Jonathan Links, PhD

Jonathan M. Links, Ph.D. is a professor in the Johns Hopkins Bloomberg School of Public Health, with joint professorial appointments in the School of Medicine, the School of Education, the Whiting School of Engineering, and the Carey Business School. Dr. Links directs the Center for Public Health Preparedness, a CDC-funded center focusing on disaster mental health and public health systems research, training, and professional practice. Dr. Links is the university’s Vice Provost and Chief Risk and Compliance Officer. Dr. Links is a member of the Delta Omega National Public Health Honor Society, and 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.

Education

• Ph. D, Environmental Health Sciences, Johns Hopkins University
• BA, Medical Physics, University of California - Berkeley

Research

Selected publications

• Links JM, Schwartz BS, Lin S, Kanarek N, Mitrani-Reiser J, Sell TK, Watson CR, Ward D, Slemp C, Burhans R, Gill K, Igusa T, Zhao X, Aguirre B, Trainor J, Nigg J, Inglesby T, Carbone E, Kendra JM. COPEWELL: A Conceptual Framework and System Dynamics Model for Predicting Community Functioning and Resilience After Disasters. Disaster Medicine Public Health Preparedness 12: 127-137, 2018
• Schoch-Spana M, Gill K, Hosangadi D, Slemp C, Burhans R, Zeis J, Carbone E, Links J. Top-down and bottom-up measurement to enhance community resilience to disasters. AJPH 109: S4: S265-S267, 2019
• Schock-Spana M, Gill K, Hosangadi D, Slemp C, Burhans R, Zeis J, Carbone EG, Links J. The COPEWELL rubric: A self-assessment toolkit to strengthen community resilience to disasters. Int J Environ Res Public Health 16: 2372-2389, 2019

Teaching

Current

• Crisis Management

Previous

• Enterprise Risk Management Frameworks