Public Health Risks of Disasters: Communication, Infrastructure, and Preparedness -- Workshop Summary

Moderator:	Joseph Barbera, Co-Director, Institute for Crisis, Disaster, and Risk Management, George Washington University
10:20 a.m.	Disaster–Public Health Nexus¹ Linda Bourque, Associate Director, Center for Public Health and Disasters, University of California, Los Angeles
10:40 a.m.	Social and Health Effects During Heat Waves Eric Klinenberg, Assistant Professor, New York University
11:00 a.m.	Infrastructure Loss as a Public Health Risk Rae Zimmerman, Director, Institute for Civil Infrastructure Systems, New York University
11:20 a.m.	Complex Disasters and Public Health Jean-Luc Poncelet, Chief, Emergency Preparedness, Pan American Health Organization
11:40 a.m.	Questions and discussion
12:10 p.m.	Lunch break

Moderator:

Ann-Margaret Esnard, Cornell University

1:55 p.m.

Which Part of “Emergency” Didn’t You Understand?

William Raub, Principal Deputy Assistant Secretary for Public Health Emergency Preparedness, Department of Health and Human Services

2:15 p.m.

Public Health Monitoring and Training Needs

Samuel Wilson, Deputy Director, National Institute of Environmental Health Sciences

¹	Linda Bourque was unable to be present at the workshop; however, her presentation is available on the Disasters Roundtable website.