Free Zoom Can we do better? Lessons Learned from Pandemic Response for Future Resiliency

Join us from anywhere in the world on this free themed zoom!During public health disasters like the COVID19 pandemic, the traditional healthcare system becomes overburdened as disease cases amplify during the response.

This presents a unique intersection of public health, medicine, and the built environment.

In other disasters (e.g., terror attacks, wildfires, earthquakes, or hurricanes) the built environment can be similarly overburdened depending on the illnesses or injuries that emerge from the disaster.

As we enter the inter-pandemic phase, we should identify the unique linkages between public health, medicine, and the built environment to address resiliency differently.

How can we collectively prepare for better emergency response during local, regional, national, or international public health disasters.This session will provide: 1) public health background and research about the role of the built environment during emergency response; 2) lessons learned during the pandemic and how to recognize these moving forward; and 3) provide an exercise for attendees to contemplate health and the built environment.