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FIRM CHOSEN FOR ARMENIAN BIOTHREAT PROGRAM
United Press International UPI
Oct 11 2011
BIRMINGHAM, Ala., Oct. 11 (UPI) -- The U.S. program to strengthen
Armenia's biological threat reduction capabilities will receive
support from the Southern Research Institute.
Southern Research said the work will be performed under a subcontract
from Black and Veatch. The award is expected to generate up to $580,000
for Southern Research over the next year.
"We are honored that Black and Veatch has again selected our Southern
Research team to provide support for such an important global program,"
said John A. "Jack" Secrist III, president and chief executive officer
of Southern Research.
"Working with Black and Veatch allows Southern Research to use our
unique knowledge and expertise in helping to provide global safety
and advancing critical research."
"Southern Research will provide a wide range of scientific
consulting in the design of operational strategies to enhance disease
surveillance and response," said Mary Guttieri, program manager for
Southern Research. "Additionally, Southern Research will facilitate
collaborative research between U.S.-Armenian interdisciplinary teams
and will administer bio-safety training."
Southern Research said it will continue to work with Black and Veatch
on enhancement of disease detection and reporting in the Ukraine, where
achievements include construction of a high-containment laboratory
and development of a bio-safety level-3 training program.
This experience will contribute to the success of program objectives
in Armenia.
The program to strengthen Armenia's human and veterinary biological
threat reduction capabilities and public health system is a program
of the U.S. Department of Defense Threat Reduction Agency
http://www.upi.com/Business_News/Security-Industry/2011/10/11/Firm-chosen-for-Armenian-biothreat-program/UPI-72561318352465/
United Press International UPI
Oct 11 2011
BIRMINGHAM, Ala., Oct. 11 (UPI) -- The U.S. program to strengthen
Armenia's biological threat reduction capabilities will receive
support from the Southern Research Institute.
Southern Research said the work will be performed under a subcontract
from Black and Veatch. The award is expected to generate up to $580,000
for Southern Research over the next year.
"We are honored that Black and Veatch has again selected our Southern
Research team to provide support for such an important global program,"
said John A. "Jack" Secrist III, president and chief executive officer
of Southern Research.
"Working with Black and Veatch allows Southern Research to use our
unique knowledge and expertise in helping to provide global safety
and advancing critical research."
"Southern Research will provide a wide range of scientific
consulting in the design of operational strategies to enhance disease
surveillance and response," said Mary Guttieri, program manager for
Southern Research. "Additionally, Southern Research will facilitate
collaborative research between U.S.-Armenian interdisciplinary teams
and will administer bio-safety training."
Southern Research said it will continue to work with Black and Veatch
on enhancement of disease detection and reporting in the Ukraine, where
achievements include construction of a high-containment laboratory
and development of a bio-safety level-3 training program.
This experience will contribute to the success of program objectives
in Armenia.
The program to strengthen Armenia's human and veterinary biological
threat reduction capabilities and public health system is a program
of the U.S. Department of Defense Threat Reduction Agency
http://www.upi.com/Business_News/Security-Industry/2011/10/11/Firm-chosen-for-Armenian-biothreat-program/UPI-72561318352465/