indian Parsi philanthropist B. D. Petit.
Sir Peter Karel,Baron Piot is a Belgian-British microbiologist known for his research into Ebola and AIDS.
The University of Nebraska Medical Center (UNMC) is a public academic health science center in Omaha,Nebraska. Founded in 1869 and chartered as a private medical college in 1881,UNMC became part of the University of Nebraska System in 1902. Rapidly expanding in the early 20th century,the university founded a hospital,dental college,pharmacy college,college of nursing,and college of medicine. It later added colleges of public health and allied health professions. One of Omaha's top employers,UNMC had an annual budget of $1.024 billion for 2024 to 2025 and an economic impact of $5.9 billion.
James Linder is an American author,academic and businessperson,as well as an authority on university research commercialization. He is chief executive officer (CEO) of Nebraska Medicine,and most recently was president of the University Technology Development Corporation and chief strategist for the University of Nebraska system. He is also a professor of pathology and microbiology at the University of Nebraska Medical Center.
Frederick A. Murphy is a retired American virologist. He was a member of the team of scientists that discovered the Ebola virus at the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention (CDC),where he served as Chief of Viropathology,near Emory University in Atlanta,Georgia,in 1976,and is internationally known for his work on rabies,encephalitis and hemorrhagic fevers,with over 250 peer-reviewed journal articles. Murphy was as an electron microscopy pioneer in the field of virology,best recognized for obtaining the first electron micrograph of an Ebola viral particle at the CDC in 1976.
Nebraska Medicine,is a private not-for-profit American healthcare company based in Omaha,Nebraska. The company was created as Nebraska Health System (NHS) in 1997,when Bishop Clarkson Hospital merged with the adjacent University Hospital in midtown Omaha. Renamed The Nebraska Medical Center in 2003,in 2014 the company merged with UNMC Physicians and Bellevue Medical Center to become Nebraska Medicine. The company has full ownership of two hospitals and 39 specialty and primary care clinics in and around Omaha,with partial ownership in two rural hospitals and a specialty hospital. Nebraska Medicine's main campus,Nebraska Medicine – Nebraska Medical Center,has 718 beds,while its Bellevue Medical Center campus has 91 beds.
Christopher Mores is an American (US) arbovirologist,trained in infectious disease epidemiology. He is a professor in the Department of Global Health at the Milken Institute School of Public Health,the program director for the Global Health Epidemiology and Disease Control MPH program,and is director of a high-containment research laboratory at the George Washington University in Washington,DC.
Four laboratory-confirmed cases of Ebola virus disease occurred in the United States in 2014. Eleven cases were reported,including these four cases and seven cases medically evacuated from other countries. The first was reported in September 2014. Nine of the people contracted the disease outside the US and traveled into the country,either as regular airline passengers or as medical evacuees;of those nine,two died. Two people contracted Ebola in the United States. Both were nurses who treated an Ebola patient;both recovered.
The American Industrial Hygiene Association (AIHA) is a 501(c)6 non-profit organization,whose mission is "Creating knowledge to protect worker health." The American Industrial Hygiene Association works to provide information and resources to Industrial Hygienists and Occupational Health professionals.
Karl M Johnson was an American virologist,known for discovering Machupo virus,Hantaan virus,and Ebola virus. He has held key positions in the American Society of Tropical Medicine and Hygiene.
Sir Christopher John MacRae Whitty is a British epidemiologist,serving as Chief Medical Officer for England and Chief Medical Adviser to the UK Government since 2019.
Dr. Daniel R. Lucey is an American physician,researcher,clinical professor of medicine of infectious diseases at Geisel School of Medicine at Dartmouth,and a research associate in anthropology at the Smithsonian National Museum of Natural History,where he has co-organised an exhibition on eight viral outbreaks.
Peter Daszak is a British zoologist,consultant and public expert on disease ecology,in particular on zoonosis. He is the president of EcoHealth Alliance,a nonprofit non-governmental organization that supports various programs on global health and pandemic prevention. He is also a member of the Center for Infection and Immunity at the Columbia University Mailman School of Public Health. He lives in Suffern,New York.
Natalie E. Dean is an American biostatistician specializing in infectious disease epidemiology. Dean is currently an assistant professor of Biostatistics at the University of Florida. Her research involves epidemiological modeling of outbreaks,including Ebola,Zika and COVID-19.
John J. Lowe is an American infectious disease scientist,assistant vice chancellor for health security at University of Nebraska Medical Center,and associate professor in the Department of Environmental,Agricultural and Occupational Health at University of Nebraska Medical Center College of Public Health. In 2014,he led Nebraska Medicine hospital’s effort to treat and care for Ebola virus disease patients and led the University of Nebraska Medical Center’s coronavirus disease 2019 response efforts.
Susan Swindells is an AIDS researcher.
Howard E. Gendelman is an American physician-scientist whose research intersects the disciplines of neuroimmunology,pharmacology,and infectious diseases. Gendelman was born in Philadelphia,Pennsylvania. His research is focused on harnessing immune responses for therapeutic gain in HIV/AIDS and Neurodegenerative disease. He is the Margaret R. Larson Professor of infectious diseases and internal medicine at the University of Nebraska Medical Center (UNMC) in Omaha.
Merry L. Lindsey is an American cardiac physiologist. She is the Stokes-Shackleford Professor and Chair of the University of Nebraska Medical Center Department of Cellular and Integrative Physiology and the director of the Center for Heart and Vascular Research. In 2021,Lindsey was appointed editor-in-chief of the American Journal of Physiology. Heart and Circulatory Physiology.
