SORT hosts an annual networking night in collaboration with the Humanitarian Emergencies Research Team (HERT) each spring for RSPH students, alumni, and local professionals interested in emergency/outbreak preparedness and response. 

We hosted our networking night on March 28th. Networking night consistently includes professionals from CDC, Emory, GDPH, DeKalb County Board of Health, Fulton County Board of Health, and The Carter Center.

Our keynote speakers in 2024 were: 

Dr. Amanda Feldpausch, DVM, MPH, Georgia Department of Health, One Health Epidemiology Director

Joshua O’Neal, MA, Fulton County Board of Health, Sexual Health Director

Saneika Thomas, MP EDM, Georgia Department of Health, PHEP Operational Readiness Manager & Training and Exercise Program Manager

• Emory Healthcare Flu Vaccine Clinin Non-Clinincal Support

• Globe Academy Pop-Up Testing Clinic

• Mental Health QPR Training

• Hunger Ward Screening and Chat with Director of Yemen Project

•  BLS and Heart Saver Training through CEPAR Partnership

• Rollins Day ON REDI Initiative

• Dekalb County MRC CPR/AED Training

• Dekalb County MRC Weapons of Mass Destruction Tabletop Exercise

• Epidemiology Support Georgia Department of Public Health 

• Fulton County Board of Health Call Center

• COVID-19 response activities in the One Health branch at CDC

• Georgia Department of Public Health Call Center

• Quarantine Virtual Call Center, CDC 

• Needs Assessment Team (NET), CROWN Initiative, RSPH 

• COVID-19 Health Infection Control Team,CDC Tele-ICAR

• COVID-19 Monitoring in Jails Project

• Stop the Bleed, Fulton County MRC

• POD (Points of Dispensing) Training

• Shelter Considerations for Vulnerable Populations

• DeKalb County/Fulton County MRC POD Simulation

• Train the Trainer" Hands-Only Texas 2-Step CPR

• Mental Health First Aid 

• Naloxone Training and Opioid Overdose Education 

• Full Scale Exercise, Grady Memorial Hospital 

• Family Assistance Center Training, Fulton County MRC

• Critical Incident Stress Management (CISM), Group Crisis Intervention, Gwinnett County MRC