Cal PREPARE: Emergency Preparedness & Response Research
Project 2: Early Warning, Investigation, & Surveillance: Epidemiologic Networks in Action
The purpose of the proposed research, Early Warning, Investigation, and Surveillance: Epidemiologic
Networks in Action, is to examine all-hazards preparedness for conducting epidemiologic investigations and
public health surveillance in California and Hawaii and provide research evidence for the development of
future public health preparedness activities to strengthen these functions. We recognize that local
jurisdictions throughout California and Hawaii may be operating with different capacities and capabilities to
conduct epidemiologic investigations and public health surveillance, and that they are in various stages of
public health preparedness given their personnel, funding constraints, physical/social environments, and
politics. The proposed research will be conducted over four years.
Goals
• To define and measure preparedness for conducting epidemiologic investigation and surveillance for all hazards in California and Hawai’i;
• To translate research findings into practical solutions that can be applied throughout the United States.
Lead Investigator
• Wayne Enanoria, PhD, MPH, Lead Investigator, UC Berkeley School of Public Health, Center for Infectious Diseases & Emergency Readiness
Co-investigators
• Arthur Reingold, MD, Co-Investigator, UC Berkeley School of Public Health, Associate Dean for Research
• Tomás Aragón, MD, DrPH, Co-Investigator, UC Berkeley School of Public Health, CIDER
Partners
• California Department of Public Health, Division of Communicable Disease Control
• Hawai`i Department of Health, Disease Outbreak Control Division
Aims
Aim 1: Refine our framework for conceptualizing all-hazards preparedness for conducting epidemiologic
investigations and public health surveillance.
Aim 2: Define, measure, and describe the necessary partnerships that local health departments need to have in place in order to perform epidemiologic investigations and public health surveillance.
Aim 3: Measure the effect of capacity, capabilities, and necessary networks of local health departments on public health system performance of epidemiologic investigations and public health surveillance using the California PREPARE Laboratory.
Modified January 12, 2010 JD