DHS Office of Health Affairs

DHS Office of Health Affairs
Agency overview

Formed	2003
Jurisdiction	United States
Headquarters	DHS Nebraska Avenue Complex, Washington D.C.
Employees	101 (2012)
Annual budget	$0.2 billion (2012)
Agency executive	Katherine Brinsfield, MD, MPH Assistant Secretary
Parent agency	Department of Homeland Security
Website	DHS Office of Health Affairs

The Office of Health Affairs (OHA) is a component within the United States Department of Homeland Security. OHA provides health and medical expertise in support of the Department's mission to prepare for, respond to, and recover from all hazards affecting the nation’s health security.

The Office of Health Affairs is led by the Assistant Secretary of Homeland Security for Health Affairs, who is appointed by the President of the United States with confirmation by the United States Senate. The current Assistant Secretary is Katherine Brinsfield, MD, MPH. The Office of Health Affairs is led by an Assistant Secretary of Homeland Security for Health Affairs, who is the Chief Medical Officer of the Department of Homeland Security.

The Assistant Secretary serves as the principal advisor to the Secretary of Homeland Security on medical and public health issues. OHA leads the Department’s workforce health protection and medical support activities. OHA also leads and coordinates the Department’s biological and chemical defense programs and provides medical and scientific expertise to support DHS preparedness and response efforts.

Budget

DHS Health Affairs Budget, FY11-13 ($ in thousands) ^[1]
Line Item	FY11 Actual	FY12 Actual	FY13 Request
Salaries and Expenses	26,999	29,671	27,757
BioWatch	100,780	114,164	125,294
National Biosurvelliance Integration Center	7,000	12,013	8,000
Planning and Coordination	2,276	6,162	4,907
Chemical Defense Program	2,400	5,439	500
Total Budget	139,455	167,449	166,458

References

↑ "Fiscal Year (FY) 2013 Budget Budget in Brief, DHS, pg 141" (PDF). Department of Homeland Security. 2012. Retrieved 2012-05-10.

External links

DHS Office of Health Affairs official website

Agencies under the United States Department of Homeland Security
Headquarters: Nebraska Avenue Complex Elaine Duke, Acting Secretary of Homeland Security Elaine Duke, Deputy Secretary of Homeland Security
Deputy Secretary	United States Coast Guard Immigration and Customs Enforcement Citizenship and Immigration Services Customs and Border Protection Federal Emergency Management Agency Federal Law Enforcement Training Center United States Secret Service Office of Operations Coordination Transportation Security Administration Office of Health Affairs Office of Policy Office of Immigration Statistics Homeland Security Advisory Council
National Protection and Programs	National Protection and Programs Directorate Federal Protective Service Office of Cybersecurity and Communications Office of Infrastructure Protection Office of Biometric Identity Management Office of Cyber and Infrastructure Analysis
Science and Technology	Science and Technology Directorate Homeland Security Advanced Research Projects Agency Explosives Division Chemical and Biological Defense Division Border and Maritime Security Division Human Factors and Behavioral Sciences Division Infrastructure Protection and Disaster Management Division Cyber Security Division (National Cybersecurity Center)
Intelligence and Analysis	Office of Intelligence and Analysis
Management	Management Directorate
Law enforcement in the United States Terrorism in the United States

United States biological defense program

Organizations

Federal
administrative

DHS	DHS Chemical and Biological Defense Division DHS Office of Health Affairs (National Biosurvelliance Integration Center, BioWatch) National Biodefense Analysis and Countermeasures Center National Bio and Agro-Defense Facility National Bioforensic Analysis Center
DNI	National Counterproliferation Center (Advisory Committee on Bioterrorism)
DHHS	Office of the Assistant Secretary for Preparedness and Response Division of Select Agents and Toxins (CDC) National Science Advisory Board for Biosecurity
DoD	Assistant SECDEF for NCB Defense Programs Defense Threat Reduction Agency Global Emerging Infections Surveillance and Response System Joint Program Executive Office of Chemical and Biological Defense (JPEO-CBD) National Center for Medical Intelligence

Federal
research

Trans- departmental	National Interagency Confederation for Biological Research (National Integrated Biodefense Campus, Fort Detrick) Integrated National Biodefense Medical Countermeasures Portfolio (DHHS/DoD)
Military	U.S. Army Medical Research Institute of Infectious Diseases Defense Advanced Research Projects Agency Edgewood Chemical Biological Center Dugway Proving Ground
Civilian	Galveston National Laboratory (UTMB/NIAID) Integrated Research Facility (HHS/NIAID) Biomedical Advanced Research and Development Authority (HHS) Homeland Security Research Program (EPA/DHS) Plum Island Animal Disease Center (USDA) Foreign Disease Weed Science Research Unit (USDA)

Response

Local	Local Health Departments
State	State Health Departments Nebraska Biocontainment Patient Care Unit
Federal	National Medical Response Team/National Pharmacy Response Team (NDMS, HHS) Chemical Biological Incident Response Force (USMC) Epidemic Intelligence Service (CDC) Aeromedical Biological Containment System (CDC) Bioterror Rapid Response and Advanced Technology Laboratory (CDC)

Non-
governmental

Academic centers
& think tanks

UPMC Center for Health Security (formerly Center for Biosecurity)
Henry L. Stimson Center
Center for Advancing Microbial Risk Assessment
Center for Biodefense and Emerging Pathogens (Brown University)
Middle-Atlantic Regional Center of Excellence for Biodefense and Emerging Infectious Diseases Research
Center for Biodefense Immune Modeling (University of Rochester)
Johns Hopkins Center for Civilian Biodefense Strategies
National Center for Biodefense and Infectious Diseases (NCBID; George Mason Univ.)

Government
contractors

Programs
& projects

Threat reduction	Nunn–Lugar Cooperative Threat Reduction Program, including the Cooperative Biological Engagement Program (DoD) Project Bacchus Project Clear Vision Project Jefferson
Biosurveillance	National Biosurveillance Strategy Laboratory Response Network (CDC) BioWatch (EPA, CDC) Global Bio-Surveillance Technology Initiative (GBTI), Bio-Surveillance Management Office (BMO) (part of JPEO-CBD) ESSENCE (DoD) RODS (Civilian)
Biosecurity/Biosurety	Select Agent Program (CDC) Personnel Reliability Program (DoD)
Medical intelligence	National Intelligence Assessments on Infectious Diseases
Disaster response	National Response Framework of the National Strategy for Homeland Security (DHS; including NIMS & ICS) National Disaster Medical System (DHHS) Strategic National Stockpile (CDC, DHS)

Technology
& equipment

Protection	MOPP NBC suit Respirators
Detection	Cell CANARY Biological Materials MASINT Autonomous Pathogen Detection System Joint Biological Agent Identification and Diagnostic System (JBAIDS)
Biocontainment	Biosafety level Biosafety cabinet Positive pressure personnel suit

Law

Treaties

Geneva Protocol (1925, 1975)
Statement on Chemical and Biological Defense Policies and Programs (1969)
Biological Weapons Convention (1972)

Legislation

Biological Weapons Anti-Terrorism Act of 1989
Executive Order 13139 (1999)
Patriot Act (2001)
Public Health Security and Bioterrorism Preparedness Response Act (2002)
Agricultural Bioterrorism Protection Act of 2002
Project Bioshield Act (2004)
Biodefense and Pandemic Vaccine and Drug Development Act of 2005
Public Readiness and Emergency Preparedness Act (2005)
Pandemic and All Hazards Preparedness Act (2006)
Pandemic and All-Hazards Preparedness Reauthorization Act of 2013

International
representation

History

Past biological incidents	1984 Rajneeshee bioterror attack 1989 California medfly attack 2001 anthrax attacks Wood Green ricin plot (2002) 2003 ricin letters 2013 ricin letters
Defunct organizations & programs	United States Army Medical Unit United States biological weapons program Sunshine Project Aeromedical Isolation Team (DoD)