Center for Disaster and Humanitarian Assistance Medicine (CDHAM) was chartered in 1999 at the Uniformed Services University through Congressional funding to serve as an academic resource in the areas of Humanitarian Assistance and Disaster Response medicine. In addition to education and research, CDHAM provides intellectual capital for consultation throughout the DoD and Federal Government.
CDHAM
Contributing to National Security, by achieving Regional and Global Stability, through Healthcare Diplomacy. As part of the Department of Defense, our raison d’ etre is national security. Events since the end of the Cold War, especially in the last six years. activities have made it clear that we cannot have security at home as long as there is global instability. CDHAM’s contribution to national security is by using healthcare diplomacy to stabilize regions, and subsequently the globe.
Members of International Health Division give presentation to Georgetown ALLIES group.
Dr Jawad, Dr Al-Ameri and Dr. Mahmood will be giving a presentation on the host nation perspectives on the reconstruction of the military health system in Iraq to a student group at Georgetown University called ALLIES. ALLIES is a student organization focused on building civil-military relations at the undergraduate level.
Georgetown University
7:00 – 8:30 April 20, 2010
McShain Lounge in McCarthy Hall
New CDHAM Website
Welcome to the new CDHAM.ORG website. This site has been designed to facilitate communication and feedback from users on all of our current projects and deliverables. Please understand that as we finalize the new site and design that things will be added and removed. Feel free to look around, register for an account, and stay tuned for more updates.
Center for Disaster and Humanitarian Assistance Medicine
Uniformed Services University of the Health Sciences
4301 Jones Bridge Rd, Bethesda, MD 20814
301-294-1460
