National Guard Trauma Training at Penn State Health (03/05/2025)
You are cordially invited to attend the Public Health Preparedness seminar sponsored by the Master of Professional Studies in Homeland… read more
You are cordially invited to attend the Public Health Preparedness seminar sponsored by the Master of Professional Studies in Homeland… read more
You are cordially invited to attend the Public Health Preparedness seminar sponsored by the Master of Professional Studies in Homeland… read more
The COVID-19 pandemic and recent hurricanes have thrust the preparedness of rural communities into the national spotlight. At the federal level, the Administration for Strategic Preparedness and Response and the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention have recently released national goals and plans for preparedness of rural communities. The overall objective of this virtual, 2-day mini-symposium is to identify opportunities in public health and agricultural preparedness and response in rural communities. The mini-symposium will focus upon national perspectives on Thursday, January 30 and the state/local perspectives on Friday, January 31. Speakers include representatives of the Administration for Strategic Preparedness and Response, the Department of Homeland Security, US Department of Agriculture, the USA Center for Rural Public Health Preparedness, and state/local leaders.
You are cordially invited to attend the Public Health Preparedness seminar sponsored by the Master of Professional Studies in Homeland… read more
You are cordially invited to attend the Public Health Preparedness seminar sponsored by the Master of Professional Studies in Homeland… read more
The explosion in technology has dramatically impacted all areas of information gathering and generating intelligence from various sources. While the Cold War primarily dealt with human intelligence (HUMINT), signals intelligence (SIGINT), and measures and signature intelligence (MASINT), the terrorist attacks of 9/11, coupled with the technology explosion, have categorized and defined numerous “new” types of intelligence collection including geospatial intelligence (GEOINT), open-source intelligence (OSINT), social media intelligence (SOCMINT), and imagery intelligence (IMINT). While some scholars have debated that there are only five disciplines of collection, OSINT, HUMINT, SIGINT, GEOINT, and MASINT (Lowenthal and Clark, 2015), like many other disciplines, such as medicine and law, there appears to be a trend toward defining specializations and sub-categories. This paper will expand on the baseline work by Clemente (2013), Bowsher (2016), and Dahl (2024) and offer a deeper understanding of what MEDINT is and how it can be used in various aspects of intelligence, including military intelligence, criminal intelligence, public health, and even in the corporate sector. This paper aims to move the discussion of MEDINT forward to help intelligence practitioners formally acknowledge this unique aspect of intelligence collection and bring its use to the forefront of intelligence discussions.