Global Center for Health Security
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University of Nebraska Medical Center

Domains

The Global Center for Health Security incorporates four main domains in which its capabilities are highlighted: Clinical Operations, Education & Training, Research, and International Partnerships & Innovation.

Our Domains

Learn more about the Global Center for Health Security's education & training, clinical capabilities, research, and innovation & external partnerships.

Education & Training

Our expertise is now sought worldwide and officially sanctioned by the U.S. government. The Global Center for Health Security is the home base to the national Training, Simulation, and Quarantine Center. The result of a nearly $20 million grant from the U.S. Department of Health and Human Services, Assistant Secretary for Preparedness and Response (ASPR), the Training, Simulation, and Quarantine Center encompasses an entire floor of the new $119 million Dr. Edwin G. & Dorothy Balbach Davis Global Center on UNMC’s Omaha campus.

Clinical Operations

The GCHS is the premier U.S. institution for management of high-consequence infections and hazards. Our clinical capabilities include biological, chemical, burn, and radiation domains. This is in part due to the GCHS having the nation's largest biocontainment unit, the only federal quarantine facility, and sophisticated on-site labs. Nebraska has become the global go-to resource on isolation and biopreparedness thanks to a battle-tested, interdisciplinary team that pioneered and set the standard for dealing safely with infectious pathogens.

Research

We have laser-focused existing work by our leading scientists in fields like chemical weapons, drug discovery and public health. We’ve taken advantage of unique opportunities offered by access to the Nebraska Biocontainment Unit and its world-class team. And we’ve established valuable partnerships with other world leaders and the U.S. military.

International Partnerships & Innovation

The GCHS actively builds relationships with international partners to share best practices, learn from past experiences, and prepare collaboratively for future disasters. Through its programs and global memberships, GCHS is not only expanding its international collaborations but also enhancing its specialized expertise in biocontainment and infection prevention and control. The innovative minds at the GCHS made significant contributions during the COVID-19 pandemic, advancing our understanding of airborne transmission of SARS-CoV-2, disease prevalence, transmission and detection. Today, these innovators remain focused on pioneering new strategies and solutions for emergency preparedness and response.

Domains

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The Global Center for Health Security is the home base to the national Training, Simulation, and Quarantine Center. Our expertise is now sought worldwide and officially sanctioned by the U.S. government.

Education & Training

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The Global Center for Health Security is the premier U.S. institution for management of high-consequence infections. This is not only due to the nation's largest biocontainment unit, the only federal quarantine facility and sophisticated on-site labs.

Clinical

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We have laser-focused existing work by our leading scientists in fields like chemical weapons, drug discovery and public health. We’ve taken advantage of unique opportunities offered by access to the Nebraska Biocontainment Unit and its world-class team.

Research

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The GCHS serves as an international resource and continues to lead the way in readiness training all over the world.

Innovation & External Partnerships