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Trauma, Health & Hazards Center's (THHC) mission is to reduce the impact of extreme human events. This will be accomplished through social science cross-disciplinary scholarship, scientifically informed policy directives, and select educational initiatives across the spectrum of extreme human adversity (i.e., terrorist attacks, natural disasters, mass violence). The Center is uniquely positioned to provide cutting edge research, decision support, and innovation to an array of critical concerns important to both individual and collective adaptation.
The Center's faculty provide a unique combination of scientists from a variety of disciplines including Psychology, Geography, Climatography, Public Health, Political Science, Sociology, and Information Technology focused on the human behavioral dimension related to prevention, mitigation, and recovery from adversities that test the limits of human adaptation. Through these collaborative efforts the Center strives to reduce the effects of traumatic stress exposure, improve health, and enhance overall approaches to human hazards.
The THHC will work in collaboration with a variety of both private and public constituents dedicated to improving homeland and human security following extreme events. These constituents include but are not limited to: a) universtiy departments, b) university centers, c) military, d) industry, e) homeland secruity and homeland defense government agencies, and f) non-governmental organizations. The Center will work with these and other entities to generate research agendas, conduct research, share information collected to increase application implementation, and provide expertise in human behavioral response as needed.
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Upcoming Events
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News & Events
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Posted: January 3, 2012
THHC hosts brown-bag lecture series, presenting Dr. Deborah Kenny, on Friday, January 20th (Location: UCCS, Osborne Center, room A-343)
You are invited to join us in a THHC brown-bag series presented by Dr. Deborah Kenny on Friday, January 20, 2012 from 12:00-1:00 p.m. (mountain time). Dr. Kenny is a fellow at the American Academy of Nursing, one of the nation’s most respected professional organizations for nurses and is the associate dean for research, Beth-El College of Nursing and Health Sciences at UCCS. Dr. Kenny will be discussing multi-service qualitative study of nursing caregivers of wounded warriors. Please RSVP by emailing nisssc@uccs.edu or call 719-255-3322 for any questions.
Posted: January 3, 2012
THHC hosts brown-bag lecture series, presenting Dr. Josef Ruzek, on Friday, January 13th (MST) (Location: UCCS, Osborne Center, room A-343)
You are invited to join us in a THHC brown-bag series presented by Dr. Josef Ruzek on Friday, January 13, 2012 from 11:00 a.m.-12:00 p.m. (mountain time). Dr. Josef I. Ruzek will present Disseminating best practices in psychological treatment: Challenges and possible solutions, post-traumatic stress disorder (PTSD) as case examples. Please RSVP by emailing nisssc@uccs.edu or call 719-255-3322 for any questions.
Posted: November 30, 2011
THHC hosts brown-bag lecture series on Friday, Dec 2nd at noon (Location: UCCS, Osborne Center, room B-211)
You are invited to join us in a THHC brown-bag series presented by Mr. Sunil Kumar Prashar. Mr. Kumar Prashar is a Doctoral Fellow at the Graduate School of Global Environmental Studies (GSES) at Kyoto University and will be discussing his work in international disaster preparedness and relief research. His research interests include the use of community action planning to better prepare communities to respond to disasters. He also is studying ways to strengthen resiliency within communities in order to enable first responders to better address the psycho-social impact of disasters. Please email nisssc@uccs.edu or call 719-255-3322 for any questions.
Posted: October 5, 2011
THHC Senior Research Scientist, Jeanette Sutton participates in Social Media Panel for San Francisco Fleet Week 2011 Senior Leaders Seminar October 7th, 2011.
Posted: May 23, 2011
UCCS conference brings disaster experts together
Posted: January 20, 2011
Disaster Resilient Rural Communities Project
Posted: January 13, 2011
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