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Global Catastrophic Biological Risks: Toward a Working Definition

2017; Mary Ann Liebert, Inc.; Volume: 15; Issue: 4 Linguagem: Inglês

10.1089/hs.2017.0038

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Monica Schoch‐Spana, Anita Cicero, Amesh A. Adalja, Gigi Kwik Grönvall, Tara Kirk Sell, Diane Meyer, Jennifer B. Nuzzo, Sanjana Ravi, Matthew Shearer, Eric Toner, Crystal Watson, Matthew Watson, Tom Inglesby,

Risk Perception and Management

The Johns Hopkins Center for Health Security is working to analyze and deepen scientific dialogue regarding potential global catastrophic biological risks (GCBRs), in a continuation of its mission to reduce the consequences of epidemics and disasters. Because GCBRs constitute an emerging policy concern and area of practice, we have developed a framework to guide our work. We invited experts from a variety of disciplines to engage with our underlying concepts and assumptions to refine collective thinking on GCBRs and thus advance protections against them.