Emergency Management Certificate Program
Program Co-Sponsor
Alice Hausman (Director C-PREP) and D.A. Henderson, the architect of the smallpox eradication program, at Temple University talk on Smallpox February 2006
Center for Preparedness, Research, Education and Practice (C-PREP)
C-PREP is a university-wide interdisciplinary research center that draws from faculty from the Departments of Public Health, Microbiology, Nursing, Emergency Medicine, Criminal Justice, the Center for Sustainable Communities, and the Schools of Tourism and Hospitality Management, Communications and Theatre, and Fox School of Business and Management. C-PREP partners with state and local government agencies and emergency response organizations to study and improve Pennsylvania's emergency preparedness.
The mission of the Center for Preparedness Research, Education and Practice (C-PREP) is to develop research and training initiatives in public policy, risk perception and communication, and mental health to enhance public health preparedness and to mitigate the physical, psychological and public health impacts of natural and perpetrated disasters.
C-PREP's Website: http://www.temple.edu/cprep/