Preparedness and Emergency Response Learning Centers

The Preparedness and Emergency Response Learning Centers (PERLC) are a national network developed by the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention (CDC) and the Association of Schools of Public Health (ASPH) to train the public health and health care workforce to respond to threats to America's health, such as bioterrorism, infectious disease outbreaks and other public health emergencies.

Member agencies of the PERLC network include the following:

• Columbia University Mailman School of Public Health
• Harvard School of Public Health
• Johns Hopkins Public Health Preparedness Programs
• Texas A&M Health Science Center School of Rural Public HEalth
• University at Albany SUNY School of Public Health
• University of Alabama at Birmingham School of Public Health
• University of Arizona Mel and Enid Zuckerman College of Public Health
• University of Illinois at Chicago School of Public Health
• University of Iowa College of Public Health
• University of Minnesota School of Public Health
• University of North Carolina at Chapel Hill Gillings School of Global Public Health
• University of Oklahoma College of Public Health
• University of South Florida College of Public Health
• University of Washington School of Public Health