Tag Archives: Health

Giovanna “Gio” Patterson, most recently vice president for Booz Allen Hamilton‘s (NYSE: BAH) health business at the National Institutes of Health, passed away Sunday at the age of 53, GovCon Wire has learned. She played a key role in the development of the business unit’s analytics growth platform as well as …

TYSONS CORNER, VA, July 26, 2017 — Aili Kujawa, director of human resources and services at Johns Hopkins University Applied Physics Laboratory, has noted that the lab continues to pursue new investment and innovation opportunities while building on traditional capabilities. “At APL, innovation is who we are and why we were established,” …

The Department of Health and Human Services (HHS) said “healthcare cybersecurity is in critical condition” in its report to Congress Friday. Hospitals and health care facilities are a honeypot for hackers and prime targets for ransomware attacks because of the huge amounts of personal information that they collect. While cyber criminals have grown …

TYSONS CORNER, VA, Oct. 11, 2016 — AECOM‘s (NYSE: ACM) chief safety officer will join the Labor Department‘s 15-member advisory committee on construction safety and health following an appointment by the agency leadership, GovCon Executive reported Monday. The company said Thursday Andy Peters, who also serves as a senior vice president, will provide advisory support …

Leidos Holdings‘ (NYSE: LDOS) impending merger with the information systems and global solutions segment of Lockheed Martin (NYSE: LMT) seeks to both diversify customer mix and lower risk to potential spending downturns in fewer market areas for the future combined company, Leidos CEO Roger Krone told investors at the New York Stock Exchange Monday. Reston, Virginia-based Leidos expects 2017 …

TYSONS CORNER, VA, May 27, 2016 — Keith Salzman, chief medical information officer for IBM‘s (NYSE: IBM) global business services, believes one-third of the U.S. government’s $3 trillion healthcare budget has been underutilized, Executive Gov reported Wednesday. Salzman wrote in an IBM Center for the Business of Government blog entry posted …

TYSONS CORNER, VA, April 11, 2016 — Leidos (NYSE: LDOS) will work with Immunovaccine to develop a vaccine that aims to prevent the spread of the mosquito-borne Zika virus, ExecutiveBiz reported Friday. The companies will integrate Immunovaccine’s DepoVax platform and Leidos’ Virtual Pharmaceutical Development Program in support of efforts to accelerate vaccine development and production, …

Booz Allen Hamilton (NYSE: BAH) has appointed Executive Vice President Karen Dahut as head of the McLean, Virginia-based firm’s civil commercial group and fellow EVP Susan Penfield as chief of the Strategic Innovation Group — the consulting contractor’s internal innovation-focused organization. Both Dahut and Penfield will assume their new roles on April 1, Booz …

Chris Freer, formerly vice president of population health at SPH Analytics, has been appointed as VP of sales at the health business group of Leidos (NYSE: LDOS). Leidos said Monday Freer will manage the company’s health group sales strategies, plans and activities to further develop its sales operations, organizational structure and commercial …

The Centers for Disease Control and Prevention has awarded positions on a five-year, $150 million blanket purchase agreement to five contractors for technical assistance and scientific services to support studies and programs carried out by the CDC’s Center for Global Health. Awardees will compete for task orders to provide technical assistance, scientific …