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Preventive Pros
This podcast is brought to you by the Department of Population and Public Health Sciences at Keck School of Medicine of USC. Join us as we dive into the population and public health topics involved in our research and initiatives. Meet our researchers and learn first-hand what they are up to in the field, why this work is so important, and what the future may hold.
Preventive Pros
Pediatric Disaster Management with Rita Burke, PhD, MPH
Rita Burke, PhD, MPH returns to discuss pediatric disaster management. Burke is an associate professor of clinical population and public health sciences in the Department of Population and Public Health Sciences, and holds a joint appointment in the Department of Pediatrics. Her research focuses on pediatric disaster preparedness and injury prevention. Burke’s work includes evaluating gaps and identifying barriers in health and school systems to meet the needs of children, particularly those with access and functional needs, in a disaster. She is co-author of the book Landesman’s Public Health Management of Disasters and associate editor of Disaster Management and Public Health Preparedness. Burke is also the co-chair of the Los Angeles Children in Disasters Working Group and member of the Scientific Advisory Council for the American Red Cross.
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