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Society Co-Hosts Conference in Thailand August 7-9

The Society for Disaster Medicine and Public Health will co-host the 2nd Annual Disaster & Emergency Management Conference: “Resilience & Sustainability in Action,” August 7-9, 2025. The Chulabhorn Royal Academy's Disaster and Emergency Medicine Center will co-host the event.

The conference will take place in Bangkok, Thailand but can be attended virtually from anywhere around the world. The scope of the conference will be:

  • Resilient Health Systems
  • Disaster Risk Reduction in Health Policy
  • Civil-Military Collaboration in Disasters
  • Logistics and Supply Chain for Health Emergencies
  • Paramedic and Prehospital Disaster Response
  • Data-driven Decision-making in Disaster Response
  • Emerging Infectious Diseases & Public Health Emergencies
  • Humanitarian Assistance and Disaster Relief (HADR)
  • Field Operations and Simulation Readiness

Confirmed speakers include:

  • Amir Khorram-Manesh, MD, PhD, Senior University Lecturer in Surgery/Disaster Medicine, Department of Surgery, Institute of Clinical Sciences and Center for Disaster Medicine (CKM), Sahlgrenska Academy and University of Gothenburg, Gothenburg, Sweden, who will deliver the Frederick M. “Skip” Burkle Distinguished Lecture (virtual)
  • Stephen S. Morse, PhD, Editor in Chief, Disaster Medicine and Public Health Preparedness journal, “Situation Awareness for Public Health Emergencies” (virtual)
  • Space Medicine: Defending Life Beyond Earth's Limits - Taha Masri, MD, MS, Director of Disaster Medicine, King Abdul Aziz University Hospital

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Journal Welcomes New Editor-in-Chief

Stephen S. Morse, Ph.D. has been selected by the SDMPH Board of Directors to be the editor-in-chief of the Disaster Medicine and Public Health Preparedness Journal. He takes over from founding editor James J. James, M.D., Dr. P.H., M.H.A., who served in the role since the Journal’s inception in 2007. 


Dr. Morse is no stranger to the editorial role involved in producing the online journal. He served as editor for all COVID-related manuscripts submitted to the Journal during the pandemic, totaling over 1,000 papers. Prior to that, he was a deputy editor for the acclaimed publication. He brings a host of experience from his current role as Professor of Epidemiology at the Columbia University Mailman School of Public Health, and Chair of the Columbia University Institutional Biosafety Committee.  READ MORE

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Papers Recently Published in DMPHP

2023 Annual Meeting Abstracts Now Available

The Disaster Medicine and Public Health Preparedness journal is pleased to announce that the abstracts from SDMPH’s 2023 conference are now available to view here.

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