Following is a list of Public Health Partners.
AuthorAID
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| Partnership
Title |
A project of the Council of Science
Editors' Task Force on Science Journals, Poverty,
and Human Development
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| Description
of Collaboration: |
A program of developmental editing help
for authors from developing countries who want to publish
in competitive science and policy journals.
|
| Department
Contact Person: |
Anthony Robbins |
Center for Community Health Education, Reseach and
Service (CCHERS)
|
| Website |
http://www.cchers.org/ |
| Partnership
Title |
Developing a Plan for Replicating
the Sophie Davis School for Biomedical Education in
Boston
|
| Description
of Collaboration: |
With funding from the Boston Public Health
Commission, the Center for Community Health Education,
Research and Service (CCHERS) is leading a series of
city and state-wide discussions potentially leading
to the replication of the Sophie Davis Medical School
model in Massachusetts. Sophie Davis is a medical school
based at City College of New York that has for 30 years
successfully recruited and trained inner city, low-income
minority students into the medical profession. The activities
for the next year include visiting Sophie Davis and
convening a working group from the University of Massachusetts,
the community, the state's four medical schools, and
the Boston Public Schools to develop a blue-print and
action plan for creating a school.
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| Department
Contact Person: |
Anthony Schlaff |
Centers for Medicare & Medicaid Services (CMS)
|
| Website |
http://www.cms.hhs.gov/ |
| Partnership
Title |
-
|
| Description
of Collaboration: |
Data Provider
|
| Department
Contact Person: |
Elena Naumova |
City of Milwaukee Health Department (MHD)
|
| Website |
http://www.ci.mil.wi.us/display/router.asp?docid=401 |
| Partnership
Title |
-
|
| Description
of Collaboration: |
Data Provider
|
| Department
Contact Person: |
Elena Naumova |
DIMACS (The Center for Discrete Mathematics and
Theoretical Computer Science)
|
| Website |
http://www.dimacs.rutgers.edu |
| Partnership
Title |
-
|
| Description
of Collaboration: |
-
|
| Department
Contact Person: |
Nina Fefferman |
Environmental Protection Agency (EPA)
|
| Website |
http://www.epa.gov/ |
| Partnership
Title |
Consultant
|
| Description
of Collaboration: |
-
|
| Department
Contact Person: |
Elena Naumova |
Family Voices, Inc.
|
| Website |
http://www.familyvoices.org/ |
| Partnership
Title |
-
|
| Description
of Collaboration: |
-
|
| Department
Contact Person: |
Paula Minihan |
Insightful, Inc
|
| Website |
http://www.insightful.com |
| Partnership
Title |
-
|
| Description
of Collaboration: |
Providers for statistical and analytical
software and tools
|
| Department
Contact Person: |
Elena Naumova |
The International Society for Disease Surveillance
|
| Website |
http://www.syndromic.org |
| Partnership
Title |
-
|
| Description
of Collaboration: |
-
|
| Department
Contact Person: |
Elena Naumova |
Journal of Public Health Policy
|
| Website |
http://www.palgrave-journals.com/jphp/index.html |
| Partnership
Title |
-
|
| Description
of Collaboration: |
The Journal of Public Health Policy continues
its 25 year tradition: an accessible source of scholarly
articles on the epidemiological and social foundations
of public health policy, rigorously edited, and progressive.
|
| Department
Contact Person: |
Anthony Robbins, Co-Editor |
Lowell Center for Sustainable Production, UMass
Lowell
|
| Website |
http://www.sustainableproduction.org |
| Partnership
Title |
-
|
| Description
of Collaboration: |
Conducted a case study on a sustainable
fabric and carpet factory and ongoing involvement to
determine drivers for and obstacles to the "greening"
of businesses. |
| Department
Contact Person: |
Beth Rosenberg |
Mapping Sustainability
|
| Website |
http://www.mappingsustainability.com/ |
| Partnership
Title |
-
|
| Description
of Collaboration: |
Mapping sustainability assists in conducting
spatio-temporal modeling and generating maps for the
enteric infections for our project "Gastroenteritis
and Extreme Weather Events in the Elderly". |
| Department
Contact Person: |
Elena Naumova |
Massachusetts Department of Public Health (MDPH)
|
| Website |
http://www.healthfinder.gov/orgs/HR2189.htm |
| Partnership
Title |
-
|
| Description
of Collaboration: |
Data Provider |
| Department
Contact Person: |
Elena Naumova |
Northeastern University School of Law
|
| Website |
www.neu.edu/slaw |
| Partnership
Title |
JD/MPH Dual Degree Program
|
| Description
of Collaboration: |
Tufts University School of Medicine and
Northeastern University School of Law offer a Dual Degree
program in Public Health and Law. Through a specialized
curriculum, students who come to understand the role
that advocacy and public action can play in reducing
risk and ameliorating conditions that threaten community
well-being. The JD/MPH is a three-and-one-half year
program that educates students simultaneously in the
disciplines of law and public health through a carefully
tailored curriculum with courses to satisfy both degrees.
The JD/MPH Program focuses on building partnerships
between legal and public health professionals to help
communities confront the challenge of a wide range of
public health threats. |
| Department
Contact Person: |
Anthony Schlaff, MD, MPH, Director, Graduate
Program in Public Health |
Project on Scientific Knowledge and Public Policy
(SKAPP)
|
| Website |
http://defendingscience.org/ |
| Partnership
Title |
-
|
| Description
of Collaboration: |
SKAPP is an initiative of scholars to examine the
application of scientific evidence in the legal and
regulatory arenas. We are committed to a future of
transparent decision-making that draws on the best
science to protect public health. Our objectives are:
- to enhance understanding of how science is used
and misused in government decision-making and in
legal proceedings; and
- to inform decision-makers about the nature of
scientific inquiry and opinion.
|
| Department
Contact Person: |
Anthony Robbins |
Public Health Advocacy Institute
|
| Website |
http://www.phaionline.org/ |
| Partnership
Title |
-
|
| Description
of Collaboration: |
The Public Health Advocacy Institute is an interdisciplinary
project created with three goals:
- To promote the law in common cause with public
health;
- To provide research and education pertaining to
public health, public health law, and the public
health implications of legal decisions; and
- To advocate for public awareness and understanding
of the impact of legal decisions upon public health
and the importance of public health to law.
|
| Department
Contact Person: |
Anthony Robbins, James Hyde, Marcia Boumil,
Harris Berman |
Tufts Family Practice Residency
|
| Website |
http://www.tuftsfmr.org/ |
| Partnership
Title |
Comprehensive Family Evaluation Center
at Tufts-New England Medical Center
|
| Description
of Collaboration: |
CFEC is a hospital-based family evaluation
center that conducts court-ordered child and family
evaluations and related forensic services through the
juvenile and family courts in divorce, child custody,
child abuse, adoption, guardianship and related family
matters. CFEC also conducts related research and educational
programs. |
| Department
Contact Person: |
Marcia Boumil |
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