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PRI to Launch Queens Resilience Network
The NYC Preparedness & Recovery Institute (PRI) is launching the Queens Resilience Network, a new borough-based initiative designed to strengthen social cohesion and community resilience across Queens. The Queens Resilience Network is the first in a planned series…
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Help Build Our Understanding of Community Emergency Networks in Region 2 – Funding Opportunity Available
Many communities across Region 2 need a coordinated, trusted way to reach residents with urgent information during public health emergencies. Community Emergency Networks (CENs), including Community Organizations Active in Disasters (COADs), Volunteer Organizations Active in Disasters (VOADs), Long…
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R2C in Focus: A New Series Focusing on Building the Evidence for What Works
The Region 2 Center for Public Health Preparedness and Response (R2C) is launching a new webinar series, R2C in Focus: Building the Evidence for What Works (R2C in Focus), highlighting three evidence-informed approaches designed to strengthen public health…
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Advancing Preparedness and Response: The Launch of the Five-Year Regional Workplan for HHS Region 2
The R2C will advance the region’s ability to anticipate, respond to, and recover from public health threats by enhancing workforce and surge response capacity, strengthening coalitions active in disasters, and mobilizing for community preparedness. The COVID-19 pandemic, wildfires,…
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What We Heard: Priorities for Strengthening Public Health Preparedness in Puerto Rico and the U.S. Virgin Islands
Puerto Rico (PR) and the U.S. Virgin Islands (USVI) are historically marginalized and under-resourced areas facing vulnerabilities to geographic isolation, natural disasters, and public health threats. Knowing that effective public health emergency preparedness and response (PHEPR) efforts require…
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PRI’s Narrative 2 Numbers Hackathon Turned Qualitative Insights into Actionable Ideas
Students and researchers gathered to tackle real-world preparedness challenges for the NYC Preparedness & Recovery Institute’s first hackathon. Teams transformed community narratives and qualitative data into actionable tools for public health.
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Resilient Futures: From Dialogue to Action on Climate and Health Justice
Resilient Futures: Climate & Health Justice in NYC is a four-part workshop series created by the NYC Preparedness & Recovery Institute (PRI) and the NYC Department of Health and Mental Hygiene (NYC DOHMH) to equip New Yorkers with…
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Join The PRI COVID-19 Community Convenings
The NYC Preparedness & Recovery Institute (PRI) is conducting a comprehensive review of NYC’s COVID-19 response, with a focus on a whole-of-society approach. This work has included analysis of hundreds of reports and journal articles, interviews with key…
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PRI COVID-19 Review: Community Outreach & Recruitment Partner Opportunity
The NYC Preparedness & Recovery Institute (PRI) has been conducting a comprehensive review of NYC’s COVID-19 response, with a focus on a whole-of-society approach. This work has included analysis of hundreds of reports and journal articles, interviews with…
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Shaping Regional Priorities for Public Health Preparedness in HHS Region 2
As the Region 2 Center for Public Health Preparedness and Response (R2C), the NYC Preparedness & Recovery Institute (PRI) is focused on finding and scaling evidence-based practices for public health emergencies. Our goal is to make the response…
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New York City Activates Heat Emergency Plan for First Time in 2025
High heat is expected to continue in NYC through Wednesday, June 25. New York City Emergency Management (NYCEM) and the New York City Department of Health and Mental Hygiene (DOHMH) issued a Extreme Heat Warning, citing the National…
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New Research Identifies NYC Workers Most at Risk of Heat Stress
A new study published in Annals of Work Exposures and Health, coauthored by PRI Workforce Capacity and Preparedness Faculty Co-Lead Brian Pavilonis and CUNY SPH doctoral student persuing his PhD in Environmental and Planetary Health Sciences, Mike Ierardi,…
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PRI Invests in Community-Led Resilience in Queens
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Queens Stoop Index: Help Identify What Queens Needs Before the Next Crisis
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EvidenceLink: A New Tool for Finding and Using Public Health Preparedness Evidence
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Highlights from the PRI Innovation Forum: Empowering Hyperlocal Response
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Students Apply Now! Creative Approaches to Public Health Messaging