The Center for Pandemic Preparedness and Response (CPPR) aims to enhance global and domestic efforts toward pandemic readiness, response and resilience to deal effectively with the biggest threats to health systems worldwide.

We focus on capacity building and workforce development, data for public health impact, and policy shaping. We provide technical assistance and support to help develop and implement local solutions.

Current Work

PROTECT Global Health Security

PROTECT is a five-year project designed to improve public health response to COVID-19 and other emerging infectious diseases in Latin America, the Middle East and North Africa.

California Virtual Training Academy (VTA+)

VTA+ provides training, continuing education and support, and technical assistance for the California public health workforce.

Combating Unequal Treatment in Healthcare Through Virtual Awareness and Training in Empathy (CULTIVATE)

CULTIVATE uses virtual reality to engage health care providers in diversity, equity and inclusion.

Test to Treat

Test to Treat is a programmatic evaluation of the United States Agency for International Development’s Paxlovid Test to Treat approach. Oxygen Ecosystem Program Reviews assesses the agency’s activities to improve global access to supplemental oxygen.

California Pathways into Public Health Initiative (Cal-PPH)

Cal-PPH offers paid training and job placement for early-career public health professionals to gain experience working at local health jurisdiction host sites.

Health Equity Sciences Fellowship

This fellowship program builds research capacity to conceptualize, develop and disseminate high-quality scientific work supporting health equity advancement.

Past Work

Pandemic Response Initiative (PRI)

PRI advanced health equity through global advocacy for pandemic response and preparedness in low- and middle-income countries, developed evidence for policy initiatives for low-resource settings, and supported participation in locally driven research agendas and interventions.

Pandemic Preparedness and Response Conversation Series

Scientists, doctors and researchers participated in this monthly series to discuss their work, connect with other leaders in public health, and bring pandemic preparedness and health equity to the broader conversation.

Pandemic Preparedness Priorities in Latin America: Lessons Learned from COVID-19

This virtual symposium identified critical public health priorities for preparing for a post-pandemic world. It also strengthened multisectoral partnerships and fostered interdisciplinary collaboration to prepare and respond to future pandemics in Latin America.

AFREhealth Symposium

CPPR supported AFREhealth in convening a group of experts from Sub-Saharan Africa to define research priorities and guide future research for post-pandemic Africa.