Center for Disaster Medicine

Southwest Center for Public Health Preparedness

Southwest Center for Public Health Preparedness

The overall mission of the Southwest Center for Public Health Preparedness is to help prepare the public health workforce to respond to bioterrorism and emerging health threats by:

The University of New Mexico Center for Disaster Medicine is a program partner within the Southwest Center for Public Health Preparedness and offers courses and other professional opportunities for the public health workforce.


Service area for SWCPHP: Oklahoma, New Mexico, North Texas and Colorado

Each STAR represents one of 21 CDC-funded Centers representing 23 accredited schools of public health nationwide.