Disaster and Humanitarian Centers
Alliance for Pandemic Preparedness
Takes a proactive approach to pandemics that addresses the root causes of pandemic risk and accelerates effective action by working with partners in low and middle-income countries to achieve sustainable impact at large scale.
Home School/College: Schools of Medicine and Public Health
Center for Collaborative Systems for Security, Safety and Regional Resilience
Leads innovation in the design, development and use of collaborative systems that support regional operations for security, safety and resilience in the Puget Sound region
Home School/College: Applied Physics Laboratory and College of Engineering
Center for Disaster Resilient Communities
The CDRC brings together the University of Washington, government, and community partners to create and implement transformational hazard and disaster science, build workforce capacity, inform equitable disaster risk reduction policy and practice and contribute to more resilient communities.
Home School/College: Population Health Initiative
Collaborative on Extreme Event Resilience
A network of public health researchers, practitioners and citizen scientists who collaborate to address real world challenges that impact communities’ resilience to disasters and the acute impacts of climate change.
Home School/College: School of Public Health
Disaster Data Science Lab
Focused on researching how best to leverage data to help others before, during and after disasters.
Home School/College: College of Engineering
Institute for Hazards Mitigation Planning and Research
Focused on enhancing community capacity to anticipate, respond to, cope with and recover from natural and man-made hazard events.
Home School/College: College of Built Environments
Pacific Northwest Seismic Network
Dedicated to reducing impacts of earthquakes and volcanic eruptions in the states of Washington and Oregon by providing accurate and fast information about earthquakes and ground motions to scientists, engineers, planners and the public.
Home School/College: College of the Environment
M9 Project
Seeks to reduce catastrophic potential effects of a Cascadia megathrust earthquake on social, built and natural environments through the advancement of methodologies, early warnings and community planning.
Home School/College: College of the Environment
Northwest Preparedness & Emergency Response Research Center
Seeks to strengthen and generate sustainable solutions to improve the U.S. public health preparedness and response infrastructure and systems.
Home School/College: School of Public Health
Preparedness and Emergency Response Learning Center
Features online training and other learning materials to help public health professionals and their partners prepare for and respond to emergencies.
Home School/College: School of Public Health
RAPID Facility
Provides investigators with equipment, software and support services needed to collect, process and analyze perishable data from natural hazards events.
Home School/College: College of Engineering
Washington Coastal Hazards Resilience Network
Seeks to strengthen the resilience of Washington’s coastal communities through collaboration, education and knowledge exchange.
Home School/College: College of the Environment