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Regional Centers of Excellence for Biodefense and Emerging Infectious Diseases (RCEs)

RCE Sites and Contacts

U.S. map of all RCE institutions and regions
U.S. map of all RCE institutions and regions

All links below are to non-Government web sites.

Region I

Harvard Medical School
New England Regional Center of Excellence for Biodefense and Emerging Infectious Diseases
PI: Dr. Dennis Kasper

Region II

Columbia University 
Northeast Biodefense Center
PI: Dr. W. Ian Lipkin

Region III

University of Maryland, Baltimore
Mid-Atlantic Regional Center of Excellence for Biodefense and Emerging Infectious Diseases
PI: Dr. Myron Levine

Region IV

University of North Carolina, Chapel Hill
Southeast Regional Center of Excellence for Biodefense and Emerging Infectious Diseases
PI: Dr. Fred Sparling

Region V

University of Chicago
Great Lakes Regional Center of Excellence for Biodefense and Emerging Infectious Diseases
PI: Dr. Olaf Schneewind

Region VI

University of Texas Medical Branch
Western Regional Center of Excellence for Biodefense and Emerging Infectious Diseases
PI: Dr. David Walker

Region VII

Washington University
Midwest Regional Center of Excellence for Biodefense and Emerging Infectious Diseases
PI: Dr. Herbert "Skip" Virgin 

Region VIII

Colorado State University (Fort Collins)
Rocky Mountain Regional Center of Excellence
PI: Dr. John Belisle 

Region IX

University of California, Irvine
Pacific-Southwest Regional Center of Excellence
PI: Dr. Alan G. Barbour

Region X

Oregon Health & Science University
Pacific Northwest Regional Center of Excellence
PI: Dr. Jay Nelson

University of Washington
Northwest Regional Center of Excellence for Biodefense and Emerging Infectious Diseases Research 
PI: Dr. Samuel Miller

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