Gryphon Scientific is a scientific research and consulting firm whose business is to contribute to the current knowledge and practice in homeland security, public safety, science policy and global heath security to help build a healthier, safer and more secure society. The diverse backgrounds of staff enable the firm to tackle projects with complex technical challenges. In addition to experience in the laboratory and in policy shops, Gryphon analysts inform their work with hands-on experience from the field. Staff members have gathered public health data from disaster sites across the globe, sampled from derelict biological and chemical munitions and tested samples retrieved from the anthrax attacks in 2001. The firm's Life Science Analytics consists of projects in four practice areas: CBRNE Defense Food and Agricultural Safety Infectious Disease Modeling Science Policy Research. Disaster Preparedness includes work in: Disaster Response Planning and Humanitarian Assistance Commercial Strategy focuses on: Strategic planning for health care and human service organizations. The firm has extensive non-SBIR federal support to include in the Homeland Security space CBRN Integrated Technical/Logistics and Proficiency Management Support * Chemical Incident Modeling and Gap Assessment * Establishing Requirements for Urban Biodefense Systems * End to End Analysis of Attacks with Antibiotic Resistant Biological Agents * Providing Technical Expertise on CBR Hazards * Evaluating Field-Deployable Biochemical Assays * Efficacy of Medical Countermeasures Against CBR Agents Nuclear Attack Model