Dr. David Abramson Receives Two Grants for Disaster Recovery Study March 28, 2011 David Abramson, PhD, MPH, assistant professor of clinical sociomedical sciences and director of research at the National Center for Disaster Preparedness, recently received awards of $100,000 from the Baton Rouge Area Foundation and $50,000 from the Louisiana Disaster Recovery Foundation to study “Community Factors Associated with Long-Term Disaster Recovery.” Mailman School of Public Health