About CEPAR

The Office of Critical Event Preparedness and Response (CEPAR) is charged to serve as the center for Emory’s enterprise-wide planning for and coordinated response to natural and human-caused catastrophic events affecting Emory and the broader community.

The objectives of the CEPAR team are to:   

• Bridge the operational, educational, and research activities of the Emory enterprise relevant to catastrophic event prevention, protection, response, mitigation, and recovery.
• Coordinate Emory's resources to ensure an orchestrated response to emergencies.
• Craft novel multidisciplinary solutions for the mitigation of threats 
• Represent the Emory enterprise to communicate and coordinate responses with local, state, and federal agencies.
• Attract extramural funding for emergency preparedness activities and research.