[The Johns Hopkins Center for Health Security] was founded in 1998 by [Donald] A. Henderson as the first nongovernment organization to study the vulnerability of the US civilian population to biological weapons and how to prevent, prepare, and respond to their consequences.

Dr. Henderson served as Editor Emeritus of the peer-reviewed journal Health Security (formerly Biosecurity and Bioterrorism).

Apparently, the Center for Health Security was more associated with Dr. Henderson than with Johns Hopkins University.  The Center for Health Security became affiliated with the University of Pennsylvania Medical Center in 2003.  Dr. Henderson passed away on August 20, 2016.  The Center for Health Security rejoined Johns Hopkins University in the following January.

Dr. Henderson was among those who were involved in the eradication of small pox.  He had ties with NIH and WHO.

When asked what should be eradicated next, D.A. would often respond, “bad management!”.

Sources:

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  The Johns Hopkins Center for Health Security (JHCHS).
  https://www.centerforhealthsecurity.org/.
  University.
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  “Our 20 Year History.” Johns Hopkins Center for Health Security.
  https://www.centerforhealthsecurity.org/who-we-are/history/.
  University.
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  “Biography of D. A. Henderson, MD from the Center for Health Security.” Johns Hopkins Center for Health Security.
  https://www.centerforhealthsecurity.org/our-people/henderson/.
  University.
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  January 17, 2017. Stephanie Desmon. “Center for Health Security Rejoins JHU’s Bloomberg School of Public Health.” The Hub.
  https://hub.jhu.edu/2017/01/17/center-health-security-bloomberg-public-health/.
  University.

Related:

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  “Donald Henderson.” In Wikipedia.
  https://en.wikipedia.org/w/index.php?title=Donald_Henderson.
  Reference.
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  August 5, 2013. D. A. Henderson and Petra Klepac. “Lessons from the Eradication of Smallpox: An Interview with D. A. Henderson | Philosophical Transactions of the Royal Society B: Biological Sciences.” Philosophical Transactions of the Royal Society B: Biological Sciences 368 (1623). https://doi.org/10.1098/rstb.2013.0113,
  https://royalsocietypublishing.org/doi/10.1098/rstb.2013.0113.
  Research Journal.
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  October 2016. Joel Breman. “Donald Ainslie Henderson (1928–2016).” Nature 538 (7623): 42–42.
  https://doi.org/10.1038/538042a.
  Research Journal.

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  November 6, 2001. “D. A. Henderson to Direct New Office of Public Health Preparedness.” CIDRAP.
  https://www.cidrap.umn.edu/news-perspective/2001/11/d-henderson-direct-new-office-public-health-preparedness.
  University.

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