Biotechnology Engagement Program (BTEP) Overview August 24, 2009

1. Biotechnology Engagement Program (BTEP) Overview August 24, 2009

2. BTEP Overview

3. BTEP Research Priorities • High Impact and Emerging Infectious Diseases • TB, especially MDR • HIV/AIDS • Hepatitis • Influenza • Endemic and Other Infectious Diseases (Measles, Mumps, Rubella, WNV, Helicobacter pylori, rabies, nosocomial infection) • Vector-borne diseases; food- and water-borne illness Photo Credit:: CDC Public Health Image Library / Susan McClure and James Gathany

4. Active BTEP Project Status • 28 - Funded/Ongoing; Project funds have been approved and released by ISTC/STCU to the CISPI and/or participating institute, and the project is currently in progress. • 3 - On Hold; Activities on a funded project are temporarily halted. • 4 - Under Development; Proposal has been processed and is being developed into a full project by the CIS and US collaborators. • 7 - Closing; Project is awaiting completion of an ISTC/STCU financial audit and USPI/PPM review of the final technical report. • Total Active BTEP Projects: 42 4

5. Active BTEP Project Status by Country

6. Table highlights public health priority areas for active projects BTEP Public Health Priority Areas

7. Engaged Scientific Population

8. Yelena Shnayder International Health Analyst Department of Health and Human Services Office for Europe and Eurasia Mary Switzer Building 330 C Street, SW Washington, D.C 20201 Email: Yelena.Shnayder@hhs.gov BTEP Contact Information in US

9. James K Jubilee BTEP Program Manager International Science and Technology Center Krasnoproletarskaya ul. 32-34 127473 Moscow, Russia Tel: +7 (495) 982-31-92 Email: jubilee@istc.ru BTEP Contact Information in Russia