Academic Rank

Associate Professor

Department/Institute Affiliation(s)

Department of Environmental Health & Engineering
Department of Health Policy and Management

Core Faculty Member

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Bio: 

Dan Barnett, MD, MPH is an Associate Professor in the Department of Environmental Health & Engineering at the Johns Hopkins Bloomberg School of Public Health (JHSPH), where he holds a joint appointment in Health Policy and Management.  His work focuses on leveraging applied research to examining and enhancing public health preparedness systems’ readiness for disasters across the all-hazards continuum and across the disaster lifecycle. He directs the Preparedness Certificate program at JHSPH, where he is on the Core Practice Faculty, and conducts preparedness and other trainings for the public health workforce as PI for the HRSA-funded Mid-Atlantic Regional Public Health Training Center - Johns Hopkins Local Performance Site

Research Interests:

• Public health practice
• preparedness
• emergency response
• training
• exercises
• evaluation
• terrorism preparedness
• all-hazards readiness
• mental health
• organizational change
• public health workforce

Select Publications:

2017

• Anesthesiologists and Disaster Medicine: A Needs Assessment for Education and Training and Reported Willingness to Respond.
• Decision Processes and Determinants of Hospital Evacuation and Shelter-in-Place During Hurricane Sandy.
• Promoting comprehensive disaster policy through interdisciplinary collaboration.

Honors and Awards:

• International Critical Incident Stress Foundation Cofounders Award for Excellence in Crisis Intervention/Trauma Research, 2013
• National Association of Counties Achievement Award, 2007