Disaster Medicine and Public Health Preparedness is the official journal of the Society for Disaster Medicine and Public Health and the first comprehensive and authoritative journal emphasizing public health preparedness and disaster response for all health care and public health professionals globally. The journal seeks to translate science into practice and integrate medical and public health perspectives. The Journal six times per year always welcomes new submissions. Society members receive an online subscription as part of their membership, and are encouraged to register themselves as journal reviewers by creating an online profile. Institutional subscription rates can be found here.
Editor-in-Chief
James J. James, MD, DrPH, MHA Chief Executive Officer, Society for Disaster Medicine and Public Health, Inc, Rockville, Maryland
David Markenson, MD, MBA, FAAP, FACEP
Chief Medical Officer, Sky Ridge Medical Center, Lone Tree, Colorado
Elizabeth Ablah, PhD, MPH Associate Professor, University of Kansas-Wichita School of Medicine, Wichita, Kansas
Daniel J. Barnett, MD, MPH Associate Professor, Department of Environmental Health Sciences, Johns Hopkins Bloomberg School of Public Health, Baltimore, Maryland
Charles W. Beadling, MD, FAAFP, IDHA, DMCC Associate Professor, Uniformed Services University of the Health Sciences, Bethesda, Maryland, Principal Investigator of the African Peacekeeping Rapid Response Partnership (APRRP) program at the USUHS Center for Global Health Engagement.
Sandra C. Bibb, DNSc, RN, FAAN Dean and Professor, College of Health Professions, Wichita State University, Wichita, Kansas
Rita V. Burke, PhD, MPH Assistant Professor of Research Surgery and Preventive Medicine Pediatric Surgery, Children’s Hospital, Los Angeles, California
Frederick M. Burkle Jr., MD, MPH, DTM, FAAP, FACEP, Harvard School of Public Health, USA
Laura J. Cavanaugh, MD, FAAP Pediatrician, Private Practice, Atlanta, Georgia
Jennifer L. Chan, MD, MPH Assistant Professor, Department of Emergency Medicine, Northwestern Feinberg School of Medicine, Chicago, Illinois
Mike Clarke, PhD, Professor/Director of MRC Methodology Hub, School of Medicine, Dentistry and Biomedical Sciences, Center for Public Health Institute for Health Sciences,Queens University, Belfast, UK
Cham E. Dallas, PhD, University of Georgia / Medical College of Georgia, USA
Linda C. Degutis, DrPH, MSN, Executive Director, Defense Health Horizons, Chief Executive Officer, The Avielle Foundation, Atlanta, GA
Betty Duggan, Director, NYC Medical Reserve Corps, Office of Emergency Preparedness and Response (OEPR), NYC Department of Health and Mental Hygiene (DOHMH)
Shinichi Egawa, MD, PhD, Division of International Cooperation for Disaster Medicine, IRIDeS, Tohoku University, Sendai, Japan
Brian W. Flynn, Ed D, Department of Psychiatry, Center for the Study of Traumatic Stress, Uniformed Services University of the Health Sciences, Bethesda, Maryland
Anat Gesser-Edelsburg, PhD, Head of Health Promotion Program, School of Public Health, Faculty of Social Welfare and Health Science, University of Haifa, Israel
Dan Hanfling, MD, Inova Health System, Falls Church, Virginia
Edbert B. Hsu, MD, MPH Director of Training, Johns Hopkins Office of Critical Event Preparedness and Response, Baltimore, Maryland
Stephanie Kayden, MD, MPH Director, International Emergency Medicine Fellowship, Brigham and Women’s Hospital, Boston, Massachusetts
Joshua C. Morganstein, MD, Commander, US Public Health Service, Department of Psychiatry, Center for the Study of Traumatic Stress, Uniformed Services University School of Medicine, Bethesda, Maryland
Stephen S. Morse, PhD, Professor of Epidemiology & Director, Infectious Disease Epidemiology Certificate, Mailman School of Public Health, Columbia University
Frederick C. Nucifora Jr., DO, PhD, MHS, Department of Psychiatry and Behavioral Science, Johns Hopkins University School of Medicine, Baltimore, Maryland
Michael J. Reilly, DrPH, MPH, NREMT-P, CEM, Center for Disaster Medicine, New York Medical College, Valhalla, New York
Alice O’Donnell
Henry Jackson Foundation, National Center for Disaster Medicine & Public Health, Rockville, Maryland. Editorial Support provied by the National Center for Disaster Medicine and Public Health
Jennifer Holmes
John Armstrong, MD, FACS, University of South Florida, USA
Lewis R. Goldfrank, MD, New York University / New York City Poison Center
John L. Hick, MD, University of Minnesota, USA
James G. Hodge, Jr., JD, LLM, Arizona State University, USA
Gabor Kelen, MD, FRCP(C), FACEP, Johns Hopkins University, USA
Thomas D. Kirsch, MD, MPH, FACEP, National Center for Disaster Medicine and Public Health, Rockville, Maryland, USA
William Lanier, MD, Mayo Clinic, USA
Yasuhiro Otomo, MD, PhD, Tokyo Medical and Dental University Hospital of Medicine, Japan
Betty Pfefferbaum, MD, JD, University of Oklahoma Health Sciences Center, USA
Irwin Redlener, MD, Columbia University, USA
Hou Shi-ke, MD, Affiliated Hospital of Logistic University, China
W. Craig Vanderwagen, MD, Martin, Blanck, and Associates, USA
Guohua Li, MD, DrPH, Columbia University College of Physicians and Surgeons, USA
Michael A. Stoto, PhD, Georgetown University School of Nursing and Health Studies, USA
Erik Auf der Heide, MD, MPH, FACEP, US Department of Health and Human Services, USA
Joseph A. Barbera, MD, The George Washington University, USA
Donna F. Barbisch, DrHA, MPH, Institute for Global and Regional Readiness, USA
Steven M. Becker, PhD, Old Dominion University College of Health Sciences, USA
Georges Benjamin, MD, FACP, American Public Health Association, USA
John Brownstein, PhD, Children's Hospital Boston, USA
Arthur Cooper, MD, MS, FACS, FAAP, FCCM, Harlem Hospital Center, USA
Asha Devereaux, MD, MPH, American College of Chest Physicians Disaster Response NetWork, USA
Edward Eitzen, MD, MPH, Blanck and Associates, USA
Mikael Eliasson, MD, PhD, GE Healthcare, USA
Joshua Epstein, PhD, The Brookings Institution, USA
J. Christopher Farmer, MD, FCCM, Mayo Clinic College of Medicine, USA
Richard Garfield, RN, DrPH, Columbia University, USA
Jeffrey Hammond, MD, MPH, Robert Wood Johnson Medical School, USA
D.A. Henderson, MD, MPH, University of Pittsburgh Medical Center, USA
David Joyner, MD, Salus Healthcare International, USA
David Lakey, MD, Texas Department of State Health Services, USAE.
Brooke Lerner, PhD, Medical College of Wisconsin, USA
Jonathan Links, PhD, Johns Hopkins Bloomberg School of Public Health, USA
Craig H. Llewellyn, MD, MPH, MSTMH, FACPM, Uniformed Services University School of Medicine, USA
Darrell E. Lovins, DO, MPH, FACOFP, William Carey University, USA
Anthony Macintyre, MD, The George Washington University, USA
John Mutter, PhD, The Earth Institute at Columbia University, USA
Kobi Peleg, PhD, MPH, Israel National Center for Trauma and Emergency Medicine, Israel
Cheryl Peterson, RN, MSN, American Nurses Association, USA
Steven J. Phillips, MD, US Department of Health and Human Services, USA
Louis Rowitz, PhD, University of Illinois at Chicago, USA
Joseph Scanlon, Carleton University, USAR.
Tom Sizemore III, MD, US Department of Health and Human Services, USA
Robert Ursano, MD, Uniformed Services University of the Health Sciences, USA
Jeb Weisman, PhD, Columbia University, USA
Kevin Yeskey, MD
Raymond E. Swienton, MD, FACEP, University of Texas Southwestern, USA
Introducing Rapid Reports – Zika: A Virus Epidemic Special articles by the journal Disaster Medicine & Public Health Preparedness (DMPHP) Designed to be a conduit for operational and policy-level information to improve both health outcomes and critical decision-making, the stated goal is to provide factual, useful information without political bias and not subject to exaggeration. Because of the nature of this outbreak and its strong association to an increase in microencephalic births, it is imperative that such information be provided to the public in a complete and transparent way. We believe one of the most effective conduits toward achieving this is through the peer-reviewed medical literature, but this must be done expeditiously to ensure maximum effectiveness. As an academic journal, Disaster Medicine and Public Health Preparedness has a responsibility to ensure accountability and transparency of all of its published material as well as to provide information that is both evidence-based, whenever possible, and has been subject to peer review. These are the journal standards and every effort will be taken to rigorously apply them as we attempt to publish a live issue. Submission Guidelines Submissions should be 1500 words maximum, with no more than 10 references and 1 to 2 images. The submission of online video or other supplementary material is encouraged. Longer submissions will be considered when, in the judgment of the editors, the content merits such. All submissions will be e-published in close to real time with subsequent print publication at a later date. The goal is to enhance preparedness and response — ongoing translational research so to speak. Publication will be accomplished within 15 working days of receipt of accepted manuscripts. Submit manuscripts to mc.manuscriptcentral.com/dmp Articles, once accepted will be published online For further information: contact dmphpjournal@gmail.com