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<strong>the</strong> hundreds of billions of dollars of expenditures in modeling and simulation already made by<strong>the</strong> nation and its private sector.The initial beneficiaries of <strong>the</strong> Center's work are <strong>the</strong> medical services within <strong>the</strong> U.S. military,but, with support from appropriate government, commercial, and institutional partners, <strong>the</strong>Center's work will be rapidly transferred to <strong>the</strong> nation's public and private health care systems.Mission and Goals:The NCCMMS' mission is to improve both <strong>the</strong> quality and quantity of medical care available toU.S. military forces. This is accomplished by providing a collaborative environment where basicand applied medical modeling and simulation research can be undertaken by EVMS and ODUresearchers within <strong>the</strong> context of a comprehensive academic medical center that provides aconvenient clinical test bed for new technologies and approaches and in a region with access to<strong>the</strong> expertise of <strong>the</strong> large U.S. military medical community as represented by <strong>the</strong> Naval <strong>Medical</strong>Center, Portsmouth, <strong>the</strong> Uniformed Services University of <strong>the</strong> Health Sciences, and o<strong>the</strong>rmilitary medical facilities.The Center's goals are to:Conduct a systematic set of validation and training transfer studies with "best of breed"medical simulationsDevelop new medical simulationsDevelop medical education and training curricula that explicitly incorporate a full range ofmedical simulationsDevelop a regional medical preparedness simulation for Hampton RoadsStreng<strong>the</strong>n collaborative research within <strong>the</strong> medical simulation communityTHE SCIENTIFIC CENTER FOR BIODEFENSEThe mission of <strong>the</strong> Scientific Center for Biodefense is to develop strategies, techniques,interventions, and tools to prevent or reduce <strong>the</strong> impact of a bioattack within <strong>the</strong> large populationcenters and military installations encompassed in <strong>the</strong> Hampton Roads area. Our research goalsare to develop specific diagnostic tools and <strong>the</strong>rapies based on <strong>the</strong> genomes and proteomes ofpotential bioterrorism organisms on <strong>the</strong> NIAID's list of Priority Pathogens for Biodefense. Thiswill be accomplished by combining broad interdisciplinary research and clinical skills to interfacewith <strong>the</strong> biotechnology needed to address issues of biodefense preparedness, homelandsecurity and public health.Research AssetsThe Center is uniquely positioned to address national and regional problems, with expertise andcapabilities that include: Physician-researchers who provide expertise in vaccine development and clinical trialsof <strong>the</strong>rapeutic agents, applied to <strong>the</strong> pediatric, adult and geriatric populations Extramurally funded researchers actively engaged in viral and bacterial diagnostics, viralimmunology and molecular biology, providing unique reagents and assays Internationally recognized expertise in proteomic analysis of clinical samples fordetection of diseases and discovery of diagnostic biomarkers Extensive academic partnerships with multiple biotechnology corporations145

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