The Center for Food Security and Public Health is a Centers for Disease Control and Prevention (CDC) Center for Public Health Preparedness for Veterinary Medicine and Zoonotic Diseases.It's the only Center for Public Health Preparedness to focus on veterinary medicine and zoonotic diseases.
The Centers for Public Health Preparedness work with the CDC and the Association of Schools of Public Health to compile national preparedness resources, to leverage technical and intellectual resources and to promote use of these resources. The Centers for Public Health Preparedness provide model public health practice curricula, information and training to support preparedness for bioterrorism, disease outbreak investigation, and other public health emergencies; and support CDC's strategic vision of a competent workforce able to deliver essential public health services.
The CFSPH integrates veterinary medicine and expertise in zoonotic diseases and public health with the ongoing activities and needs of the CDC. The CFSPH has focused efforts on awareness education on bioterrorism, zoonotic diseases, and agroterrorism. The Center also works to increase the number of veterinarians with MPH degrees.
