JOINT PROGRAM
On October 17, 2007 Homeland Security Presidential Directive 21 (HSPD-21) was released. With HSPD-21 a new vision was established to focus on public health, all-hazards preparedness, community engagement, integrated medical response, and coordination of response both vertically and horizontally within and across a very wide range of entities. HSPD-21 specifically addressed the establishment of an academic Joint Program for Disaster Medicine and Public Health housed at the National Center for Disaster Medicine and Public Health (NCDMPH) at the Uniformed Services University (USU).
"The [Joint] Program shall lead Federal efforts to develop and propagate core curricula, training, and research related to medicine and public health in disasters. The Center will be an academic center of excellence in disaster medicine and public health, co-locating education and research in the related specialties of domestic medical preparedness and response, international health, international disaster and humanitarian medical assistance, and military medicine." -- HSPD-21, Paragraph 38, October 2007
Homeland Security Presidential Directive 21
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