Welcome to 
Society for Disaster Medicine and Public Health, Inc Achieving Global Health Security

To our SDMPH members, attendees, and participants at our 10th Anniversary Annual Meeting in December 2023

We wish to sincerely thank our partners and our principal sponsors and grantors for their guidance and support in making this the outstanding conference it proved to be. 


Quest Diagnostics


National Disaster Life Support Foundation (NDLSF)

SDMPH Vice-President, Katherine Fogelberg, DVM, for her contributions both financial and to the program

SDMPH Board Member Richard Rooney, MD, for sponsoring the "Skip" Burkle luncheon lecture

SDMPH Board Member Charles Richardson, MD, for sponsoring both the Tuesday SDMPH luncheon and the evening reception

SDMPH Board Member Terris Kennedy, PhD, for supporting the Continuing Educational Program

SDMPH Board Member Cham Dallas, PhD, for supporting the special Sunday Program

SDMPH Board Member Arthur Cooper, MD

Georges Benjamin, MD, American Public Health Association

Ron Blanck, DO, FAIMIR

Rogers Drake, and the Jerold and Stephanie Kayden Fund, who all contributed extra to the general support of the meeting

The participation and support by the National Center for Disaster Medicine and Public Health is also acknowledged


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The SDMPH welcomes new members and looks forward to a strong and enduring partnership. Members will participate in the creation of policies and programs that work toward global health security before, during, and after disasters.

A benefit of membership is a free electronic subscription to Disaster Medicine and Public Health Preparedness (DMPHP), the Society’s official peer-reviewed journal advancing the science and practice of disaster medicine and public health.

Member rates are available for educational programs that offer continuing education. Meetings are held annually.

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Conference sessions examined the effects of disasters on vulnerable populations focusing on:

  • Climate change and disaster response
  • Conflict medicine and population health
  • Artificial intelligence, decision aids and equipment, and their effect on mass casualty incident response
  • Disaster medicine education, training, and competencies which are culturally and geographically relevant
  • Mental health

Call for Papers - This Call is now closed. 

Türkiye and Syria Earthquakes

The Disaster Medicine and Public Health Preparedness Journal (DMPHP) and the WHO EMT Initiative are seeking manuscripts that analyze and document the results of response efforts on the population health of the affected communities and those that responded. Data-driven public health and clinical outcomes in terms of morbidity, mortality and socio-economic well-being are of particular interest. Specifically, the utilization of technological and innovative solutions and their impact on local health care delivery systems including operation modalities, challenges, and best practices are of interest.

Submissions are currently being considered and will be triaged before assignment to one of the Guest Editors who will conduct a full peer review. Manuscripts, when accepted, will be published online as ready and will be assigned to an online collection.

Intending authors are strongly advised to carefully read the Instructions for Authors and Preparing your Materials prior to submitting to https://mc.manuscriptcentral.com/dmp.

Authors should select Earthquake: Türkiye/Syria in the Author Center when uploading their materials in Manuscript Central.

Guest editors:


Luca Ragazzoni, MD, PhD

Scientific Director of CRIMEDIM - Center for Research and Training in Disaster Medicine, Humanitarian Aid and Global Health, WHO Collaborating Center of the Università del Piemonte Orientale (Novara, Italy), Associate Professor, anaesthesiologist and intensive care physician and PhD in Disaster Medicine; Coordinator of CRIMEDIM’s research personnel (40+) and Course Director of the European Master Disaster Medicine (EMDM).


Flavio Salio, PhD

EMT Network Leader at WHO HQ in Geneva, heading the EMT Initiative and its efforts to provide strategic, technical, and operational guidance and oversight for capacity building, standards setting, coordination, and emergency health operations to ensure predictable, timely, and quality emergency medical care is delivered in response to a disaster, outbreak or other emergency.


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