CURRENT EVENTS
GRADUATING CLASS
Congratulations to our graduating fellows! Thank you for making this year such an incredible experience.
INCOMING CLASS
Welcome to the incoming class of 2021! Fellowship will start in July 2020 on our regular schedule. We look forward to meeting you!
COVID
Thank you to our faculty and fellows for your heroic efforts in fighting this outbreak!
THE FELLOWSHIP PROGRAM
Beth Israel Deaconess Medical Center (BIDMC) Fellowship in Disaster Medicine
an affiliated fellowship of
The Harvard Humanitarian Initiative and
The National Preparedness Leadership Initiative
Qualified fellows develop an expertise in all aspects of Disaster Medicine, including humanitarian operations, chemical/biological/radiological/nuclear, and explosives (CBRNE), hospital-based emergency management, disaster simulation, and counter-terrorism medicine.
Fellows receive an appointment at Harvard Medical School and have the opportunity to train at institutions and schools across the Harvard-wide system. Alumni from this unrivaled educational program, now celebrating its 10th year anniversary, have become national and world leaders in the field.
ROTATIONS
We maintain relationships with selected sites in the US and internationally where fellows gain hands-on experience with experts working in the field.
RESEARCH
Fellows and faculty have published extensively in the field of disaster medicine. Each fellow submits a publication quality research paper during the fellowship year.
DEPLOYMENT
Disaster response is core to our mission. We maintain a deployment-ready team capable of international response to appropriate crisis events in coordination with Team Rubicon.
LEARN MORE
All medical fellowship offerings include an academic appointment at Harvard Medical School as a Research Fellow. They also include the Disaster Medicine, CBRNE, Hospital Emergency Management, and Disaster Simulation (STRATUS) curricula in addition to their specific didactic program.