Assessing the national capacity for disaster research response (DR2) within the NIEHS Environmental Health Sciences Core Centers

Disaster research response (DR2) is necessary to answer scientific questions about the environmental health impacts of disasters and the effectiveness of response and recovery strategies. This research explores the preparedness and capacity of National Institute of Environmental Health Sciences (NIEHS) P30 Core Centers (CCs) to conduct DR2 and engage with communities in the context of disasters. In early 2018, we conducted an online survey of CC...