
NM Disaster Management and Preparedness Initiative
@nm_dmcepi
Northwestern Medicine's nationally recognized initiative encompassing disaster management, emergency preparedness and community safety. Exec Dir @GeorgeChiampas
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https://www.feinberg.northwestern.edu/sites/disaster-management-preparedness/ 23-11-2021 16:56:59
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Join our Defusing Disasters group's Heat Watch initiative, led by City of Chicago, for a public tour on how communities are experiencing heat risks & advancing resiliency solutions. π Fri. Dec. 15, 10 AMβ12 PM βοΈ Sign up: spr.ly/6019ROgiJ

City of Chicago Co-led by @danethanNU & George Chiampas, our Defusing Disasters Working Group is developing a community-centered approach to produce hazardous weather vulnerability indices. Learn more about their work. spr.ly/6013ROgi3

The community tour was a part of the Defusing Disasters Working Group's Heat Watch Chicago initiative to showcase some of the great work being led by residents. Learn more about #HeatWatch: chicago.gov/city/en/depts/β¦ The Defusing Disasters Working Group is co-led by Northwestern

A recent data collection effort and study led by the Northwestern Buffett Institute for Global Affairs's Defusing Disasters Working Group, co-led by Professors @danethanNU and George Chiampas with members including CDPH | Chicago Department of Public Health's Raed Mansour and City of Chicago's Kyra Woods, showed that neighborhoods on the cityβs

We are excited kick off our Spring 2024 'Intro to Disaster Preparedness, Response, and Management' elective course for Northwestern Feinberg School of Medicine today! It was an honor to have FEMA Region 5 Administrator Tom Sivak speak to the class about resiliency in disaster and emergencies.


Investing in the future. Thank you for having FEMA Region 5 Administrator Sivak speak to the class.

Thank you, NM Disaster Management and Preparedness Initiative, Anne Brenneman, & George Chiampas for the invitation last week to speak with your students about the role of EMS Physician and Urban Terrorism Response!

β½οΈ in the heat with the 2026 World Cup & numerous tournaments leading up ππ½ππ½ strategies valuable to players and teams for health safety and performance U.S. Soccer bjsm.bmj.com/content/early/β¦


This week and last week, DMCEPI and Chicago OEMC facilitated two Hands-Only CPR/AED/Stop the Bleed trainings for LettuceEntertainYou restaurant managers and staff. Employees learned easy and effective lifesaving skills that they can utilize at their restaurants in emergency situations!


Community Preparedness!! Thanks to Chicago OEMC & LettuceEntertainYou for their partnership by leading in safety across our city. #lendyourhandssavealife π

Enjoyed our discussion on climate change and heat challenges with my close friend and Boston Marathon medical director #christroyanos & seeing my close friends & amazing sports docs and scientists American College of Sports Medicine Chicago Marathon #worldacademy World Athletics



Lend your hands and save a life! U.S. Soccer Tim Howard Carli Lloyd