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NCDMPH Disaster Health Education Symposium

Disasters and Health: State of Science symposium 2019

The National Center for Disaster Medicine and Public Health (NCDMPH) held the first annual Disasters and Health: State of Science Symposium

on April 25-26, 2019, at the American Geophysical Union (AGU) in Washington, DC.

The symposium was a dynamic event convening the leading disaster experts from the fields of science, academia, government, finance and technology. The objective of the symposium was to identify the important issues enabling and constraining an evidence-based approach to disaster preparedness and response, with a particular focus on health.

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Disaster Health Education Symposium 2017

On September 7, 2017 at the Uniformed Services University of the Health Sciences, The National Center for Disaster Medicine and Public Health (NCDMPH)

Co-sponsored by USU, held the 2017 Disaster Health Education Symposium, Advancing the State of the Art.

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This symposium provided a forum with a specific focus on education and training in disaster medicine and public health. This symposium will:

1) Highlighted promising approaches, science and practice for education and training in disaster medicine and public health

2) Presented a unique forum for collaboration and networking among disaster medicine and public health professionals

3) Explored the implications of the latest practice and research for disaster medicine and public health learning and performance and identifed key areas for future research