{"id":18464,"date":"2020-06-18T10:08:07","date_gmt":"2020-06-18T14:08:07","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/opsweb.wpengine.com\/?p=18464"},"modified":"2020-10-21T15:30:29","modified_gmt":"2020-10-21T19:30:29","slug":"meet-the-barda-biologist-helping-his-agencys-response-to-covid-19","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/ourpublicservice.org\/blog\/meet-the-barda-biologist-helping-his-agencys-response-to-covid-19\/","title":{"rendered":"Stories of Service: Meet the biologist helping his agency&#8217;s response to COVID-19"},"content":{"rendered":"\n<p>Corey Hoffman was eager to start his next adventure in the nuclear countermeasures branch at the Biomedical Advanced Research and Development Authority, which falls under the Department of Health and Human Services\u2019 Office of the Assistant Secretary for Preparedness and Response.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>A few days before his March 1 start\ndate, Hoffman received a call from someone at BARDA, who told him he was not\ngoing to work on the nuclear team as he had thought. Instead, he would directly\nsupport the director and senior leaders in organizing his agency\u2019s response to\nCOVID-19. <\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>Not one to shy away from a challenge,\nHoffman was ready to take on this new role. He started by meeting with everyone\nhe could, building connections and learning more each day.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>\u201cWe had so many questions to answer,\u201d Hoffman said. \u201cWhere would our focus be? Who should we engage? What existing development efforts and agreements could be leveraged? Who were our partners?\u201d<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>Getting answers to these questions helps BARDA with its mission of saving lives and protecting Americans from 21<sup>st<\/sup> century health security threats and to fund contracts with private companies to develop new technologies. But it wasn\u2019t easy. \u201cEvery day felt like climbing a hill,\u201d Hoffman said. <\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>The agency\u2019s COVID-19 focus was on three things: diagnostics to identify people who have active infections or the antibodies for the virus; therapeutics to enable them to recover; and a vaccine to prevent infection and turn the tide of the pandemic.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>In March, the United States had not\nyet experienced a sharp increase in COVID-19 infections, but Hoffman knew the\nproblem would get much worse. He worked to integrate his agency\u2019s efforts and\nensure senior leaders had the information they needed to make the best\ndecisions.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>There was an immediate increase in efficiency among the program teams at BARDA. \u201cThrough our work and coordination, everyone could see what everyone else was working on and how their programs fit together.\u201d That was essential for keeping track of ongoing activities with the 40 companies that were developing diagnostics, therapeutics, vaccines and new technologies to combat COVID-19, he said.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>Some companies are working on detecting\ngenetic material and how the virus affects it. Others are looking at the effect\nof the virus on people. Still others are researching new therapies.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>\u201cWhat gives me hope is the diversity\nof everything that is happening,\u201d Hoffman said. \u201cThat\u2019s incredibly important in\nhelping us determine the answer to COVID-19.\u201d&nbsp;\n&nbsp;<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>Many different organizations and agencies are working together to develop a \u201cholistic solution&#8221; to the pandemic, he said. \u201cAnd it\u2019s not just the ones you would think of. It\u2019s organizations like the FDA and DOD that are joining the pandemic response. Every day it gets better, and we\u2019re eliminating duplicative effort working toward the common goal of eradicating COVID-19.\u201d<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>We want to share more encouraging stories like this one. If you know of federal employees who are helping ease the effects of, or working to stop the COVID-19 pandemic, <a rel=\"noreferrer noopener\" aria-label=\" (opens in a new tab)\" href=\"mailto:pschaffel@ourpublicservice.org;%20ntolsma@ourpublicservice.org;%20lcollen@ourpublicservice.org?subject=Story%20of%20impact%20against%20COVID-19\" target=\"_blank\">please email us<\/a>. For more of our Stories of Service blog series, check out the <a rel=\"noreferrer noopener\" aria-label=\" (opens in a new tab)\" href=\"https:\/\/ourpublicservice.org\/blog-stories-of-service-trio-of-va-doctors-fights-covid-19-with-virtual-health-tools\/\" target=\"_blank\">story of the trio of VA doctors fighting COVID-19 through telehealth medicine<\/a> and the <a rel=\"noreferrer noopener\" aria-label=\"story of NASA employees partnering with local communities to help COVID-19 patients (opens in a new tab)\" href=\"https:\/\/ourpublicservice.org\/blog-nasa-employees-partner-with-communities-to-help-covid-19-patients\/\" target=\"_blank\">story of NASA employees partnering with local communities to help COVID-19 patients<\/a>.  <\/p>\n\n\n\n<div data-bg-color-opacity=\"25\" data-border-thickness=\"0\" class=\"wp-block-pps-gutenberg-blocks-styled-container pps-styled-container\">\n<div class=\"wp-block-media-text alignwide has-media-on-the-right\" style=\"grid-template-columns:auto 23%\"><figure class=\"wp-block-media-text__media\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" width=\"1024\" height=\"848\" src=\"https:\/\/ourpublicservice.org\/wp-content\/uploads\/2020\/06\/Head-Shot-Corey-Hoffman-1024x848.jpg\" alt=\"\" class=\"wp-image-18498\" srcset=\"https:\/\/ourpublicservice.org\/wp-content\/uploads\/2020\/06\/Head-Shot-Corey-Hoffman-1024x848.jpg 1024w, https:\/\/ourpublicservice.org\/wp-content\/uploads\/2020\/06\/Head-Shot-Corey-Hoffman-300x248.jpg 300w, https:\/\/ourpublicservice.org\/wp-content\/uploads\/2020\/06\/Head-Shot-Corey-Hoffman-768x636.jpg 768w, https:\/\/ourpublicservice.org\/wp-content\/uploads\/2020\/06\/Head-Shot-Corey-Hoffman-1600x1324.jpg 1600w, https:\/\/ourpublicservice.org\/wp-content\/uploads\/2020\/06\/Head-Shot-Corey-Hoffman-1920x1589.jpg 1920w, https:\/\/ourpublicservice.org\/wp-content\/uploads\/2020\/06\/Head-Shot-Corey-Hoffman-1200x993.jpg 1200w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 1024px) 100vw, 1024px\" \/><\/figure><div class=\"wp-block-media-text__content\">\n<p class=\"has-small-font-size\"><em>Corey Hoffman, Ph.D. in Pharmacology, is a biologist at the Biomedical Advanced Research and Development Authority in the Department of Health and Human Services. He earned his doctorate and master\u2019s degrees in pharmacology from the University of Rochester and his bachelor\u2019s degree in biochemistry from the State University of New York at Geneseo. <\/em><a rel=\"noreferrer noopener\" href=\"https:\/\/www.phe.gov\/about\/barda\/Pages\/default.aspx\" target=\"_blank\"><em>Learn more<\/em><\/a><em> about BARDA&#8217;s work and its mission. <\/em><\/p>\n<\/div><\/div>\n<\/div>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Corey Hoffman was eager to start his next adventure in the nuclear countermeasures branch at the Biomedical Advanced Research and Development Authority, which falls under the Department of Health and Human Services\u2019 Office of the Assistant Secretary for Preparedness and Response. 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