Daniel J. Barnett, MD, MPH is a graduate of the Johns Hopkins General Preventive Medicine Residency Program (2002). He received his MPH degree from Johns Hopkins Bloomberg School of Public Health (2001), and his MD degree from Ohio State University College of Medicine and Public Health (1999). He graduated from Yale University with a BA in English (1993).

Research interests include best practice models to enhance all-hazards public health emergency readiness and response. Specific areas of focus include design and evaluation of preparedness curricula for public health workers; mental health aspects of public health emergency response; public health readiness exercises; and organizational culture change issues facing health departments in building a ready public health workforce.

Public health practice; preparedness; emergency response; training; exercises; evaluation; terrorism preparedness; all-hazards readiness; mental health; organizational change; public health workforce

National Association of Counties Achievement Award, 2007

Barnett DJ, Balicer RD, Thompson CB, Storey JD, Omer SB et al. Assessment of local public health workers' willingness to respond to pandemic influenza through application of the Extended Parallel Process Model. PLoS ONE 2009; 4(7):e6365.

Barnett DJ, Taylor HA, Hodge JG Jr., Links JM. Resource allocation on the frontlines of public health preparedness and response. Public Health Reports 2009; 124(2): 295-303.

Watkins RJ, Barnett DJ, Links JM. Corporate preparedness for pandemic influenza: a survey of pharmaceutical and biotechnology companies in Montgomery County, Maryland. Biosecurity and Bioterrorism: Biodefense Strategy, Practice, and Science 2008; 6(3): 219-226.

Uddin S, Barnett DJ, Parker CL, Links JM, Alexander M. Emergency preparedness: addressing a residency training gap. Academic Medicine 2008; 83(3): 298-304.

Omer SB, Barnett DJ, Castellano C, Wierzba RK, Hiremath GS, Balicer RD, Everly GS, Jr. Impact of homeland security alert level on calls to a law enforcement peer support hotline. International Journal of Emergency Mental Health 2008; 9(4): 253-257.

Uscher-Pines L, Barnett DJ, Sapsin JW, Bishai D, Balicer RD. A systematic analysis of influenza vaccine shortage policies. Public Health. 2007 Sep 6; [Epub ahead of print]

Barnett DJ, Parker CL, Blodgett DW, Wierzba RK, Links JM. Understanding radiological and nuclear terrorism as public health threats: preparedness and response perspectives. Journal of Nuclear Medicine 2006; 47: 1653-1661.

Uscher-Pines L, Omer SB, Barnett DJ, Burke TA, Balicer RD. Priority setting for pandemic influenza: an analysis of national preparedness plans.PLoS Med. 2006 Oct 17;3(10) [Epub ahead of print]

Balicer RD, Omer SB, Barnett DJ, Everly GS, Jr. Local public health workers' perceptions toward responding to an influenza pandemic. BMC Public Health 2006; 6:99

Parker CL, Barnett DJ, Everly GS, Jr., Links JM. Expanding disaster mental health response: a conceptual training framework for public health professionals. International Journal of Emergency Mental Health 2006; 8(2): 101-109.

Parker CL, Everly GS, Jr., Barnett DJ, Links JM. Establishing evidence-informed core intervention competencies in psychological first aid for public health personnel. International Journal of Emergency Mental Health 2006; 8(2): 83-92.

Everly GS Jr., Sherman MF, Stapleton A, Barnett DJ, Hiremath GS, Links, JM. Workplace crisis interventions: A systematic review of effect sizes. Journal of Workplace Behavioral Health 2006; Volume 21, Numbers 3/4: 153-170.

Barnett DJ, Balicer RD, Lucey DR, Everly GS Jr., Omer SB, Steinhoff MC, Grotto I. A systematic analytic approach to pandemic influenza preparedness planning. PLoS Medicine 2005;2(12):e359 [Epub ahead of print]

Barnett DJ, Balicer RD, Blodgett D, Everly GS Jr., Omer SB, Parker CL, Links JM. Applying risk perception theory to public health workforce preparedness training. Journal of Public Health Management and Practice 2005;11(6 Suppl):S33-S37.

Parker CL, Barnett DJ, Blodgett D, Fews AL, Links JM. The Road Map to Preparedness: a competency-based approach to all-hazards emergency readiness training for the public health workforce.Public Health Reports 2005;120(5):504-14.

Barnett DJ, Balicer RD, Blodgett D, Fews AL, Parker CL, Links JM. The application of the Haddon matrix to public health readiness and response planning. Environmental Health Perspectives 2005;113(5):561-6.

Barnett DJ, Everly GS Jr., Parker CL, Links JM. Applying educational gaming to public health workforce emergency preparedness. American Journal of Preventive Medicine 2005;28(4):390-5.