Disaster Medicine and Public Health Preparedness Journal

??By 2050 of 75% of the world's people will face drought.?? But we have solutions: - halting desertification - building drought resilience - restoring lands We must protect nature – so that nature can protect us. #GenerationRestoration #ZeroClimateDisasters

#LAWildfires #Resilience #DisasterRecovery #PublicHealth

Disaster expert Jeff Schlegelmilch, director of the National Center for Disaster Preparedness, Columbia Climate School, Columbia University, discusses why the Los Angeles area wildfires have been so difficult to control and what can be done about them going forward. Via BBC News.

Is "retraction" meaningful when unretracted and unmarked copies of articles circulate freely on numerous services? Sci-Hub, Mendeley, institutional repositories, the Internet Archive — all are part of a growing problem. https://lnkd.in/eNUr6YYd

It was July 2018, sitting in a hotel in Lake Placid when I got a call from “Uncle Skip”, who finally agreed that we could write a book telling his life’s adventures. I had been telling him for years that he had some incredible stories, and the lessons and perspectives he came away with had to be shared with the world. It turns out writing the details of one’s life is no easy task, and getting someone to publish it is almost more difficult than the writing. But 6 years later, I am so incredibly happy to say that Water on the Moon, a Physicians Memoir of Love and War, is in print! I am honored to be a part of it. We recount his career starting in Vietnam as a combat physician on the DMZ, the secret Operation Babylift during the fall of Saigon a few years later, the short stint in the Persian Gulf, back to Iraq again in 2003, and many many fascinating experiences across the world in between. Through it all, Phyllis, his rock and high school sweetheart, was by his side. Whether you know Frederick "Skip" Burkle, Jr. from the field of disaster medicine, have learned from his teachings, or just enjoy history and seeing first hand perspective of watershed events of the 20th Century - check out Water on the Moon through Amazon, McFarland Publishing, or ask for it at your local bookstore. There are so many lessons from our 20th century experiences. Huge thank you to all of Skip’s colleagues I interviewed and all of you who reviewed initial drafts and provided feedback. I am thrilled we finally got this in print! https://a.co/d/h5qOdnd

Jeff, the @purplejournal DMPHP Journal is honored to showcase your work. Thank you for giving us the privilege. #publichealth #conferenceproceedings #delphimethod #disasterresearch

Please join me THIS Friday, October 18th, as I present opportunities for clinicians to support pediatric patients in disasters and displaced populations. Attendance is free, but you MUST register. Together, we can improve the lives of children. #adventureswithnursejamla

As we watch yet another #hurricane approach the Big Bend coast of Florida, check the wealth of material in the Collections @DMPHSociety journal, https://lnkd.in/gzZjGv8V. #hurricanes #floods #tornadoes

The BIDMC Fellowship in Disaster Medicine is proud to announce we will be conducting three pre-conference workshops followed by a full-scale disaster field exercise, in partnership with the Abu Dhabi Department of Health, prior to the WHO Emergency Medical Teams Global Meeting November 5-7. Our workshops and full scale exercise beginning Nov 2: Pre-Deployment Course CBRN Response Disaster Mental Health Full-scale disaster field exercise Please join our fellows and faculty in Abu Dhabi! #DisasterMedicineExcellence

In case you haven't seen this, there is a new faculty opportunity at the Yale School of Public Health for someone who is working in violence prevention - have a look!