Disaster Research Education & Mentoring Center Principal Investigator: Dean G. Kilpatrick, Ph.D. <bio sketch> < e-mail>
Funding Source: National Institutes of Health (NIH)
Dates of Project: 4/04 - 12/08 Given that disasters often impact the general population in addition to direct victims, the DREM center will focus primarily on epidemiological approaches to research assessment and intervention evaluation. The project has four major objectives: - provide disaster research education and mentoring.
- Develop and implement a web-based mental health and epidemiological research measures data-base.
- Develop disaster-specific psychoeducational materials for potential use with disaster victims.
- Provide the Council of State Governments and American Red Cross with evidence-based information about disaster-related physical and mental health problems as well as about the safety, efficacy, and effectiveness of mental health interventions for such problems.
The Center will use a variety of strategies to accomplish these objectives, including: - Individualized training and mentoring for researchers and other relevant parties
- A web-based disaster mental health and epidemiological research measures database
- Research mentoring
- Developing disaster-specific psychoeducational materials for disaster victims.
An important component of the project is consultation and collaboration with the Council of Governments and the American Red Cross to facilitate the usefulness of disaster-related research information to public policy makers and disaster relief agencies. Return to Current Grants | 
