HRSA Administrator Betty Duke today announced more than $26.1 million in FY 2005 grants to support bioterrorism training for the nation’s public health and health care professionals and students.
 
Funded under the Bioterrorism Training and Curriculum Development Program (BTCDP), the 32 grants to universities and educational organizations are designed to develop a health care workforce that can recognize indications of a terrorist event and treat patients and communities in a safe and appropriate manner.
 
“The training supported by these grants is vital to confront the ongoing threat of bioterrorism-related public health emergencies,” said Administrator Duke.
 
The bulk of the funds, 19 grants worth almost $24.2 million, support continuing education programs for health care providers.   The remaining 13 grants, worth almost $2 million, will fund changes and upgrades to curricula at health professions schools. 
 
In the first two project years of the BTCDP (September 2003-August 2005), 200,000 health professionals and students were trained using these funds.  It is estimated that more than 150,000 will be trained in the first year of these 3-year FY 2005 grants.
 
Lists of grant awards are attached below.
 
 

FY 2005 Continuing Education Grants Bioterrorism Training and Curriculum Development Program
Organization	City	State	Amount
Regents of the U. of California	San Francisco	Calif.	$1,500,000
Denver Health and Hospital Authority	Denver	Colo.	684,510
Yale New Haven Health System	New Haven	Conn.	1,500,000
Nova Southeastern University	Davie	Fla.	1,390,465
Medical College of Georgia, Research Institute, Inc.	Augusta	Ga.	1,499,269
University of Hawaii	Honolulu	Hawaii	1,451,544
Idaho State University	Pocatello	Idaho	1,287,901
MCHC-Chicago Hospital Council	Chicago	Ill.	1,499,652
Mather Life Ways	Evanston	Ill.	644,466
University of Kansas Medical Center	Kansas City	Kan.	1,427,903
University of Louisville Research Fdn.	Louisville	Ky.	1,078,164
University of Minnesota	Minneapolis	Minn.	878,251
Saint Vincent Foundation	Billings	Mont.	1,447,404
Southern Nevada AHEC	Las Vegas	Nev.	871,128
UMDNJ – NJMS	Newark	N.J.	1,428,590
Regents of the U. of New Mexico	Albuquerque	N.M.	1,491,550
Trustees of Columbia University in the City of New York	New York	N.Y.	1,245,076
Medical University of South Carolina	Charleston	S.C.	1,331,869
University of Texas HSC	Houston	Texas	1,500,000
SUB-TOTAL:  $24,157,742

 
 
 

FY 2005 Curriculum Development Grants Bioterrorism Training and Curriculum Development Program
Organization	City	State	Amount
California State University Long Beach Foundation	Long Beach	Calif.	$99,970
Yale University	New Haven	Conn.	77,130
Nova Southeastern University	Ft. Lauderdale	Fla.	200,000
University of South Florida	Tampa	Fla.	133,611
University of Hawaii	Honolulu	Hawaii	196,727
American Medical Association	Chicago	Ill.	161,320
Illinois State University	Normal	Ill.	90,974
Wayne State University	Detroit	Mich.	100,000
Saint Louis University	St. Louis	Mo.	193,181
Board of Regents – University of Nebraska Medical Center	Omaha	Neb.	200,000
Duke University	Durham	N.C.	197,334
University of Pennsylvania	Philadelphia	Pa.	135,119
University of Washington	Seattle	Wash.	197,473
SUB-TOTAL:  $1,982,839
TOTAL:  $26,140,581