Welcome to the Institute for Disaster Management! We are excited that you are wanting to know more about IDM and are interested in ways to get involved while furthering your education. At UGA, there are several student organizations offering various experiences to empower students to be contributors, leaders, and difference-makers within the State of Georgia, the United States, and the globe.

Whatever your interest is, I encourage you to get involved! We encourage you to get connected, get involved, and leave your mark here in Athens. The lessons learned, the experiences shared, and the relationships built while involved in a student group will help form the community leader you will become and cultivate professional relationships that you can carry with you throughout your career.

If you are unsure of where to start with student involvement, please contact me!

Kelli McCarthy
Clinical Assistant Professor

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Faculty Spotlight: James P. O’Neal

Clinical professor’s lifetime of service in US Air Force, emergency medicine, public health Since the age of 6 James Patrick O’Neal has had a penchant for flying. “It was just

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Envisioning the future of Iceland’s environment

Study collects Icelandic community perspectives on environmental health, 100 years in the future Michelle Ritchie remembers being in Iceland in 2013. When she returned 10 years later, though, things looked

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How to stay safe during hurricane season

Stock a kit with food, water, medications and stay informed with national, local officials It’s been an unusually quiet hurricane season so far. But that may change with Hurricane Gabrielle