Enabling rapid and sustainable public health research during disasters : summary of a joint workshop by the Institute of Medicine and the U.S. Department of Health and Human Services /

Over the past decade, preparedness and response capacities of government agencies, hospitals and clinics, public health agencies, and academic researchers in the United States and abroad have been challenged by a succession of public health emergencies, ranging from radiological threats to pandemics...

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Main Author: Snair, Megan Reeve (rapporteur.)
Corporate Author: Disaster Research Response Workshop
Other Authors: Wizemann, Theresa M. (rapporteur.), Altevogt, Bruce M. (rapporteur.)
Format: Electronic Conference Proceeding eBook
Language:English
Published: Washington, D.C. : The National Academies Press, [2015]
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Online Access:CONNECT
Table of Contents:
  • Introduction
  • Science preparedness: conducting research during public health emergencies
  • Health research needs and actions: lessons from recent disasters
  • Addressing institutional review board barriers to health research implementation
  • Partnering with the community to enable research
  • Improving data collection capabilities and information resources
  • Considerations for rapid and sustained funding mechanisms for research in disasters
  • Improving the role of extramural research networks
  • Coordinating logistics to execute rapid research in disaster response
  • Actions to build the future of disaster research.