# FORUM ON MEDICAL AND PUBLIC HEALTH PREPAREDNESS FOR DISASTERS AND EMERGENCIES AND ACTION COLLABORATIVE ON DISASTERS/PUBLIC HEALTH EMERGENCY RESEARCH

> **NIH NIH N01** · NATIONAL ACADEMY OF SCIENCES · 2023 · $40,000

## Abstract

Policy Context
There are many governmental agencies and private organizations charged with ensuring the Nation’s capacity to prevent and respond to the health effects that arise from disasters, both man-made and natural as exemplified by the recent SARS COV-2 global pandemic and increasingly frequent and severe natural disasters including heatwaves, hurricanes, and wildfires across the nation. While each of these stakeholders is critical in guaranteeing adequate prevention, response and recovery, efforts must be coordinated to foster functional strategies, communications, and collaborations to ensure optimal outcomes improving the health and well-being of our communities. Challenges arise, however, from the diverse set of responsibilities of the primary stakeholders, the Department of Health and Human Service (HHS) and the Department of Homeland Security (DHS) and coordinating the efforts among the many other governmental agencies (federal, state, and local), industry, professional societies, foundations, academia, and other interested parties. 
Aligning the responsibilities and focus of each stakeholder greatly assists in ensuring adequate protection and response.  Each stakeholder offers unique assets that must be linked to an overall strategy. It is here where the appropriate federal agencies, including the HHS, DHS, Department of Defense, Department of Transportation, and Veterans Affairs, play a vital role in developing a national strategy and logistical support and coordinating with the private sector. 
The Forum for Medical and Public Health Preparedness for Disasters and Emergencies (the “Forum”) began to address these issues and coordination of stakeholders in 2008.  The Forum provides a venue where the major stakeholders may sit down together and discuss the primary issues, afford organizations the opportunity to make assessments, discuss policies, and review outcomes. These areas focus not only on the immediate responses to disasters and public health emergencies, but also the intermediate and long-term needs that arise (e.g. providing adequate shelter, food and water safety, primary care, mental health) during the recovery phase and efforts to enhance preparedness, cooperation and information sharing. 
The activities of the federal government, volunteer organizations, the private sector, and others in the areas of medical and public health preparedness, resilience, and recovery are of increasing complexity, both in terms of technology and policy.  Currently, it is difficult for the nation's medical emergency response, public health and mental health systems, and health research enterprise to meet the rapidly increasing and diverse medical and health challenges that result from all types of disasters including terrorism and natural disasters. Unfortunately, gaps continue to exist. 
Addressing the physical, psychological, and social needs, especially among at-risk population (e.g., pregnant and lactating women, children and adolescents,...

## Key facts

- **NIH application ID:** 10937101
- **Project number:** 263201800029I-0-759802300030-1
- **Recipient organization:** NATIONAL ACADEMY OF SCIENCES
- **Principal Investigator:** ROBERT DAY
- **Activity code:** N01 (R01, R21, SBIR, etc.)
- **Funding institute:** NIH
- **Fiscal year:** 2023
- **Award amount:** $40,000
- **Award type:** —
- **Project period:** 2023-09-26 → 2024-09-25

## Primary source

NIH RePORTER: https://reporter.nih.gov/project-details/10937101

## Citation

> US National Institutes of Health, RePORTER application 10937101, FORUM ON MEDICAL AND PUBLIC HEALTH PREPAREDNESS FOR DISASTERS AND EMERGENCIES AND ACTION COLLABORATIVE ON DISASTERS/PUBLIC HEALTH EMERGENCY RESEARCH (263201800029I-0-759802300030-1). Retrieved via AI Analytics 2026-05-21 from https://api.ai-analytics.org/grant/nih/10937101. Licensed CC0.

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