She has 20 years experience designing, implementing, and evaluating interventions. Through her affiliation with the Southern CA Injury Prevention Center in the UCLA School of Public Health, she managed a national household preparedness survey conducted as part of the National Center for the Study of Terrorism and Responses to Terrorism (START) Program through the University of Maryland’s Center of Excellence, as well as a California household telephone survey of Earthquake Preparedness. Dr. Wood received her Ph.D. in Public Health from the Department of Community Health Sciences at the University of California, Los Angeles; she also holds a master’s degree in community psychology.