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COPEWELL in Practice

Firsthand Accounts

These videos introduce users to COPEWELL and help to familiarize them with potential use cases.

In this video, Jon Links, the original director of the COPEWELL project, describes COPEWELL and the resources available to potential users.

  • Jon Links, Professor of Environmental Health and Engineering, Johns Hopkins Bloomberg School of Public Health; Vice Provost and Chief Risk and Compliance Officer, Johns Hopkins University

 

View captioned town hall videos from October 11 & 13, 2022.

First townhall

  • Dr. Melinda Villagran - Executive Director of the Translational Health Research Center, Texas State
  • Dr. Jonathan Links, Professor and Chief Risk Officer at Johns Hopkins University. Original project PI
  • Dr. Tara Kirk Sell, Senior Scholar at the Johns Hopkins Center for Health Security and Associate Professor Department of Environmental Health and Engineering, Johns Hopkins Bloomberg School of Public Health
  • Dr. Monica Schoch-Spana, Senior Scholar with the Johns Hopkins Center for Health Security and Senior Scientist with the Department of Environmental Health and Engineering, Johns Hopkins Bloomberg School of Public Health
  • Emily Repasky, Research Associate, Texas State

 

Second townhall

  • Jennifer Johnson, MPA, CDC and Tennessee Department of Health, Emergency Preparedness
  • Sydney Clark, MPH, Tennessee Department of Health, Disability and Preparedness
  • Michelle Morris, MPH, Duluth Superior Area Community Foundation
  • Rex Long, MA, Doctoral Research Assistant, Texas State
  • Emily Repasky, Research Associate, Texas State

 

In this video, public health practitioners Cathy Slemp and Liz McDevitt explore how NJ VOAD has been using COPEWELL in very different ways across three New Jersey communities.

  • Cathy Slemp, COPEWELL Consultant; former Commissioner and State Health Officer, West Virginia Bureau for Public Health (WVBPH); Former Public Health Preparedness Director, WVBPH
  • Liz McDevitt, Disaster Recovery Coordinator, New Jersey VOAD

 

In this video, public health practitioners Cathy Slemp, Janet Zeis, and Tim Elbertson, provide their thoughts on using COPEWELL in the field.

  • Cathy Slemp, COPEWELL consultant; former Commissioner and State Health Officer, West Virginia Bureau for Public Health
  • Janet Zeis, Director of Agency Partnerships, Chester County Food Bank; former Community Resilience Coordinator, Chester County Department of Emergency Services
  • Tim Elberton, Public Safety Education & Outreach Specialist, ‎Pennsylvania Emergency Management Agency

 

In this video, COPEWELL researchers and practitioners provide a demonstration webinar and in-depth descriptions of how COPEWELL has been used.

  • Tara Kirk Sell, Senior Scholar, Johns Hopkins Center for Health Security; Assistant Professor, Department of Environmental Health and Engineering, Johns Hopkins Bloomberg School of Public Health.
  • Cathy Slemp, COPEWELL consultant; former Commissioner and State Health Officer, West Virginia Bureau for Public Health
  • Leslie Wright, Founder, Collective Clarity
  • Rex Long, Research Assistant, Texas State University