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A Moment with our Executive Director
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Say what you will, but changing or creating policy is one of the more effective ways to improve the health and well-being of large parts of our population.
“Big Brother” issues aside, imagine a community without:
- Mandatory childhood immunizations,
- "Click It or Ticket" seat belt laws,
- Fluoridated water, or
- Zoning to protect against building on toxic waste dumps without proper remediation.
To that end, it was easy for the Academy/DPHA to support legislation to prohibit vaping indoors (
HB 309
) and this year, to support
HB456
, which will (finally) prohibit the use of lead paint on outdoor structures (lead paint for indoor use was prohibited years ago).
What policies do you, the reader, think we should have in place to protect fellow Delawareans? We would like to hear from you: drop us a line at
ksmith@delamed.org
and let us know your thoughts!
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Delaware Journal of Public Health
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Does pollution on the other side of the globe influence our weather and health here at home?
Does U.S. policy on trade, immigration, international development and diplomacy affect other countries?
We are fortunate in Delaware to be so connected with global and community health!
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From the Delaware Division of Public Health
August 2018
Topics
- FASD Awareness Day
- Flood insurance
- NIAM
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Conference:
Pediatric Perspectives 2018
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This 3-day conference is a partnership between Nemours Children's Health System and Christiana Care Health System. It will cover issues in Pulmonology, Infectious Diseases, and Newborn Care.
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APHA 2018: Annual Meeting
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November 10 - 14. San Diego.
"Creating the Healthiest Nation: Health Equity Now"
Are you attending the APHA Annual Meeting? Let us know! We'd like to meet up with you in San Diego this November! Let us know you're coming by sending an e-mail to
Liz Healy
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Highlights from The Nation's Health
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A publication of the American Public Health Association
The August 2018 Issue Includes
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Secretary Sandra P. Medinilla, MD, MPH
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Dr. Medinilla completed a BA degree in Sociology at Bryn Mawr College in Bryn Mawr, PA before earning a Master’s degree in Public Health at MCP Hahnemann University School of Public Health in Philadelphia. She then completed her medical education at Temple University, where she remained for General Surgery internship and residency, serving finally as chief resident.
Before going into private practice and joining the Christiana Care Medical-Dental Staff, she was a Surgical Critical Care fellow at the R. Adams Cowley Shock Trauma Center of the University of Maryland Medical Center in Baltimore.
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The Medical Lecture Series at the Osher Life Long Learning Institute (University of Delaware) has begun for the Fall of 2018!
This semester, topics will include:
- Muscular Dystrophy
- Federal Government Requirements Impacting Health Care
- Health and Law
- Breast Cancer
- Safety and Quality in Health Care
- Sleep
- Health Communities
- Bioethics
- ... and much more!
Check out the full schedule
here
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Alopecia Awareness Month
Childhood Cancer Awareness Month
Healthy Aging Month
Hunger Action Month
Infant Mortality Awareness Month
Leukemia & Lymphoma Awareness Month
Ovarian Cancer Awareness Month
Preparedness Month
Prostate Cancer Awareness Month
Sickle Cell Awareness Month
Thyroid Cancer Awareness Month
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The Delaware Academy of Medicine / Delaware Public Health Association
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Academy of Medicine
2018 - 2020 Board of Directors
President:
Omar A. Khan, MD, MHS
President Elect:
Victor L. Gregory, DMD
Vice President:
S. John Swanson, MD
Secretary:
Sandra P. Medinilla, MD, MPH
Treasurer:
David M. Bercaw, MD
Immediate Past President:
Daniel J. Meara, MD, DMD
Executive Director:
Timothy E. Gibbs, MPH, NPMc
Directors
Stephen C. Eppes, MD
Eric T. Johnson, MD
Joseph F. Kestner, Jr, MD
Rita Landgraf
Brian W. Little, MD, PhD
Arun V. Malhotra, MD
Joseph A. Napoli, MD, DDS
John P. Piper, MD
Ehtasham A. Qureshi, MD, FACC, FSCAI
Albert A. Rizzo, MD
Emeritus
Robert B. Flinn, MD
Barry S. Kayne, DDS
Leslie W. Whitney, MD
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DPHA
Advisory Council
President:
Omar Khan, MD, MPH
Executive Director
: Timothy E. Gibbs, MPH, NPMc
Members
Louis E. Bartoshesky, MD, MPH
Gerard Gallucci, MD, MSH
Richard E. Killingsworth, MPH
Erin K. Knight, PhD
Melissa K. Melby, PhD
Mia A. Papas, PhD
Karyl T. Rattay, MD, MS
Margot L. Savoy, MD, MPH
William Swiatek, MA, AICP
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The Delaware Academy of Medicine / Delaware Public Health Association
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