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| **Academic Center for Public Health Preparedness Center Profiles**    |
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| **Columbia University**\                                              |
|  \                                                                    |
| **Contact Information:**                                              |
|                                                                       |
| Columbia University\                                                  |
| Mailman School of Public Health\                                      |
| Center for Public Health Preparedness\                                |
| 722 West 168th Street\                                                |
| New York, NY 10032\                                                   |
|  \                                                                    |
| Principal Investigator: Stephen S. Morse, Ph.D.,                      |
| <ssm20@columbia.edu>\                                                 |
| Administrative Coordinator: Eric Gebbie, M.A., M.I.A.,                |
| <eng9@columbia.edu>                                                   |
|                                                                       |
| **Specialty Areas:**                                                  |
|                                                                       |
| Incident Command Systems\                                             |
| Leadership\                                                           |
| Epidemiology/Surveillance                                             |
|                                                                       |
| **Website:** <http://cpmcnet.Columbia.edu/dept/sph/CPHP>              |
|                                                                       |
| **Emory University**\                                                 |
|  \                                                                    |
| **Contact Information:**                                              |
|                                                                       |
| Emory University\                                                     |
| Rollins School of Public Health\                                      |
| 1518 Clifton Road\                                                    |
| Room 814\                                                             |
| Atlanta, GA 30322                                                     |
|                                                                       |
| <cphpr@sph.emory.edu>                                                 |
|                                                                       |
| Principal Investigator: Kathleen Miner, Ph.D., M. Ed., M.P.H.,        |
| C.H.E.S.\                                                             |
|      <kminer@sph.emory.edu>\                                          |
| Coordinator: Melissa Alperin, M.P.H., C.H.E.S.,                       |
| <malperi@sph.emory.edu>                                               |
|                                                                       |
| **Specialty Areas:**                                                  |
|                                                                       |
| Learning Management System (G-TRAIN)\                                 |
| CD-ROM Production\                                                    |
| Graduate Education\                                                   |
| Distance-Based Instruction\                                           |
| Case Studies                                                          |
|                                                                       |
| **Website:**                                                          |
| [www.sph.emory                                                        |
| .edu/CPHPR/training.htm](http://www.sph.emory.edu/CPHPR/training.htm) |
|                                                                       |
| **Harvard University**                                                |
|                                                                       |
| **Contact Information:**                                              |
|                                                                       |
| Harvard Center for Public Health Preparedness\                        |
| Harvard University School of Public Health\                           |
| 1552 Tremont St.\                                                     |
| Boston, Massachusetts 02120                                           |
|                                                                       |
| <gnick@hsph.harvard.edu>                                              |
|                                                                       |
| Principal Investigator: Deborah Prothow-Stith, M.D.,                  |
| <dprothro@hsph.harvard.edu>                                           |
|                                                                       |
| **Specialty Areas:**                                                  |
|                                                                       |
| Conflict Resolution\                                                  |
| Rural Preparedness\                                                   |
| Distance Learning\                                                    |
| Public Health Polling\                                                |
| Disparities                                                           |
|                                                                       |
| **Website:** [www.hsph.harvard.edu/php/bt                             |
| cente                                                                 |
| roverview.htm](http://www.hsph.harvard.edu/php/bt centeroverview.htm) |
|                                                                       |
| **Johns Hopkins University**\                                         |
|  \                                                                    |
| **Contact Information:**                                              |
|                                                                       |
| Academic Center for Public Health Preparedness\                       |
| Bloomberg School of Public Health\                                    |
| Johns Hopkins University\                                             |
| 615 North Wolfe St.\                                                  |
| Suite W1033\                                                          |
| Baltimore, MD 21205                                                   |
|                                                                       |
| Principal Investigator: Robert Lawrence, <rlawrenc@jhsph.edu>\        |
| Coordinator: Andy Lentz, <alentz@jhsph.edu>                           |
|                                                                       |
| **Specialty Areas:**                                                  |
|                                                                       |
| Chemical & biologic threats to food/water supply\                     |
| Radiation                                                             |
|                                                                       |
| **Website:**                                                          |
| [www.jhsph.edu/cphp](http://www.phppo.                                |
| cdc.gov/owpp/Linkdisclaimer.asp?a_gotolink=http://www.jhsph.edu/cphp) |
|                                                                       |
| **Saint Louis University**\                                           |
|  \                                                                    |
| **Contact Information:**                                              |
|                                                                       |
| Heartland Center for Public Health Preparedness\                      |
| 3545 Lafayette Ave., Suite 300\                                       |
| Saint Louis, MO 63104                                                 |
|                                                                       |
| Principal Investigator: Kathleen Wright, Ed.D., M.P.H.,               |
| <Wrightks@slu.edu>\                                                   |
| Ann Wren, Coordinator, Information/Communication, <wrenam@slu.edu>    |
|                                                                       |
| **Specialty Areas:**                                                  |
|                                                                       |
| Public health law\                                                    |
| Epidemiology\                                                         |
| Risk and crisis communication\                                        |
| Incident command system\                                              |
| Crisis leadership\                                                    |
| Mental health\                                                        |
| Mass casualty management                                              |
|                                                                       |
| **Website:**                                                          |
| [www.slu.edu/centers/heartland/                                       |
| hc_preparedness.htm](http://www.phppo.cdc.gov/owpp/Linkdisclaimer.asp |
| ?a_gotolink=http://www.slu.edu/centers/heartland/hc_preparedness.htm) |
|                                                                       |
| **State University of New York-Albany**                               |
|                                                                       |
| **Contact Information:**                                              |
|                                                                       |
| Center for Public Health Preparedness\                                |
| University of Albany\                                                 |
| School of Public Health\                                              |
| One University Place\                                                 |
| Rensselear, NY 12144-3456                                             |
|                                                                       |
| <cphp@uamail.albany.edu>\                                             |
| 518-486-7921 Phone\                                                   |
| 518-402-1137 Fax                                                      |
|                                                                       |
| Principal Investigator: Peter Levin, Sc.D., <plevin@albany.edu>\      |
| Administrative Coordinator:                                           |
|                                                                       |
| **Specialty Areas:**                                                  |
|                                                                       |
| Special needs of rural public health professionals and populations\   |
| Distance - learning expertise and capability (e.g., on-line           |
| coursework, satellite broadcasts, Web streaming, etc.)                |
|                                                                       |
| **Website:**                                                          |
| [www.ualbanycphp.org](http://www.phppo.cd                             |
| c.gov/owpp/Linkdisclaimer.asp?a_gotolink=http://www.ualbanycphp.org/) |
|                                                                       |
| **Tulane University**\                                                |
|  \                                                                    |
| **Contact Information:**                                              |
|                                                                       |
| South Central Center for Public Health Preparedness\                  |
| School of Public Health & Tropical Medicine\                          |
| Tulane University\                                                    |
| 1440 Canal Street, Suite 2430\                                        |
| New Orleans, LA 70112                                                 |
|                                                                       |
| Principal Investigator: Ann Anderson, Ph.D.,                          |
| <ann.anderson@tulane.edu>\                                            |
| Program Manager: Martha Cuccia, M.P.H., <cuccia@tulane.edu>           |
|                                                                       |
| **Specialty Areas:**                                                  |
|                                                                       |
| Risk communication/media\                                             |
| Risk assessment\                                                      |
| Chemical/radiological                                                 |
|                                                                       |
| **Website:**                                                          |
| [scphp.sph.tulane.edu/sccphp](http://www.phppo.cdc.gov/o              |
| wpp/Linkdisclaimer.asp?a_gotolink=http://scphp.sph.tulane.edu/sccphp) |
|                                                                       |
| **University of Alabama-Birmingham**                                  |
|                                                                       |
| **Contact Information:**                                              |
|                                                                       |
| South Central Center for Public Health Preparedness\                  |
| School of Public Health\                                              |
| University of Alabama at Birmingham\                                  |
| 1530 3rd Avenue South\                                                |
| Birmingham, Alabama 35294-0022                                        |
|                                                                       |
| Principal Investigator: Mike Maetz, V.D.M., M.P.H., <hmm@uab.edu>\    |
| Administrative Coordinator:                                           |
|                                                                       |
| **Specialty Areas:**                                                  |
|                                                                       |
| Risk communication/media\                                             |
| Risk assessment\                                                      |
| Chemical/radiological                                                 |
|                                                                       |
| **Website:**                                                          |
| [scphp.sph.tulane.edu/sccphp](http://www.phppo.cdc.gov/o              |
| wpp/Linkdisclaimer.asp?a_gotolink=http://scphp.sph.tulane.edu/sccphp) |
|                                                                       |
| **University of California-Berkeley**                                 |
|                                                                       |
| **Contact Information:**                                              |
|                                                                       |
| School of Public Health\                                              |
| Division of Epidemiology\                                             |
| 140 Warren Hall\                                                      |
| MC# 7360\                                                             |
| Berkeley, CA 94720                                                    |
|                                                                       |
| Principal Investigator: Arthur Reingold, M.D.,                        |
| <Reingold@UCLink4.berkeley.edu>\                                      |
| Tomás Aragón, M.D., Dr.P.H., Director, <aragon@ucbcidp.org>\          |
| Administrative Coordinator:                                           |
|                                                                       |
| **Specialty Areas:**                                                  |
|                                                                       |
| Surveillance\                                                         |
| Epidemiology\                                                         |
| Infectious disease control\                                           |
| Microbiology laboratory\                                              |
| Environmental health/safety\                                          |
| Mass/media communication                                              |
|                                                                       |
| **Website:**                                                          |
| [www.ucbcidp.org](http://www.php                                      |
| po.cdc.gov/owpp/Linkdisclaimer.asp?a_gotolink=http://www.ucbcidp.org) |
|                                                                       |
| **University of California-Los Angeles**                              |
|                                                                       |
| **Contact Information:**                                              |
|                                                                       |
| Center for Public Health & Disasters\                                 |
| University of California- Los Angeles\                                |
| 1145 Gayley Ave.\                                                     |
| Ste. 304\                                                             |
| Los Angles, CA 90024                                                  |
|                                                                       |
| <cphdr@ucla.edu>                                                      |
|                                                                       |
| Principal Investigator: Steven Rottman, M.D., F.A.C.E.P.,             |
| <rottman@ucla.edu>\                                                   |
| Project Coordinator, Bioterrorism and Public Health Preparedness,     |
| <tzteja@ucla.edu>                                                     |
|                                                                       |
| **Specialty Areas:**                                                  |
|                                                                       |
| Border Health Security\                                               |
| Nursing                                                               |
|                                                                       |
| **Website:**                                                          |
| [www.ph.ucla.edu/cphdr](http://www.phppo.cdc.                         |
| gov/owpp/Linkdisclaimer.asp?a_gotolink=http://www.ph.ucla.edu/cphdr/) |
|                                                                       |
| **University of Illinois at Chicago**                                 |
|                                                                       |
| **Contact Information:**                                              |
|                                                                       |
| Illinois Public Health Preparedness Center\                           |
| University of Illinois at Chicago - School of Public Health\          |
| Center for Public Health Practice\                                    |
| 1603 W. Taylor St., MC-923\                                           |
| Chicago, IL 60612-4394                                                |
|                                                                       |
| Principal Investigator and Director: Bernard Turnock, M.D.,           |
| <bturnock@uic.edu>\                                                   |
| Co-Director: Colleen Monahan\                                         |
|  Program Manager: Vikki Wiebel, <vikki@uic.edu>                       |
|                                                                       |
| **Specialty Areas:**                                                  |
|                                                                       |
| Competency framework for core and cross-cutting competencies\         |
| On-line competency-based course curriculum and design\                |
| Design and support features for customized competency-based Learning  |
| Management Systems\                                                   |
| Competency-based certification and credentialing frameworks and       |
| programs                                                              |
|                                                                       |
| **Website:**                                                          |
| [www.uic.edu/sph/prepare](http://www.phppo.cdc.go                     |
| v/owpp/Linkdisclaimer.asp?a_gotolink=http://www.uic.edu/sph/prepare/) |
|                                                                       |
| **University of Iowa**                                                |
|                                                                       |
| **Contact Information:**                                              |
|                                                                       |
| Iowa Center for Public Health Preparedness\                           |
| 5229 Westlawn\                                                        |
| The University of Iowa\                                               |
| Iowa City, IA 52242\                                                  |
|  \                                                                    |
| Principal Investigator: Christopher Atchison, M.P.A.,                 |
| <chris-atchison@uiowa.edu>\                                           |
| Grants Coordinator: Laurie Walkner, <laurie-walkner@uiowa.edu>        |
|                                                                       |
| **Specialty Areas:**                                                  |
|                                                                       |
| Agricultural environment\                                             |
| Rural infrastructure                                                  |
|                                                                       |
| **Website:**                                                          |
| [www.public-health.uiowa.edu/icphp](http://www.phppo.cdc.gov/owpp/Li  |
| nkdisclaimer.asp?a_gotolink=http://www.public-health.uiowa.edu/icphp) |
|                                                                       |
| **University of Medicine and Dentistry of New Jersey School of Public |
| Health**                                                              |
|                                                                       |
| **Contact Information:**                                              |
|                                                                       |
| New Jersey Center for Public Health Preparedness at UMDNJ\            |
| P.O. Box 2688, Room 3712\                                             |
| (335 George Street)\                                                  |
| New Brunswick, NJ 08903-2688\                                         |
| Phone: 732-235-9600\                                                  |
| Fax: 732-235-2051                                                     |
|                                                                       |
| Principal Investigator: Glenn Paulson, Ph.D.\                         |
| Co-Investigator: Mitchel Rosen, MS\                                   |
| Administrative Contact: Barbara Newsome                               |
|                                                                       |
| **Specialty Areas:**                                                  |
|                                                                       |
| Personal Protective Equipment (PPE)\                                  |
| Chemical and radiological issues\                                     |
| Communication systems\                                                |
| Mental health                                                         |
|                                                                       |
| **Website:**                                                          |
| [www.njcphp.org](http://www.ph                                        |
| ppo.cdc.gov/owpp/Linkdisclaimer.asp?a_gotolink=http://www.njcphp.org) |
|                                                                       |
| **University of Michigan**                                            |
|                                                                       |
| **Contact Information:**                                              |
|                                                                       |
| Academic Center for Public Health Preparedness\                       |
| University of Michigan School of Public Health\                       |
| 109 S. Observatory, #3509\                                            |
| Ann Arbor, MI 48109                                                   |
|                                                                       |
| Principal Investigator: Noreen Clark, Ph.D., <nmclark@umich.edu>\     |
| Yael Hoffman, M.P.H., M.S.W., Project Manager, <yhoffman@umich.edu>   |
|                                                                       |
| **Specialty Areas:**                                                  |
|                                                                       |
| Biological Agents/Clinical Manifestations\                            |
| Information Technology\                                               |
| Laboratory Worker and Safety\                                         |
| Public Health Law\                                                    |
| Psychosocial impact of bioterrorism\                                  |
| Risk communication/media relations\                                   |
| Surveillance/epidemiology                                             |
|                                                                       |
| **Website:**                                                          |
| [www.                                                                 |
| sph.umich.edu/bioterrorism/acphp](http://www.phppo.cdc.gov/owpp/Linkd |
| isclaimer.asp?a_gotolink=http://www.sph.umich.edu/bioterrorism/acphp) |
|                                                                       |
| **University of Minnesota\                                            |
| ** \                                                                  |
| **Contact Information:**                                              |
|                                                                       |
| Center for Public Health Preparedness\                                |
| School of Public Health\                                              |
| University of Minnesota\                                              |
| 2221 University Avenue SE Suite 350\                                  |
| Minneapolis, MN 55414                                                 |
|                                                                       |
| <umncphp@umn.edu>                                                     |
|                                                                       |
| Principal Investigator: Debra Olson, M.P.H., <olson002@umn.edu>\      |
| Administrative Coordinator:                                           |
|                                                                       |
| **Specialty Areas:**                                                  |
|                                                                       |
| Worker health and safety\                                             |
| Food safety and biosecurity                                           |
|                                                                       |
| **Website:**                                                          |
| [www.umncphp.umn.edu](http://www.phppo.cd                             |
| c.gov/owpp/Linkdisclaimer.asp?a_gotolink=http://www.umncphp.umn.edu/) |
|                                                                       |
| **University of North Carolina-Chapel Hill**                          |
|                                                                       |
| **Contact Information:**                                              |
|                                                                       |
| North Carolina Center For Public Health Preparedness\                 |
| UNC School of Public Health\                                          |
| Campus Box 8165\                                                      |
| Chapel Hill, NC 27599                                                 |
|                                                                       |
| Co-Principal Investigator and Director: Pia McDonald, Ph.D., M.P.H.,  |
| <pia@mail.unc.edu>\                                                   |
| Co-Principal Investigator: Robert Ryder, M.D., M.Sc.,                 |
| <robert_ryder@unc.edu>\                                               |
| Michelle Mitchell, B.S., Project Assistant, <mimitche@email.unc.edu>  |
|                                                                       |
| **Specialty Areas:**                                                  |
|                                                                       |
| Epidemiology and Surveillance\                                        |
| Outbreak Detection and Response\                                      |
| Learning/Training Management Systems\                                 |
| Distance Learning\                                                    |
| Evaluation                                                            |
|                                                                       |
| **Website:**                                                          |
| [www.sph.unc.edu/nccphp](http://www.phppo.cdc.g                       |
| ov/owpp/Linkdisclaimer.asp?a_gotolink=http://www.sph.unc.edu/nccphp/) |
|                                                                       |
| **University of Oklahoma**                                            |
|                                                                       |
| Contact Information:                                                  |
|                                                                       |
| Southwest Center for Public Health Preparedness\                      |
| The University of Oklahoma Health Sciences Center\                    |
| College of Public Health\                                             |
| 801 Northeast 13th Street CHB 159\                                    |
| P.O. Box 26901/CHB 159\                                               |
| Oklahoma City, OK 73190                                               |
|                                                                       |
| Principal Investigator: David Johnson, Ph.D.,                         |
| <david-johnson@ouhsc.edu>\                                            |
| Oklahoma: Mary Baisch, <Mary-Baisch@ouhsc.edu>\                       |
| New Mexico: Wendy Darnell, Program Manager, <wdarnell@salud.unm.edu>  |
|                                                                       |
| **Specialty Areas:**                                                  |
|                                                                       |
| Psychological dimensions of terrorism\                                |
| Crisis counseling\                                                    |
| Southwestern cultural issues\                                         |
| Water system security                                                 |
|                                                                       |
| **Website:**                                                          |
| [www.swcphp.ouhsc.edu](http://www.phppo.cd                            |
| c.gov/owpp/Linkdisclaimer.asp?a_gotolink=http://www.swcphp.ouhsc.edu) |
|                                                                       |
| **University of Pittsburgh - Ohio State University**                  |
|                                                                       |
| **Contact Information:**                                              |
|                                                                       |
| University of Pittsburgh\                                             |
| Graduate School of Public Health\                                     |
| Center for Public Health Practice\                                    |
| Forbes-Allies Center\                                                 |
| 3901 Forbes Ave. Suite 210\                                           |
| Pittsburgh, PA 15260                                                  |
|                                                                       |
| <mlmoore@pitt.edu>                                                    |
|                                                                       |
| Principal Investigator: Margaret Potter, <J.D.,mapotter@pitt.edu>     |
|                                                                       |
| **Specialty Areas:**                                                  |
|                                                                       |
| Rural preparedness\                                                   |
| Surge capacity\                                                       |
| Public health leadership development                                  |
|                                                                       |
| **Website:**                                                          |
| [www.cphp.pitt.edu/upcphp](http://www.phppo.cdc.go                    |
| v/owpp/Linkdisclaimer.asp?a_gotolink=http://www.cphp.pitt.edu/upcphp) |
|                                                                       |
| **University of South Carolina**                                      |
|                                                                       |
| **Contact Information:**                                              |
|                                                                       |
| USC Center for Public Health Preparedness\                            |
| Arnold School of Public Health\                                       |
| University of South Carolina\                                         |
| 1233 Washington Street, Suite 700\                                    |
| Columbia, SC 29201                                                    |
|                                                                       |
| Principal Investigator: Charles E. Feigley, Ph.D.,                    |
| <gfeigley@gwm.sc.edu>\                                                |
| Director: Jane V. E. Richter, Dr.P.H., R.N., <richtejv@gwm.sc.edu>    |
|                                                                       |
| **Specialty Areas:**                                                  |
|                                                                       |
| Coastal bioterrorism\                                                 |
| Clinical lab training                                                 |
|                                                                       |
| **Website:**                                                          |
| [www.sph.sc.e                                                         |
| du/acphp/sphpreparedness.asp](http://www.phppo.cdc.gov/owpp/Linkdiscl |
| aimer.asp?a_gotolink=http://www.sph.sc.edu/acphp/sphpreparedness.asp) |
|                                                                       |
| **University of South Florida**                                       |
|                                                                       |
| **Contact Information:**                                              |
|                                                                       |
| Florida Center for Public Health Preparedness\                        |
| College of Public Health\                                             |
| University of South Florida\                                          |
| 13201 Bruce B. Downs Blvd. MDC56\                                     |
| Tampa, FL 33612                                                       |
|                                                                       |
| Principal Investigator: W. Michael Reid, Ph.D., M.B.A.,               |
| <mreid@hsc.usf.edu>\                                                  |
| Nadine D. Mescia, M.H.S., Director, Training Division,                |
| <nmescia@hsc.usf.edu>\                                                |
| Danielle C. Landis, Ph.D., Director, Leadership Division,             |
| <dlandis@hsc.usf.edu>                                                 |
|                                                                       |
| **Specialty Areas:**                                                  |
|                                                                       |
| Psychological dimensions of terrorism\                                |
| Crisis Counseling\                                                    |
| Leadership in crisis                                                  |
|                                                                       |
| **Website:**                                                          |
| [www.fcphp.org](http://www.p                                          |
| hppo.cdc.gov/owpp/Linkdisclaimer.asp?a_gotolink=http://www.fcphp.org) |
|                                                                       |
| **University of Texas Health Science Center at Houston**              |
|                                                                       |
| **Contact Information:**                                              |
|                                                                       |
| University of Texas Health Science Center at Houston\                 |
| School of Public Health\                                              |
| Academic Center for Public Health Preparedness\                       |
| 1200 Herman Pressler Drive\                                           |
| RAS E1027\                                                            |
| Houston, TX 77030\                                                    |
| Phone: 713-500-9421\                                                  |
| Fax: 713-500-9406\                                                    |
| Principal Investigator: Scott Lillibridge, M.D.,                      |
| <slillibridge@sph.uth.tmc.edu>\                                       |
|                                                                       |
|                                                                       |
| **Specialty Areas:**                                                  |
|                                                                       |
| Epidemiology\                                                         |
| Community and Disaster Life Support\                                  |
| Rural and Border Preparedness issues                                  |
|                                                                       |
| **Website:**                                                          |
|                                                                       |
| **University of Washington**                                          |
|                                                                       |
| **Contact Information:**                                              |
|                                                                       |
| Northwest Center For Public Health Preparedness\                      |
| 1107 NE 45th St, Ste 400\                                             |
| Box 354809\                                                           |
| Seattle, WA 98195                                                     |
|                                                                       |
| <nwcphp@u.washington.edu>                                             |
|                                                                       |
| Principal Investigator: James Gale, M.D., M.S.,                       |
| <jlg@u.washington.edu>\                                               |
| Jack Thompson\                                                        |
| Suzanne Swanson                                                       |
|                                                                       |
| **Specialty Areas:**                                                  |
|                                                                       |
| Epidemiology\                                                         |
| Environmental Health\                                                 |
| Information Technology and Evaluation\                                |
| Rural populations\                                                    |
| Pharmacy practice and laboratory operations                           |
|                                                                       |
| **Website:**                                                          |
| [healthli                                                             |
| nks.washington.edu/nwcphp/cphp](http://www.phppo.cdc.gov/owpp/Linkdis |
| claimer.asp?a_gotolink=http://healthlinks.washington.edu/nwcphp/cphp) |
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| | **Emory University\                                              |  |
| | [Southeastern Center for Emerging Biological                     |  |
| | Threats](http://www.phppo.cdc.gov/owpp/Li                        |  |
| | nkdisclaimer.asp?a_gotolink=http://www.secenterbiothreats.org)** |  |
| |                                                                  |  |
| | The Southeastern Center for Emerging Biologic Threats (SECEBT)   |  |
| | is a partnership among leading research institutions and public  |  |
| | health programs throughout the Southeast to combat biologic      |  |
| | agents with increasing potential for harm. Administered by Emory |  |
| | University, SECEBT addresses biologic threat agents by           |  |
| | consolidating resources in areas such as basic research; vaccine |  |
| | development; pathogen surveillance; biomedical engineering;      |  |
| | pharmacology; veterinary medicine; food safety; clinical         |  |
| | recognition and treatment; and communication with and training   |  |
| | of scientists and health professionals.\                         |  |
| | \                                                                |  |
| | With these resources, SECEBT is developing new means of          |  |
| | detecting, combating and preventing biologic threats, whether    |  |
| | purposefully caused, as from terrorism, or from naturally        |  |
| | occurring causes.                                                |  |
| |                                                                  |  |
| | **Contact Information:**\                                        |  |
| | Emory University\                                                |  |
| | Southeastern Center for Emerging Biological Threats\             |  |
| | phone: (404) 712-2366     e-mail: <secebt@emory.edu>\            |  |
| | Website:                                                         |  |
| | [h                                                               |  |
| | ttp://www.secenterbiothreats.org](http://www.phppo.cdc.gov/owpp/ |  |
| | Linkdisclaimer.asp?a_gotolink=http://www.secenterbiothreats.org) |  |
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| | **Georgetown University/ Johns Hopkins University\               |  |
| | [Center for Law and the Public\'s                                |  |
| | Health](http://www.phppo.cdc.gov/owpp                            |  |
| | /Linkdisclaimer.asp?a_gotolink=http://www.publichealthlaw.net)** |  |
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| | Founded in October 2000 with support from the CDC, the Center    |  |
| | for Law and the Public's Health is a primary, national resource  |  |
| | on public health law, ethics, and policy for public health       |  |
| | practitioners, lawyers, legislators, policy-maker, and others.   |  |
| | The Center enhances the visibility and effectiveness of law as a |  |
| | public health tool by: (1) Improving existing public health law  |  |
| | training programs and developing new offerings, including core   |  |
| | legal competencies for public health professionals, to           |  |
| | effectively deliver legal training to public health audiences    |  |
| | through established channels; (2) Conducting legal research and  |  |
| | analysis in targeted areas relevant to public health through     |  |
| | state-of-the-art assessments on selected public health law       |  |
| | topics; (3) Developing, with the assistance of multiple public   |  |
| | and private sector partners, innovative public health law tools  |  |
| | and model laws; (4) Promoting communication and collaboration    |  |
| | among public health interest groups and organization across the  |  |
| | nation; and (5) Serving as an interactive resource for practical |  |
| | and scholarly information on public health law.                  |  |
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| | **Contact Information:**\                                        |  |
| | Georgetown University and Johns Hopkins University\              |  |
| | Center for Law and the Public\'s Health\                         |  |
| | phone: (410) 955-7624     e-mail: <jhodge@jhsph.edu>\            |  |
| | Website:                                                         |  |
| | [http://www.publichealthlaw.net](http://www.phppo.cdc.gov/ow     |  |
| | pp/Linkdisclaimer.asp?a_gotolink=http://www.publichealthlaw.net) |  |
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| | **Iowa State University\                                         |  |
| | [Center for Food Security and Public                             |  |
| | Health](http://www.phppo.cdc.gov/ow                              |  |
| | pp/Linkdisclaimer.asp?a_gotolink=http://www.cfsph.iastate.edu)** |  |
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| | The Center for Food Security and Public Health (CFSPH) in the    |  |
| | College of Veterinary Medicine at Iowa State University was      |  |
| | founded in July 2002 with support from the CDC. The CFSPH became |  |
| | a Specialty Center in Public Health Preparedness (S-CPHPs) in    |  |
| | August 2003. The Center integrates veterinary medicine and       |  |
| | expertise in zoonotic diseases and public health with the        |  |
| | ongoing activities and needs of the CDC. We are located in Ames, |  |
| | Iowa, with one of the largest concentrations of animal health    |  |
| | specialists in the world. In the past year, the CFSPH has worked |  |
| | to increase national preparedness for accidental or intentional  |  |
| | introduction of disease agents which threaten food production or |  |
| | public health. The Center's major activities include awareness   |  |
| | education on bioterrorism, zoonotic diseases, and agroterrorism, |  |
| | and formation of the Public Health Auxiliary Support Team for    |  |
| | Emergency Response (PHASTER). The Center also works to increase  |  |
| | the number of veterinarians with MPH degrees and organizes       |  |
| | scientific conferences related to zoonotic and agroterrorism     |  |
| | issues.\                                                         |  |
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| | **Contact Information:**\                                        |  |
| | Iowa State University\                                           |  |
| | Center for Food Security and Public Health\                      |  |
| | phone: (515) 294-8459     e-mail: <jaroth@iastate.edu>\          |  |
| | Website:                                                         |  |
| | [http://www.cfsph.iastate.edu](http://www.phppo.cdc.gov/         |  |
| | owpp/Linkdisclaimer.asp?a_gotolink=http://www.cfsph.iastate.edu) |  |
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| | **New York University\                                           |  |
| | School of Medicine**                                             |  |
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| | The New York University School of Medicine program focuses on a  |  |
| | model educational program to teach the psychosocial aspects of   |  |
| | bioterrorism preparedness and response, the need for which was   |  |
| | made evident by the events of 9/121 and the subsequent anthrax   |  |
| | attack. The model program was developed as either a half-day and |  |
| | a full-day workshop, using an evidence-based review of the       |  |
| | literature and local, state, and national expert opinion         |  |
| | coordinated by collaborator panels, as the basis for developing  |  |
| | a modular, partially Web-based curriculum targeted initially to  |  |
| | practicing physicians in New York State. Curriculum design is    |  |
| | based on approaches demonstrated to most effectively change      |  |
| | physician knowledge, skills, and attitudes, emphasizing          |  |
| | experiential skills building case-based activities with feedback |  |
| | and practice. The half-day workshop is available in CD-ROM       |  |
| | format.                                                          |  |
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| | **Contact Information:**\                                        |  |
| | New York University\                                             |  |
| | Center for the Study of Psychosocial Aspects of Bioterrorism\    |  |
| | phone: (212) 263-3949     e-mail: <richard.freeman@med.nyu.edu>\ |  |
| | Website:                                                         |  |
| | [www.med.nyu.edu/chip](http://www.phppo.cdc.gov                  |  |
| | /owpp/Linkdisclaimer.asp?a_gotolink=http://www.med.nyu.edu/chip) |  |
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| | **Northern Arizona University\                                   |  |
| | Center for the Study of Dangerous Pathogens**                    |  |
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| | The dangerous pathogens center at Northern Arizona University is |  |
| | involved in the molecular epidemiological and forensic tracking  |  |
| | of bacterial biothreat agents and public health training related |  |
| | to these agents. Over the next 12 months, work is continuing on  |  |
| | genetic typing strains of B. anthracis, Y. pestis, F.            |  |
| | tularensis, Brucella sp., Burkholderia sp., E. coli, and various |  |
| | other food-borne pathogens.\                                     |  |
| | \                                                                |  |
| | This work requires security, biohazard control, analysis of      |  |
| | genomes, development of molecular diagnostic assays and database |  |
| | construction. Molecular assay validation and standardization for |  |
| | transfer to government laboratories will be addressed, as well   |  |
| | as development and dissemination of other model practices        |  |
| | related to biosafety and public health security infrastructure.  |  |
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| | **Contact Information:**\                                        |  |
| | Northern Arizona University\                                     |  |
| | Center for the Study of Dangerous Pathogens\                     |  |
| | phone: (928) 523-1078     e-mail: <Paul.Keim@nau.edu>\           |  |
| | Website:                                                         |  |
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| | **St. Louis University\                                          |  |
| | [Center for the Deterrence of Bioterrorism and Emerging          |  |
| | Infections](http://www.phppo.cdc.gov/owpp/                       |  |
| | Linkdisclaimer.asp?a_gotolink=http://www.bioterrorism.slu.edu)** |  |
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| | The Center for the Study of Bioterrorism and Emerging Infections |  |
| | (CSB&EI) at Saint Louis University School of Public Health was   |  |
| | established in 2000. Its original mission was bioterrorism       |  |
| | preparedness, but expanded in 2002 to encompass all hazards. The |  |
| | Center's mission is to better prepare the United States to meet  |  |
| | the threat of biological, chemical, nuclear, and conventional    |  |
| | terrorism through developing, testing, and delivering curricular |  |
| | and instructional material to healthcare, public health          |  |
| | agencies, first responders, civic leaders, and the public. The   |  |
| | Center has been very successful in establishing key partnerships |  |
| | in healthcare and public health on a national, state, and local  |  |
| | level, and has developed close relationships with a variety of   |  |
| | federal agencies including the CDC and the Federal Bureau of     |  |
| | Investigation; professional organizations such as the            |  |
| | Association for Professionals in Infection Control and           |  |
| | Epidemiology, the American Medical Association, the American     |  |
| | Dental Association, state and local public health departments,   |  |
| | and healthcare facilities throughout the region. The Center has  |  |
| | initiated numerous bioterrorism research projects and continues  |  |
| | to publish and present the data findings in peer-reviewed        |  |
| | journals and at national conferences. A major goal of the CSB&EI |  |
| | is to develop and distribute material in the fastest manner      |  |
| | possible in a form that can be easily updated through the        |  |
| | Internet. All training material is reviewed by a panel of        |  |
| | experts and is based on disaster preparedness and bioterrorism   |  |
| | competencies. The CSB&EI has developed five educational CD-ROMs  |  |
| | on biological and chemical terrorism preparedness.               |  |
| |                                                                  |  |
| | **Contact Information:**\                                        |  |
| | St. Louis University\                                            |  |
| | Center for the Study of Bioterrorism and Emerging Infections\    |  |
| | phone: (314) 977-8133     e-mail: <evansrg@slu.edu>\             |  |
| | Website:                                                         |  |
| | [www.bioterrorism.slu.edu](http://www.phppo.cdc.gov/owp          |  |
| | p/Linkdisclaimer.asp?a_gotolink=http://www.bioterrorism.slu.edu) |  |
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| | **Texas A & M, Texas Engineering Extension Service,\             |  |
| | [National Emergency Response and Rescue Training                 |  |
| | Center](http://www.phppo.cdc.gov/owpp                            |  |
| | /Linkdisclaimer.asp?a_gotolink=http://teexweb.tamu.edu/nerrtc)** |  |
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| | The National Emergency Response and Rescue Training Center       |  |
| | (NERRTC) designs, develops, delivers, and distributes weapons of |  |
| | mass destruction (WMD) and terrorism incident training, through  |  |
| | courses, exercises, and technical assistance for local, state,   |  |
| | and federal emergency responders. The target audiences include   |  |
| | health and medical professionals who participate in an           |  |
| | integrated response to a WMD event and care for casualties and   |  |
| | victims. The three-day course uses various learning methods,     |  |
| | including lectures, small group discussions, participant         |  |
| | activities, case studies, table-top exercises, real-time medical |  |
| | treatment feedback using patient simulators, and field           |  |
| | exercises.                                                       |  |
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| | **Contact Information:**\                                        |  |
| | Texas A & M National Emergency Response and Rescue Training      |  |
| | Center\                                                          |  |
| | phone: (979) 458-6313     e-mail:                                |  |
| | <gary.meaney@teexmail.tamu.edu>\                                 |  |
| | Website:                                                         |  |
| | [http://teexweb.tamu.edu/nerrtc](http://www.phppo.cdc.gov/ow     |  |
| | pp/Linkdisclaimer.asp?a_gotolink=http://teexweb.tamu.edu/nerrtc) |  |
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| | **Thomas Jefferson University Hospital\                          |  |
| | Center for Bioterrorism and Disaster Preparedness**              |  |
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| | The mission of the Thomas Jefferson University Hospital Center   |  |
| | for Bioterrorism and Disaster Education, Training and            |  |
| | Preparedness is to enhance the capability of Philadelphia and    |  |
| | its surrounding counties to respond to threats to homeland       |  |
| | security involving nuclear, chemical, or biological weapons of   |  |
| | mass destruction, as well as conventional explosive devices      |  |
| | resulting in mass casualties.\                                   |  |
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| | The activities of this Specialty Center in Public Health         |  |
| | Preparedness include education and training for first responders |  |
| | and hospital personnel, facility customization to increase surge |  |
| | capacity, equipment and supplies, research support, and          |  |
| | laboratory upgrades for bioterrorism preparedness.               |  |
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| | **Contact Information:**\                                        |  |
| | Thomas Jefferson University Hospital\                            |  |
| | Center for Bioterrorism and Disaster Preparedness\               |  |
| | phone: 215-504-7390, 215-955-9345     e-mail:                    |  |
| | <edward.jasper@jefferson.edu>; <eric.williams@mail.tju.edu>\     |  |
| | Website:                                                         |  |
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| | **University of Findlay\                                         |  |
| | [Center for Terrorism                                            |  |
| | Preparedness](http://www.phppo.cdc.gov/owpp/Li                   |  |
| | nkdisclaimer.asp?a_gotolink=http://seem.findlay.edu/terrorism)** |  |
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| | The Center for Terrorism Preparedness (CTP) at the University of |  |
| | Findlay was initiated in June of 1999. It is a multifaceted      |  |
| | education, training and consulting services program, emphasizing |  |
| | a hands-on, practical approach. It focuses on an all-hazard      |  |
| | perspective, as well as a fully integrated approach to the       |  |
| | prevention, preparation, response and recovery to not only acts  |  |
| | of terrorism, but natural disasters, accidents, and hazardous    |  |
| | materials spills. The communities that the CTP serves include    |  |
| | the public health/medical community, first responders, law       |  |
| | enforcement, school safety and security officials, and corporate |  |
| | safety and security personnel. From an all-hazards perspective,  |  |
| | the CTP deals with chemical, radiological, biological, and       |  |
| | conventional weapons involved in terrorism incidents.\           |  |
| | \                                                                |  |
| | Since its inception, the CTP has developed over 50 training      |  |
| | courses, developed training aids such as a bioterrorism wall     |  |
| | chart and Terrorism in Schools CD-ROM. CTP has received federal  |  |
| | funding for building a state-of-the-art indoor training facility |  |
| | called the Actual Learning Environmental Response Training       |  |
| | Center.                                                          |  |
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| | **Contact Information:\                                          |  |
| | **University of Findlay,\                                        |  |
| | Center for Terrorism Preparedness\                               |  |
| | phone: 1-866-528-3287 or 1-419-434-4647     e-mail:              |  |
| | <seem@findlay.edu>\                                              |  |
| | Website:                                                         |  |
| | [h                                                               |  |
| | ttp://seem.findlay.edu/terrorism](http://www.phppo.cdc.gov/owpp/ |  |
| | Linkdisclaimer.asp?a_gotolink=http://seem.findlay.edu/terrorism) |  |
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| | **University of Georgia\                                         |  |
| | [Center for Leadership in Education and\                         |  |
| | Applied Research in Mass Destruction                             |  |
| | Defense](http://www.phppo.cdc.gov/o                              |  |
| | wpp/Linkdisclaimer.asp?a_gotolink=http://www.clearmadd.uga.edu)\ |  |
| | (CLEARMADD)**                                                    |  |
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| | One of the most critical steps in preparing for large-scale      |  |
| | Weapons of Mass Destruction (WMD) attacks is the education and   |  |
| | training of the health care professionals involved in responding |  |
| | to the mass casualties that would be expected. In the second     |  |
| | year of funding for the UGA CLEARMADD, as one of the CDC         |  |
| | Specialty Centers for Public Health Preparedness, the University |  |
| | of Georgia and the Medical College of Georgia continue their     |  |
| | work in curriculum development, research, and training to meet   |  |
| | this critical need. With a focus on the specialty areas of       |  |
| | pharmacy, emergency medicine, and veterinary medicine, CLEARMADD |  |
| | works with the other CDC Public Health Preparedness Centers to   |  |
| | develop a coordinated training program for standardizing WMD     |  |
| | healthcare nationwide. Specifically, a model program, the Basic  |  |
| | Disaster Life Support (BDLS) curricula, will be further          |  |
| | developed for hands-on training in the specialty areas of        |  |
| | pharmacy and emergency medicine for existing practitioners and   |  |
| | students that will have to deal with the consequences of WMD     |  |
| | events. The American Medical Association (AMA) has picked the    |  |
| | BDLS as their choice for a national standard for WMD medical     |  |
| | training and will be a partner in this.                          |  |
| |                                                                  |  |
| | The American Medical Association (AMA) has picked the BDLS as    |  |
| | their choice for a national standard for WMD medical training,   |  |
| | and will be a partner in this development.                       |  |
| |                                                                  |  |
| | **Contact Information:\                                          |  |
| | **University of Georgia,\                                        |  |
| | Center for Leadership in Education and\                          |  |
| | Applied Research in Mass Destruction Defense\                    |  |
| | phone: (706) 542-5252     e-mail: <swalker@mail.rx.uga.edu>\     |  |
| | Website:                                                         |  |
| | [www.clearmadd.uga.edu](http://www.phppo.cdc.gov/                |  |
| | owpp/Linkdisclaimer.asp?a_gotolink=http://www.clearmadd.uga.edu) |  |
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| | **University of Louisville\                                      |  |
| | [Center for the Deterrence of Biowarfare and                     |  |
| | Bioterrorism](http://www.phppo.cdc.gov/owpp/Linkdisclaimer       |  |
| | .asp?a_gotolink=http://www.sphis.louisville.edu/cdbb_home.cfm)** |  |
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| | Bioterrorism preparedness involves deterrence, communication,    |  |
| | detection, and control. These four functions are                 |  |
| | information-intensive, involving knowledge, surveillance,        |  |
| | planning, and response, starting immediately with notification.  |  |
| | This means knowledge support in real-time and at the             |  |
| | point-of-care. By establishing a cooperative agreement with the  |  |
| | Centers for Disease Cooperation and Prevention, the University   |  |
| | of Louisville Center for the Deterrence of Biowarfare and        |  |
| | Bioterrorism will:                                               |  |
| |                                                                  |  |
| | 1.  Provide course offerings on bioterrorism response for health |  |
| |     care providers, including simulations and                    |  |
| |     discipline-specific materials;                               |  |
| |                                                                  |  |
| | 2.  Provide training for emergency room personnel and clinical   |  |
| |     laboratorians that will enable the early detection of a      |  |
| |     bioterrorist attack;                                         |  |
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| | 3.  Develop training modules, including distance education       |  |
| |     modules, for health providers as first responders to         |  |
| |     bioterrorism events;                                         |  |
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| | 4.  Develop advanced integrated information management systems   |  |
| |     for disease surveillance;                                    |  |
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| | 5.  Develop communications methods to include extended           |  |
| |     metropolitan and rural regions to facilitate early           |  |
| |     recognition and coordinate responses to bioterrorism events; |  |
| |     and                                                          |  |
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| | 6.  Develop outcomes measurements and evaluations of processes   |  |
| |     and interventions                                            |  |
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| | **Contact Information:**\                                        |  |
| | University of Louisville,\                                       |  |
| | Center for Deterrence of Biowarfare and Bioterrorism\            |  |
| | phone: 502-852-3297    <r.atlas@louisville.edu> and              |  |
| | <rclover@louisville.edu>\                                        |  |
| | Website:                                                         |  |
| | [http://www.sphis.louisvil                                       |  |
| | le.edu/cdbb_home.cfm](http://www.phppo.cdc.gov/owpp/Linkdisclaim |  |
| | er.asp?a_gotolink=http://www.sphis.louisville.edu/cdbb_home.cfm) |  |
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| | **University of Michigan, Ann Arbor**\                           |  |
| | **Clinical Simulation Center**                                   |  |
| |                                                                  |  |
| | Optimal education and training for rare occurrences, such as     |  |
| | weapons of mass destruction attacks, present unique challenges.  |  |
| | High-fidelity simulations of disaster scenarios provide a rich   |  |
| | training and educational milieu.\                                |  |
| | \                                                                |  |
| | The University of Michigan Clinical Simulation Center will use   |  |
| | the CAVE (a high-resolution, computer-generated, synthesized     |  |
| | audio-visual environment) to develop virtual disaster scenarios  |  |
| | for training of emergency room and first responder personnel.    |  |
| | The ability to simulate the chaos of such situations and immerse |  |
| | trainees in high-fidelity representations will provide a         |  |
| | powerful training tool for learning and practicing the decisions |  |
| | and skills required in handling disaster situations.             |  |
| |                                                                  |  |
| | **Contact Information:**\                                        |  |
| | University of Michigan, Ann Arbor\                               |  |
| | Clinical Simulation Center\                                      |  |
| | James Wooliscroft, M.D.\                                         |  |
| | Phone: 734-647-4861                                              |  |
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