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Alumni Spotlight: Morgan Taylor (MPH ’19, PhD ’23)

Morgan Taylor, BS ’16, MPH ’19, PhD ’23 My first exposure to the Institute for Disaster Management (IDM) occurred in those five minutes of small talk before a meeting begins.

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How first responders can protect themselves

EMS, police, and health care workers need to take special precautions Healthcare personnel working on the front lines to contain and prevent the spread of the new coronavirus that originated

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Institute prepares for handling disease disasters

Ebola simulation gives disaster and health professionals hands-on experience On the morning of Nov. 4, 2019, Anna Chocallo arrived at a local health care facility. She had a fever, and

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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