Emergency public health and disasters

About the conference:

The public health consequences of natural and intentional disasters cut across many substantive areas. This unique multidisciplinary national conference will bring together academicians, researchers, practitioners, and policy-makers from public health, mental health, community disaster preparedness and response, social sciences, government, media, and non-governmental organizations.

Conference goal:

To provide an forum that continues to promote a dialogue and exchange of ideas between local health departments and others involved in improving emergency public health preparedness, mitigation, response, and recovery.

Session topics include:

• Climate change
• Hurricane sandy
• Community Partnerships
• Resiliency
• Preparedness and accreditation
• Measuring and assessing preparedness