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Life Sciences

Projects include:

Biodefense Projects

  • New methods for assessing and building psychological hardiness - resilience in individuals and organizations
  • Enhancing Human Performance in Security Operations: International and Law Enforcement Perspectives
  • Bottlenecks to Application of Bioinspired Approaches and How to Resolve Them
  • 2025 Biodefense Project for Transformational Science
  • Bayes, Bugs and Bioterrorists: Lessons Learned from the Anthrax Attacks
  • The Bug Stops Here: Force Projection and Emerging Infectious Diseases
  • Catastrophic Bioterrorism – What Is To Be Done?
  • Coping With An Attack – Citizen Preparedness Poster for WMD Attacks
  • Looking for Trouble: A Policymaker’s Guide to Biosensing

Biotechnology Projects

  • Brain Imaging Studies
  • NATO Biotech Team
  • The New Biowarfare – The Role of Modern Biology in the Military
  • Electrode Coupled NADH Oxidation for an NADH Fuel Cell
  • Biology and the Battlefield

Biobased Economy Projects

  • From Petro to Agro: Seeds of a New Economy

Email the Life Sciences Office

Publications
DTP #86, Challenges to Leadership: Responding to Biological Threats by Paul Rosenzweig October 2011
DTP #82, Analysis of the Threat of Genetically Modified Organisms for Biological Warfare by Jerry Warner, James Ramsbotham, Ewelina Tunia and James J. Valdes May 2011
DTP #79, Bio-Inspired Materials and Devices for Chemical and Biological Defense by James J. Valdes and Erica R. Valdes September 2010
DTP #78, Hours of Boredom, Moments of Terror: Temporal Desynchrony in Military and Security Force Operations by Peter A. Hancock and Gerald P. Krueger October 2010
The 71F Advantage: Applying Army Research Psychology for Health and Performance Gains Edited by Paul T. Bartone, Ross H. Pastel, and Mark A. Vaitkus 2010
Bio-Inspired Innovation and National Security Edited by Robert E. Armstrong, Mark D. Drapeau, Cheryl A. Loeb and James J. Valdes 2010
A Policymaker's Guide to Bioterrorism and What to Do About It by Richard Danzig December 2009
DH #69, To Build Resilience: Leader Influence on Mental Hardiness by Paul T. Bartone, Charles L. Barry, and Robert E. Armstrong November 2099
DTP #68, Defending the Military Food Supply: Acquisition, Preparation, and Protection of Food at U.S. Military Installations by Andrew Mara and Lynn McGrath September 2009
DTP #66, Pandemic Flu Planning in Africa: Thoughts from a Nigerian Case Study by Cheryl Loeb, Lynn McGrath, and Sudhir Devalia July 2009
DH #64, Lessons of Abu Ghraib: Understanding and Preventing Prisoner Abuse in Military Operations by Paul T. Bartone November 2008
DTP #54, Good Bugs, Bad Bugs: A Modern Approach for Detecting Offensive Biological Weapons Research by Michael Moodie, Cheryl Loeb, Robert Armstrong, and Helen Purkitt September 2008
Weathering the Storm: Leading Your Organization Through a Pandemic Flu Event (poster, 22 inches by 32 inches)   July 2008
DH #63, The Role of Medical Diplomacy in Stabilizing Afghanistan by Donald F. Thompson May 2008
Preparing for Catastrophic Bioterrorism: A Long-Term Strategy for Limiting the Risk (not available online) by Richard Danzig May 2008
DTP #38, Weathering the Storm: Leading Your Organization Through a Pandemic by Stephen Prior, Robert Armstrong, Ford Rowan with Mary Beth Hill-Harmon November 2006
DTP #29, Cooperative Crisis Management and Avian Influenza: A Risk Assessment Guide for International Contagious Disease Prevention and Risk Mitigation by Donald F. Thompson and Renata P. Louie March 2006
  Risk Assessment and Mitigation Worksheets  
  Risk Assessment Questionnaire  
  Ecological Factors  
  Infrastructure Factors  
  Response Factors  
  Transparency Factors  
  Disease-Specific Outbreak and Transmission Factors  
  Post-Assessment  
DTP #21, The Bug Stops Here: Force Protection and Emerging Infectious Diseases by Donald F. Thompson, Joel L. Swerdlow, and Cheryl A. Loeb November 2005
Bird Flu and You: A Quick Guide to Protecting Yourself and Your Family From Bird Flu   2005
Pandemic Panic in the Media   2005
DTP #3, Who You Gonna Call? Responding to a Medical Emergency with the Strategic National Stockpile by Stephen D. Prior June 2004
DTP #2, Hometown Hospitals: The Weakest Link? Bioterrorism Readiness in America's Rural Hospitals by Elin A. Gursky June 2004
DTP #1, Looking for Trouble: A Policymaker's Guide to Biosensing by Robert Armstrong, Patricia Coomber and Stephen Prior with Ashley Dincher
June 2004
DH #25, Biology and the Battlefield by Robert E. Armstrong and Jerry B. Warner March 2003
Coping with an Attack, A Quick Guide to Dealing with Biological, Chemical and ‘Dirty Bomb’ Attacks   2003
Catastrophic Bioterrorism - What Is To Be Done? (not available online) by Richard Danzig August 2003
DH #15, Biological Weapons: Toward a Threat Reduction Strategy by Brad Roberts and Michael Moodie
July 2002