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Poster Abstract<br />

2005 <strong>Symposium</strong><br />

Annual Meeting <strong>of</strong> the Society <strong>of</strong> Research Administrators International<br />

Milwaukee, WI<br />

October 16-19, 2005<br />

Principal Author: CAPT Joseph L. Malone, MC, USN, MD<br />

Author Affiliation: Director, Department <strong>of</strong> Defense -<br />

Global Emerging Infections System (DoD-GEIS)<br />

Author Email: joseph.malone@na.amedd,army.mil<br />

Author Address: Walter Reed Army Institute <strong>of</strong> Research (WRAIR)/<br />

Naval Medical Research Center (NMRC)<br />

503 Robert Grant Avenue,<br />

Silver Spring, MD 20910-7500<br />

Secondary Authors: Mr. Stephen Gubenia (DoD-GEIS, WRAIR)<br />

Ms. Jennifer Rubenstein (DoD-GEIS, WRAIR)<br />

Poster Abstracts<br />

Title: <strong>The</strong> Department <strong>of</strong> Defense (DoD) - Global Emerging Infections System (GEIS) Program.<br />

A Case Study in Administering Research Projects that Build Public Health Epidemiological and<br />

Laboratory Capacity<br />

Abstract: <strong>The</strong> complexity <strong>of</strong> conducting medical protocols involving public health surveillance in<br />

developing countries involving research laboratories within the United States poses many challenges<br />

to research administrators. DoD-GEIS identifies and contains infectious threats worldwide<br />

especially at five DoD overseas medical research laboratories through cooperative arrangements<br />

with CDC, with WHO, and with the governments <strong>of</strong> foreign countries. DoD-GEIS also promotes<br />

outbreak response preparation within the United States by supporting public health laboratory<br />

and epidemiology investigation functions throughout the military medical research laboratory<br />

system and military health system that provides clinical care for the 8,595,000 military medical<br />

beneficiaries worldwide. Although some DoD-GEIS projects such as outbreak investigations<br />

are typically considered public health practice rather than medical research as defined by federal<br />

regulations, many DoD-GEIS activities are administrated through cooperative arrangements and<br />

with protocols that are typical for public health surveillance projects, and that involve pr<strong>of</strong>essional<br />

training and public health capacity building. This poster will detail the unique mission and administrative<br />

challenges <strong>of</strong> the program. <strong>The</strong> poster will present for research administrators the<br />

complexities <strong>of</strong> management and oversight for a large, multinational medical and research-related<br />

program <strong>of</strong> inquiry and service.<br />

2005 <strong>Symposium</strong> Proceedings Book 13

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