Links to NJ Bioterrorism and Countermeasure Research and Resources
Bioterrorism Resources in New Jersey
Bioterrorism Preparedness and Response Information, New Jersey Department of Health
New Jersey Department of Health Emergency Preparedness
One of 50 Centers for Public Health Preparedness funded by the CDC.
Center for Continuing and Outreach Education
New Jersey Preparedness Training Consortium (NJ-PTC), together with Rutgers Robert Wood Johnson Medical School offer several courses designed to train primary care physicians in the event of a terrorist attack.
New Jersey Homeland Security
The primary gateway for all information related to New Jersey’s Homeland Security initiative.
New Jersey Office of Emergency Management
New Jersey’s Disaster Mental Health Service
Local Emergency Preparedness in New Jersey
New Jersey Hazardous Substance Right to Know List
New Jersey Emergency Management Training
Rutgers Center for Environmental Exposures and Disease (CEED)
Our CounterACT Center is an effort between laboratories at Rutgers University. We are supported by CEED, an NIEHS Center of Excellence which strives to understand, detect, prevent, and solve environmental health problems through collaborative research.
Bioterrorism Research
National Institute of Arthritis and Musculoskeletal and Skin Diseases (NIAMS)
National Institute of Allergy and Infectious Diseases (NIAID)
NIAID – Chemical Countermeasures Program
Department of Homeland Security
Federal Emergency Management Agency (FEMA)
Biomedical Advanced Research and Development Authority (BARDA)
Agency for Toxic Substances and Disease Registry (ATSDR)
Emergency Preparedness and Response at the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention
FDA Animal Efficacy Rule
For development of countermeasures.
Federal Select Agent Program
For research with infectious agents and toxins.
Hazardous Materials Safety (HAZMAT) – PHMSA Emergency Response Guidelines
EPA Acute Exposure Guideline Levels (AEGL) for Chemicals
NIAID Radiation and Nuclear Countermeasures Program
Chemical Security Analysis Center, Department of Homeland Security
CounterACT Centers of Excellence
Along with our own Center, three additional Centers of Excellence were initiated by the CounterACT program.
Development of Antidotes for Toxic Gases
Carl W. White, M.D.
University of Colorado, Denver
U54ES027698
Novel Anticonvulsant and Neuroprotective Therapies for TETS and OP Intoxication
Pamela J. Lein, Ph.D.
University of California, Davis
U54NS079202
UAB Research Center of Excellence in Arsenicals
Mohammad Athar, Ph.D.
University of Alabama at Birmingham
U54ES030246