title: Partnership for preparedness: a model of academic public health.
abstract: The New York City Department of Health and Mental Hygiene and the Columbia University Mailman School of Public Health's National Center for Disaster Preparedness undertook a collaborative project to establish a model academic health department. The goals were to increase student participation at the health department, increase faculty participation in health department activities, and facilitate health department faculty appointments at the school. As a result, 17 students were placed in full-time summer research projects designed by health department staff specifically for the project, 154 health department staff attended a series of six lectures presented by faculty, and five health department professionals applied for academic appointments at the school. The benefits of the efforts toward establishing an academic health department extend to all areas of public health practice, including those of preparedness.
authors.affiliation: Columbia University Mailman School of Public Health, National Center for Disaster Preparedness, New York, USA. cjd11@columbia.edu
authors.forename: Charles
authors.initials: C
authors.lastname: DiMaggio
authors.forename: David
authors.initials: D
authors.lastname: Markenson
authors.forename: Kelly
authors.initials: K
authors.lastname: Henning
authors.forename: Irwin
authors.initials: I
authors.lastname: Redlener
authors.forename: Regina
authors.initials: R
authors.lastname: Zimmerman
mesh_terms: D003299:Cooperative Behavior; D003479:Curriculum; D006801:Humans; D017146:Models, Organizational; D009519:New York City; D011635:Public Health Administration; D014495:Universities