Jonathan M. Links, Ph.D. is a medical physicist, with a B.A. in Medical Physics from the University of California, Berkeley (1977), and a Ph.D. in Environmental Health Sciences (with a concentration in Radiation Health Sciences) from Johns Hopkins University (1983). Dr. Links is currently Professor and Deputy Chair of Environmental Health Sciences in the Johns Hopkins Bloomberg School of Public Health, with joint appointments in Radiology and Emergency Medicine in the Johns Hopkins School of Medicine. Dr. Links is a member of the Delta Omega National Public Health Honor Society.

Dr. Links directs the Johns Hopkins Center for Public Health Preparedness, a $5M CDC-funded training center for frontline public health workers. He is also principal investigator of the Johns Hopkins Preparedness and Emergency Response Research Center, a $8M CDC-funded research program-project grant. He is a past president of the Society of Nuclear Medicine, a 16,000 member professional medical society that deals with the use of radioactivity and radiation in medicine. Dr. Links is currently Baltimore City’s terrorism and pandemic influenza planning expert, working with the Health, Fire, and Police Departments. His interests include public health preparedness and response for all hazards, ionizing radiation, biomarkers, mathematical modeling, and non-invasive medical imaging.

Environmental Health Sciences, imaging, dosimetry, radiation, dirty bombs, OpenCourseWare, nuclear medicine, radiological terror, preparedness

1983 Delta Omega Society

2001 President, Society of Nuclear Medicine

2002 President, JHBSPH Faculty Senate

Bonson KR, Grant SJ, Links JM, London ED: Validation of an analytic method of calculating cerebral glucose metabolism using PET. J Nucl Med 41: 658-660, 2000

Schwartz BS, Stewart WF, Todd AC, Simon D, Links J: Different associations of blood lead, DMSA-chelatable lead, and tibial lead with blood pressure in former organolead manufacturing workers. Arch Environ Health 55: 85-92, 2000

Links JM, Becker LC, Rigo P, Taillefer R, Hanelin L, Anstett F, Burckhardt D, Mixon L: Combined corrections for attenuation, depth-dependent blur, and motion in cardiac SPECT: A multi-center trial. J Nucl Cardiol 7: 414-425, 2000

Links JM, Schwartz BS, Simon D, Bandeen-Roche K, Stewart WF: Characterization of toxicokinetics and toxicodynamics with linear systems theory. Env Health Perspectives 109: 361-368, 2001

Links JM, DePuey G, Taillefer R, Becker LB: Attenuation correction and gating synergistically improve the diagnostic accuracy of myocardial perfusion SPECT. J Nucl Cardiol 9: 183-187, 2002

Links JM, Becker LC, Anstett F: Clinical significance of apical thinning. J Nucl Cardiol 11: 26-31, 2004

Barnett D, Parker C, Everly G, Links J: Applying educational gaming to enhance all-hazards emergency readiness for public health workers. Am J Prev Med 28: 390-395, 2005

Barnett D, Blodgett D, Fews A, Parker C, Links J: The application of the Haddon Matrix to public health readiness and response planning. Environ Health Perspect 113: 561-566, 2005

Parker C, Fews A, Barnett D, Fews AL, Blodgett D, Links J: The Road Map to Preparedness: a competency-based approach to all-hazards emergency readiness training for the public health workforce. Public Health Reports 120: 504-514, 2005

Barnett DJ, Balicer RD, Blodgett DW, Everly GS, Omer SB, Parker CL, Links JM: Applying risk perception theory to public health workforce preparedness training. J Public Health Management Practice Nov 2005 Supplement: S33-S37, 2005

Parker CL, Everly GS, Barnett DJ, Links JM: Establishing evidence-informed core intervention competencies in psychological first aid for public health personnel. Int J Emerg Mental Health 8: 83-92, 2006

Parker CL, Barnett DJ, Everly GS, Links JM: Expanding disaster mental health response: A conceptual training framework for public health professionals. Int J Emerg Mental Health 8: 101-110, 2006

Uscher-Pines L, Chernak E, Alles S, Links J. College and university planning for pandemic influenza: a survey of Philadelphia schools. Biosecurity Bioterror 5: 249-254, 2007

McCabe O.L., Mosley A.M, Gwon H.S., Everly G.S., Lating J.M., Links J.M., Kaminsky M.J. The tower of ivory meets the house of worship: Psychological first aid training for the faith community. International Journal of Emergency Mental Health 9: 171-180, 2008

McCabe O.L., Lating J.M., Everly G.S., Mosley A.M., Teague P.J., Links J.M., Kaminsky M.J. Psychological first aid training for the faith community: A model curriculum. International Journal of Emergency Mental Health 9: 181-192, 2008

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 6: 219-226, 2008

Everly GS, Sherman MF, Nucifora F, Langlieb A, Kaminsky MJ, Links JM. A quantitative expression of resiliency in the workplace: An odds ratio analysis. Int J Emerg Mental Health 10: 169-176, 2008

Barnett DJ, Taylor HA, Hodge JG, Links JM. Resource allocation on the frontlines of public health preparedness and response: Report of a summit on legal and ethical issues. Public Health Reports 124: 295-303, 2009