Listed below are links to University Based Programs that might be of interest to disaster researchers.

University Based Programs

Center for the Study of Traumatic Stress Uniformed Services University (DoD)
The Uniformed Services University of the Health Sciences (USUHS) is one of, if not the, leading scholarly institution providing consultation nationally and internationally to private and government organizations in times of disasters and critical incidents.  It is a national resource well situated to meet the needs of the nation in the area of traumatic stress.   A group of scientists, educators, and collaborators at the Uniformed Services University, F. Edward Hebert School of Medicine has established the Center for the Study of Traumatic Stress. The Center is working to increase knowledge of the consequences of trauma and disaster and to apply this knowledge to helping people cope with traumatic events.  The Center provides education, consultation and training to our nation and its communities on the effects of trauma and disaster and individual and organizational recovery following these events while maintaining a wide-ranging, vigorous research program to extend our knowledge of the consequences of event-related stress.

The Natural Hazards Research and Applications Information Center
The Natural Hazards Research and Applications Information Center at the University of Colorado works to strengthen communication between the hazards academic and applications communities to improve the implementation of hazard mitigation and emergency management programs. It is a widely recognized resource for researchers and practitioners who wish to obtain the most current knowledge available to solve hazard-related problems. The Center produces the National Hazards Observer, a bi-monthly newsletter (also available online) and a bi-weekly, worldwide electronic newsletter, Disaster Research.

UCLA Center for Public Health and Disasters
The Center promotes interdisciplinary efforts to reduce the health impacts of domestic and international, natural and human-generated disasters. The Center was established in 1997 to address the critical issues faced when disaster impacts a community and is based in the Department of Community Health Sciences in the UCLA School of Public Health.

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