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May 11, 2012: Congratulations Trinley Palmo! Trinley Palmo, current MPH student, had a paper accepted for oral presentation at the 9^th Annual Global Health and Innovation Conference sponsored by Unite for Sight, at Yale University in New Havens on 22 April, 2012. The presentation is titled “Sontsa: a Project for Tibetan Youth.” Her presentation described a program to promote positive emotional development among a group of Tibetan children in India through Theater, Storytelling and Art mediums. Sontsa metaphorically means “children” in Tibetan language. Trinley also is to be congratulated for being accepted to the prestigious HELP program (Health Emergencies in Large Populations) at the Center for Refugee and Disaster Response, the John Hopkins University Bloomberg School of Public Health this summer.

May 7, 2012: Congratulations Lisa Benz Scott! Lisa Benz Scott, GPPH Program Director, is the recipient of the 2011-2012 SUNY Chancellor’s Award for Excellence in Faculty Service at Stony Brook University.  The Chancellor's Awards for Excellence are System-level honors conferred to acknowledge and provide system-wide recognition for consistently superior professional achievement and to encourage the ongoing pursuit of excellence.

May 3, 2012: Congratulations Muath Bishawi! Muath Bishawi, MPH alumni and current MD student, received the AMA Seed Grant.  This is a $2,500 award that is given to outstanding junior investigators for their basic science or clinical research projects. Only 43 individuals nationwide received the grant, which includes medical students, residents, and fellows. Muath is researching health-related quality of life as a predictor of long-term survival of patients undergoing coronary artery bypass grafting (CABG).
 
Muath’s study is a follow-up and expansion of his summer 2011 research project, where he investigated quality of life and long-term survival of CABG patients.  The follow-up for this clinical trial is evaluating longer term outcomes of veterans undergoing non-emergent CABG procedures. Muath’s AMA research project will evaluate how a CABG patient’s perception of their quality of life before CABG surgery, at three months after, and at one year post-CABG might predict their longer term survival (up to 10 years).

To read more about Muath’s research, click here.

May 3, 2012: Congratulations Aleef Rahman! Aleef Rahman, MPH alumni, has passed the Certification in Public Health (CPH) exam.  The exam is rooted in the five basic core competencies of public health to reflect the nature of the field and the way one area of knowledge blends into another. The certification exam is administered to graduates of CEPH-accredited schools and programs of public health.

Becoming a Certified Public Health Professional Has Multiple Benefits:

• Sets a standard of knowledge and skills in public health
• Encourages life-long learning
• Adds credibility to public health profession
• Increasing public health awareness
• Fosters environment of a professional community

For more information on the exam visit: www.publichealthexam.org

April 24, 2012: Think Again Campaign! In response to the overall safety of members of the campus community, Stony Brook University has launched “Serious About Safety” which is a wide-ranging campaign to promote and cultivate a safe and responsible environment for personal, traffic, and pedestrian safety.  As part of the toxic drinking initiative Stony Brook University has joined the National College Health Improvement Project (NCHIP).  This is a nationwide learning collaborative that seeks to combat high-risk drinking behavior on college campuses through data-driven, community-wide efforts involving several areas of the University.  

One way in which this is beneficial, is that it enables members to come up with ways to help better reach out to their campus community.  Aleef Rahman, MPH alumni, did just that.  Rahman created a campaign “Think Again” which is designed to encourage students to reflect on common misperceptions about the prevalence of alcohol use as part of the college experience.  Stony Brook University students overestimate the percentage of their peers who engage in heavy or high-risk drinking.  This campaign is completely student-generated, and seeks to inform the Stony Brook University community of alcohol use on campus.  One major way that the campaign does this is through the use of photographic portraiture of student ambassadors.  Rahman says, “Public health photography is a significant and effective method of involving people in activities that promote health.  Photography can mediate between everyday life experiences and scientifically based knowledge of what affects health so that people are moved rather than indoctrinated by health messages.”

For more information or to join the campaign, visit: http://thinkagain.carbonmade.com/

April 9, 2012: Natasha’s Justice Project Film Screening! On March 21, 2012, the Graduate Program in Public Health (GPPH) organized a screening of HBO’s award-winning documentary Sex Crimes Unit: True Convictions. The event included a Q&A Session with a Sexual Assault Nurse Examiner (SANE) from Suffolk County VIBS and a talk by Natasha Alexenko, a survivor who was featured in the film. Ms. Alexenko is the founder of Natasha’s Justice Project, a Long Island-based non-profit created to empower survivors of sexual assault by getting their rape kits off the shelves and tested so that their perpetrators are brought to justice. Other co-sponsors of the event included VIBS, Center for Prevention and Outreach (CPO), Dept. of Preventive Medicine, Dept. of Cultural Analysis and Theory, School of Nursing, School of Social Welfare, The Family Violence Education and Research Center, and Voices for Planned Parenthood (VOX).  The event helped raise awareness about the frequency with which sexual assaults occur, where survivors can seek help at Stony Brook Hospital, and the issue of the backlog of rape kits that exists across the United States.

To view photos from the event, click here.

March 29, 2012: Abstract Accepted for Presentation! The presentation titled "QR Codes and Google Analytics: A Novel Approach In The Process Evaluation Of A Multifocal Campaign To Reduce Normalized High Risk Behaviors" was accepted for a presentation at the global 'Medicine 2.0' annual conference at Harvard Medical School, taking place this September 15, 2012 – September 16, 2012 in Boston. The abstract was co-authored by Aleef Rahman, MPH alumni, and Dr. Amy Hammock, GPPH core faculty member. The work was done in collaboration with the Stony Brook University's Center for Prevention and Outreach, the National College Health Improvement Program (NCHIP) collaboration, and Dr. Hammock.

The abstract can be found here: http://www.medicine20congress.com/ocs/index.php/med/med2012/paper/view/1117.

March 29, 2012: Congratulations Brian Jonat! Brian Jonat, a current MPH student, has been accepted to present at the American Burn Association annual meeting in Seattle, WA on April 24, 2012.  He also won the very competitive ABA Student Scholarship, funded by the American Burn Association, to cover his expenses to the conference. The presentation is co –authored by Jonat B, Wat K, Taira BR, Thode HC, Sandoval S, Soroff H, Singer AJ., and is titled Comparison of Scald and Flame Burns: a 17 year study.  This presentation is a comparison of severity of injury and utilization of resources by mechanism of injury comparing flame burns to scald burns in patients hospitalized in the Stony Brook University Medical Center. 

March 27, 2012: Congratulations Aleef Rahman! Aleef Rahman, MPH alumni, has been working on lab research over the past 4 years with Dr. Srinivas Pentyala and the Dept. of Anesthesiology at Stony Brook University. He recently co-authored a journal article titled “Effect of Lidocaine on Bone Matrix Formation by Osteoblasts” on his findings.  The article was published in the Journal of Anesthesiology and Clinical Research.  He has also co-authored a book chapter “Polychlorinated Biphenyls: In Situ Bioremediation From the Environment" which was published in the textbook Environmental Pollution: Ecology and Human Health. 

To read the article, visit http://www.hoajonline.com/journals/jacs/content/pdf/1.pdf.

To read the chapter, click here.

March 8, 2012: GPPH Welcomes New Core Faculty Member, Dr. David Graham! Dr. Graham recently joined the faculty at Stony Brook Medicine, School of Medicine, Department of Preventive Medicine as a Clinical Associate Professor in the Fall of 2011. He is the new Director of Occupational and Environmental Medicine and the Medical Director of Employee Health Service at Stony Brook University Hospital. He is board certified in his specialty, and practices in the Clinical Practice Management Plan of Stony Brook University Physicians. 

Prior to Dr. Graham’s appointment to Stony Brook Medicine, he held key positions in the Suffolk County Department of Health Services for most of his 32 years as a physician. Dr. Graham has acted in the capacity as Health Commissioner, Chief Deputy Health Commissioner, and Director of Public Health in Suffolk County. Immediately prior to joining the Department of Preventive Medicine full time, he was the Physician-in-Charge of the Employee Medical Bureau of the Police Department of Suffolk County. In that capacity he supervised, practiced and directed a Division of Occupational and Clinical Preventive Services for ~2,500 police officers and 1,000 civilians. Dr. Graham has been directly involved in health professional personnel decisions, strategic planning, program development, operational efficiency, professional leadership, clinical practice and health and medical education. He has taught a wide variety of courses in the medical school and graduate school at Stony Brook, and graduate and undergraduate courses at many of the universities and colleges in the region for over 30 years. 

We are delighted to have Dr. Graham as core faculty in the Public Health Practice Concentration. Please extend a warm welcome to Dr. Graham.

January 4, 2012: Congratulations, Carolyn Gallagher and Jaymie Meliker! Carolyn, a MPH alum and PhD candidate, has recently published two articles with Dr. Jaymie Meliker, a member of the GPPH Core Faculty. Please click to the respective titles to view their publications.

C. Gallagher and J. Meliker
“Mercury and thyroid autoantibodies in U.S. women”

C. Gallagher, D. Smith, and J. Meliker
“Total blood mercury and serum measles antibodies in US children”

December 27, 2011: Congratulations, Evonne Kaplan-Liss, Joan Broderick, Dennis Dorf, and Elizabeth Bass! Dr. Kaplan-Liss, Research Assistant Professor in the GPPH, Dr. Joan Broderick, Affiliated Public Health Faculty member, Dennis Dorf, MPH Alumnus, and Elizabeth Bass, MPH alumni, have recently had their article titled “A challenging empirical question: What are the effects of media on psychogenic illness during a community crisis?” accepted for publication in the Journal of Community Medicine & Health Education. To view the article, click here.

December 6, 2011: Health Communication Certificate Students Create A Social Norms Campaign! Tiffany Clemmings, Maria Nardiello, Trinley Palmo and Christine Vargas created “8 in 10, A Social Norms Campaign” to promote responsible drinking among students at Stony Brook University.  They reached out to students during Wolfstock 2011, the Homecoming game, and the Red Watch Band Graduation ceremony to help inform students about responsible drinking, as well as the support services offered on campus regarding drinking.  To view the PowerPoint of the Campaign, click here.

November 8, 2011: Certified in Public Health Exam! Registration is now open for the February 2012 Certified in Public Health (CPH) exam. The CPH exam will be administered across the world between February 3 and February 27, 2012. It is recommended that you register early for the best price and earliest scheduling permits to book your choice of exam date, time, and location. Graduates of and students at public health schools or programs accredited by CEPH are eligible for the February 2012 exam. To learn more about the CPH exam please visit www.publichealthexam.org. 

November 4, 2011: Free HIV Testing! The Long Island Association for AIDS Care, Inc. (LIAAC) is supporting Stony Brook University Campus Testing. Free confidential HIV testing via Rapid Test, offers testing and results in one appointment. When you call to book your appointment, the campus location will be identified. To book your appointment, call the LIAAC hotline at 866-236-3448.

November 4, 2011: No Charge Tobacco Cessation Support Groups! Stony Brook University students with student identification are able to participate in free cessation classes as well as receive a free nicotine replacement product.  Pre-registration is required and can be done by visiting http://co.suffolk.ny.us/departments/healthservices/healtheducation.aspx.

October 21, 2011: Congratulations, Ramneet Kalra!  Ramneet, a current MPH student, has recently been accepted as poster presentation at Stony Brook University's inaugural Converging Science Summit on Monday October 24, 2011.  The title of the poster presentation is "Establishing Accountability in the Dental Health Care Industry to Promote Overall Health and Drive". 

September 20, 2011: Congratulations, Raymond Goldsteen!  Dr. Goldsteen is the CoPI of the new HRSA-funded New York City-Long Island-Lower Tri-County Public Health Training Center, one of only 37 such centers in the country. It is a collaborative project of the Columbia University Mailman School of Public Health and the State University of New York, Stony Brook’s Graduate Program in Public Health, in collaboration with the New York State Department of Health, the New York City Department of Health and Mental Hygiene (NYC DOHMH), and the five county health departments of Suffolk, Nassau, Westchester, Rockland and Putnam Counties.  

The NYC-LI-LTC PHTC offers flexible, web-based training programs for current public health workers as well as face-to-face training programs in the five boroughs of New York City and the five target counties.  There is no charge for web-based or face-to-face training programs and many offer continuing education credits.  The Center also supports a limited number of MPH student field placements and faculty/student collaborative projects for future public health workers to gain experience at participating local partner health departments and public health agencies.

September 9, 2011: Feminist Campus Colloquium Fall 2011! Dr. Tia Palermo, faculty member in the Graduate Program in Public Health will be presenting on the topic of “Sexual Violence Against Women in the DRC: Population-Based Estimates and Determinants” at this year’s Colloquium.  Th event will take place on Wedensday, Septemeber 21^st at 4pm in Humanities 1008 and is sponsored by the Women's and Gender Studies, Department of Cultural Analysis and Theory.

For more details, please click here.

To read more about Stories of Substance, please click here.

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July 12, 2011: Congratulations, Evonne Kaplan-Liss!  Dr. Kaplan-Liss, Assistant Research Professor in the GPPH, was invited to speak at the National Institute of Environmental Health Sciences (NIEHS) Partnerships in Environmental Public Health Conference in Washington, DC about how to work with the media to increase communication about environmental health projects and practical issues relevant to environmental health communication.

July 12, 2011: Congratulations, Lauren Hale! Dr. Hale, Associate Professor in the GPPH, in collaboration with Eric Reither (Utah State University) and Patrick Krueger (University of Colorado), was awarded an R21 grant from the National Institute of Diabetes and Digestive and Kidney Diseases, entitled "Sleep, Obesity, and the Wellbeing of US Adolescents."  The proposed research will utilize data from multiple waves of the National Longitudinal Study of Adolescent Health (Add Health) to investigate the role that sleep may play in contributing to disparities in obesity among adolescents, and also potential interaction effects between sleep and obesity on physical and psychosocial well-being.  

June 21, 2011: Congratulations, Ramneet Kalra and Farzana Ali! Ramneet Kalra, current MBA/MPH student, will present at a poster session during the 139th APHA Annual Meeting on October 29 - November 2, 2011 in Washington, DC. The title of her presentation is “Establishing Accountability in the Dental Healthcare Industry to Promote Oral Health and Drive Utilization". In addition, Farzana Ali, MPH alum, will also present at a poster session during the 139th APHA Annual Meeting titled “Does obesity worsen asthma-related outcomes in US children?."

June 14, 2011: Congratulations, Alan S. Cooper! Dr. Cooper, a MPH alum, is currently teaching a course in Health Care Delivery Systems in the School of Health Technology and Management at Stony Brook. Also, Dr. Cooper is part of a group of faculty selected to teach Medicine in the Community and Society to second year medical students at Stony Brook University.

June 14, 2011: Congratulations, Aleef Rahman! Aleef, current MPH student, co-authored a research paper titled "An Unusual Case of Neurogenic Sexual Dysfunction Due to Lead Exposure" that was published in the Open Andrology Journal. He was working with faculty from the Departments of Urology and Anesthesiology at Stony Brook University. The online version of the paper (Volume 3, 2011) is available at the following link: http://www.benthamscience.com/open/toandroj/openaccess2.htm

June 14, 2011: Congratulations, Jennifer Haase! Jennifer, a MPH Alum, has recently passed the Certified Health Education Specialist (CHES) exam. She was in the Community Health Concentration and she is the first student to take the CHES exam. For more information about the CHES certification please visit: http://www.nchec.org/

May 16, 2011: Congratulations, Tia Palermo! Dr. Palermo’s research titled “Estimates and Determinants of Sexual Violence Against Women in the Democratic Republic of Congo” has been published in the American Journal of Public Health. This new study, based on examination of government-collected and nationally representative data from the Democratic Republic of Congo shows that levels of rape and sexual violence against women in the country are 26 times higher than official United Nations estimates. The story has been widely publicized in both print and on radio including but not limited to the NY Times, Reuters, Daily Beast, ABC News, World News-Sky Broadcasting (UK), and BBC News.

Information was recently published in the American Journal of Public Health visit: http://www.stonybrookmedicalcenter.org/medicalcenter/DRC

May 10, 2011: Congratulations to Farzana Ali for successfully passing the Certified Public Health exam.

Public health professionals daily face the challenges of confronting complex health issues, such as controlling infectious diseases, reducing environmental hazards, public health preparedness and substance abuse.

With all of these serious challenges, public health professionals need to be dedicated to staying at the forefront of their field by understanding the interaction between the different specialized areas of public health, learning new strategies to cope with disasters, and constantly working to stay two steps ahead of any threat in order to be effective with the proactive and preventative approach that characterizes the public health field.

Becoming a Certified Public Health Professional Has Multiple Benefits:

• Sets a standard of knowledge and skills in public health
• Encourages life-long learning
• Adds credibility to public health profession
• Increasing public health awareness
• Fosters environment of a professional community

The exam is rooted in the five basic core competencies of public health to reflect the nature of the field and the way one area of knowledge blends into another. The certification exam is administered to graduates of CEPH-accredited schools and programs of public health.

Information modified from www.publichealthexam.org.

May 3, 2011: Congratulations, Carolyn Gallagher and Jaymie Meliker! Carolyn, a MPH alum and PhD Candidate, has recently had two articles published. One of them was co-authored with Dr. Jamie Meliker, GPPH Faculty. Please click to the respective titles to view her publications.

Co-Authored: C. Gallagher and J. Meliker
“Total blood mercury, plasma homocysteine, methylmalonic acid and folate in US children aged 3–5 years, NHANES 1999–200"

Co-Authored: C. Gallagher, J.Chen, and J. Kovach
“The relationship between body iron stores and blood and urine cadmium concentrations in US never-smoking, non-pregnant women aged 20–49 years"

April 27, 2011: Congratulations, Dilruba Khanam! Dilruba, current MPH student, will receive a NYSCHA Certificate of Recognition for her outstanding work with SHAC - Student Health Advisory Committee and the Health Education program. The award is a recognition for her efforts in promoting health and wellness in our campus community during the Public Health Month 2011. Her activities include campus HIV testing events (and training events, including HIV Awareness training & HIPPA Certification/training of event student volunteers) and campus flu vaccine events.

April 20, 2011: Congratulations, Amy Hammock! Dr. Hammock has been asked to serve on SBU's Change Improvement Team -- a group of 5-7 people from the university who will be charged with developing prevention programs to improve health on campus. This is a national project initiated by Jim Kim - President of Dartmouth - called the National College Health Improvement Project. About 25 institutions have been asked to participate and will share their plans and experiences over the next several years.

April 1, 2011: Communications Scholarship! Nassau-Suffolk Hospital Council Inc. is offering $2,000 Cash Award/Optional Internship to College Juniors, Seniors or Post Graduates studying Journalism, Communications Arts or Healthcare Administration.
Applicant must be a resident of Nassau or Suffolk County (need not be attending a Long Island College).
Application Deadline: May 20, 2011.

For an application and qualification requirements contact:
Janine Logan
Ann Marie Brown Memorial Scholarship Coordinator
Nassau Suffolk Hospital Council
1383 Veterans Memorial Highway, Suite 26
Hauppauge, NY 11788
631-963-4156
jlogan@nshc.org or visit www.nshc.org

Recipient is expected to attend award luncheon, June.

March 28, 2011: Congratulations, Jaymie Meliker! Dr. Meliker is Principal Investigator of a 4-year R01 grant from the National Institute of Environmental Health Sciences (NIEHS) to investigate the epidemiologic relationship between cadmium and breast cancer. His collaborators include colleagues at the Danish Cancer Society, RTI International, University of Missouri, and Stony Brook faculty Jack Kovach and Hongshik Ahn.

March 24, 2011: Congratulations, Aleef Rahman! Aleef, current MPH student,co-authored a research paper titled "Pharmacokinetic drug interactions of phosphodiesterase-5 inhibitors mediated by cytochrome P450 3A4 isoform" that was published in the International Journal of Medicine and Medical Sciences. He was working with researchers from the Departments of Anesthesiology and Urology at Stony Brook. Online version is available in the following link.
http://www.academicjournals.org/ijmms/contents/2011cont/February.htm

March 23, 2011: Congratulations, Evonne Kaplan-Liss! Dr. Kaplan-Liss was awarded a Presidential Diversity Mini-Grant supporting the development of the communicating science curriculum in the School of Medicine.

March 10, 2011: Public Health Month 2011, March 21 – April 15! Each year, the Graduate Program in Public Health coordinates events around National Public Health Week through development of a variety of programs and activities for students, faculty, and staff. Since public health is a broad and multi-disciplinary field, we collaborate with many departments and organizations on campus to demonstrate the connectiveness of this profession.
For more information about events and programs visit:
http://www.stonybrookmedicalcenter.org/publichealthmonth

March 10, 2011: Scholarship opportunity! $500 APHA Scholarship for all high schoolers, college and graduate students! To raise awareness about emergency preparedness, APHA is offering its third annual Get Ready Scholarship. Six scholarships of $500 each will be awarded to two high school students, two college undergraduate students and two graduate students who write the best essays on preparedness. Winning students will also receive a one-year membership in APHA. To learn more, visit the scholarship website or contact Pooja Bhandari at pooja.bhandari@apha.org. The deadline is March 28, or when each submission level has received 300 essays.

March 10, 2011: Congratulations, Evonne Kaplan-Liss and Elizabeth Bass! Dr. Kaplan-Liss and Elizabeth Bass (MPH alum) wrote an article titled, Experimental Induction of Psychogenic Illness in the Context of a Medical Event and Media Exposure, which was recently accepted in for publication in the American Journal of Disaster Medicine.

March 8, 2011: Congratulations, Lauren Hale! Dr. Hale, faculty member in the Graduate Program in Public Health, has been promoted to the rank of Associate Professor because of her outstanding research, teaching, and service contributions to the profession, the Program, the School of Medicine, and the University.

February 17, 2011: Graduate Salute! The Graduate Salute is a one time / two day opportunity that provides all the information and services needed for graduation. Click here to know more.

February 16, 2011: Join the OPHSA Executive Board! At OPHSA, we advocate for public health initiatives, the social and academic aspects of our program, and have fun doing it!

Nominations for the 2011-2012 academic year for the following positions will be held next Wednesday, February 23rd at 3pm at the GPPH conference room:

Elections will take place on Wednesday, March 9th at 3pm at the GPPH conference room.  If you have any questions about these positions, please contact the current E-Board:
President - Dennis Dorf - Dorf87@gmail.com
Vice President - Shamuel Yagudayev - samyagud@gmail.com
Secretary - Zarmina Javed - zarminajaved@gmail.com
Treasurer - Ramneet Kalra - rkalra323@gmail.com

December 17, 2010: Congratulations, Jaymie Meliker! Dr. Meliker has been elected to the Board of the International Society of Exposure Science (ISES) as Councilor-Academic. ISES is committed to creating a safer and healthier world by advancing exposure science and promoting the use of exposure science in the fields of public, occupational, and environmental health. Exposure scientists -- a community known for its interdisciplinary, creative,and pragmatic approach to problem solving -- are leaders in improving and expanding exposure science: the bridge between environment and health. See the ISES website for more information:
http://www.isesweb.org/

December 3, 2010: Public Health Symposium Videos Ready! The Graduate Program in Public Health, along with the School of Medicine, School of Journalism, Master of Arts in Public Policy Program, and Department of Preventive Medicine, sponsored “Communicating Health Care Reform: Why Don’t People Get It?” The Symposium featured a keynote address by Dr. Karen Davis, President of The Commonwealth Fund, and an expert panel discussion.
Please visit the Symposium web page to view the videos.

December 3, 2010: MPH Alumni Profile for Samia Omar! Samia, MPH ’08, shared with the Graduate Program in Public Health her activities since graduation. Please visit our Alumni Profile page to learn about her work and her advice for current MPH students.

November 29, 2010: Congratulations, Shamuel Yagudayev, MPH student, and Breena Taira, MPH alumna! Their abstract, Effect of Insurance Status on Burn Injury Outcomes, has been accepted for oral presentation at the 43rd Annual Meeting in Chicago, March 29-April 1, 2011. Please click here to download the abstract.

November 29, 2010: Congratulations, Carolyn Gallagher, MPH alumna, and Jaymie Meliker and Melody Goodman, MPH faculty members! The following articles have been accepted for publication:

Carolyn and Jaymie’s work “Blood and Urine Cadmium, Blood Pressure, and Hypertension: A Systematic Review and Meta-analysis” is published in EHP (http://ehp03.niehs.nih.gov), a monthly journal of the U.S. National Institute of Environmental Health Sciences, National Institutes of Health, Department of Health and Human Services. Please click here to download the paper.

Carolyn and Melody’s work “Hepatitis B Vaccination of Male Neonates and Autism Diagnosis, NHIS 1997-2002” is published in the Journal of Toxicology and Environmental Health. Please click here to download the article. To read it online, visit: http://www.informaworld.com/smpp/title~content=t713667303

Carolyn, along with co-authors John Chen and John Kovach, authored “Environmental Cadmium and Breast Cancer Risk,” which is published in Aging, an open access impact journal. Please click here to download the paper.

November 11, 2010: Congratulations, Dr. Steven Jonas! The Graduate Program in Public Health is very pleased to announce that Dr. Jonas is listed in Health Hawk's "Top 10 Most Influential Public Health Professors." The article and complete list can be found at the following page:
http://masterofpublichealth.org/2010/top-10-most-influential-public-heal...

Click here to visit Faculty page of Dr. Jonas.

November 8, 2010: Congratulations, Alan Cooper! Alan, MPH student, recently published articles about Health Care Reform, which are featured in several newspapers and online venues. To read the articles, please click the links below:
http://www.northshoreoflongisland.com/Articles-i-2010-11-04-85926.112114...

Article1 PDF

Article2 PDF

Article3 PDF

Article4 PDF

Symposium PDF

Goldsteen Article by Cooper

November 1, 2010: Congratulations to Elizabeth Bass, Alan Cooper, and Daniel Forsberg for successfully passing the Certified Public Health exam.

Public health professionals daily face the challenges of confronting complex health issues, such as controlling infectious diseases, reducing environmental hazards, public health preparedness and substance abuse.

With all of these serious challenges, public health professionals need to be dedicated to staying at the forefront of their field by understanding the interaction between the different specialized areas of public health, learning new strategies to cope with disasters, and constantly working to stay two steps ahead of any threat in order to be effective with the proactive and preventative approach that characterizes the public health field.

Becoming a Certified Public Health Professional Has Multiple Benefits: