Webinar Announcement

Call 3: Public Health Disaster Research Award Webinar

Date: Thursday, August 3, 2023
Time: 11:00 a.m. to 12:30 p.m. MDT

Webinar Description: The Natural Hazards Center (NHC)—with support from the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention (CDC) and the National Science Foundation (NSF)—recently issued two calls for proposals.

This webinar showcased the results from the 14 projects that were ultimately funded. The first 20 minutes of the webinar were dedicated to an overview of the two calls and the funded research projects. Participants then joined one of four breakout rooms where they learned about the projects in greater depth. These breakout rooms focused on the following topics:

  • Breakout Room 1: Public Health Tools for Emergency Preparedness and Response
  • Breakout Room 2: Building Capacity to Strengthen Community Resilience
  • Breakout Room 3: Extending Public Health Disaster Research in the U.S. Territories
  • Breakout Room 4: Expanding Community Engagement and Research Applications in the U.S. Territories

A detailed schedule of events and speakers follows.

Webinar Schedule:

Time - All MDT Topic Speakers
11:00 a.m. Welcome and Webinar Overview Lori Peek, Director, Natural Hazards Center
11:05 a.m. The Importance of Public Health Disaster Research in the U.S. Territories, Tribal Areas, and Rural Communities Robin Soler and Tracy Thomas, Office of Applied Research, Centers for Disease Control and Prevention
11:15 a.m. Overview of Funded Projects and Final Reports
Participants transition to breakout rooms. 		Rachel Adams, Research Associate, Natural Hazards Center
11:20 a.m. to 12:30 p.m. Breakout Room 1: Public Health Tools for Emergency Preparedness and Response Moderator: Rachel Adams, Natural Hazards Center
11:20 a.m Public Health Computer Simulation Tool to Support Disaster Preparedness in Rural Communities Kristina Kintziger, Thomas Berg, Tracey Stansberry, Scott Lawson, Gerald Jones, Jr., and Liem Tran
11:34 a.m. Steep Risks: Assessing Social Vulnerability to Landslide Hazards in Rural Puerto Rico Jocelyn West, Luis Alexis Rodríguez-Cruz, and K. Stephen Hughes
11:48 a.m. Resilience Planning for Climate-Influenced Hazards and Health Impacts for Virginia Tribes Nicole Hutton, Juita-Elena (Wie) Yusuf, and Jesse Palma
12:02 p.m. Validating the Disaster Food Security Scale for Rural U.S. Populations Lauren Clay, Nadia Koyratty, Anna Josephson, and Carmen Byker Shanks
12:16 to 12:30 p.m. Q&A and Wrap-Up Moderator, Panelists, and All Participants
11:20 a.m. to 12:30 p.m. Breakout Room 2: Building Capacity to Strengthen Community Resilience Moderator: Lori Peek, Natural Hazards Center
11:20 a.m. Energy Service Security for Public Health Resilience in Michigan’s Western Upper Peninsula Shardul Tiwari, Zoē Ketola, Chelsea Schelly, and Eric Boyer-Cole
11:34 a.m. Harmful Algal Blooms: Community-Based Participatory Research to Improve Rural Public Health Practice Amber Roegner, Mike Mader, Anjana Adhikari, Zarah Wemple, Summer Zelinsky, Keira Embry, and Todd Rex Miller
11:48 a.m. Assessing Impacts of Hurricane Maria for Promoting Healthcare Resilience in Puerto Rico Pallab Mozumder, Linnette Rodriguez-Figueroa, Mayra Quiles Miranda, Barsha Manandhar, Sisi Meng, Nafisa Halim
12:02 p.m. Risk and Health Communication During Hurricane Fiona in Puerto Rico and Hurricane Ian in Florida Federico Subervi Vélez, Sandra Fábregas, Mirelsa Modestti, Gary Kreps, Patricia García
12:16 to 12:30 p.m. Q&A and Wrap-Up Moderator, Panelists, and All Participants
11:20 a.m. to 12:30 p.m. Breakout Room 3: Extending Public Health Disaster Research in the U.S. Territories Moderator: Jolie Breeden, Natural Hazards Center
11:20 a.m. Evacuation Decision-Making Post-Vaccine: Implications of Compound Hazards in U.S. Territories Jennifer Collins, Leslie Maas Cortes, Elizabeth Dunn, Rashida Jones, Justin Hartnett
11:37 a.m. Assessing Intra-Community Public Health Impacts from Compounding Food, Energy, and Water Insecurities Anaís Roque, Enid Quintana, Sameer Shah, Fernando Tormos-Aponte, Mary Painter, and Fernando Cuevas-Quintana
11:54 a.m. Mapping Puerto Rican Student Vulnerability and Risk To Improve School Emergency Planning Eileen Segarra-Alméstica, Amílcar Vélez-Flores, and Yolanda Cordero-Nieves
12:11 to 12:30 p.m. Q&A and Wrap-Up Moderator, Panelists, and All Participants
11:20 a.m. to 12:30 p.m. Breakout Room 4: Expanding Community Engagement and Research Applications in the U.S. Territories Moderator: Meghan Mordy, Natural Hazards Center
11:20 a.m. Support for Frontline Government Workers: Coping With Burnout Kula Francis, Kenny Hendrickson, and Anna Clarke
11:37 a.m. Strengthening Community Disaster Resilience Through Sustainable Community First Aid Training Todd Miner, Tayna Belyeu-Camacho, Geraldine Rodgers, Patrick George, and Steve Aguon
11:54 a.m. Improving Disaster Information and Communication Technology Through Co-Design and Tabletop Exercises Jonathan Sury, Robert Soden, Jasmine Yiyuan Qin, Wei-Ching Azury Lin, Pamela Silva, and Natalia Arcila
12:11 to 12:30 p.m. Q&A and Wrap-Up Moderator, Panelists, and All Participants
12:30 p.m. End Webinar

Acknowledgements

The Public Health Disaster Research Award Program is based on work supported by the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention (CDC) through supplemental funding to the National Science Foundation (NSF Award #1635593). Any opinions, findings, conclusions, or recommendations expressed in this material are those of the author(s) and do not necessarily reflect the views of the CDC, NSF, or Natural Hazards Center.