Dr. Eric Rasmussen, CEO of InSTEDD, lead a brown bag discussion with faculty and students recently, focusing on Disaster Response and Civil Military Cooperation (presentation slides). He has led disaster response teams at more than 15 events, including the tsunami in Banda Ache, Hurricane Katrina, the Izmit earthquake, and Haiti.  With a European Master’s Degree in Disaster Medicine (MDM), he holds academic positions at several institutions and has been a Principal Investigator for both the Defense Advanced Research Projects Agency (DARPA) and for the National Science Foundation.  

Dr. Rasmussen's has graciously provided the following documents

10-20-30 Document (0.1MB PDF) The Coming Anarchy (0.2 MB PDF) ALNAP Innovations in Humanitarian Action (0.5MB MS Word) National Preparedness Guidelines ().5MB PDF) Nature - Global Trends in emerging Infectious Disease (1MB PDF) Singapore RAHS (1.5MB PDF) UN Civil-Military Handbook (2MB PDF) Health Impact Climate Change Patz (3.5MB PDF) Human Development Report - Water (8MB PDF) Global Climate Change (30MB PDF) 2009 Climate Change Science Compendium (50MB PDF)