||- This lecture provides an introduction to disasters and our
understanding of disasters from an epidemiologic perspective. By the end of the
lecture,you know more about the health impact of disasters and existing limitations in
this regard. You will also learn about several mitigation strategies that are used to
reduce the impact of disasters when they strike.
- The author, Thomas Songer, is an assistant professor in the Department of Epidemiology,
Graduate School of Public Health, University of Pittsburgh. He is an active member of the
for Injury Research and Control at the University of Pittsburgh.