The New York Medical College (NYMC) Center of Excellence in Precision Responses to Bioterrorism and Disasters in Valhalla will receive $1million from New York state, a major increase in funding for a vitally needed program for which the state continues to increase its financial support.
In 2017, NYMC and New York state, with the support of Westchester County”™s key state legislators and policymakers, took a giant leap toward making New Yorkers safer by creating the Center of Excellence in Precision Responses to Bioterrorism and Disasters within the NYMC internationally recognized Center for Disaster Medicine ”“”“ the first of its kind in New York and a unique civilian resource nationally, which conducts research, informs the public and provides training for mass casualty incidents, natural disaster events and terrorism situations. This program, administered by Empire State Development, is designed to provide innovative and technologically advanced training and education to the workforce in New York state.
“After an unprecedented year that continues to challenge individuals and communities, emergency preparedness has never felt more vital,” said Robert W. Amler, M.D., M.B.A., dean of the School of Health Sciences and Practice and vice president of government affairs. “The center”™s rapid response to Covid-19 with its weekly public bulletins and regular technical webinars demonstrates the importance of facilities like this”¦.”
The Center of Excellence in Precision Responses to Bioterrorism and Disasters at NYMC received its designation in 2017 as a Center of Excellence by New York state has established and currently supports 11 NYSTAR Centers of Excellence throughout the state. Prior to the designation of the center in Valhalla, the Hudson Valley had no such designation.
For more information on this and other training programs offered by the Center of Excellence in Precision Responses to Bioterrorism and Disasters at NYMC, contact David S. Markenson, M.D., M.B.A., medical director, at 914-594-1750 or disastermedicine@nymc.edu.
