The Center for Emergency Preparedness has a number of ongoing projects on topics including:

• Surge capacity planning
• The role of local businesses in hospital disaster response
• Web-based disaster education for hospital staff
• Planning for mass prophylaxis
• Contagious disease outbreak planning
• Utilization of information technology to support Hospital Incident Command Center functions

Past grants and grant reports

• Training of Hospital Staff To Respond to a Mass Casualty Incident
• Evaluation of Hospital Disaster Drills: A Module-Based Approach
• Training of Clinicians for Public Health Events Relevant to Bioterrorism Preparedness

If you are a GW student, resident, or fellow and would like to get involved with an ongoing project or create one of your own, please contact the Center.