Institute of Health Management
and Mass Destruction Defense


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Curtis A. Harris, PhD

Emergency Preparedness Manager
charris@ihmd.uga.edu

Barrow Hall
University of Georgia
Athens, GA 30602-
706.380.1456 (voice)
706.542.5254 (fax)



Educational Background

B.S., Chemistry, Georgia College and State University
Ph.D., Toxicology, University of Georgia


Area of Specialty

Dr. Harris has spent the last five years conducting research in the field of radiation toxicology and disaster preparedness.  His work focused on the relative efficacy of potassium iodide and ammonium perchlorate as antidotes to radioiodide exposure and its implications on disaster preparedness.

In 2008, Dr. Harris accepted a position as emergency preparedness manager in the Institute for Health Management and Mass Destruction Defense (IHMD) where his primary duties are in hospital disaster preparedness.  Dr. Harris travels around the State of Georgia as part of the exercise planning team at IHMD and conducts regional planning meetings and exercises to help hospitals test their emergency operations plans and identify gaps in their plans that need to be improved.  He is recognized as an instructor for Advanced Disaster Life Support and Basic Disaster Life Support through the American Medical Association and has also attained numerous FEMA cerifications in disaster preparedness.

Professional Affiliations

2008-present Emergency Preparedness Manager, Institute for Health Management and Mass Destruction Defense, University of Georgia

Selected Publications

Harris, C. A., Fisher, J. W., Rollor III, E. A., Ferguson, D. C., Blount, B. C., Valentin-Blasini, L., Taylor, M. A. and Dallas, C. E. (2009) 'Evaluation of Potassium Iodide (KI) and Ammonium Perchlorate (NH4ClO4) to Ameliorate 131I- Exposure in the Rat', Journal of Toxicology and Environmental Health, Part A, 72:14, 909 — 914