CIDER Programmatic Areas
Our readiness courses and trainings, and research activities are designed to meet the diverse learning and programmatic needs of public health professionals. We provide regional seminars, workshops, conferences, and short courses year round. Our academic courses are taught at the UC Berkeley campus. Our classes are attended by a mixture of public health professionals and graduate students at UC Berkeley and UC San Francisco. Although most of our trainings are face-to-face, we do provide distance learning opportunities via the Internet. We also provide technical assistance to local, state, and federal agencies.
Emergency Preparedness and Infection Control (EPIC) Program
The goal of the EPIC Program is to educate and train participants on core all-hazards emergency preparedness and response from the perspective of public health infectious disease emergencies. All-hazards public health emergency readiness focuses on minimizing the health consequences of any natural, intentional, or accidental disaster. Public health specializes in prevention, early detection and early warning, rapid health assessments, field investigations, field research studies, and evidence-based responses. By focusing on infectious diseases, the EPIC Program addresses the most critical roles and core functions for which public health will be held accountable: public health emergency management; essential field epidemiology; basic infection control, including community mitigation strategies; mass vaccination and mass postexposure prophylaxis; contact tracing and investigation; basic crisis and emergency health risk communication; disaster preparedness for vulnerable populations; preventing and controlling infectious disease threats after disasters; and community emergency response public health training.The EPIC Program is directed by Tomás Aragón, MD, DrPH, Principal Investigator and Executive Director.
Public Health Community Emergency Response Training (PH-CERT) Curriculum
› For more information please click Project Description.
Emergency Management Sciences (EMSci) Program
The EMSci Program was
established to address the following public health needs: 1) assist
in the development of Emergency Management plans related to
microbial threats (e.g., Category A bioterrorism agents, Pandemic
Influenza, SARS); 2) assist health departments/agencies in the
design, development, execution, and evaluation of Homeland Security
compliant exercises which test systems within and related to the
department/agencies emergency operations plan; and 3) educate public
health personnel on the concepts and strategies of exercise design,
development, execution, and
evaluation. The EMSci Program is
directed by Michael Petrie, EMT-P,
MBA, MA.
For informative PDF
brochure click here.
Epidemiology Preparedness and Informatics (EPI) Program
While disease control and prevention interventions are covered in
the CIDER program, the Epidemiology Preparedness and Informatics
(EPI) program provides opportunities to educate and train public
health staff at four levels: 1) basic understanding of
surveillance and detection, field investigations, and the
epidemiologic basis of control and prevention strategies; 2)
indepth understanding of basic concepts by practicing
epidemiologists so that they can train others (trainthe-trainer
approach); 3) high proficiency in analytic methods to design,
conduct, analyze, and interpret epidemiologic studies; and 4) high
proficiency in the
design, implementation, and maintenance of
information management systems for complex investigations.The EPI
Program is directed
by Wayne Enanoria,
PhD, MPH, Public Health Epidemiologist.
For informative PDF brochure click here.
For EPI Undergraduate Scholarship Program newsletter click here.
Link:
http://www.idready.org/epi/
Preparedness Research, Evaluation & Policy (PREP) Program
Now, more than ever, we must prioritize preparedness and response activities based on research and field investigative evidence. To achieve this goal, the PREP Program consist of three major areas: 1) PREP-Training: academic courses that cover the field investigative and research methods necessary to detect, investigate, and study public health emergency preparedness and response; 2) PREP-EpiReady: real-world field investigation experiences that exercise and test competencies gained in PREP-Training; and 3) PREPTechnical Assistance: client- and problem-driven special projects that use rigorous research and evaluation methods to inform and guide public health preparedness practice and policies. This unique program provides a continuum of professional growth from training in the classroom, to field investigative experiences with local and state partners, and finally, to providing researchbased technical assistance that promotes evidence-based public health preparedness and advances public health workforce readiness.The PREP Program is directed by Drs. Tomás Aragón and Wayne Enanoria.
The REDI-US (Reducing Influenza-like Illness among University Students) Study
› The REDI-US Study
Technical Assistance and Special Projects
CIDER provides technical assistance to local and state health departments to increase their capacity to detect, investigate, and respond to microbial threats, including bioterrorism. These projects have emerged from requests for help from local and state health departments and from our interest in developing expertise and capacity in specific areas (e.g., infectious disease emergency operations planning, exercise design and evaluation).
Pandemic Influenza Project:
Prioritizing Populations for Pandemic Influenza Vaccine
› For more information please click Project Description .
› Prioritization Survey Webcast Presentations
Modified April 30, 2009 JD