PACER's mission is to improve the Nation's preparedness and the ability to respond in the event of a high consequence natural or manmade disaster to alleviate the event's effects by developing and disseminating best scientific practices.

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A Word From Our Directors

  • Gabor Kelen, M.D.

    Gabor Kelen, M.D.
    Director (Dual), National Center for the Study of Preparedness and Catastrophic Event Response (PACER).

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  • Lynn R. Goldman, MD, MPH

    Lynn R. Goldman, M.D., M.P.H.
    Director (Dual), National Center for the Study of Preparedness and Catastrophic Event Response (PACER).

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Research

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    HIGHER EDUCATION
    The Higher Education project seeks to foster awareness and interest in homeland security and disaster preparedness and response through the training of the next generation of professionals in the field. Specifically, this project is responsible for the development of curricula with a focus on homeland security and disaster preparedness, as well as the design and administration of the PACER Scholars Program for undergraduate, graduate, and post-doctoral students.

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    UNDERSERVED POPULATIONS PROJECT
    The Underserved Populations Project has the goal of increasing the involvement of grassroots organizations and other entities involved with critical event preparedness activities targeted to assist underserved populations in times of crisis. To accomplish this goal, the project will, in part, assess community organization’s capacity to deliver preparedness related information to the underserved via the conduct of a qualitative field study.

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    WIRELESS SENSOR NETWORKS
    Wireless sensor networks (WSNs) are networks of small embedded computers deployed in close proximity to physical phenomena of interest. WSN nodes collect measurements from an array of local instruments (e.g. temperature, position, acceleration, etc.) process them, and transmit them over the wireless medium to a remote data collection station. WSNs have been used in the past for environmental monitoring, structural monitoring, and condition based maintenance. It is projected that in the future, WSN technology will replace all (wired) telemetry networks, including SCADA networks.

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    FIVE DIMENSIONS OF PREPAREDNESS
    The possibility of a catastrophic, high-consequence event requires that policy makers devise comprehensive policies, using a ‘5D’ approach: i.e., deterrence, dissuasion, denial, diplomacy, and defense. Each of these concepts has an important, unique role in prevention of these events, yet none have been fully explored or implemented. The problem is to convert these concepts into concrete working policies and programs.

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