February 22, 2019
Spring undergraduate course to highlight disaster research
A home in Puerto Rico with a temporary roof after Hurricane Maria.
The Population Health Initiative is offering a one-credit, credit/no-credit seminar-style course for undergraduate students during spring quarter called, 鈥淒isasters: Approaches to Preparation, Response and Recovery.鈥�
Natural and human-made disasters result in enormous human and economic costs, including immediate loss of lives, destruction of infrastructure, food shortages, disease outbreaks and displacement. The appropriate response to these disasters is complex, requiring multi-level, cross-sector coordination and input from a range of disciplines.
This course, , will offer undergraduate students an overview of the research and service-related activities at the 91探花that contribute to management of these types of emergencies. The course will meet Tuesdays from 11:30 a.m. to 12:20 p.m. in Mary Gates Hall. The speakers and topics for the quarter are:
| Date | Speaker | Topic | Unit |
| 4/2 | Meher Antia Derek Fulwiler |
Course introduction Overview of disasters |
Population Health Initiative |
| 4/9 | Health in complex humanitarian emergencies | Emergency Medicine | |
| 4/16 | Risk communication: Strategies for disaster reduction | Evans School of Public Policy & Governance | |
| 4/23 | Modeling tropical cyclones and hurricanes | Atmospheric Sciences | |
| 4/30 | Public health preparedness and response communications | Epidemiology | |
| 5/7 | >Megan Finn | Information infrastructures in the aftermath of disasters | Information School |
| 5/14 | Stopping global pandemics: The role of pharmacists | Pharmacy and Global Health | |
| 5/21 | Wildland fire behavior, ecology, and management | Environmental and Forest Sciences | |
| 5/28 | A Virtual Coordination Center for Integrated Management of Major Incidents on the Seattle I-5 Corridor | Center for Collaborative Systems for Security, Safety & Regional Resilience (CoSSaR) | |
| 6/4 | Meher Antia Derek Fulwiler |
In-class quiz |
This course is open to all interested faculty, students, staff, alumni and members of the community, although undergraduates who wish to receive course credit must register during the course add period.