Public health professor Cham Dallas named University Professor at UGA
Public health professor Cham Dallas named University Professor at UGA

Cham Dallas, professor of health policy and management in the College of Public Health and director of the Institute for Disaster Management, has been named University Professor, an honor bestowed

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College of Public Health researcher prepares hospitals to manage disasters
College of Public Health researcher prepares hospitals to manage disasters

As a UGA undergraduate, Tawny Waltz always expected to pursue a career in government. After all, she earned her bachelor’s degree in international affairs and political science from the university’s

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Cham Dallas honored for role in creating the NDLS courses
Cham Dallas honored for role in creating the NDLS courses

The University of Georgia’s leading Emergency Medical Systems (EMS) expert was recognized for his role in developing National Disaster Life Support (NDLS) Courses, which have become a national training standard for health

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Getting ready for Ebola

College of Public Health institute charged with preparing Georgia for disaster. The College of Public Health’s Institute for Disaster Management was recently awarded $756,000 in new federal funding to design

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Focus on Faculty: Cham Dallas
Focus on Faculty: Cham Dallas

Dr. Cham Dallas, director of the Institute for Disaster Management in the College of Public Health, has shared his expertise on the threat of nuclear disasters and terrorism with Congress,

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In the News: What if it happened again? What we need to do to prepare for a nuclear event

As we observe the 70th anniversary of the bombings of Hiroshima and Nagasaki, it may seem like the threat from nuclear weapons has receded. But it hasn’t; the threat is

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Hospital disaster drill tests response skills, preparedness

Ilmer Living published an article about the Region A Full Scale Disaster Drill on May 8th: Posted May 22, 2014. 

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Dr. Curt Harris Recognized for Public Health Service

Dr. Curt Harris has received the 2014 UGA College of Public Health Service Award. He was honored at the College of Public Health faculty meeting, which individually signifies a College faculty

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IDM in Action- Region J Full Scale Exercise

On March 19, 2014, the Institute for Disaster Management attended the Region J Full-Scale Exercise. Here’s an excerpt about the exercise from the Georgia Health Care Association’s “Emergency Preparedness Newsletter.”

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Dr. Cham Dallas wins award for paper on emergency medical preparedness at IPRED III

Dr. Cham Dallas, director of the Institute for Disaster Management at the UGA College of Public Health, received a second place award for a presentation of his research at the

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Did Fukushima disaster make U.S. sailors and Marines sick?

CNN reports that dozens of U.S. military who worked in the disaster recovery now report serious health issues. Dr. Cham Dallas, director of UGA’s Institute for Disaster Management who has traveled

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Dr. Cham Dallas Recognized by Oak Ridge Radiation Emergency Response Group

Dr. Dallas is pictured in the November 2013 issue of Oak Ridge’s National Security and Emergency Management programs newsletter, after a Quest lecture entitled “The Future of Disaster Management &

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Institute for Disaster Management in Action

Dr. Curt Harris, Associate Director of the Institute for Disaster Management, is pictured facilitating at the Region J Tabletop Exercise in Savannah, GA. Each year, in collaboration with the Georgia

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In the News: Polonium – Deadly radioactive substance

(CNN) — Whether a radioactive substance called polonium-210 was involved in Yasser Arafat’s death is under investigation. The body of the former Palestine Liberation Organization leader was exhumed Tuesday for

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In the News: Nuclear industry slowed by its own waste

Just as the nuclear industry is starting to build reactors after a 30-year drought, it faces another dry spell. The industry thought it had what it needed for its rebirth:

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Nation needs to act now to address energy challenges

The double shock of last week’s 5.8-magnitude earthquake and the weekend landfall of Hurricane Irene, alongside the ongoing recovery in Japan from the earthquake-and-flood crisis at the Fukushima Dai-ichi nuclear

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UGA Researcher Hopes for Best, Helps America Prepare for Worst

Dr. Cham Dallas has testified in front of congressional panels, advised federal agencies, conducted mass casualty exercises in nearly all of Georgia’s 150 hospitals, published volumes of research on nuclear

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AP Investigation Finds Radioactive Tritium Leaks at 48 U.S. Nuclear Power Sites

ATLANTA, GA (WABE) – As Georgia starts a return to nuclear power generation, a recent Associated Press investigation found leaks of radioactive tritium at 48 nuclear power sites in the

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New threats loom, UGA expert notes

A new treaty with Russia to reduce nuclear arms won’t lessen our risk of nuclear attack, according to a University of Georgia scientist who studies nuclear terrorism. “The problem we

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