Bioterrorism Training For Health Professions Awarded $26.1 Million
FY 2005 grants of $26.1 million to support bioterrorism training for the nation’s public health and health care professionals and students have been announce by the Health Resources and Services Administration (HRSA) of the U.S. Department of Health and Human Services.
Funded under the Bioterrorism Training and Curriculum Development Program (BTCDP), the 32 grants to universities and educational organizations are designed to develop a health care workforce that can recognize indications of a terrorist event and treat patients and communities in a safe and appropriate manner.
The bulk of the funds, 19 grants worth almost $24.2 million, support continuing education programs for health care providers. The remaining 13 grants, worth almost $2 million, will fund changes and upgrades to curricula at health professions schools.
In the first two project years of the BTCDP (September 2003-August 2005), 200,000 health professionals and students were trained using these funds. It is estimated that more than 150,000 will be trained in the first year of these 3-year FY 2005 grants.
Lists of grant awards by organization, city, state and amount are:
FY 2005 Continuing Education Grants Bioterrorism Training and Curriculum Development Program
Regents of the U. of California San Francisco Calif. $1,500,000
Denver Health and Hospital Authority Denver Colo. 684,510
Yale New Haven Health System New Haven Conn. 1,500,000
Nova Southeastern University Davie Fla. 1,390,465
Medical College of Georgia, Research Institute, Inc. Augusta Ga. 1,499,269
University of Hawaii Honolulu Hawaii 1,451,544
Idaho State University Pocatello Idaho 1,287,901
MCHC-Chicago Hospital Council Chicago Ill. 1,499,652
Mather Life Ways Evanston Ill. 644,466
University of Kansas Medical Center Kansas City Kan. 1,427,903
University of Louisville Research Fdn. Louisville Ky. 1,078,164
University of Minnesota Minneapolis Minn. 878,251
Saint Vincent Foundation Billings Mont. 1,447,404
Southern Nevada AHEC Las Vegas Nev. 871,128
UMDNJ-NJMS Newark N.J. 1,428,590
Regents of the U. of New Mexico Albuquerque N.M. 1,491,550
Trustees of Columbia University in the City of New York New York N.Y. 1,245,076
Medical University of South Carolina Charleston S.C. 1,331,869
University of Texas HSC Houston Texas 1,500,000
SUB-TOTAL: $24,157,742
FY 2005 Curriculum Development Grants Bioterrorism Training and Curriculum Development Program
California State University Long Beach Foundation Long Beach Calif. $99,970
Yale University New Haven Conn. 77,130
Nova Southeastern University Ft. Lauderdale Fla. 200,000
University of South Florida Tampa Fla. 133,611
University of Hawaii Honolulu Hawaii 196,727
American Medical Association Chicago Ill. 161,320
Illinois State University Normal Ill. 90,974
Wayne State University Detroit Mich. 100,000
Saint Louis University St. Louis Mo. 193,181
Board of Regents-University of Nebraska Medical Center Omaha Neb. 200,000
Duke University Durham N.C. 197,334
University of Pennsylvania Philadelphia Pa. 135,119
University of Washington Seattle Wash. 197,473
SUB-TOTAL: $1,982,839
TOTAL: $26,140,581
