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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

JUNE 2025

Exploring the Relationship between Post-Traumatic Stress and Job-Related Stress among Nurses in the Aftermath of Kahramanmaraş Earthquakes in Adıyaman: A Cross-Sectional Study

Pennsylvania First Responder Assessment of Chemical Exposure Survey following the East Palestine, Ohio Train Derailment Identifies Job Duties with Chemical Exposures that Contribute to Specific Health Outcomes

Management of Embedded Unexploded Ordnance in Low-resource Settings: A Scoping Review

Psychological challenges of nurses working at hospitals in southwest Bank, during war on Gaza strip

Disaster Nursing Preparedness and Response Competency: A Comparative Study of Nurses Instantly Deployed and Not Deployed in the 2023 Kahramanmaraş Earthquakes in Turkey

The Impact of the COVID-19 Pandemic on the Care of Pregnant Women with a Focus on Those who Use Substances: Lessons for the Future

COVID-19 Pandemic-related Risk Factors of Depression: A 2-City Randomized Survey from Kazakhstan

Identifying Barriers to Personal Medical Preparedness for Hurricanes among Adults with Hypertension

Exposure Doses among Hospitalized Patients and Medical Personnel after the Accident at the Fukushima Daiichi Nuclear Power Station

What Core Competency Training Skills Improve Mass Gathering Medical Staff Preparedness? An International Delphi Study for Expert Consensus

Stable Iodine Intake During Pregnancy and Children’s Thyroid Screening Outcomes After the 2011 Fukushima Nuclear Disaster in Japan: A Municipality-based Descriptive Study

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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