Preparedness Initiatives
The Center hosts initiatives focused on enhancing public health preparedness and response activities and capabilities within the United States. View these initiatives.
Strengthening Health systems through Innovation, Engagement, and Leadership in Disasters (SHIELD)
SHIELD brings together experts and practitioners across the field to build a modern and innovative preparedness and response system. Harnessing the full potential of public health, healthcare, the private sector, and communities, we’ll chart a resilient future ready for the challenges ahead.
Center for Outbreak Response Innovation (CORI)
The Center for Outbreak Response Innovation (CORI) develops, tests, and implements forward-thinking outbreak analytic solutions for the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention (CDC), state and local health departments, and other decision-makers across the US, with the goal of improving the speed, accuracy, and use of data and analytics during public health emergencies.
Region 3 Public Health Preparedness and Response Center
The Region 3 Center for Public Health Preparedness and Response — which focuses on the region including Delaware, the District of Columbia, Maryland, Pennsylvania, Virginia, and West Virginia— works to advance the uptake of evidence-based strategies and interventions to enhance communities’ ability to prepare for and respond to public health threats.