News Release
FOR IMMEDIATE RELEASE
Friday, Sept. 12, 2003 |
Contact: HRSA Press Office
(301) 443-3376 |
HHS AWARDS $26.6 MILLION IN NEW PROGRAM TO PROVIDE BIOTERRORISM TRAINING AND CURRICULUM
HHS Secretary Tommy G. Thompson today announced $26.6 million in new grants to strengthen bioterrorism training and education for the nation's health professions workforce. The grants are the first in HHS' Bioterrorism Training and Curriculum Development Program. Today's grantees are in 23 states.
"Our health care professionals need to be prepared for the special demands that a bioterrorism attack could make on them and on our health care system," Secretary Thompson said. "This new program is an important part of our broader efforts to prepare our public health system, develop effective medical countermeasures and stand ready to respond if bioterrorism should strike."
The program includes two components: continuing education for health professionals, funded at $22,344,500, and curriculum development in health professions schools, funded at $4,221,541. It is designed to provide bioterrorism-related continuing education and training opportunities for practicing health care providers and support new emergency preparedness curricula in health professions schools. The program will provide for training of at least 38,000 health professionals to better respond to an emergency.
The new program is part of a total federal investment of $4.4 billion in fiscal year 2003 for bioterrorism preparedness. It is administered by HHS' Health Resources and Services Administration (HRSA), which also funds other health professions programs.
"We view these grants as a vital extension of our mission to ensure that all Americans have access to high-quality health care," said Elizabeth M. Duke, Ph.D., HRSA administrator. "In the case of bioterrorism, it is even more urgent that our health professions workforce be prepared to treat all of our citizens, wherever they reside."
The Bioterrorism Training and Curriculum Development Program was created with the passage of the Public Health Security and Bioterrorism Preparedness and Response Act of 2002.
More information is available at http://www.hrsa.gov/bioterrorism.htm.
Lists of grant recipients follows:
Bioterrorism Training and Curriculum Development
Program FY 2003 Continuing Education Grants |
Organization |
City |
State |
Amount |
Univ. of Arkansas for Medical Sciences |
Little Rock |
Ark. |
$1,494,401 |
University of California |
San Francisco |
Calif. |
$1,496,794 |
Denver Health & Hospital Authority |
Denver |
Colo. |
$987,323 |
Yale New Haven Health System |
Bridgeport |
Conn. |
$1,282,801 |
MCHC - Chicago Hospital Council |
Chicago |
Ill. |
$1,046,160 |
University of Kansas Medical Center |
Kansas City |
Kan. |
$1,218,549 |
Univ. of Louisville Research Foundation |
Louisville |
Ky. |
$1,363,969 |
Saint Vincent Foundation |
Billings |
Mont. |
$917,596 |
University of Medicine and Dentistry of N.J. - NJMS |
Newark |
N.J. |
$1,570,090 |
University of New Mexico |
Albuquerque |
N.M. |
$1,140,565 |
Columbia University in the City of New York |
New York |
N.Y. |
$399,597 |
University of North Dakota |
Grand Forks |
N.D. |
$820,761 |
Oklahoma Area Health Education Center |
Tulsa |
Okla. |
$785,733 |
Thomas Jefferson University Hospital |
Philadelphia |
Pa. |
$968,102 |
Medical University of South Carolina |
Charleston |
S.C. |
$1,235,721 |
U. of Tennessee Health Sciences Center |
Memphis |
Tenn. |
$1,363,747 |
Univ. of Texas Health Sciences Center |
Houston |
Texas |
$1,838,693 |
Virginia Commonwealth University |
Richmond |
Va. |
$1,535,597 |
West Virginia University |
Morgantown |
W.Va. |
$878,301 |
| | | TOTAL: $22,344,500 |
Bioterrorism Training and Curriculum Development
Program FY 2003 Curriculum Development Grants |
Organization |
City |
State |
Amount |
Univ. of Arkansas for Medical Sciences |
Little Rock |
Ark. |
$216,375 |
University of California |
Los Angeles |
Calif. |
$313,430 |
University of Hawaii |
Honolulu |
Hawaii |
$377,125 |
University of Illinois |
Chicago |
Ill. |
$392,027 |
University of Montana |
Missoula |
Mont. |
$201,454 |
Univ. of Nebraska Med. Ctr. |
Omaha |
Neb. |
$363,777 |
Columbia University |
New York |
N.Y. |
$348,360 |
Ohio State University Research Fdn. |
Columbus |
Ohio |
$429,474 |
Vanderbilt University Medical Center |
Nashville |
Tenn. |
$384,866 |
Univ. of Texas Health Sciences Center |
San Antonio |
Texas |
$459,222 |
Shenandoah University |
Winchester |
Va. |
$309,579 |
University of Washington |
Seattle |
Wash. |
$425,853 |
| | | TOTAL: $4,221,541 |
| | | GRAND TOTAL: $26,566,041 |
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