• Langmuir Lecturer Calls For Epidemiologists To Embrace Their “Pump Handle” Responsibility And Opportunity
• Emory’s Phil Brachman Remembers Former Colleague Michael Gregg At CDC Portrait Unveiling Ceremony
• Respect And Gratitude For What Epidemiologists Do Compels Artist To Create True-To- Life Portrait Of Former CDC Epidemiologist
• Editor’s Picks - Selections From www.epimonitor.net
• Reprint - David Morens On Michael Gregg

 

May - June 2009 Articles

• Impact of Documentary Film “Unnatural Causes” One Year Later----15,000 Screenings Have Been Held And Producers Say The General Discourse on Health Has Changed Considerably Report Says Evidence Of Any Policy Changes Is Still Lacking
• Measuring Real Impact of “Unnatural Causes” Film Is Called Difficult Or Premature Many Effects Are Considered Indirect But Still Highly Significant
• “Stymied” Film Viewers of Unnatural Causes Receive New Recommendations From California Newsreel
• Alameda County “Life and Death From Unnatural Causes” Report Provides A Model Blueprint For Policy Action On Social Determinants of Health
• New CDC Resource Book Created To Help Communities Address Social Determinants of Health
• Conversation With “Unnatural Causes” Filmmaker  Larry Adelman Reveals Satisfaction With Response To The Film
• Harvard Researchers Also Tackle The Challenge Of Moving Knowledge About Health Inequities Into Action

July - August 2009 Articles

•  ISEE Goldsmith Lecturer Allan Smith Makes The Case For Why “Epidemiology Is Wonderful”
• ACE Presidential Address Focuses On Thinking Outside The Box To Promote Innovation
• The Successes of Environmental Epidemiology Are Focus Of ISEE Panel Participants Are Shown Proof of Principle To Remind Them That Better Health Is The Goal And Environmental Epidemiology Can Make Real Improvements
• CDC Applied Epidemiology Fellowship Focuses On Cultivating A “Population Perspective”

September - October 2009 Articles

• Special Session At The American College of Epidemiology Meeting Examines Real World Examples Of The Process Of Translating Data Into Policy - Goal Is To Enhance The Use of Epidemiologic Evidence In Policy Making
• Speaker At ACE Describes Lessons Learned In Translating Findings On Second Hand Smoke Into Policy Bans On Indoor Smoking In Public Places
• Veterans Administration Decision Making Is Subject Of Case Study On How Epidemiologic Data Are Translated Into Policy
• Experience With Blood Alcohol Content Laws Used As A Case Study In Moving Towards A “Research To Policy Framework”
• Physical Activity and Obesity Policy Is Analyzed For Lessons Learned
• Cross-Cutting Themes Emerge From Case Studies On the Translation of Epidemiologic Data Into Action
• ACE Presenter Proposes Reliance on Personal Risk Estimates Rather Than General Algorithms For Making Screening and Treatment Decisions For Preventing Cervical Cancer - Speaker Suggests That Such Estimates Are Likely To Govern Future Decisions About Other Cancers As Well

November 2009 Articles

• An Interview with Geoffrey Kabat, Epidemiologist at the Albert Einstein College of Medicine and Author of “Hyping Health Risks--Environmental Hazards in Daily Life and the Science of Epidemiology.”

 

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