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 Jan 9, 2018 
 

 Open Philanthropy Project’s $6 Million Grant To Transform NTI’s Biosecurity Mission

 
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to two new, generous grants, the Nuclear Threat Initiative (NTI) will significantly

expand its biosecurity work under the leadership of Elizabeth Cameron , Ph.D., newly named vice

president, global biological policy and programs with guidance from newly

elected Board Member Margaret A. Hamburg , MD. The Open Philanthropy Project awarded NTI with $6

million over three years in operational and programmatic support. Generous

support of $250,000 from the Bill & Melinda Gates Foundation will accelerate NTI’s

plans to develop a Global Health Security (GHS) Index in partnership with the Center

for Health Security at the Johns Hopkins Bloomberg School of Public Health and

the Economist Intelligence Unit. 

 The

Open Philanthropy Project grant will allow NTI to develop new initiatives to

curb global catastrophic biological risks, catalyze international biosecurity

norms and innovation, enhance biosurveillance for emerging threats, and

advocate for measurable biosecurity commitments as an integral component of the

Global Health Security Agenda. 

 “We

are deeply appreciative of this significant support—and vote of confidence—from

the Open Philanthropy Project. In our interconnected world, biological threats

are among the most dangerous and difficult. NTI is committed to generating new

international approaches to strengthen biosecurity,” said NTI CEO and

Co-Chair Ernest J. Moniz. “We are extremely grateful that Peggy Hamburg will

be joining the NTI Board, bringing stellar qualifications in policy development

in the biological arena.” 

 “Funding

from the Bill & Melinda Gates Foundation is a welcome imprimatur of our

approach on the Global Heath Security Index. We are fortunate to have Beth’s

expertise and leadership to guide our work on global biological policy and

programs,” added NTI President Joan Rohlfing. 

 The GHS Index will assess countries’

capability to prevent and mitigate high-consequence biological events, taking

into consideration political and socioeconomic risk factors, as well as a

country’s broader healthcare system. NTI, with support from the Open

Philanthropy Project and the Robertson Foundation, recently partnered with the

Center for Health Security at the Johns Hopkins Bloomberg School of Public

Health and the Economist Intelligence Unit to develop a comprehensive GHS Index

framework based on publicly available data and informed by an international

panel of experts. 

 As

Foreign Secretary of the National Academy of Medicine, Dr. Margaret Hamburg serves as senior advis

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