Health Risk Management Portfolio - Public Health Command

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Health Risk Management Portfolio

The Health Risk Management Portfolio consists of six programs whose missions are committed to providing worldwide comprehensive health risk management expertise in both deployed and garrison settings. This portfolio works to enhance the readiness of the U.S. Army on behalf of the Army Surgeon General, the other Services Surgeon General's and the Unified Combatant Commands.

Our staff of professional scientists, engineers, and technicians provides a wide variety of services supporting health risk management to enable the Army and DOD leadership to integrate informed risk management decisions into all Army and DOD activities.

Contact Information

Name:	AIPH Health Risk Management Portfolio
Email Address:	chppm-dhrm@amedd.army.mil
Telephone:	410-436-5895
DSN:	584-5895
Mailing Address:	USAPHC ATTN: MCHB-TS-R 5158 Blackhawk Road Aberdeen Proving Ground, MD 21010-5403

Programs

Environmental Surveillance Integration Program

Mission: Develop and maintain a system capable of collecting, analyzing, reporting and archiving Occupational and Environmental Health Surveillance (OEHS) data as part of a Comprehensive Military Medical Surveillance Program required by the DOD Directive, DA Policy, and JCS Memorandum, allowing effective analysis and dissemination of data. Integrate DOEHS into Arm... (more)

Global Threat Assessment Program

MISSION: Identify and assess deployment and environmental health hazards for world-wide combatant commands, component commands, Joint Task Force, and services locations for deployment preventive medicine measures in support of military operations. PRODUCTION PRIORITES Overseas Contingency Operations (OCO) Homeland Security Disaster Response Global Defense Posture Training ... (more)

Deployment Environmental Surveillance Program

Mission: To support a system capable of providing Commanders and other decision-makers pertinent information needed to detect, assess, and counter deployment occupational and environmental health threats as part of a comprehensive military medical surveillance program required by Department of Defense (DOD) regulations and directives. The DESP coordinates with other U.S. Army Public Health... (more)

Environmental Health Risk Assessment Program

Our mission is to provide reliable and understandable environmental health risk information and analyses that support military public health and operational missions, environmental management decisions, and material risk management solutions. Our primary concerns at this time are exposures and health outcomes associated with chemical and biological hazards found or introduced into the environme... (more)

Health Risk Communication Program

Mission The Health Risk Communication Program (HRCP), offers a variety of training and consultation services to help military and government personnel strategically plan for effectively addressing public concerns related to health, environmental, deployment, homeland security, organizational conflicts, and similar issues that affect mission success. HRCP provides health risk communication experti... (more)

DOD ATSDR Liaison Office

DOD and ATSDR work together in an interagency (IA) effort to promote timely execution of ATSDR's public health activities at DOD installations and sites. The goals of ATSDR's work are 1) to assess the public health effects of community exposures to hazardous substances in the environment, 2) to engage stakeholders, and 3) to guide interventions to reduce the public health effects of such exposure... (more)