• PACER TO CREATE SOCIETY FOR DISASTER HEALTH

    PACER is leading the effort to create a Society for Disaster Health.

     

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  • EMCAPS AVAILABLE FOR DOWNLOAD

    EMCAPS (Electronic Mass Casualty Assessment and Planning Scenarios) allows users to model disaster scenarios for drill planning and use as an education resource.

     

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    Transoprtation

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  • PACER UNVEILS NEW EMCAPS

    PACER researchers presented their work on EMCAPS 2.0 at the 2010 Conference on Modeling for Public Health Action.

     

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CENTER OF EXCELLENCE

Center of Excellence for Study of Preparedness and Catastrophic Event Response (PACER)

 

PACER

Johns Hopkins University

Mt. Washington Campus

5801 Smith Avenue

Davis Building, Suite 3220

Baltimore, Maryland 21209

Tel:  410- 735-6450

Email:  PACER@JHMI.EDU

Website:   www.pacercenter.org

 

The National Center for the Study of Preparedness and Catastrophic Event Response (PACER) is improving the nation’s preparedness and ability to respond to disasters through rigorous scientific research focused on medical and public health preparedness strategies, response capabilities, and surge capacity.  PACER’s research portfolio includes modeling and simulation, development of decision support tools,  bio-surveillance and diagnosis, interviews and surveys, and education initiatives.

 

PACER research areas:

 

Medical and public health preparedness strategies and response capabilities
Surge capacity
Situation awareness (related to medical response)
Biothreat modeling