Col. Russell E. Coleman

Colonel Russell E. Coleman is the Joint Project Manager for the Medical Countermeasure Systems Joint Project Management Office headquartered at Fort Detrick, Maryland. In this role, he leads the Department of Defense’s (DoD’s) organization responsible for the development, acquisition, and fielding of Food and Drug Administration approved medical countermeasures to chemical, biological, radiological, and nuclear threats.

How The Department of Defense Helped Confront Ebola

More than 10,000 people have died of Ebola virus disease (EVD) since the outbreak in West Africa began in December 2013. An epidemic of this magnitude, whether naturally occurring or caused by a biowarfare agent, could compromise both the U.S. health care system and the U.S. military’s ability to defend this country and its allies. […]