Practical Aspects of Preparing for, and Responding to, Radiological Terrorism

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Trainer
Jonathan M. Links, PhD, professor, Department of Environmental Health Sciences, Johns Hopkins Bloomberg School of Public Health; Director, Johns Hopkins Center for Public Health Preparedness

Description
In this training, Jon Links examines radiation terrorism as it applies to first responders' planning and response actions.

Contents

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Topic 1: Practical Aspects of Preparing for, and Responding to, Radiological Terrorism
Part 1: Basics of Radiation
Part 2: Radiation Protection
Part 3: Planning for a Dirty Bomb

Trainer Biography

Jonathan Links earned his BA in medical physics from the University of California, Berkeley (1977) and a PhD in environmental health sciences (with a concentration in radiation health sciences) from Johns Hopkins University (1983). Dr. Links is currently professor of Environmental Health Sciences in the Johns Hopkins Bloomberg School of Public Health, with a joint appointment in Radiology in the School of Medicine. Dr. Links’ expertise is in radiation physics and dosimetry, medical imaging instrumentation and radiation-based biomarkers. Dr. Links is a member of the editorial boards of The Journal of Nuclear Medicine and the European Journal of Nuclear Medicine, and is a member of the Delta Omega National Public Health Honor Society. He is a past president of the Society of Nuclear Medicine, a 13,000 member professional medical society that deals with the use of radioactivity and radiation in medicine. Dr. Links is currently Baltimore City’s radiation terror expert, working with the Health, Fire and Police Departments. He is also Director of the Johns Hopkins Center for Public Health Preparedness.