Our Centers

CEPAR: The Johns Hopkins Office of Critical Event Preparedness and Response (CEPAR) coordinates and manages the preparations and response to emergencies and disasters that may affect the entire Johns Hopkins University and Johns Hopkins Medicine enterprise.

PACER: The National Center for the Study of Preparedness and Catastrophic Response (PACER) is a federally-funded center that focuses on innovative disaster health research.

The Center for Advanced Modeling: The center is focused on developing simulations of disasters, civil unrest and other emergencies.

The Center for Medicine and Law: The center is a collaboration with the Universisity of Baltimore School of Law.
Our Divisions

DSO: The Division of Special Operations (DSO) provides central command and coordination of the Johns Hopkins Medical Institution’s field emergency medicine operations and special event medical services. The mission of the DSO is to promote education, research and clinical excellence for the emergency medical care of patients in austere and complex, out-of-hospital environments.
Of Interest

Lifeline: Johns Hopkins Lifeline is a critical care transport service. It provides advanced life support and critical care on the ground and in the air for patients referred to Johns Hopkins hospitals from a physician or other medical institution.


