Public & Global Health Newsletter, Winter 2011
Fall 2010 / Winter 2011 PUBLIC & GLOBAL HEALTH Intervention and Prevention Boston Medical Center Department of Emergency Medicine addition to BMC. The BMC ED VIAP Dr. Howland, who now shares his time with provided essential services including the BMC Emergency Department and the housing, mental health referrals, job BU School of Public Health, is a leader in training and legal assistance to more than spearheading public health collaboration 400 victims of violence during the past across New England institutions studying year. During a recent visit to BMC, Senator injury prevention. John Kerry called the VIAP a national best Chief & Chairman practice model. This issue’s guest commentary comes from Jonathan Olshaker, MD Linda C. Degutis, DrPH, MSN, a previous It is an extremely exciting and productive Numerous members of our faculty have collaborator with us who has been named time for our Section of Public and Global been actively involved in international the Director of the National Center for Health. This edition of the newsletter healthcare and global outreach. Dr. Hani Injury Prevention and Control of the Centers describes our many public health initiatives, Mowafi is involved in multiple projects, for Disease Control Prevention (CDC). and welcomes new department faculty one of which includes partnering with the and partners. Boston University Center for Global Health This newsletter highlights all of these and Development, the University of Zambia initiatives as well as other public health The BNI-ART Institute, under the leadership School of Medicine and the University of projects and partnerships in our department of Drs. Edward and Judith Bernstein, and Alabama, Birmingham Center for Injury that not only have a positive impact in the BMC’s ED Project ASSERT, continue their Sciences to develop a program for the Commonwealth, but also throughout the increased state and national impact on study of injury and trauma in Zambia.
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