Public health emergencies ranging from weather-related events, man-made hazards and pathogen-based outbreaks and epidemics are far more common and increasing in frequency than one might imagine. The reality is there are many public health hazards with the potential to create catastrophic events that will have negative health outcomes for communities and the people who live in them as well as inflicting serious damage to the health systems and professionals responding to these crises and disasters. In this episode we meet disasters head-on at the Johns Hopkins Center for Health Security by visiting with nurse scientist and innovator Tener Goodwin Veenema, PhD, MPH, MS, RN, FAAN, who spends all her waking hours (and some sleepless nights) considering the science, technology, and innovations that are being deployed to strengthen health systems, build community resilience, and protect national security.

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Guests Featured in This Episode
Tener Goodwin Veenema, PhD, MPH, MS, RN, FAAN

Episode Resources

• Johns Hopkins Center for Health Security
• Daily Nurse, Teaching Disaster Nursing in the COVID Era: a Talk with Tener Veenema
• Forbes, Why America’s Nurses Were Not Prepared For The Coronavirus Pandemic
• Disaster Nursing App
• Johns Hopkins Center for Health Security, Recommendations for Improving National Nurse Preparedness for Pandemic Response: Early Lessons from COVID-19
• New York Times, The Best Response to Disaster Is Resilience
• HHS Healthcare Emergency Preparedness Information Gateway
• Ready.gov
• American Red Cross Disaster Preparedness
• Medical Reserve Corps
• National Association of County and City Health Officials
• HHS Office of the Assistant Secretary for Preparedness and Response