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April 1, 2005 | Program Result
In 2002 and 2003, researchers at the RAND Corporation, Arlington, Va., conducted focus groups with postal employees and Capitol Hill staffers exposed to anthrax in an apparent bioterrorist act in October 2001.
December 1, 2005 | Program Result
The Century Foundation commissioned two background papers and convened a working group to study the ramifications of the increase in federal funding to state and local governments that followed the 2001 anthrax attacks in the United States.
June 1, 2004 | Program Result
The Harvard School of Public Health, working with a polling firm, International Communications Research, conducted four national and three regional telephone surveys of public opinion and knowledge about the threat of bioterrorism in the United States.
October 1, 2003 | Program Result
Between 2001 and 2002, researchers from the National Opinion Research Center at the University of Chicago studied how Americans reacted to, and coped with, the terrorist attacks in New York City and the Pentagon in Arlington, Va., on September 11, 2001.
October 1, 2003 | Program Result
The National Association of County and City Health Officials provided video streaming via the World Wide Web of seven sessions of its 2002 annual conference, "Working in a Changing World: Strengthening Public Health Preparedness."
December 1, 2003 | Program Result
A physician-scientist in the pediatric residency training program at Children's National Medical Center in Washington received a one-year fellowship to work in Washington, contributing to the development of health-related research and policy statements.
December 1, 2003 | Program Result
The Johns Hopkins University School of Medicine worked to educate and promote communications among medical and public health professionals and policy-makers about bioterrorism, emerging infections and emergency preparedness.
February 1, 2007 | Program Result
The Missouri Department of Health and Senior Services designed and implemented a new syndromic surveillance system that helps public health officials detect unusual clusters of disease symptoms.
January 1, 2004 | Book
This chapter by Stephen Isaacs, co-editor of The Robert Wood Johnson Foundation Anthology, examines how the Foundation has responded to emergencies that take lives and threaten the public's health.
September 1, 2011 | Report
Remembering 9/11 and Anthrax: Public Health’s Vital Role in National Defense, released by Trust for America's Health and the Robert Wood Johnson Foundation (RWJF), features more than 30 firsthand accounts of public health professionals who were dire ...