United States Army Medical Research Institute of Infectious Diseases information
U.S. Army counter-biological warfare research institution
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United States Army Medical Research Institute of Infectious Diseases
The USAMRIID logo
Active
1969–present
Country
United States of America
Branch
United States Army
Type
Medical R&D Command
Role
Medical research and development
Part of
United States biological defense program
Garrison/HQ
Fort Detrick, Maryland, U.S.
Motto(s)
"Biodefense Solutions to Protect Our Nation"
Commanders
Current commander
Colonel Aaron C. Pitney
Military unit
The "Dan Crozier Building", at USAMRIID, Fort Detrick, Maryland.
The United States Army Medical Research Institute of Infectious Diseases (USAMRIID; /juːˈsæmrɪd/) is the U.S Army's main institution and facility for defensive research into countermeasures against biological warfare. It is located on Fort Detrick, Maryland, near Washington, D.C., and is a subordinate lab of the United States Army Medical Research and Development Command (USAMRDC), headquartered on the same installation.
USAMRIID is the only U.S. Department of Defense (DoD) laboratory equipped to study highly hazardous viruses at Biosafety Level 4 within positive pressure personnel suits.
USAMRIID employs both military and civilian scientists as well as highly specialized support personnel, totaling around 800 people. In the 1950s and 1960s, USAMRIID and its predecessor unit pioneered unique, state-of-the-art biocontainment facilities which it continues to maintain and upgrade. Investigators at its facilities frequently collaborate with the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention, the World Health Organization, and major biomedical and academic centers worldwide.
USAMRIID was the first bio-facility of its type to research the Ames strain of anthrax, determined through genetic analysis to be the bacterium used in the 2001 anthrax attacks.[1][2]
^"USAMRIID". www.usamriid.army.mil. Retrieved 21 August 2018.
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