Please join us on Wednesday, April 24, 2024, from 3-5 pm for the Emergency and Disaster Health Systems Graduate Speaker Seminar Series via WebEx. The speaker's information and seminar topic can be found below. Please help us welcome this week’s speaker by attending the seminar, and please bring your questions and discussion points!

We hope to see everyone there!

All majors are welcome!

Speaker Information:

Dr. Ben Lawner, DO, EMT-P

Associate Professor, Emergency Medicine, University of Maryland School of Medicine

EM Physician, University of Maryland Medical Center

Medical Director, Baltimore City Fire Department, Maryland ExpressCare, PHI Air Medical EMS Liaison

Seminar Topic:

"Baltimore City Fire Department's Behavioral and Community Paramedicine & State of paramedicine and practice of prehospital care" 

Speaker Bio:

Ben's interest in emergency medicine began at an early age. He considered paramedics Johnny Gage and Roy DeSoto as childhood friends and was often spotted at daycare donning a plastic "squad 51" fireman's hat. After "Emergency!" was cancelled, he inexplicably clung to the TV set for career counseling. Disappointed by the surgeons of, "Trapper John, MD," Ben turned to Howie Mandel (St Elsewhere's Dr.Wayne Fiscus) for further inspiration. True to his out-of-hospital roots, Ben completed EMT school in 1994 and secured his first pair of trauma shears. Until 2001, Ben worked for Alachua County Fire Rescue as a lead paramedic / firefighter. Fortunately for the population of north central Florida, Ben was never detailed to a fire suppression apparatus and remained "stuck on the box (ambulance)." He graduated from Nova Southeastern University's College of Osteopathic Medicine in 2005 and completed his emergency medicine residency training at the University of Maryland. He served as a Chief Resident and Faculty Development Fellow for the 2008-2009 academic year and is completed an EMS fellowship jointly sponsored by UMBC, UMD, and the Maryland Institute for Emergency Medical Services Systems (MIEMSS). Ben's current academic interests include medical education, critical care transport, and resuscitation. In 2018, he was recognized with the Street Medicine Society's John P. Pryor Award for his ongoing commitment to prehospital medicine. 

Ben Lawner currently serves as the Medical Director for the Baltimore City Fire Department and the Maryland ExpressCare Critical Care Transport Team. In 2023, he was recognized as the EMS Physician of the Year by the Maryland Chapter of the American College of Emergency Physicians. He is a board member and Fellow of the Air Medical Physician Association. 

Location: 900 Walker Ave, Room 114, or online via Webex

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2633 827 4060

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36350242

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Please note that the Dept of Emergency and Disaster Health Systems (EDHS) has temporarily moved (due to renovations of Sherman Hall) to the 900 Walker Building. Address is 900 Walker Ave. (building located behind the Walker Apartments, towards Wilkins Ave.) in the main EHS classroom Walker 114. Enter the front doors and follow the signs to the department area & classroom (Room 114). Link to map (see upper right corner on Walker Avenue, it is the building entitled Baltimore County Courthouse): https://mcac.umbc.edu/maps-and-directions/

Please join us on Wednesday, April 17, 2024, from 3-5 pm for the Emergency and Disaster Health Systems Graduate Speaker Seminar Series via WebEx. The speaker's information and seminar topic can be found below. Please help us welcome this week’s speaker by attending the seminar, and please bring your questions and discussion points!

We hope to see everyone there!

All majors are welcome!

Speaker Information:

Wendy Dunaway, MS

UMBC Public Policy PhD Candidate

Seminar Topic:

“Exploration of EMS Workforce Retention”

Speaker Bio:

Wendy Dunaway is a Critical Care Paramedic practicing in Wisconsin and a Public Policy Ph. D. candidate at the University of Maryland Baltimore County. Active in EMS since 2005 in 911 response and interfacility capacities, Wendy seeks to improve EMS infrastructure policy to make EMS a nationally sustainable, essential service.

Location: 900 Walker Ave, Room 114, or online via Webex

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2633 827 4060

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36350242

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Please note that the Dept of Emergency and Disaster Health Systems (EDHS) has temporarily moved (due to renovations of Sherman Hall) to the 900 Walker Building. Address is 900 Walker Ave. (building located behind the Walker Apartments, towards Wilkins Ave.) in the main EHS classroom Walker 114. Enter the front doors and follow the signs to the department area & classroom (Room 114). Link to map (see upper right corner on Walker Avenue, it is the building entitled Baltimore County Courthouse): https://mcac.umbc.edu/maps-and-directions/

Please join us on Wednesday, April 10, 2024, from 3-5 pm for the Emergency and Disaster Health Systems Graduate Speaker Seminar Series via WebEx. The speaker's information and seminar topic can be found below. Please help us welcome this week’s speaker by attending the seminar, and please bring your questions and discussion points!

We hope to see everyone there!

All majors are welcome!

Speaker Information:

Annelle Primm, MD, MPH

Seminar Topic:

The All Healers Mental Health Alliance, “Mental Health Issues in Emergency Management”

Speaker Bio:

Dr. Annelle Primm is a community psychiatrist based in Baltimore, Maryland. Dr. Primm is a graduate of Harvard University for her bachelor’s degree, Howard University College of Medicine for her medical degree, the Johns Hopkins School of Medicine psychiatry residency program, and the Johns Hopkins Bloomberg School of Public Health for her master’s degree in public health. Dr. Primm is co-founder, chair, and convener of All Healers Mental Health Alliance (AHMHA), a national network of mental health professionals, health advocates, first responders and faith community leaders that facilitates culturally grounded responses to the mental health needs of Black and other historically marginalized communities affected by natural and human-caused disasters. AHMHA, which began its work in 2005 after Hurricane Katrina, has an MOU with FEMA, and has coordinated efforts in support of survivors of numerous crises over the past 18 years, most recently, the Buffalo massacre and Hurricane Ian in 2022, and the Mississippi tornadoes and Maui fires of 2023. Dr. Primm is widely published and has received numerous awards and honors for her work in promoting public mental health.

Location: 900 Walker Ave, Room 114, or online via Webex

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2633 827 4060

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36350242

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Please note that the Dept of Emergency and Disaster Health Systems (EDHS) has temporarily moved (due to renovations of Sherman Hall) to the 900 Walker Building. Address is 900 Walker Ave. (building located behind the Walker Apartments, towards Wilkins Ave.) in the main EHS classroom Walker 114. Enter the front doors and follow the signs to the department area & classroom (Room 114). Link to map (see upper right corner on Walker Avenue, it is the building entitled Baltimore County Courthouse): https://mcac.umbc.edu/maps-and-directions/

Please join us on Wednesday, April 3, 2024, from 3-5 pm for the Emergency and Disaster Health Systems Graduate Speaker Seminar Series via WebEx. The speaker's information and seminar topic can be found below. Please help us welcome this week’s speaker by attending the seminar, and please bring your questions and discussion points!

We hope to see everyone there!

All majors are welcome!

Speaker Information:

Dr. Lucy Wilson, MD, ScM

Professor, Graduate Program Director, UMBC EDHS Department

Seminar Topic:

Infectious Disease Impacts of Climate Change

Speaker Bio:

Dr. Wilson is an infectious disease physician who is also a professor and graduate program director of the EDHS department at UMBC. Prior to coming to UMBC, she served as a medical epidemiologist at the Maryland Department of Health, as chief for the Center for Surveillance, Infection Prevention and Outbreak Response for ten years. There she oversaw Maryland’s infectious disease outbreak responses and infection control guidance in all types of settings. 

She has also served on the State’s Physician on Call Team, where she was one of a small group of doctors responsible for assessing potential biological, chemical, and nuclear threats. And she currently is the co-principal investigator of the Healthcare-Associated Infections (HAI) branch of Maryland’s Emerging Infections Program (EIP). Through EIP, she conducts surveillance epidemiology and antibiotic resistance research focusing on healthcare-associated infections (including COVID-19) in hospitals and nursing homes. At UMBC, her research focuses on visualizing health outcomes across the continuum of healthcare.

Location: 900 Walker Ave, Room 114, or online via Webex

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Meeting number:

2633 827 4060

Meeting password:

36350242

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+1-202-860-2110 United States Toll (Washington D.C.)

Attendee access code: 36350242

Global call-in numbers

Please note that the Dept of Emergency and Disaster Health Systems (EDHS) has temporarily moved (due to renovations of Sherman Hall) to the 900 Walker Building. Address is 900 Walker Ave. (building located behind the Walker Apartments, towards Wilkins Ave.) in the main EHS classroom Walker 114. Enter the front doors and follow the signs to the department area & classroom (Room 114). Link to map (see upper right corner on Walker Avenue, it is the building entitled Baltimore County Courthouse): https://mcac.umbc.edu/maps-and-directions/

Please join us on Wednesday, March 27, 2024, from 3-5 pm for the Emergency and Disaster Health Systems Graduate Speaker Seminar Series via WebEx. The speaker's information and seminar topic can be found below. Please help us welcome this week’s speaker by attending the seminar, and please bring your questions and discussion points!

We hope to see everyone there!

All majors are welcome!

Speaker Information:

Jonathan Bratt, MS

Assistant Vice President, Enterprise Resilience

University of Maryland, Baltimore

Seminar Topic:

“Emergency Management in Healthcare”

Speaker Bio:

Jonathan Bratt, MS

MS: Rochester Institute of Technology’s Center for Advanced Defense Studies – Counterterrorism & Emergency Management

BS: University of Maryland, Baltimore County – Emergency Health Sciences 

Jon joined UMB in 2018 where he was appointed as UMB's inaugural emergency manager. Following the COVID response, Jon was promoted to Assistant Vice President in 2023 where he now leads the institution’s, Environmental Health & Safety, Public & Occupational Health, and Emergency Management programs.

Before joining UMB, Jon held the position of Director of the Regional Programs Division at the Maryland Institute for Emergency Medical Services Systems. There, he led a team tasked with managing various facets of the state's emergency medical services, including pre-hospital care, hospital specialty accreditation, and system evaluation.

From 2008 to 2012, Jon was part of FEMA's Weapons of Mass Destruction (WMD) Branch, serving as Deputy Team Leader for the Domestic Emergency Support Team. During this tenure, Jon actively supported the Department of State’s Prevention of Nuclear Smuggling Program, collaborating with foreign governments to devise operational strategies to counter and respond to nuclear weapons incidents.

Governor Hogan appointed Jon to the Governor's Emergency Management Advisory Council in 2020, where he assumed the role of chair of the legislative subcommittee.

Jon's commitment to public service extends beyond his professional roles. He has been serving as an EMS provider since 2001, maintaining an active role as a paramedic/firefighter in Maryland. Additionally, Jon serves as a Deputy Team Commander with the NJ-1 Disaster Medical Assistance Team.

Location: 900 Walker Ave, Room 114, or online via Webex

Join Webex Meeting

Meeting number:

2633 827 4060

Meeting password:

36350242

Join by phone

+1-202-860-2110 United States Toll (Washington D.C.)

Attendee access code: 36350242

Global call-in numbers

Please note that the Dept of Emergency and Disaster Health Systems (EDHS) has temporarily moved (due to renovations of Sherman Hall) to the 900 Walker Building. Address is 900 Walker Ave. (building located behind the Walker Apartments, towards Wilkins Ave.) in the main EHS classroom Walker 114. Enter the front doors and follow the signs to the department area & classroom (Room 114). Link to map (see upper right corner on Walker Avenue, it is the building entitled Baltimore County Courthouse): https://mcac.umbc.edu/maps-and-directions/

You will learn basic first aid, CPR, AED, and bleeding control techniques that can be used in any situation especially if you find yourself in a disaster.  Not only will the how be taught to you but the science behind the why will also be discussed in detail for each of those areas.  No community is entirely safe from natural disasters, but there are actions everyone can take to be better prepared.  Lessons will focus on ways to prepare for a disaster and how to respond and help once the immediate danger has passed.

GEP - Science non lab

Summer Session 1

May 20, 2024 – July 5, 2024

Tuesday and Thursday 1pm – 4:10pm

Please join us on Wednesday, March 13, 2024, from 3-5 pm for the Emergency and Disaster Health Systems Graduate Speaker Seminar Series via WebEx. The speaker's information and seminar topic can be found below. Please help us welcome this week’s speaker by attending the seminar, and please bring your questions and discussion points!

We hope to see everyone there!

All majors are welcome!

Speaker Information:

Dr. Tim Chizmar, MD

Medical Director, Maryland Institute for Emergency Medical Services Systems (MIEMSS) 

Seminar Topic:

“MIEMSS Update”

Speaker Bio:

Location: 900 Walker Ave, Room 114, or online via Webex

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Meeting number:

2633 827 4060

Meeting password:

36350242

Join by phone

+1-202-860-2110 United States Toll (Washington D.C.)

Attendee access code: 36350242

Global call-in numbers

Please note that the Dept of Emergency and Disaster Health Systems (EDHS) has temporarily moved (due to renovations of Sherman Hall) to the 900 Walker Building. Address is 900 Walker Ave. (building located behind the Walker Apartments, towards Wilkins Ave.) in the main EHS classroom Walker 114. Enter the front doors and follow the signs to the department area & classroom (Room 114). Link to map (see upper right corner on Walker Avenue, it is the building entitled Baltimore County Courthouse): https://mcac.umbc.edu/maps-and-directions/

"Medical Response to Mass Casualty Incidents (MCIs)/ Terrorism" Speaker: Gregory Jasani, MD

Please join us on Wednesday March 6, 2024, from 3-5 pm for the Emergency and Disaster Health Systems Graduate Speaker Seminar Series via WebEx. The speaker's information and seminar topic can be found below. Please help us welcome this week’s speaker by attending the seminar, and please bring your questions and discussion points!

We hope to see everyone there! 

All majors are welcome!

Speaker Information:

Greg Jasani, MD

Assistant Professor, Emergency Medicine, University of Maryland School of Medicine

Seminar Topic:

“Medical Responses to Mass Casualty Incidents (MCIs)/Terrorism”

Location: 900 Walker Ave, Room 114, or online via Webex

Join Webex Meeting

Meeting number:

2633 827 4060

Meeting password:

36350242

Join by phone

+1-202-860-2110 United States Toll (Washington D.C.)

Attendee access code: 36350242

Global call-in numbers

Please note that the Dept of Emergency and Disaster Health Systems (EDHS) has temporarily moved (due to renovations of Sherman Hall) to the 900 Walker Building. Address is 900 Walker Ave. (building located behind the Walker Apartments, towards Wilkins Ave.) in the main EHS classroom Walker 114. Enter the front doors and follow the signs to the department area & classroom (Room 114). Link to map (see upper right corner on Walker Avenue, it is the building entitled Baltimore County Courthouse): https://mcac.umbc.edu/maps-and-directions/

The Emergency and Disaster Health Systems (EDHS) Professional and Continuing Education department (PACE) has the classes for you!

**Please choose the correct session for your skill level**

Morning Session: Saturday, April 27th from 10am – 12pm
BLS Healthcare Providers skills check class.

Intended for Healthcare Providers only

Afternoon Session: Saturday, April 27th from 1pm – 3pm
Heartsaver First Aid/CPR/AED skills check class.

Intended for lay rescuers, community members, non-healthcare providers, individuals, student organizations, department faculty & staff.

All are welcome!

TO REGISTER: (Last day to register for this session - April 19th)

Must register 5 days in advance of course dates using the Calendly link.

https://calendly.com/ehspace/umbc-dept-of-ehs-heartsaver-cpr-aed-first-aid-1

The skill trainings will be held on campus at 900 Walker Ave. (old courthouse building) in the main Emergency Health Services classroom, room 114. Enter through the front doors, turn right, and follow the signs to the department. (We are all the way in the back of the building!)

Please contact PACE at 410-455-3584 or email ehspace@umbc.edu with any questions.