HRSA Awards $26.1 Million in Bioterrorism Preparedness Training for Health Professions Workforce
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
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Organization
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City
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State
|
Amount
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Regents of the U. of California
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San Francisco
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Calif.
|
$1,500,000
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Denver Health and Hospital Authority
|
Denver
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Colo.
|
684,510
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Yale New Haven Health System
|
New Haven
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Conn.
|
1,500,000
|
Nova Southeastern University
|
Davie
|
Fla.
|
1,390,465
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Medical College of Georgia, Research Institute, Inc.
|
Augusta
|
Ga.
|
1,499,269
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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
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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
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