Centers and Programs

Applying biosurveillance expertise to global threats.

Biodefense Research Center

Our scientists combine experimental and computational expertise to enable passive surveillance, sensitive detection, and targeted diagnostics and therapeutics.

• Agent-agnostic environmental surveillance provides early warnings of potential biothreats, detects health events, and establishes situational awareness.
• Early detection is critical for emergency preparedness and rapid response to emerging events and novel biothreats.
• Accurate diagnostics and advanced therapeutics facilitate treatment and curtail outbreaks through stopping transmission events.

Global Disease Modeling and Forecasting Center

Through multi-scale modeling and advanced data science Los Alamos helps the nation detect, understand, forecast, prevent, and respond to emerging and re-emerging disease outbreaks.

• Integrated and visualized data and modeling create a bridge between science and policy.
• Validated modeling frameworks help identify risk, forecast disease spread, and assess the impact of interventions.
• Situational awareness and early warnings provide data to support decision makers.
• Lab expertise in multiple disciplines helps the broader community understand pathogenic organisms through surveillance, threat characterization, and countermeasure development.