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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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‘Trace’ Memorial Art Installation Honors Essential Workers Lost to COVID-19
New York, NY | June 16, 2025 – On May 28, the CUNY Graduate School of Public Health and Health Policy (CUNY SPH) unveiled “Trace,” an interactive art installation memorializing essential workers who lost their lives to COVID-19 in the early…
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Highlights from the PRI Innovation Showcase
As public health challenges grow more complex and interconnected, innovation has become essential to preparedness and recovery. That urgency was the focus on May 13, 2025, when more than 250 researchers, public health leaders, innovators, and community organizers…
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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
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NYC Preparedness & Recovery Institute Adopts New Mission, Vision, and Approach
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We’re Hiring: Implementation Manager, PHEPR