GCBS uses systems-based approaches to develop and implement innovative solutions for global chemical and biological risk response.
Our diverse team of microbiologists, epidemiologists, virologists, veterinarians, biosafety officers, and chemists work around the world to reduce the risks posed by chemical and biological materials and technologies. We create and share new knowledge, tools, and approaches to empower our partners to safely detect, handle, and control dangerous chemical and biological agents anywhere in the world. Our team has decades of combined experience in biorisk management, chemical risk management, health security, systems analysis, response and preparedness, coordination, and veterinary medicine. This multidisciplinary approach allows us to develop innovative solutions to the growing challenges in chemical and biological security worldwide. As part of the larger Sandia National Laboratories, we partner when needed with experts in modeling and simulation, programming, laboratory science, and other disciplines to address complex problems.
GCBS Partners
Domestic Partners
- Department of State
- Department of Defense
- Department of Homeland Security
- Centers for Disease Control and Prevention, Division of the Department of Health and Human Services
- U.S. Department of Agriculture Animal and Plant Health Inspection Service (APHIS)
- National Nuclear Security Administration
- Department of Energy
- American Biological Safety Association
- American Chemical Society
- Bill and Melinda Gates Foundation
International Partners
- International Criminal Police Organization
- World Health Organization
- World Organization for Animal Health Collaborating Centre for Laboratory Biorisk Management
- Developing Countries Vaccine Manufacturers Network
- International Federation of Biosafety Associations
- Ending Pandemics
- Organization for the Prohibition of Chemical Weapons
- Food and Agriculture Organization of the United Nations