The National Center for Disaster Medicine and Public Health
Our new website is now active, please visit us at: ncdmph.usuhs.edu
The National Center for Disaster Medicine and Public Health (NCDMPH) was established in 2008 under Homeland Security Presidential Directive 21, paragraph 38. The Center serves the U.S. Government as an academic home for the development and dissemination of core skills, knowledge and abilities, and for research on education and training strategies in the fields of disaster medicine and public health. The work of the NCDMPH encompasses multiple specialties, including domestic medical preparedness and response, international health, global disaster, humanitarian medicine, public health assistance and military medicine.
The National Center for Disaster Medicine and Public Health serves as a critical Federal education enabler across departments and agencies through standardization of core curricula and competencies. The NCDMPH is uniquely authorized to communicate and coordinate this learning strategy to state, local and tribal entities, academia and the private sector. Through its efforts, the NCDMPH seeks to prepare the nation for natural and man-made disasters and other catastrophic public health events.
The National Center for Disaster Medicine and Public Health is hosted by the Department of Defense at the Uniformed Services University of the Health Sciences (USU) -- the Nation's only federal health sciences university in Bethesda, Maryland, and receives oversight and guidance through the Federal Education and Training Interagency Group for Public Health and Medical Disaster Preparedness and Response (FETIG).
Staff
Kenneth Schor, DO, MPH , Acting Director
Kandra Strauss-Riggs, MPH, Joint Program Coordinator
Kristen Brown, Administrative Assistant
Robin Lowe, Website Developer
Contact Information
National Center for
Disaster Medicine and Public Health
Uniformed Services University
of the Health Sciences
Phone: 301-294-3763
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