Grant Awarded to Improve
State’s Crisis Management

The U.S. Department of Health and Human Services recently awarded a curriculum development grant of $97,000 renewable for two more years to Health Science faculty members Veronica Acosta-Deprez and Dr. Sarath Gunatilake. The grant will support a new curriculum to train Southern California pre-service health professionals for bioterrorism and emergency preparedness to improve the state’s crisis management.