SHIELD

About SHIELD

SHIELD brings together experts and practitioners across the field to build a modern and innovative preparedness and response system. Harnessing the full potential of public health, healthcare, the private sector, and communities, we’ll chart a resilient future ready for the challenges ahead.

We're moving forward with three major lines of effort:  

1. Create a go-to hub: A new, easy-access repository for the best ideas, practices, and problem-solving tools so practitioners, experts, and researchers can share and learn quickly.
2. Think bigger, together: Convene voices to envision the next generation of preparedness and response systems, and translate that vision into actionable policies and practices.
3. Innovate for impact: Generate new research, tools, and ways of operating that could supercharge and transform the field.   

Together, we’ll deliver a practical blueprint, materials, and tools that equip policymakers and practitioners to revitalize U.S. preparedness and response into something stronger, smarter, and built to last.