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Leading the future of public health through pioneering research and trailblazing program development. Fall 2016 Issue #3 MSPH E-MailmanAlumni Newsletter by alumni for alumni Dr. Linda Fried, a leader in geriatric INSIDE THIS ISSUE: medicine and public health (and one of my personal heroes), had assumed • Letter from the Alumni Board the Deanship at Mailman. Energized President Helen K. Edelberg, by meeting her at an alumni event MD, MPH ’02, FACP.......Pg 1 in Philadelphia, I decided to pursue • Committee Updates......Pg 2-3 a position on the Mailman Alumni Association Board. • Alumni Profile.................Pg 4-5 • Mailman visit to Cuba....Pg 6-7 I was delighted to find that this is a Board that gets things done! At one of • Class Notes....................Pg 8-9 A letter from the Alumni my first meetings, I proposed that we • Alumni Board.................Pg 10 start a Mentoring Committee. Before I knew it, we were working with the Click here to read previous issues Board President Mailman Staff, Office of Student – Helen K Edelberg, MD, MPH, FACP Affairs, and Office of Career Services to Dear Alumni Community: host a series of successful networking/ mentoring events for students and I am thrilled to introduce myself to SCHOOL PRIDE alumni. For the last 2 years I have also you in my first month as Alumni Board had the privilege of serving as the President. In this letter I’ll share a Columbia Alumni Association (CAA) little about my background and my liaison, where I worked closely with experiences at Mailman, as well as my Alumni leaders from other Columbia hopes for the coming year. schools to enhance Alumni offerings. Shortly after moving to NYC in 1999 I’m proud to work with such an I was given the option of completing engaged, dynamic, creative group of my MPH over 8 weeks in Boston or volunteers at Mailman and CU. storepostcard.pdf 1 6/9/16 3:43 PM spending 2 years in the Executive MPH I’ve had the pleasure of watching Program at Mailman. My decision to 3 Board Presidents build on the enroll at Mailman was one of the best achievements of their predecessors. SHOP decisions I’ve ever made. While my Kathleen’s accomplishments are most C M classmates, who ranged in age from Y clearly seen in the way we now work as CM 21 to 65 years, came from markedly MY a Board, clearly defining our goals and CY CMY different professional backgrounds, K measuring our success against them. I we shared a common interest in and hope to leverage the diversity of the commitment to public health. It was a Board and the offerings of Mailman/ shop.alumni.columbia.edu life-changing experience that opened CU to engage alumni in both the my eyes to a world of possibilities! public and private sectors and enrich Shortly after graduation, I left academic their relationship with the school. I geriatric medicine to pursue a career look forward to working together! in drug regulatory affairs, with the goal of understanding drug development Sincerely, and optimizing medications for older Helen Edelberg, MD, MPH, proud adults. After a 2-year expatriation in Mom of Daniel (SEAS ’19) and wife of France, I returned to the US to find that Jay (SEAS ’85) click here 2016 E-Mailman Issue #3 1 Fall 2016 Issue #3 Committee Updates Special Events Committee - Chaired FUTURE EVENTS by Anette Wu, MD, MPH ‘08 The Calderone Prize Lecture will be on The mission of the Special Events October 25, 10:00 am - 1:00 p.m. at the Committee is to bring alumni and Paley Center located at 25 W. 52nd current Mailman students together by Street, Manhattan. Every two years, the organizing networking, mentoring, Mailman School presents the field’s educational and social events. most prestigious award, the Frank A. Calderone Prize in Public Health, to an Events are also posted on the MSPH individual who has made a Mailman Awards website, www.mailman.columbia.edu. transformational contribution in the field of public health. This year’s Prize winner — by Amy Osorio, MPH’06 PAST EVENTS is Mary Bassett, MD, MPH, Commissioner, Graduating Student Reception – At the New York City Department of Health graduating Class of 2016 student and Mental Hygiene. In addition to the The Mailman School of Public reception on May 16, 2016, 119 Calderone medal and an award of graduates, friends, family and alumni $25,000, prize winners deliver a special Health’s Alumni Association has met to celebrate and welcome them to lecture on their work. www.mailman. the privilege of selecting the the Alumni Association. Alumni Board columbia.edu/public-health-now/ Member Amy Osorio MPH ‘06 gave a events/calderone-prize. recipients of two prestigious warm welcoming speech. awards- the Allan Rosenfield Annual Isadore I. Benrubi Lecture will be on October 27, 4:00 - 5:30 p.m. at Alumni Award for Excellence and CUMC. The Isadore Benrubi Lecture will feature David Oshinsky who the Outstanding Recent Alumni recently was awarded the Pulitzer Award. The Allan Rosenfield Prize for his book “Polio: An American Story.” The book describes in detail Award honors Dean Rosenfield America’s fight against polio during for his impact on public health. the 1940s and 1950s. It analyzes the competition between the two It is given yearly to an individual Alumni Summit – Our last Alumni scientists who created the polio who exemplifies leadership in the Summit was a huge success! 309 Alumni vaccine, Jonas Salk and Albert Sabin. mixed and mingled on June 9th at the REGISTER TODAY field. The Outstanding Recent Faculty House. Three spectacular Alumni Award was recently speakers included Dr. Jeff Shaman and APHA Alumni and Friends Reception Dr. Kim Knowlton on climate and health; will be on October 31, 6:00 - 8:00 p.m. established to recognize young Commissioner Mary Bassett on access at the Embassy Suites in Downtown alumni making strides to improve to care for the uninsured; and Dr. Bob Denver, 1402 Stout Street, Crystal Fullilove and Dr. Dana March on social Ballroom A, Denver, CO. In conjunction public health and service to the inequalities in health. 168 Alumni with the American Public Health attended a festive dinner to celebrate Association Annual Meeting and Mailman community. two alumni awards, the Rosenfield Exposition, the Office of Alumni Alumni Award to John MacPhee, MPH Relations holds a reception for Mailman ‘12 and the Outstanding Recent Alumni alumni and friends with Dean Linda P. While formal solicitations occur Award to Carlos Cuevas, MPH ’12 Fried. REGISTER TODAY in the spring, we encourage 3rd Annual Alumni Breakfast will be on alumni to begin considering November 4, 8:30 - 10:00 a.m. at nominations. Columbia University Irving Medical Center (CUIMC) in the Faculty Club, 630 West 168th Street, 4th Floor, Manhattan. Please join us for a healthy breakfast with fellow alumni while listening to a riveting talk by MSPH Alumni Board Member Tai- Tsang Chen, MS ‘99, MPH ‘04, PhD ‘06, Head of Global Biometric Sciences, Medical and Market Access, Bristol- Myers Squibb. REGISTER TODAY 2 To join a committe please email [email protected] Amy Osario MSPH Alumni Newsletter by alumni for alumni Fall 2016 Issue #3 NEW BOARD MEMBERS NEW REGIONAL CHAPTERS health care leaders in our Almaz Ahmed-Falol: A 2009 graduate of Look out for invitations for Special community. the Department Health Policy and Events organized by our out of NY Management, Almaz has a passion for chapters in Boston, Washington, For the 2016-17 academic year, we health IT and currently works as a San Francisco and Atlanta this year! are looking to have our third-straight consultant. Her enthusiasm for connecting Please contact the editorial Board record breaking year for FPHL on students to the health IT sector will make at [email protected] if Wednesday, October 26th, 2016. A her an excellent resource. Prior to coming you are interested in being active in key part of our success strategy has to Mailman, she earned a BA from the your area! been a strong, community-wide University of California, Davis. effort. Last year we had a $20,000 Mentoring Committee - Chaired by challenge funded by 4 members of Patrick Georgia: A Michelle Moses-Eisenstein, MPH ’12. the Mailman community. This pool 2013 graduate of the The mission of the Mentoring of challenge money was used to add Department of Health Committee is to link volunteer alumni an additional $100 to gifts made to Policy and Management, with current students. Mailman on Giving Day. This year we Patrick says that he are looking to set even bolder goals. owes everything that he The new Mentorship program, the So far, we have secured $35,000 in is now to Mailman. Mailman School Alumni Coach commitments for the challenge. We He provides strategy Program, runs through CareerLink are seeking even more commitments consulting in the life sciences/health care www.mailman.columbia.edu/ – with a larger pool of committed industry and participates in the Board’s become-student/career-services/ donors we’ll have the ability to mentoring committee and recently joined students/careerlink has been expand the challenge match. Another the Alumni Coaching Program. In addition launched! There are currently 125 reason for our continued success on to his Columbia degree, he holds a BA alumni volunteers, 11 from the Giving Day is our many volunteers from George Washington University. mentoring committee, 8 alumni who call, email and otherwise help : Gary board members and 30 students motivate the community. Last year Gary Newton received his MPH in 1981 have already signed up! Thanks to we had close to 50 students and from the Department of the commitment and leadership of alumni who contacted friends and Population and Health.