Fall 2008

CourageCourage toto The Rollins family invests in the future with a new GiveGive building for public health

A Resounding 'Yes' | The Mind Matters | Honor Roll of Donors On the Cover 14 When it opens in 2010, the nine-story Claudia Nance Rollins Building (right) will create a public health complex designed to enhance collaboration within the Rollins School of Public Health and with the school’s many partners in and outside of Emory.

Editor Pam Auchmutey Art Director Erica Endicott Director of Photography Bryan Meltz Photo Contributors Ann Borden Deborah Hakes Kay Hinton Jack Kearse Amy Patterson Jeff Roffman Jon Rou Editorial Associate Kay Torrance Senior Production Manager Carol Pinto Production Manager, Emory Creative Group Stuart Turner Executive Director, Health Sciences Publications Karon Schindler Associate Vice President, Health Sciences Communications Jeffrey Molter Associate Dean for Development and External Relations Kathryn H. Graves, 93MPH

Public Health is published by the Rollins School of Public Health, a component of the Woodruff Health Sciences Center of Emory University. Please send class notes, observations, letters to the editor, and other correspondence to: Editor, Public Health, 1440 Clifton Road, Suite 318, Atlanta, GA 30322 or call (404) 712-9265 or email [email protected]. To contact the Office of Development and External Relations, send email to [email protected]. The website of the Rollins School of Public Health is www.sph.emory.edu. To view past issues of the magazine, visit www.whsc.emory.edu/_pubs/ph/publichealth/. fall 2008 Contents 7 Putting Knowledge to Work Emory launches its most ambitious fund-raising campaign ever to improve lives and health. 10 A Resounding ‘Yes’ Lawrence and Ann Klamon didn’t think twice when asked to lead Campaign Emory for the RSPH. 13 Born to Serve Long grounded in the RSPH, Virginia Bales Harris leads alumni for Campaign Emory. 14 The Best Kind of Return 7 A family invests in the lives of people through the Claudia Nance Rollins Building. 24 18 A Powerful Friendship Joseph Blount puts his faith in Sandra Thurman and the RSPH. 20 A Sound Investment Michael Lindsay adopts the notion of grounding future physicians in public health. 22 One Step Leads to Another Biostatistician Donna Brogan endows the lecture named in her honor. 24 The Mind Matters A longtime advocate and an RSPH researcher see mental health as public health. 27 Honor Roll of Donors 22 The RSPH recognizes those who are creating the future of public health.

in every issue Dean’s message ...... 2 In Brief ...... 3 ALUMNI NEWS ...... 36 class notes ...... 38

fall 2008 public health magazine 1 Making lives by what we give

The Rollins School of Public Health is on a remarkable journey. We have outgrown the Grace Crum Rollins Building—having tripled our faculty, students, and research—and will more than double our physical space when the Claudia Nance Rollins Building opens in 2010. This fall, our journey took on additional meaning with the launch of Campaign Emory. As part of this effort, the rsph plans to raise $150 million by 2012 to grow our endowments for faculty, scholarships, and programs. To date, we have received more than $110 million from friends, donors, and foundations, some of whom are featured in this issue of Public Health. We are especially indebted to the Rollins family, whose generosity has

From the Dean From helped our school thrive and for their magnificent lead gift for the new building. The Hubert Foundation is helping us recruit a new chair for the Hubert Department of Global Health. Eugene and Rose Gangarosa have This fall, our journey took endowed faculty chairs for global safe water and environmental health. on greater meaning with the Mental health advocate Beverly Long helped create the Rosalynn Carter launch of Campaign Emory. Chair of Mental Health, held by rsph researcher Benjamin Druss. Joseph As part of this effort, the Blount is supporting an endowment for initiatives led by Sandra Thurman, who directs our Interfaith Health Program. Retired biostatistics professor RSPH plans to raise $150 Donna Brogan and Emory School of Medicine physician Michael Lindsay, million by 2012. To date we 91mph, have found personal ways to stay connected to our school through have received more than their gifts. So have the many supporters in our Donor Report (page 27). $110 million in gifts and Where would we be without our rsph Campaign Emory volunteers? pledges from friends, donors, Lawrence and Ann Estes Klamon, 65c, 76l didn’t hesitate when asked to and foundations. serve as our campaign co-chairs. Nor did former cdc deputy director Virginia Bales Harris, 71c, 77mph, our campaign chair for alumni. We are indeed fortunate, especially during these tough economic times as families find it increasingly difficult to lead healthy, productive lives. Conse- quently, our mission in the rsph is more important than ever. Please join us as we protect health and prevent disease through our vital work.

Sincerely,

James W. Curran, md, mph Dean 2 public health magazine fall 2008 In Brief

Gary Miller’s grant from NIH builds on previous studies using Factoring the environment mouse models to link pesticide exposure to Parkinson’s disease. into Parkinson’s disease RSPH’s Gary Miller is leading a new tal evidence suggests that neurode- and can take decades to break down, multidisciplinary center to expand generation begins decades before a as in the case with dieldrin,” Miller the study of environmental factors clinical diagnosis of the disease. Thus says. “We found that the pesticide related to Parkinson’s disease. there should be opportunities to pre- does not directly kill the mice’s dop- The Emory Parkinson’s ­Disease vent or slow its progression.” amine neurons but makes them more Collaborative Environmental Emory’s pd-cerc encompasses vulnerable to Parkinson’s.” Research Center (Emory pd-cerc), three major research areas: deter- Through the pd-cerc, research- funded by a five-year, $6.4 million mining the environmental contami- ers will study how various chemicals grant from nih, involves research- nants that can interrupt storage of affect dopamine neuron function in ers from Emory and Georgia Tech the neurotransmitter dopamine, order to identify which chemicals in- to learn more about how pesticides determining how mitochondria fluence Parkinson’s. They also plan to and other agents may influence the respond to injury, and developing develop biomarkers to identify people disease. metabolic biomarkers to detect ex- exposed to suspected pollutants and “Exposure to various pesticides posures and the disease itself. determine if their exposure contrib- and pcbs [polychlorinated biphe- Miller’s research team recently es- utes to disease onset or progression. nyls] are thought to be involved in tablished a mouse model of Parkin- To foster new research, the fund- Parkinson’s,” says Miller, associate son’s. They also identified a connec- ing from nih allows the pd-cerc to professor of environmental and oc- tion between exposure to the banned award three pilot grants for promis- cupational health. “It’s likely that a pesticide dieldrin during gestation ing proposals each year. “In the past, combination of environmental expo- and lactation and an increased risk these types of pilot grants have had a sures and genetic susceptibility ulti- of developing Parkinson’s-like dam- major impact by bringing new people mately leads to the disease. Although age in laboratory mice. and ideas to the field,” says Miller. most people are diagnosed in mid- to “While many pesticides have been “We look forward to fostering new late life with Parkinson’s, experimen- banned, they still remain in the soil collaborations.”—Kay Torrance 

fall 2008 public health magazine 3 New faculty appointments

The rsph appointed several faculty members in recent months.

Solveig Argeseanu, assistant for Health Care Research lar disease. Most recently, he professor of global health, with Aetna. The center is now completed a fellowship at the studies the social influences on based in the RSPH as the Population Health Research

In Brief child health. Her interests in- Emory Center on Health Out- Institute at McMaster Univer- clude relatives within the home comes and Quality. Formerly a sity in Ontario. Solveig Argeseanu environment, behavioral influ- research associate professor, ences within social networks, Gazmararian leads a health Penelope Howards, assistant demography and health, and literacy work group at Emory. professor of epidemiology, child obesity. Prior to joining specializes in reproductive the faculty, ­Argeseanu was a Ron Goetzel, research pro- health. She joined the RSPH postdoctoral fellow in global fessor in health policy and after serving as a visiting sci- health epidemiology. management, wears two hats entist at the Danish Epidemi- as director of Emory’s Institute ology Science Center at Aarhus RSPH alumna Cam Escoffery is for Health and Productivity University and as a postdoc- an assistant professor of be- Studies and vice president toral fellow with the National havioral sciences and health of consulting and applied Institute of Child Health and education specializing in research for Thomson Reuters Human Development. cancer prevention and control, in Washington, D.C. Among including tobacco control, pro- multiple studies, he is the Sean Kaufman, senior associ- gram evaluation, web-based lead investigator for a New ate in epidemiology, is direc- Cam Escoffey health promotion, and use of York City-based project sup- tor of programs for the Center evidence-based public health porting collaboration between for Public Health Preparedness strategies. She formerly was private and public sectors in and Research. He currently a clinical assistant professor health promotion and disease directs a behavioral-based with the RSPH. prevention initiatives directed training program for staff at employers. working in high-containment Laura Gaydos, research as- laboratories. Kaufman previ- sistant professor in health Pulak Ghosh, research associ- ously served with the CDC, policy and management, ate professor in biostatistics, working directly with popula- also directs the department’s holds appointments in the tions affected by infectious MSPH program. Her research RSPH and the Emory Winship diseases, including anthrax, encompasses unintended Cancer Institute. He conducts West Nile virus, and SARS. pregnancy prevention/repro- research on Bayesian sta- ductive health, religion and tistical methods in clinical Juan Leon was a postdoctoral reproductive health, women’s trials, longitudinal data, and fellow in the RSPH prior to fitness and nutrition, and multivariate survival analysis becoming an assistant profes- Laura Gaydos racial disparities and legisla- and contributes expertise to sor of global health. Among his tive advocacy with regard to the RSPH’s growing team on research interests: infectious diseases and HIV/AIDS. His women’s health. statistical clinical trials. disease, immunology, enteric research portfolio includes and foodborne diseases, diar- clinical trials to estimate the Julie Gazmararian, associ- Cardiologist Abhinov Goyal is rhea, norovirus, parasitology, efficacy and/or immunogenic- ate professor of epidemiol- an assistant professor of epi- and Chagas heart disease. ity of influenza, polio, measles, ogy, studies health literacy demiology and assistant pro- and pneumococcal vaccines; and reproductive health in fessor of medicine. Through Saad Omer, assistant professor studies on the impact of spatial underserved populations. population research, Goyal of global health, is a physician clustering of vaccine refusers; She previously worked with explores the link between and epidemiologist special- and clinical trials to reduce the CDC and the USQA Center dysglycemia and cardiovascu- izing in vaccine-preventable mother-to-child transmission

4 public health magazine fall 2008 In Brief

recent postdoctoral fellow most of his career at the CDC, in behavioral sciences and most recently as chief of the health education. She is a co- Behavior and Clinical Surveil- investigator on a randomized lance Branch, and also worked controlled trial to reduce decay with the HIV Vaccine Trials of HIV-preventive behaviors Network at the University of among African American ado- Washington in Seattle. lescent girls, a school-based flu vaccination program, and Poul Thorsen, research profes- an HIV prevention program to sor of epidemiology, comes Penelope Howards Justin Remais strengthen family interaction to Emory from the Institute of and support early adolescent Public Health at the University development. of Aarhus in Denmark. His research encompasses pre- An assistant professor of epi- natal risk factors, infectious demiology, Anne ­Spaulding causes of preterm delivery, is a physician specializing low birth weight, autism, in infectious and chronic fetal neurologic development disease epidemiology in and alcohol consumption in correctional and drug-using pregnancy, and neurodevelop- populations. She has worked mental outcomes. with the Rhode Island Depart- ment of Corrections, CDC’s Kevin Ward, research associ- National Center for HIV, ate professor of epidemiol- STD, and TB Prevention and ogy, is an expert in cancer Juan Leon Kevin Ward National Center for Infectious surveillance, registration, and Diseases, and Georgia Correc- control. He serves as deputy tional Health Care. Spaulding director of the Georgia Center previously was a research for Cancer Statistics and as assistant professor. co-principal investigator of the National Cancer Institute’s Matthew Strickland joined the Surveillance, Epidemiology, RSPH as assistant professor of and End Results Registry environmental and occupa- in Metropolitan Atlanta. He tional health after serving received his MPH and PhD with the CDC’s National Center degrees from the RSPH. on Birth Defects and Devel- opmental Disabilities. His Zhou Yang, assistant pro- interests include the epide- fessor of health policy and miology of congenital heart management, comes to the Saad Omer Zhou Yang defects and associations RSPH from the University of between ambient air pollu- Florida. Her research interests of HIV in Africa. Omer comes to is linking models of envi- tion and adverse pregnancy include the cost and efficacy Emory from Johns Hopkins. ronmental phenomena with outcomes. Strickland also of prescription drugs and the mathematical models of dis- serves as assistant professor economic burden of chronic Justin Remais, assistant pro- ease transmission to answer of epidemiology. diseases. Her articles have fessor of environmental and fundamental questions about appeared in the Journal of occupational health, studies how diseases spread along Patrick Sullivan, associate Human Resources, Health the spatial and temporal fac- environmental pathways. professor of epidemiology, is Services Research, the Journal tors that propagate environ- a veterinarian specializing in of Gerontology Social Science, mentally mediated tropical Jessica Sales is a research infectious diseases and vac- and the American Journal of diseases. Key to his approach assistant professor and cine development. He spent Managed Care. 

fall 2008 public health magazine 5 A global voice for nutrition Nutrition expert Reynaldo Martorell received the 2008 Marion V. Creek- more Award for Internationaliza- tion. The annual award honors a faculty member for furthering Emory’s commitment to building a In Brief global society. Martorell, Robert W. Woodruff Professor of International Nutrition, Amy Patterson in Mali is known for his longitudinal studies in maternal and child nutrition and his research on micronutrient malnu- trition. Also chair of the Hubert Fulbright honorees in Africa Department of Global Health, he A current doctoral student and an treatment and how households and has increased faculty and student alumna both specializing in behav- communities receive and translate ioral sciences and health education health information. hold grants from the Fulbright Melissa Adams, 03mph, is study- Scholars Program this year. ing in Africa on a Fulbright-mtvU PhD candidate Amy Patterson is Fellowship. Adams is working in in Mali this fall to learn how infor- Northern Uganda to develop a mation about malaria is produced hip-hop therapy project for youth and shared at various health system affected by war and aids and assess levels. “I’m particularly interested in how the project suits the children’s the ways that health workers inter- psychosocial needs. Adams is one of pret information from the national five graduates nationwide to receive level and apply it to their day-to-day fellowships sponsored by the U.S. work,” says Patterson. Addition- State Department and mtv’s 24-hour ally, she is looking at how patient- college network. The fellowships provider communication influences use the power of music to promote behavior in seeking and adhering to mutual understanding worldwide. 

Rey Martorell Behavioral sciences professor Karen Health-care hero Glanz was honored by the Atlanta numbers and expanded research and Business Chronicle for reducing cancer and disease related to obesity and academic programs. smoking in rural Southwest Georgia. The newspaper recognized her as part of its “Dr. Martorell has improved 2008 Health Care Hero Awards. the lives of countless citizens in The RSPH partners with the Southwest Georgia Cancer Coalition through the the developing world,” says Holli Emory Prevention Research Center (EPRC), which Glanz directs. The beauty of Semetko, Emory vice provost of their relationship is that community members reached out to the RSPH instead international affairs. “His voice in of the other way around. As a result, the EPRC initiated programs and research the struggle to fight malnutrition can to target behaviors among residents that contribute to increased cancer risk— be heard around the world.” tobacco use, physical activity, and poor nutrition. Coca-Cola executive Claus M. “Karen has really helped change the negative stereotypes and Halle established the Creekmore misunderstandings that people at the community level have had for large Award in 2000. A former diplomat, universities and research in general,” Diane Fletcher, CEO of the Southwest Creekmore was Emory’s first vice Georgia Cancer Coalition, told the Atlanta Business Chronicle. provost for international affairs. 

6 public health magazine fall 2008 Amy Rollins Kreisler was among the speakers who helped kick off ­Campaign Emory. Pictured behind her are members of the Rollins family.

putting knowledge to work Emory launches its most ambitious fund-raising campaign ever to improve lives and health

Together, the university and the rsph launched a new era this fall with ­Campaign Emory. With a goal of $1.6 billion, the campaign is destined to bring about what Emory President James Wagner calls “positive transforma- tion” in society at home and abroad. “Campaign Emory will help us put knowledge to work,” Wagner told alumni and friends during the kickoff gala. “With your support, we will endow chairs to recruit and retain the best faculty. We will provide scholar-

Emory President James Wagner ships for the best students, including students who couldn’t afford to come

fall 2008 public health magazine 7 Top left : Sonny Deriso Jr., 68C, 72L (left), chair of Campaign among those representing the Rollins family at the gala. Bottom Emory, and Ben Johnson, chair of the Board of Trustees, are key left: Circus-style acrobats portray Emory’s ideals. Bottom right: leaders in the university’s fund-raising efforts. Top right: Randall The audience included Richard Hubert, whose family foundation and Peggy Rollins and their daughter Amy Rollins Kreisler were endowed the Hubert Department of Global Health.

here otherwise. Resources for this Scheduled to run through 2012, us so much,” said Sonny Deriso Jr., campaign will launch programs that the campaign not only will transform 68c, 72l, Campaign Emory chair. change the lives and health of people Emory’s campus and programs but The rsph has built considerable in Atlanta and around the world.” also raise public awareness about momentum for the campaign aided Wagner’s words reflect research, education, and by school and volunteer leaders, both the mission and community endeavors. including Lawrence and Ann Estes aspirations of the rsph Campaign goals are Klamon, 65c, 76l, rsph campaign as it seeks to raise $150 tied to the university’s co-chairs, and Virginia Bales Harris, million for faculty strategic plan, “Where 71c, 77mph, alumni chair. research and teaching, Courageous Inquiry In celebrating the campaign launch, student scholarships Leads,” set in 2005. circus-style acrobats performed and programs, and facilities. “What drives us is the ur- “Enquérir,” a five-act journey explor- Thus far, the rsph has raised gency to show what we know, ing the idea of courageous inquiry. more than $110 million and the to care for communities at home Magically, the performers portrayed university $856 million since Cam- and abroad, to discover solutions to nurture, ethics, and other themes paign Emory began quietly three difficult problems, and to give some- behind the campaign. years ago. thing back to a world that has given “There have been many transfor-

8 public health magazine fall 2008 During the campaign gala, Crystal Edmonson, 95C, Emory Alumni Board president, told the inspirational story of O. Wayne and Grace Crum Rollins (shown right), whose generosity transformed the RSPH.

honored alumni and friends commit- ted to transforming the university. Campaign Progress Thus far, the two largest gifts to more than date include $261.5 million from the Robert W. Woodruff Founda- tion to the university for expansion of its health care facilities and $50 million from the O. Wayne Rollins $110 Foundation and the Rollins family MILLION

Glen Rollins with his father, Gary for a second rsph building, now Rollins, and his wife, Danielle Rollins under construction. The new build- RSPH GOAL ing is named for Claudia Nance $150 MILLION Rollins, the mother of the late O. mational points in Emory’s history, Wayne Rollins. Through the years, improve people’s lives. We would times when the university had the O. Wayne and his family have made not be able to do so if it were not for courage to reach for that next rung major gifts to Emory for theology, the students, faculty, and staff of the on the ladder,” said Wagner. “This is medical research, and public health. Rollins School of Public Health who one of those points. We know who “We are delighted to be part of work hard very day to improve lives we are and what we want to become. the continued growth at Emory,” around the globe.”  We also know that what got us where said Amy Rollins Kreisler, executive we are today will not be sufficient to director of the Rollins Foundation. To learn more about Campaign get us where we want to go.” “As a family, we have strived to Emory and the RSPH, visit The campaign celebration also continue my grandfather’s vision to campaign.emory.edu.

fall 2008 public health magazine 9 a resounding ‘yes’ Lawrence and Ann Klamon didn’t think twice when asked to lead Campaign Emory for the RSPH

By Pam Auchmutey

10 public health magazine fall 2008 f it weren’t for snow and The at every level, from local to global,” SunTrust Bank. She met Larry Kla- Wall Street Journal, Lawrence says Ann, retired vice president for mon through a law school classmate. Klamon might never have executive banking with SunTrust In addition to sharing professional I come south, met his wife Ann, Bank. “The mission of the school interests, they were bound by a pas- or become a fan of the rsph. resonated with me strongly. That’s sion for community service. “It’s in A young attorney, Klamon had why I feel very positive about giving my blood,” says Ann. “It’s something just returned from a business trip time and effort to the school and I’ve always done, and Larry too.” when he picked up the newspaper the campaign.” Ann, for example, serves with and saw an advertisement for a After graduating from Emory Col- the Achievement Rewards for Col- general counsel position in Georgia, lege, Ann Estes taught high school lege Scientists (arcs) Foundation, far away from the cold, wet winters briefly and traveled through Europe which provides scholarships to U.S. in New York City. The ad led to for a year with a friend. She was students in science, medicine, and a meeting with Fuqua Industries working in the psychiatry depart- engineering. arcs supports two founder J.B. Fuqua, who convinced ment at Emory when she decided to rsph doctoral students in epidemiol- Klamon to join his young company. expand her career options by earn- ogy and other students at Emory. Klamon would serve more than two ing a law degree and subsequently This past summer, the Klamons decades with what became a For- worked in the Georgia Office of were elected to the board of direc- tune 500 conglomerate, eventually the Attorney General before joining tors for the Piedmont Hospital becoming president and ceo. Today, Klamon and his wife Ann RSPH Campaign Committee Members have taken on the responsibility of growing another enterprise as rsph co-chairs for Campaign Emory, the university’s $1.6 billion fund-raising effort. Together, the Klamons are helping the school raise $150 mil- lion by 2012 to support faculty recruitment, research and teaching, student scholarships, and facilities. Not long after the rsph was estab- lished in 1990, Larry Klamon joined the Dean’s Council, whose members serve as school ambassadors. Al- though Klamon didn’t know much about the rsph at first, he became hooked after listening to faculty and students talk about their research Fred Sanfilippo (left), Emory’s executive vice president for health affairs, recently met with and field experiences. When the RSPH Campaign Committee members Virginia Bales Harris, 71C, 77MPH; Lawrence Klamon; school asked him to chair the Dean’s Ann Klamon, 65C, 76L; RSPH Dean James Curran; Walter Wildstein; Stanley Jones; and Council, he agreed. Ann Klamon, Richard Hubert, 60L. The group includes 15 school and volunteer leaders who will guide 65c, 76l, joined the council as well. RSPH efforts for Campaign Emory. Jeffrey Adams, Eugene Gangarosa, Anne Hydrick Kaiser, “I was fascinated by the subject Amy Rollins Kreisler, Cecil Phillips, Jane Shivers, Shelby Wilkes, and Kathryn Graves, 93MPH, matter and the relevance to health also serve as committee members.

fall 2008 public health magazine 11 Foundation. Ann also serves on the such as diabetes, cancer, and safe ment and external relations, and board for Camp Sunshine and is a water. “While the school’s scope other leaders. “If they weren’t there, former board member with the At- is worldwide, there are significant I don’t think we would be either,” lanta Botanical Garden, the Georgia public health issues right here in says Larry. “We augment them. Conservancy, and the Girls Prepara- Georgia—aids, diabetes, obesity,” Look at what’s happened to the tory School, her high school alma says Ann. “Those topics resonate endowment in the time that Jim mater in Chattanooga. At Emory, personally with most everyone on the Curran has been here. It’s gone from she helped establish a mentoring Dean’s Council because they often something like $3 million to more program for undergraduate women affect someone the members know.” than $50 million.” in the college. “If people are exposed to what the Thus far, the rsph has raised a “Emory has always called me back school does and the kinds of issues significant amount for Campaign to help with various initiatives,” it addresses, it’s not a hard sell to get Emory—more than $110 million says Ann. “I love the place. Emory them to support the school,” adds of its $150 million goal. But much has great leadership, and I’ve always Larry. “The challenge is getting the work remains. wanted to be involved with that.” word out so that people know about “We’ve been fortunate because Although Larry didn’t attend Emo- the school.” the school is already two-thirds of ry, he has strong ties to the university The rapid growth of the rsph in the way toward its goal, thanks to through Ann and his children. Both recent years appeals to his business the $50 million gift from the Rol- of his sons hold degrees from Goizu- sense. “The school has taken off lins family for the Claudia Nance eta Business School, and his daughter like a rocket. It’s 18 years old and Rollins Building and other signifi- graduated from Oxford College. He already ranked 7th in the nation,” cant gifts,” says Larry. “We need to has served on the Goizueta Advisory he says. “It’s been able to attract focus on smaller gifts and getting Council and the university’s Board of Visitors. Outside of Emory, he has served on multiple boards and “Chairing the campaign for the RSPH is remains active in the Atlanta Rotary, Yale Law School, and Washing- a major task, but our job is made easier ton University in St. Louis, which because the school has great leadership presented him with a distinguished and programs that touch people in all alumni award in 1985. Through their volunteer leader- kinds of ways.”—Lawrence Klamon, RSPH ship, the Klamons have formed campaign co-chair long-lasting ties with a variety of organizations and people who share their interest in serving oth- world-class faculty to enhance teach- the word out to more people outside ers. Those connections will serve ing and research. Enrollment has the school.” the rsph well as they help advance tripled in recent years, with students That’s where the Klamons and Campaign Emory. doing field work around the world other members of the rsph Cam- “Chairing the campaign for the and collaborating locally with the paign Committee—more than a rsph is a major task,” says Larry, cdc, care, and other partners. As a dozen of the school’s key volunteer “but our job is made easier because result, the school has grown dra- leaders—come in as they connect the school has great leadership and matically and outstripped the Grace and reconnect with others to spread programs that touch people in all Crum Rollins Building. That’s why the word about the school’s mission kinds of ways.” the school has a new building under and its plans for the future. construction.” “The hardest part of the cam- Like a rocket The Klamons attribute the paign lies ahead. But we’re off to a Through the Dean’s Council, for school’s growth to the leadership great start and well on our way,” instance, members learn about the of Dean James Curran, Kathryn says Larry. “Ann and I are confident vast range of rsph initiatives in areas Graves, associate dean for develop- that we will get there.” 

12 public health magazine fall 2008 an elementary school teacher, Harris grew up in Maryland just outside of Washington, D.C. “My parents were committed to public ­service,” she says. Her own career reflects similar dedication. During her early years with the cdc, Harris became grounded in programs for tuberculosis control, environmental health, and epidemiol- ogy. In the early 1980s, she served as special assistant to cdc Deputy Director Bill Watson, just as the agency expanded its scope beyond infectious disease to focus on health promotion. Later, as deputy director for what is now the National Center for Chronic Disease Pre- vention and Health Promotion, she played a pivotal role in team projects, such as estab- lishing the state-based Behavioral Risk Factor Surveillance System and the Public Health Prevention Specialist Program. As deputy director for program management under cdc director Jeffrey Koplan, Harris helped update the agency’s master building plan and secure funding for new facilities. She then directed Virginia Bales Harris, 71C, 77MPH the Division of Adult and Community Health, which allowed her to resume working in pub- lic health programs and continue mentoring born to serve young professionals. Now, more than 30 years and several career Long grounded in the RSPH, Virginia Bales Harris awards later, Harris credits her mph degree leads alumni for Campaign Emory with expanding her view of public health. “It By Pam Auchmutey was also important that I had connections outside of work. Emory has given me that.” irginia Bales Harris, 71c, 77mph, came to Awareness of public health in general, Harris found, enroll in Emory’s first mph class by way of widened considerably over the years. “Elected officials the point system. Former cdc director David and people around the world have a basic understanding VSencer used the system to recruit cdc staff for of public health and how important it is to our well- the mph program that he co-founded with Emory faculty. being,” she notes. “The world is changing fast. That’s “He’d point to you or call you up and say, ‘You what the rsph prepares students for. The key is to learn are going,’ ” says Harris, whose career with the cdc how to keep learning.” spanned 35 years. That’s what Harris intends to do as she leads alumni Harris has been tapped many times since, most re- fund-raising to support the rsph. “Campaign Emory is cently as rsph alumni chair for Campaign Emory. As the a great way to connect with alumni,” she says. “There school’s alumni leader for the university’s $1.6 billion were a handful of graduates in my class, and the number fund-raising initiative, Harris builds on a legacy of serv- of alumni now [almost 5,000] is tremendous. I run into ing the rsph and Emory. She currently is a member of people all the time who are alums, which gives you an the school’s Dean’s Council and has spearheaded fund- opportunity to meet so many people.” raising efforts for the rsph in years past. “The school is my touchstone and my home,” she “Service” has been part of her vocabulary since adds. “It has offered me the best opportunity and the childhood. The daughter of a U.S. Air Force officer and best way to serve.” 

fall 2008 public health magazine 13 It was a day for honoring genera- tions when ground was broken on a second rsph building last spring. As members of the Rollins and Emory families gathered, they embodied the close-knit ties that have made the rsph one of the nation’s top 10 schools in its field. “The word ‘family’ is widely used in the Rollins School of Pub- lic Health,” said Emory President James Wagner. “It often refers to The the incredible sense of community that exists in the school, among its leaders, faculty, students, alumni, Best and its public health partners. The word also refers to ‘THE’ family, a name increasingly recognized for its Kind of support of public health.” With the naming of the new build- ing for Claudia Nance Rollins, the Rollinses’ ties to Emory and the rsph now span five generations. The building is named for the mother of O. Wayne and John Rollins, who Return were reared by Claudia and their A family invests in the lives of people father Henry in Catoosa County, Georgia. It was there that Claudia through the Claudia Nance Rollins Building instilled in them a deep regard for family, community, and hard work. By Pam Auchmutey The two brothers became respected self-made businessmen through suc-

14 public health magazine fall 2008 cessful ventures from pest control O. Wayne and Grace Crum Rollins to radio and television stations. Endowment for faculty research and Left page: Faculty, staff, and students Committed to improving the lives the Center for Public Health Pre- line up to form the footprint of the of those around them, they also paredness and Research. Claudia Nance Rollins Building, which became two of Emory’s most distin- Last year, the Rollins family will be linked by a glass corridor to the Grace Crum Rollins Build- guished benefactors. stepped forward again to provide ing. Right page: Gary Rollins (left), As a university trustee, Wayne sup- a $50 million lead gift through the Fred Sanfilippo, James Wagner, ported Emory’s effort to establish a O. Wayne Rollins Foundation for a Ben Johnson, James Curran, Amy school of public health in 1990. Fol- second rsph building to be con- Rollins Kreisler, Randall Rollins, and lowing his death in 1991, his family nected to the Grace Crum Rollins Michael Johns break ground on the was instrumental in constructing Building by a glass corridor. The new building. Ruthie (L-R) and Gary the Grace Crum Rollins Building, nine-story Claudia Nance Rollins Rollins and Peggy and Randall Rollins named for his wife. In 1994, Emory Building will more than double the continue the legacy begun by Claudia named the school to honor the fam- capacity of the rsph complex and Nance Rollins (above), who valued ily’s commitment to the university. thus enhance its ability to improve family, community, and hard work. The family subsequently funded the health and prevent disease. Both

fall 2008 public health magazine 15 A glass corridor will link the Claudia Nance Rollins Building (center) with the Grace Crum Rollins Building (right). Both are a short distance from the O. Wayne Rollins Research Center (left).

buildings are a short distance from the O. Wayne Rollins Research Cen- ter in the School of Medicine. “It’s very fitting that my grandfa- ther’s research center will be next to a building named in honor of his moth- er, which in turn will be connected by a bridge to a building named for his wife,” said Amy Rollins Kreisler, executive director of the O. Wayne Rollins Foundation. “These two women were very important figures in his life and had a close relationship with each other. It’s very fitting that their buildings be connected.” Many members of the Rollins fam- ily attended the groundbreaking— Wayne and Grace’s sons, Randall and Gary (Emory trustee emeritus and trustee, respectively), their wives Peggy and Ruthie, and many of Wayne and Grace’s children and grandchildren. All are part of an extended family quilt that includes three generations of Emory leaders. Fred Sanfilippo is among those leaders, having joined Emory last year as executive vice president for health affairs. Already, he has come to value the school’s “unparalleled gift for collaboration and com- munity. These partnerships and the school’s role as a center for interna- tional health research and training contribute to Atlanta’s reputation

16 public health magazine fall 2008 Left page: O. Wayne Rollins with his mother, Claudia Nance Rollins, at her Catoosa County home in northwest Georgia. Above left and center: Audience members Gary (left) and Ruthie Rollins and Bob and Danielle Rollins Henritze enjoy the groundbreak- ing, along with Peggy and Randall Rollins. Above right: Amy Rollins Kreisler (left), Michael Johns, and Fred Sanfilippo wait their turn on stage during the ceremony. Right: Former Emory health sciences leader Charles Hatcher (left) and former Emory President James Laney both supported creation of the RSPH in 1990.

as the public health capital of the phisticated “smart” classrooms, wet Rollins Building also will enable the world,” he said. laboratories on three floors, offices, school to better serve the university, conference space, and an auditorium. city, state, nation, and world, just as ‘A fortunate problem’ It will support education and research its multiple planners intended. When James Curran became dean in several key areas, including global “Many of our alumni think of of the rsph in 1995, the school had health, predictive health, infectious themselves as Rollins graduates, and occupied the Grace Crum Rol- disease, cancer, diabetes, and other as those alumni practice what they lins Building for nearly a year. The chronic diseases. Conference capabili- learn here, hundreds of thousands school has since tripled its students, ties will augment the development of people throughout the city and faculty, and research. Now the of training, distance-learning, and the world know the Rollins name school has what Kreisler calls “a for- professional exchange programs. The as a sign of hope,” Curran told the tunate problem”—the need for more Grace Crum Rollins Building will be great-great grandchildren of Claudia space. The Claudia Nance Rollins renovated to enhance existing class- Nance Rollins at the groundbreak- Building will enable the school to room and office space and provide a ing. “Most of those people will expand its physical capacity, recruit full-service cafe. never know you, but like us, they additional faculty, grow its research The building has been a partner- will be grateful to you.” and education programs, and at- ship from the beginning. slam Col- As the ceremony concluded, tract more students with the goal of laborative, the building architect, has Kreisler reflected on what the new becoming one of the top five public based its design on ideas generated building and the rsph would mean health schools in the world. by rsph faculty, staff, students, and to O. Wayne Rollins. “We cannot achieve those things alumni; members of Emory’s health “My grandfather once said that without this building,” said Cur- sciences and university communi- ‘giving to a living institution that ran. “And we would not have this ties; and the Rollins family. Filled goes on and on and affects people’s building and all that it represents with natural light and energy-saving lives—to me that’s the best. That’s without the vision and generosity of features, the building is designed to the highest kind of giving when you the Rollins family.” achieve silver status for Leadership in invest in people.’ I can’t think of a Slated to open in fall 2010, the new Energy and Environmental Design. better example of his philosophy facility will have technologically so- Once it opens, the Claudia Nance than this school.” 

fall 2008 public health magazine 17 Joseph W. Blount provided a gift to support RSPH initiatives in faith and health and global justice.

social issues pertaining to women’s health and hiv and aids. Joe and A Powerful I both have a keen interest in all of these issues.” Their relationship grew from seeds Friendship planted in the mid-1980s, though Joseph Blount puts his faith in Sandra Thurman and the they met a decade before. Their RSPH to address the challenges of global health friendship deepened when many of their gay friends fell ill with the dis- By Martha Nolan McKenzie ease that came to be known as aids. At the outset of the epidemic, When Sandra Thurman joined Blount’s largess comes as Thurman Thurman and Blount became in- the Hubert Department of Global steps into a new role as director of volved with the grassroots nonprofit Health in 2006, she brought with the Interfaith Health Program (ihp) aid Atlanta—Thurman first as a her unparalleled expertise in aids, and establishes the Joseph W. Blount hospice volunteer and later as direc- connections with leaders like Global Health and Society Program. tor and Blount as financial support- former South African president “The gift was not tied to my joining er. “aid Atlanta was in a precarious Nelson Mandela, and best wishes the Interfaith Health Program, but it position with their finances when from friends like Joseph W. Blount. was a nice fit,” says Thurman, who Sandy joined the organization,” says The latter recently proved to be a also directs the International aids Blount. “I became her ‘groupie’ and true friend indeed, when Blount, Trust (iat) at the rsph. “It gives me supported her every effort in making a philanthropist and aids activist, the opportunity to pursue the con- aid Atlanta one of the most respect- pledged $2 million to support Thur- nection between faith and health, ed community aids organizations in man’s work. as well as look at global justice and the country.”

18 public health magazine fall 2008 Following aid Atlanta, Thurman church or other faith-based institu- the aids epidemic on women and served with the Task Force for Child tions, which together provide more girls. After introducing her visitors Survival and Development and then than 40% to 60% of all health care to first ladies, ministers of health, directed the Office of National aids and social services. and other women leaders, Thurman Policy in the Clinton White House. ihp, a cornerstone of the Global leads her guests to various sites, When Clinton left office, many of Health and Society Program, works such as microenterprise programs the aids programs were shifted to that bring women out of poverty or iat, led by Thurman in Washington orphanages and homes for children and now at the rsph. affected by aids, to demonstrate Blount supported Thurman each how appropriate investments can step of the way and even encouraged make a difference. her to go back to school to get a Just recently, the ihp began theology degree. working with the U.S. President’s “When I started my work in hiv/ Emergency Plan for aids Relief on aids as a hospice volunteer, I learned prevention programs in Kenya. ihp that it’s impossible to separate also joined forces with the cdc to people’s health from their spiritual create the first National Center for life,” says Thurman. “What sustains Public Health and Faith Collabora- people in times of challenge, par- tions (ncphfc). The ncphfc works ticularly around end-of-life issues with more than 13,000 partners and chronic illness, is their faith. So worldwide, including more than 125 much of Joe’s generosity is grounded congregations with health missions in the tenants of his faith. We reso- in East and Southern Africa. nate in that way.” “Our goal is to teach—and share— When Thurman returned to the basics of public health, the basics Atlanta with iat, she and Blount of development, and the basics of began to discuss the possibility of an “What sustains people engaging with people in resource- endowment to support her ongoing constrained settings,” says Thurman. work on hiv/aids and the connec- in times of challenge “Our curriculum builds on commu- tion between faith and health. The is their faith.” nity wisdom from Africa and other $2 million gift, creating the Joseph global settings and is designed, in W. Blount Global Health and Soci- —Sandra Thurman, director, part, to train people in U.S. congrega- ety Program, was formalized earlier Interfaith Health Program tions to be more effective when they this year. go overseas and spend time on the With Blount’s support and Thur- with faith-based institutions, non- ground in the developing world.” man’s direction, the Global Health governmental organizations, govern- Though the fight against aids has and Society Program will focus ments, and religious and political seen some victories, with a reduction on challenges faced by the world’s leaders to assess public health needs in new infections in Africa, Thur- most underserved populations. Its and resources in communities. man is the first to admit that there work will encompass faith and Working with those communities, is yet a long way to go. “What Joe health, hiv/aids, women’s health, ihp then helps develop health, edu- and I have begun, we will not see health advocacy, and the empower- cation, and support services that fit the end of,” says Thurman. “But we ment of women and girls. The goal: the people they serve. are both committed to building a coming to understand the social At the same time, Thurman works foundation that will foster the neces- drivers of disease and disparities to to empower people who have the sary research and conversations so help communities address issues in resources to help more effectively. the kind of interventions that really their own backyards. For the past five years, she has taken make a difference can be built. I’m In many poor places in the world, women philanthropists to Africa to talking about interventions based on that means working through the see the disproportionate impact of science and reality, not ideology.” 

fall 2008 public health magazine 19 A Sound Investment Alumnus Michael Lindsay adopts the notion By Martha Nolan McKenzie of grounding future physicians in public health

ichael Lindsay, a high school senior who lives in gynecology and obstetrics service at 91mph, believes in DeKalb County. Grady Memorial Hospital. investments. Not So when he was approached about The Adopt-a-Scholar Program of- Mnecessarily the kind sponsoring an md/mph student fers alumni a way to honor their time that require filling out a 1099 tax through Emory’s Adopt-a-Scholar at Emory with a named scholarship form each year, although he has Program, he didn’t hesitate. “I for a student who needs financial filed his share of those. Lindsay thought it would be a great use of assistance with tuition. Last year, is more interested in investing in resources—investing in the educa- Lindsay “adopted” then fourth-year youth. He regularly donates to the tion of young physicians who are md/mph student Demetrius Woods. annual funds of various colleges pursuing additional training in pub- This year he is sponsoring fourth- and medical schools and contributes lic health,” says Lindsay, the director year md/mph student Olivier Deigni. to the James Thornton Memorial of the Division of Maternal-Fetal Both students appreciated the Scholarship, awarded each year to Medicine at Emory and chief of the financial help that came with the

20 public health magazine fall 2008 Michael Lindsay (left) “adopted” MD/MPH student Olivier Deigni this year. Now in his toward specializing in ob, but hav- MPH year, Deigni is studying epidemiology like his mentor. ing the support of a faculty member of Dr. Lindsay’s stature definitely sponsorship. Although Emory’s to return to school for his mph. “I pushed me in that direction.” medical school provides significant felt I lacked the skills I needed to Deigni, who entered his public scholarship funds for the mph year conduct quality clinical research, health year this fall, is studying to students seeking the dual degree, and I thought an mph would give epidemiology—Lindsay’s area of taking on an extra year of school me those skills,” says Lindsay. “It concentration at the rsph. “I’m hop- while deferring a year of earning is a turned out to be an important career ing Dr. Lindsay can help me decide daunting financial hurdle. Every bit of help is precious. “Medical school is very expensive. Public health school is very expen- The Adopt-a-Scholar Program is “a sive,” says Deigni. “I haven’t had great use of resources—investing in the an income since I started medical school, and it’s pretty difficult to education of young physicians who are get by. Dr. Lindsay’s support means I have to take out fewer loans, and pursuing additional training in public I’m very grateful for that.” But the students are perhaps equal- health.”—Michael Lindsay, 91mph, chief, ly grateful for the mentoring compo- gynecology and obstetrics service, Grady nent of the program. Sponsors meet with their “adoptees” several times Memorial Hospital during the year to act as a sounding board and share their expertise. Lindsay has quite a bit to share. move for me. It has enabled me to what to focus on and what type of He earned his md from Yale, but conduct clinical research I would not research projects to get involved in,” after practicing at Grady, decided be able to do otherwise.” says Deigni, who hopes to return Lindsay’s research focuses on ad- to his home in West Africa to do verse pregnancy outcomes, primarily research and clinical practice. hiv transmission from mother to in- For his part, Lindsay is happy to fant. He has gained an international have a chance to give back. “I got reputation for his expertise, and he scholarships to get through college weighs in on public policy advocacy and medical school,” he says. “I for reproductive health locally, state- quickly realized that people who wide, nationally, and internationally. made the investment in my educa- Woods had already begun work- tion didn’t know me. They were ing on a project to develop a new supporting the concept of invest- practice model for ob/gyns called ing in young people. I’ve adopted obstetric hospitalists. These hospital- that concept. The Adopt-a-Scholar ists would work only in the hospital, Program helps fulfill one of my goals on shifts much like nurses, to relieve in life, which is to make a positive the often unpredictable work hours contribution in terms of improving for obstetricians. “Since ob/gyn is health care. I try to do that in my Dr. Lindsay’s field, he was able to personal actions but also in investing give me a lot of perspective,” says in future health care providers.” 

During his MPH year, Demetrius Woods Woods, now an ob/gyn resident at To learn more about the Adopt-a-Scholar developed a practice model for obstetric Albert Einstein College of Medicine Program, visit www.alumni.emory.edu/ hospitalists with Lindsay’s guidance. in New York. “I was already leaning annualfund/adoptascholar.

fall 2008 public health magazine 21 Michael Kutner and Donna Brogan “grew up together” after One Step joining Emory in 1971. Leads to Biostatistician Donna Brogan endows the lecture named Another in her honor By Pam Auchmutey sample survey expert who taught at “The lecture was an appropriate Emory for 33 years. way to honor Donna,” says Michael onna Brogan didn’t Retired since 2004, Brogan contin- Kutner, Rollins professor and chair plan to earn a doctorate ues to think of ways to advance the of the Department of Biostatistics in statistics, teach at a professional development of bio- and Bioinformatics. “We raised Dmajor university, found a statistics students and faculty in the enough money to support the first women’s caucus to advance equality rsph. Instead of contributing annu- two lectures. Donna came to me in her profession, or chair the biosta- ally to the school as in years past, she to ask how to make the lectures go tistics department in the rsph. Each chose to endow the annual Donna on indefinitely. She supported the step led to another as she sought a J. Brogan Lecture in Biostatistics, lecture as a way to thank the depart- way to work in a field once outside established by department faculty, ment after her retirement.” the prescribed role for women. staff, students, and friends in 2006 to Colleagues describe Brogan as “I followed my interest in math- honor her contributions to biostatis- an accomplished “rabble-rouser” ematics, no matter what,” says Bro- tics and women’s issues. Brogan’s gift with numerous honors, including gan, an internationally recognized ensures that the lecture continues. the Unsung Heroine Award from

22 public health magazine fall 2008 the Emory Women’s Center, alumni bers,” says Kutner, who joined the high and high school mathematics. awards from her alma maters, and biometry department the same year “This guy stayed after school with an award from the American Statis- as Brogan and served as rsph bio- me every day the whole year I was tical Association (asa) for advancing statistics chair before her. in 6th grade,” Brogan says. “I often women in the field. During her tenure as chair, Brogan think about that.” The daughter of a Baltimore auto hired several female faculty mem- She also thinks about her father, worker, Brogan was the first in her bers to increase the representation grandfather, and others like them family to attend college, earning a of women in the department. In who spent their lives working at mathematics degree in 1960. A few growing the department, she helped jobs they hated. “I wanted to do years later, when she turned down broaden its research base to help something that I enjoyed,” says a secretarial position in the statis- gain national visibility in biostatis- Brogan. “Education was the vehicle tics department at Iowa State, the tics methodology. for doing that.” program offered her a slot in its PhD “She gave qualified recruits a By endowing the Donna J. Brogan program. She became the first person chance—male or female. There were Lecture in Biostatistics, she is helping in the department to win a coveted no double standards,” says Professor faculty and students at the rsph and university fellowship. Amita Manatunga, whom Brogan across Emory deepen their knowl- edge. Annual lectures to date have included nationally known biostatisti- “‘Endowed’ goes on forever. I knew that the cians in tobacco (Scott Zeger from donor base for the lecture would need a Johns Hopkins School of Public boost over time. And I’m grateful to my Health), cancer (Mitch Gail from the National Cancer Institute), and genet- department, the school, and the university ics (Nan Laird from Harvard School for spending my career here.”—Donna of Public Health). Guest lecturers take Brogan, professor emerita of biostatistics away something as well. “It gives them an opportunity to learn and spread the word about the depart- Her professional and societal hired in 1994. “She served the fac- ment and the school,” says Brogan. views widened considerably at the ulty. She had a gift for encouraging “ ‘Endowed’ goes on forever,” she University of North Carolina at them and stating their strengths and adds. “I knew that the donor base for Chapel Hill, where she taught bio- shortcomings in a positive way.” the lecture would need a boost over statistics, participated in a women’s Brogan’s mentoring seed was time. And I’m very grateful to my de- consciousness-raising group, and planted early when an elementary partment, the school, and the univer- formed a women’s caucus with the school teacher tutored her in junior sity for spending my career here.”  American Statistical Association to advocate for greater opportunities for female students and colleagues. In 1971, she joined the Depart- A name change for biostatistics ment of Biometry at the Emory The biostatistics department is now the Department of Biostatistics and School of Medicine and became Bioinformatics, reflecting a commitment by the Woodruff Health Sciences only the fourth woman to be Center and Emory to expanding computational and statistical expertise. promoted to full professor in that As a result, the RSPH will increasingly collaborate with the medical and school. When the department nursing schools and Georgia Tech to help quantify the vast amounts of data moved to the rsph in 1990, Brogan generated through biomedical studies. Biostatistics professor Lance Waller was the only female full professor leads a strategic effort to help the department grow best in bioinformatics. DuBois Bowman directs the Center for Biomedical Imaging Statistics, for several years and served as the formed last year to help researchers advance disease prevention, diagnosis, school’s first female department treatment, and public health. chair during the early 1990s. “We grew up together as faculty mem-

fall 2008 public health magazine 23 Benjamin Druss and Bevery Long share a commitment to changing policy to improve mental health services for The Mind vulnerable patients.

focused on prevention of mental dis- orders and the promotion of mental health. It also honors Mrs. Carter Matters for bringing national and world at- A longtime advocate and an RSPH researcher tention to mental health issues. “Prevention is the key,” says give mental health and physical health equal Long, a civil rights advocate who has worked with President and Mrs. billing in the public health arena Carter for more than three decades. By Valerie Gregg and Pam Auchmutey “It’s taken people a long time to catch on, but they’re starting to etite and polite, Beverly when she worked with Mrs. Carter understand that mental health means Long accepted her honor- at the state level, and later, on the more than just mental illness.” ary doctorate from Emory global stage with the World Federa- The chair that Druss holds is the Pin 2007 with quiet grace. tion for Mental Health. Throughout first of its kind in the nation—a mix But her gentle demeanor belies her those years, Ms. Long has been pas- of academic research in the rsph stature as a public health leader. sionate about bringing mental health with The Carter Center’s action- “Her vision brought mental health into public health.” oriented agenda. A physician with into the purview of public health at When Long made the initital an mph from Yale University, Druss Emory,” says Benjamin Druss, who proposal and contribution to endow holds appointments in health policy holds the Rosalynn Carter Chair of the Rosalynn Carter Chair of Mental in the rsph and psychiatry in the Mental Health at the rsph. “She has Health several years ago, she was Emory School of Medicine and worked tirelessly as an advocate for making a statement. The chair pro- works with The Carter Center as a mental health care since the 1970s, vides a professorship and program member of its Mental Health Task

24 public health magazine fall 2008 Force and Mental Health Journalism atric history and refers him to an fourth leading cause of disability in Fellowship Advisory Board. inpatient psychiatry unit. Only later the world. Integrating mental health care into do the doctors learn that he has a Much work remains to be done public health is challenging but cru- kidney infection and is also diabetic. on both sides of the primary care/ cial, says Druss. Medicine in general He is not taking good care of him- mental health interface. People with has long considered the mind to be self, and his weight gain is partly a mental illnesses continue to face separate from the body, and psychia- side effect of his psychiatric drugs. great stigma and discrimination. try has been something of an outlier “People with serious mental Insurance companies often do not among medical specialties. But now, illnesses often fail to receive the provide coverage for mental health public health is playing an increas- medical services they need,” says treatment equal to that for physical ingly important role in bringing Druss. “Alternatively, people who health. And mental disorders affect psychiatry and medicine together. are treated in the public sector often one in five Americans. The Carter Center’s Mental Health fail to obtain needed mental health Yet as a subject for public health Program is oriented toward chang- services in primary care.” research, mental health remains wide ing public policy, not just studying it. Consider the patient who visits open. “The public health view con- This uncommon mix is what brought her primary care doctor with several siders whether one is using resources Druss from Yale to Emory in 2003. complaints. During her visit, the wisely,” Druss says. “It is about “My position as the Rosalynn doctor asks her if she has been feel- reducing the burden of disease.” Carter Chair of Mental Health is ing sad, and she admits to feeling More information provided by unique,” he says. “It allows me to very down. The doctor prescribes public health research should encour- serve as a bridge between public an antidepressant. The woman age physicians to take mental ill- health and clinical care, research and begins taking the drug, experiences nesses more seriously. After the rise of mental health policy, and The Carter a few side effects, and stops taking psychoanalysis in the early 1900s, the Center and Emory.”

Falling through the cracks Druss’s research examines care for “My position allows me to serve as people on the primary care/mental health interface in the public sector, a bridge between public health and where many of the most vulnerable clinical care, research and mental health patients receive care. Most are poor and have limited or no insurance. policy, and The Carter Center and Patients may fall through the health care cracks on either side—primary Emory.”—Benjamin Druss, Rosalynn care or psychiatry. Carter Chair of Mental Health The system is now oriented more toward treating disease than keeping people well. Druss offers the example of a male patient who receives regular the medication within a week. She treatment of mental illness remained treatment for schizophrenia at a com- doesn’t call her doctor or follow up. mind-focused for much of the past munity mental health center. He takes Thus treatment for her depression century. Now physicians must learn an anti-psychotic drug to control his is short-lived. Each year, approxi- to take a more holistic view. symptoms, and he is stable. mately 19 million American adults “The medical system in general The patient’s psychiatric symp- suffer from a depressive disorder, is oriented toward treating disease toms are well controlled, but he according to the National Insti- rather than treating a person with doesn’t have a primary care doctor— tute of Mental Health. The most a disease,” says Druss. “For people he goes to the emergency room for prevalent of these illnesses is clinical with more than one condition, it’s basic care. When he visits the ER for depression, the leading cause of dis- critical that the system remember it back pain, the doctor sees his psychi- ability in the United States and the is treating a whole person.”

fall 2008 public health magazine 25 Still, patients with tal health consumers can problems stemming from use information technol- the brain are receiving ogy to manage their care. more attention than ever. Through a new study Through new tech- funded by the Agency for nologies, scientists have Healthcare Research and learned the importance of Quality, Druss and a team brain chemistry and ge- of consumers and provid- netics in mental illnesses. ers will develop and test New knowledge continues an electronic personal to yield new treatments. health record (phr) for Primary care physicians use by people with serious treat more than half of the mental disorders. people in the United States Consumers will manage with mental illness, says their password-protected Druss. A major reason is phr via the Internet to the development of newer provide a central record antidepressants such as that patients—and when Prozac, which have fewer authorized, health care side effects and are easier providers—can access for general internists to anywhere, anytime. prescribe. However, effec- Druss’s team will adapt tive follow-up is challeng- a phr developed by infor- ing in these settings. Pri- mation technology experts mary care visits are brief and now widely used in and need to address not Seattle. The Shared Care only depression but also Rosalynn Carter leads a session of The Carter Center’s Mental Plan, currently the prima- the patient’s other medical Health Journalism Fellowship Advisory Board. She recently spoke ry interface for Microsoft’s to RSPH students and faculty interested in mental health. needs. Primary care pro- new HealthVault phr viders rarely have the time platform, allows users to or clinic infrastructure to store and retrieve medical check for side effects and the effec- These meetings have built a critical and medication information online. tiveness of treatments for depression mass in mental health expertise that The record also prompts patients for once they have been started. can further help recruit faculty and upcoming preventive services and al- students at the master’s, doctoral, lows secured email communication Building critical mass and postdoctoral levels. with medical providers. For the past two years, Druss has “I’d like to see the rsph become a A phr for mental health con- organized a “Mental Health Con- premier place for expertise in mental sumers would provide a central centration,” which provides a home health and public health,” Druss says. repository for mental health infor- for rsph students with an interest in “That involves continuing to knit to- mation that is often fragmented, mental health. The concentration al- gether the resources we already have says Druss. “A mental health phr lows students to focus their elective and building new partnerships.” is a potentially important tool time, thesis, and practicum on topics In his research, Druss is work- that takes advantage of the latest related to mental health. A monthly ing to move mental health policy information technology to help co- seminar draws up to 100 students and practice in new directions. One ordinate and improve care for this and professionals from Emory, The question he is exploring is how men- vulnerable population.”  Carter Center, local and state agen- cies, and the cdc to hear experts To learn more about Benjamin Druss’s work in mental health, listen to the

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26 public health magazine fall 2008 The Rollins School of Public Health would not have become one of the nation’s top schools in its field without our friends and donors. Because of you, fac- ulty are making water safer and improving sanitation, preventing diabetes, cancer, and HIV/ AIDS, teaching adolescents to avoid risky behaviors, improving nutrition for families, detecting disease using bioinformatics, determining how air pollutants trigger chronic illness, shaping health policy, and protecting the public from bioterrorism.

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President’s Club W. Meade Morgan Theodora E. Calle Jean Catherine O’Connor Richard J. Higgins (Lifetime over $1 million) Cecil M. Phillips Stephen L. Cochi Nancy McDonald Paris Nancy Hilyer David J. Sencer Bradley N. Currey Mary Severson Prince David Hill Howard Eugene J. and Rose S. William B. Demeza Walker L. Ray Stanley S. Jones Gangarosa Longstreet Circle Colleen Ann DiIorio Don Reukema Alfred D. Kennedy The Hubert Foundation Stanley O. Foster Laura Hooper Ripp William R. Kenny ($5,000 - $9,999) Grace Crum Rollins George W. Girvin Patricia B. Robinson Ronald H. Koenig The O. Wayne Rollins Philip S. Brachman Sr. Karen Glanz P. Barry Ryan Steven Kornfeld Foundation James W. Curran Leslie Graitcer Nalini R. Saligram Richard E. Letz Gerald F. Davy Kathryn Heath Graves John R. Seffrin Mary Jo Lund Leadership Richard B. Johnston Robert Gray Stephen D. Sencer Kitty F. MacFarlane John E. McGowan Virginia Bales Harris Jane E. Shivers John Kevin Madden League Alan R. Hinman Claire E. Sterk Jeanne Marie McDermott ($100,000 +) Dean’s Circle Donald Roswell Hopkins Edwin Trevathan Deborah A. McFarland Joseph W. Blount James Michael Jarboe Arlene B. Wildstein John S. Mori ($2,500 - $4,999) Lawrence and Ann Estes Amri B. Johnson Walter B. Wildstein Sophia Brothers Peterman Klamon Derrick Beare Anne R. Jones Sylvia Wrobel Diane J. Pionto Catherine Dellinger Buckley Ronnie Lee Jowers Stephen R. Pitts Quadrangle Charlotte B. Dixon Anne Hydrick Kaiser Clifton Club Mary Severson Prince Amy Rollins Kreisler Ruth J. Katz Philip Harold Rhodes ($500 - $999) Society Michael Kenneth Lindsay Arthur L. Kellermann Harriet L. Robinson ($25,000 - $99,999) Beverly B. Long Ali Shan Khan E. Kathleen Adams Patricia B. Robinson David W. Blood Godfrey P. Oakley Carol R. B. Koplan W. Kent Anger Lyrna Siklossy Schoon Donna Jean Brogan Cecil M. Phillips Jeffrey P. Koplan Turner I. Ball Susan F. Sencer Roger W. Rochat Glen & Edith Reed Fund Michael H. Kutner Ruth L. Berkelman Anita Sharma J. B. Weaver Jr. Thomas F. Sellers Richard M. Levinson E. Milton Bevington Thomas H. Sinks Katherine S. Lord Paula Lawton Bevington Amy Catherine Sisley Lullwater Society Lamplighters Club Kitty F. MacFarlane Brent A. Blumenstein Karen Eugenie Thomas Reynaldo Martorell Barbara T. Cleveland Kenneth E. Thorpe ($10,000 - $24,999) ($1,000 - $2,499) Lynne B. McClendon Walter R. Dowdle Tor D. Tosteson Samuel and Angela Allen Yetty Levenson Arp Rebecca Hodges McQueen Leslie Graitcer William C. Watson Mary Conner Ball Steven Ryan Becknell Kathleen R. Miner Ann S. Heine Scott Zeger Gerald F. Davy Wayland F. Blood Mary Ann B. Oakley Vicki Stover Hertzberg Photo by Jeff Roffman Photo by Jeff

fall 2008 public health magazine 27 Serena Hsiao-Tze Foong Nita Kishin Madhav Paul E. Schaper Robert H. Foote William M. Marine Donna Louise Schminkey Stanley O. Foster Colleen A. Martin Lawrence Bert Alfred Franzblau James O. Mason Schonberger Jaclyn Beth Freeman Mary Pugh Mathis Claire Rachel Schuster Leslie Nataki C. Ashley McAllen Ira K. Schwartz Gabay-Swanston Jacquelyn McClain Frederick A. O. Schwarz Jr. Raymond E. Gangarosa Barnett P. McCulloch Mark Sciegaj Gail S. Garvin Jeanne Marie McDermott Jennifer Seligman Charles M. Gozonsky David John McMorris Janice May Sellem Alisa Jane Greenspan Gary Melinkovich Lee M. Sessions Patrice Preston Grimes Michael Melneck Nishant Hasmukh Shah Felicia Jane Guest Nicolas Alan Menzies Colleen Patricia Shane Michael J. Haber Cynthia A. Mervis Emily H. Siegel Maryam Barbara Haddad Rebecca Lee Middendorf Theresa Ann Sipe Arian Boutwell Hadley Jamie L. Miller Susanne T. Slocum Kimberly S. Hagen Christine L. Moe Iris E. Smith Kareen Angela Hall Roger Seymour Moffat Suzanne Margaret Smith Heather Holley Hamby Eugene R. Montezinos Rosa Maria Solorzano Stephen Sencer helped create a scholarship fund honoring his father, David Sencer. Laurie Jean Helzer Jo Ann Morris Tomofumi Sone Louise Michelle Lina Haddad Muhanna Peter C. Sotus Henderson Diane M. Narkunas Hugh Donald Spitler Shield Club Amy M. Metzger Mary Hogan Brantley Sarah Jane Henley Kim Hamilton Neiman John L. Stanton Mary Ann B. Oakley Allison Groff Brenner ($250 - $499) Ann Rondi Herman Wendy Kaplan Nickel Michelle Staples-Horne Thomas R. O’Brien Myron H. Brooks Lorraine N. Alexander David W. Hill Anne Lucile O’Keefe Nelson Kyle Steenland Marc Overcash Emily Suzanne Brouwer Martha E. Alexander Gena Lee Hill Eric Albert Ottesen Deborah E. Stefanek Steven Bernard Owens Ann L. Brown Melissa Alperin Philippe G. Hills John J. Stevens Stephen R. Pitts Leonard Brown Elizabeth C. Athanassiades Alan R. Hinman Scott A. Stewart Scott Kyl Proescholdbell Mary Patricia Burke Rebecca Leigh Baggett Lucy H. Hinman Thomas Robert Stiger Mark Sciegaj Walter M. Burnett Mary M. Ball Kelley Brittain Hise Laura L. Stokes Thomas F. Sellers Peggy A. Campbell Clifford L. Barr Elizabeth Ann Hoelscher Heidi Knedlik Straughn Bharat M. Shah Paul T. Cantey Amy Pullen Beasley Carol J. Rowland Hogue William A. Strickland Jr. Stephanie L. Sherman Victor Manuel Eunice Franklin Becker Horace P. Holden Enid L. Sullivan Stephen B. Thacker Cardenas-Ayala Peter D. Bell Jeffrey Hom Jennifer Abby Taussig Cheryll Joy Thomas Sumita Chakrabarti Jay M. Bernhardt Teresa Horan Debra K. Taylor Evelyn G. Ullman Ann Chao Maria-Teresa Bonafonte David Jeffery Houghton Jan H. Thomas Gloria P. Weisz Wendy Kurz Childers Mary Patricia Burke David Hill Howard Nancy J. Thompson Bruce G. Weniger Mary-Margaret Driskell Walter M. Burnett Amanda Egner Hunsaker Sherry Hoefling Tobia Roberta F. White Ciavatta Paul T. Cantey Nancy M. Hunt Paige E. Tolbert Jennifer Lynn Williams Lorie A. Click Lisa M. Carlson Susan E. Hunter Kathy Tomajko Robert Andrew Zamore Leighanna Allen Colgrove Keisha Edwards, 03MPH, Stephen L. Cochi Julie Dawn Hutchings Myra J. Tucker Michael Franklin Conar joined other RSPH alumni O. Anderson Currie Heather Yori Ingold Myrtle I. Turner Scott W. Connolly to help launch Campaign Carrie A. Cwiak Torch Club Louis Isquith Michael O. Ugwueke Shanna Nakia Cox Emory. Timothy Everett Davis ($100 - $249) Erin Brand Jakum Rebecca Ugwueke Catherine M. Curlette Joseph Francis Durbin Betsy S. Adams Michelle B. James Evelyn G. Ullman William L. Curlette Ngoc-Cam T. Escoffery Gary L. Albrecht Geoffrey M. Jeffery Oyekunle Adebowale F. A. Ulmer Benjamin Arthur Dahl Lynne Feldman Laura Albright Ilze Jekabsone Oyekanmi Archil Undilashvili Caroline L. Daniel Peter Maxwell Ferren Layla Ibrahim Aljasem Karen Pape Johnson Beatrice A. Pask Judith A. Vance Karla P. Daniels Bradley Majette Fox Christine B. Ambrosone Laurie Ann Johnson Alpa V. Patel Marilyn M. Velez Whitni Brianna Davidson Susan B. Green James M. Anastos Karyn Renee Johnstone Sadhna V. Patel Alana Marie Vivolo Jill Joelle Davison Felicia Jane Guest Mary Anastos Bessie Chapman Jones Pearl B. Perez Robert A. Waggoner Judy R. Delany Arian Boutwell Hadley Thomas L. Anastos Edward L. Jones Elizabeth Anne Peterson Lance A. Waller Samuel Deutsch Mary Elizabeth Halloran Peter Andrew Andersen Jack T. Jones Connie Wyatt Phillips Matthew Coleman Walsh Stacey Sims DeWeese Jennifer S. Harville Anonymous Donor Claudine Jurkovitz Kimberly Latosha Pierce Carol C. Walters Anne Bronwyn Dilley Sureyya E. Hornston Janet S. Arnold Fredric D. Kennedy Stephen R. Pitts David Seth Wander Susan M. Dinitz Daniel J. Horth Ebi Roseline Awosika Peter A. Keohane Dale Richard Plemmons Amy E. Warner Doncho Metodi Donev David Hill Howard Susan P. Ayers Anita K. Kern Susan A. Primo David L. Warner Regine Arcelin Douthard James M. Hughes Katherine B. Baer Afrique I. Kilimanjaro Lynn A. Quinn Hilarie Schubert Warren Philip Willem Downs Richard D. Humes Janet Hildebrand Baker Anita Kuriakose Kurian Lewis D. Ragsdale Alan G. Waxman Benjamin G. Druss Kara L. Jacobson Rosemary C. Bakes-Martin Ann LaGreca Gabriel Rainisch Thomas K. Welty Kirk Anthony Easley Dennis Farrell Jarvis April Lynn Barbour Dale N. Lawrence Cheryl Lynne Bruce G. Weniger Leon Forrest Echols Stanley S. Jones Laurie K. Barker Trude Lawrence Raskind-Hood Patricia Toal Westall Peter G. Economou Martha Katz Paul Guerry Barnett Aimee Jean Lenar Jessica Miller Rath Katherine Carter Wheeler Barbara Anita Edwards Scott R. Kegler Wilma E. Barshaw-Badgett Arlene Marie Lester Emily Suzanne Reynolds Mary C. White Richard L. Ehrenberg James W. Keller Amina Bashir Leslie Teach Levine Vicki J. Riedel Ellen Allyson Spotts Robin Eidle Frederick S. Kingma Mary A. Bauza-Lawver Cindy Ley Michael Patrick Riordan Whitney John W. Ellett Wilma Ardine Kirchhofer Amy Pullen Beasley J. Leonard Lichtenfeld Kara Brown Robinson Sarah Elizabeth Wiley Anne Marie Emshoff Melissa B. Kornfeld Eric A. Benning Lillian S. Lin Carmen Rodriguez Nancy L. Wilkinson Mollee Marie Enko Gardiner Offutt Lapham Jonathan Sanford Berg Katherine Knutson Russell H. Roegner Jennifer Lynn Williams Dabney Page Evans Kitty F. MacFarlane Ruth L. Berkelman Lindstrom Mark L. Rosenberg Warren Gillespie Williams Emy Lou Faber Barbara L. Massoudi Zahava Berkowitz Joseph Lipscomb Perri Zeitz Ruckart G. David Williamson Terence T. Ferguson Mary Pugh Mathis Sue Binder Michael P. Lischke Jinan Boghos Saad-Dine Fujie Xu Peter Maxwell Ferren Jacquelyn McClain George H. Blood John D. Lisco Anthony Joseph Santella Jerome W. Yates Chester L. Fisher Angela Kay McGowan Daniel S. Blumenthal Dale F. Lister Catherine L. Satterwhite Rachel Ann Zack Robert G. Fitzgerald Cynthia A. Messina Maris Ann Bondi Esther Lyss-Greenstein Kelly Ann Scanlon Julia Teresa Zajac Robert Gordon Flanders Daniel Patrick Mackie Peter M. Schantz Laura JoAnn Zauderer

28 public health magazine fall 2008 Designated Gifts Designated gifts support specific programs or departments at the Rollins School of Public Health.

Adopt-a-Scholar Center for Global John R. Seffrin Michael Kenneth Lindsay Safe Water Lee M. Sessions J. B. Weaver Jr. American Cancer Society Jane E. Shivers CARE Inc. The Zera-Allen Fund Behavioral Sciences Deseret Medical Inc. Evelyn G. Ullman and Health Education GoJo Industries Philip and Alston Watt Annual Fund IRC International Water Arlene B. and Wendy Kurz Childers and Sanitation Centre Walter B. Wildstein Marilyn Elizabeth Carol R. B. Koplan Shelby Wilkes and Dickerson Kitty F. MacFarlane Jettie Burnett Dinamarie Cruz Lynne B. McClendon Garcia-Banigan Path Virginia S. DeHaan Eugene and Rose Gangarosa Jennifer S. Harville Rhode Island Hospital Lecture in Health Beverly B. Long Rotary Club of Altanta Education and Jessica Miller Rath Stone Mountain United Promotion safe water and sanitation Lyrna Siklossy Schoon Methodist Church Alicia D. Davis Cooper Elinor Beidler Siklossy The Coca-Cola Company Foundation The QED Group Environmental and Isam G. Mohammed Vaid The Westminister Schools Occupational Health for all Inc. Annual Fund Biostatistics Annual World Bank Richard L. Ehrenberg For Eugene and Rose Gangarosa, access to clean water and sanitation Fund Jeremy Johnson Hess is a basic human right. Without it, communities lack the essentials on Peter Andrew Andersen Center for Public James Michael Jarboe Brent A. Blumenstein Health Practice and Afrique I. Kilimanjaro which quality of life rests: good health, nutritious food, education, and Bruce Keith Bohnker Research Billie Antoinette Kizer political and economic stability. Jennifer S. Harville Boston Public Health Hernando Rafael Perez James L. Kepner Commission Gene, professor emeritus and an expert on waterborne diseases, and Michael H. Kutner Children’s Hospital Boston Epidemiology Annual his wife Rose have lived in countries where unsafe water and sanita- Mary Severson Prince Georgia Department of Fund tion fatally sicken children and adults every day. To help prevent these Thomas Robert Stiger Human Resources AstraZeneca International Society for Pharmaceuticals LP deaths, the couple established a charitable remainder unitrust to cre- Joseph W. Blount Disease Surveillance Timothy Lamar Barnes ate the Rose Salamone Gangarosa Chair in Environmental Health. Global Health and Robert Wood Johnson Amy Pullen Beasley Once funding is complete, the chair will support a researcher in sani- Society Fund Foundation Ebonei Nicole Butler Joseph W. Blount Medical College of Jennifer Marie Capparella tation to complement the Eugene J. Gangarosa Chair in Safe Water Georgia Tamara Jeannine Davis and Sanitation, held by RSPH professor Christine Moe. Donna J. Brogan World Health Organization Katherine G. Endress Lecture Fund Kelley Brittain Hise With these chairs, the Gangarosas are nurturing the network of Donna Jean Brogan Dean’s Council John and Linda Kay researchers at the RSPH, Emory, the CDC and other partners intent Maxine Marie Denniston Scholarship Fund McGowan on improving the safe water and sanitary infrastructure in the global Michael J. Haber Peter D. Bell Fatima Donia Mili Vicki Stover Hertzberg Paula Lawton Bevington Anne Lucile O’Keefe community. Michael H. Kutner Thomas Moore Brady Paul Vincent Petraro Kenneth M. Portier Center for the Visually Anita Sharma To learn more about planned giving opportunities, contact Kathryn Seegar W. Swanson III Impaired Jennifer Erin Stevenson Graves (404-727-3352 or [email protected]) in the RSPH Lance A. Waller Barbara T. Cleveland Carla Antonia Winston Office of Development or Stephanie Frostbaum (404-712-2155 or Scott Zeger Bradley N. Currey Charlotte B. Dixon Faculty Development [email protected]) in the Emory Office of Gift Planning. Career MPH Karen Glanz Fund American Cancer Society Leslie Graitcer Wilma E. Barshaw-Badgett Lynne Feldman Virginia Bales Harris Lillian S. Lin David J. Sencer Daniel J. Horth Laurie Jean Helzer Stanley S. Jones Fujie Xu Anne Hydrick Kaiser Roger W. Rochat Rosalynn Carter Chair Ruth J. Katz Anne E. and William Reynaldo Martorell Myra J. Tucker in Mental Health Alfred D. Kennedy A. Foege Scholarship Eugene J. and Rose Roger Seymour Moffat Alana Marie Vivolo Beverly B. Long William R. Kenny Fund* Gangarosa Chair Scott Kyl Proescholdbell Larry and Ann Estes Steven Ryan Becknell in Safe Water and Sandra L. Riegler Living Global Field Center for AIDS Klamon Miriam Kiser Sanitation Trust Experience Fund Research Amy Rollins Kreisler Reynaldo Martorell Norman Peter Belle Samuel E. Allen Shelle Wilson Bryant Levy Family Foundation Bruce G. Weniger Theresa Ann Sipe Rose Salamone David Blaney Hal Cochran Beverly B. Long Stone Mountain First Gangarosa Chair in Joan P. Cioffi CDC Branch of Sigma XI Carol and Carlos Martel William H. Foege United Methodist Church Environmental Health Jill Joelle Davison Jaclyn Beth Freeman Barbara L. Massoudi Global Health Eugene J. and Rose S. Dabney Page Evans Georgia Institute of John S. Mori Fellowship* Eugene J. Gangarosa Gangarosa Laurie A. Ferrell Technology Nancy McDonald Paris Victor Manuel Scholarship Stanley O. Foster Georgia Research Alliance Cecil M. Phillips Cardenas-Ayala Martha E. Alexander Global Elimination of Chris R. Hale Kimberly S. Hagen Glen & Edith Reed Fund Lisa Estelle Hammad Carolina Ceballos Maternal Mortality Alan R. Hinman Mary Ellen McMichael Teresa Maria Rivero Dale F. Lister Kristin Clare Delea Due to Abortion James M. Hughes Marc Overcash Patricia B. Robinson Anita Willner McLees Peter Maxwell Ferren (GEMMA) Fund Anne Hydrick Kaiser Nalini R. Saligram Merck & Company Inc. Margery Knoles Gardner Carrie A. Cwiak Gardiner Offutt Lapham

*William H. Foege is the RSPH Presidential Distinguished Professor Emeritus of International Health. William A. Foege is his father.

fall 2008 public health magazine 29 Reynaldo Martorell Boisfeuillet Jones Angela Timashenka Murry R. Schroeder O. Wayne and John Atlas Deborah A. McFarland Public Health Geiger Dwayne R. Schubert Grace Crum Rollins Moe Moe Aung Nicolas Alan Menzies Scholarship General Informatics, LLC Bertha L. Shepard Endowment Ebi Roseline Awosika Christine L. Moe Endowment Steven Patrick Girardot Stephanie L. Sherman James W. Curran Misrak Bezu Ayele Roger Seymour Moffat Anne R. Jones (Deceased) Kathryn Heath Graves Thomas H. Sinks Charlotte B. Dixon Susan P. Ayers Lori Miller Nascimento Joanne Green Nelson Kyle Steenland Richard M. Levinson Esther Ayuk Eric Albert Ottesen Sallie B. Lee Mary Elizabeth Halloran Deborah E. Stefanek Kathryn Heath Graves Suprith Badarinath Steven Bernard Owens Scholarship Fund Regina F. Hamm John J. Stevens Healthcare Georgia Katherine B. Baer Kara Brown Robinson Sam P. Freeman Susan E. Hankinson Amy E. Stone Foundation Rebecca Leigh Baggett Nishant Hasmukh Shah Foundation Inc. David Franklin Harris Enid L. Sullivan David Hill Howard Janet Hildebrand Baker Laura JoAnn Zauderer Clark W. Heath Bradley K. Taylor Amy Rollins Kreisler Lleniece Ford Baker Richard E. Letz Ann S. Heine Chris E. Taylor Richard M. Levinson Rosemary C. Bakes-Martin Health Policy and Endowment Fund for Jane Hoppin Debra K. Taylor William B. Orkin Brian Gregory Banigan Management Annual Dissertation Research Reuel E. Johnson Jr. Jan H. Thomas Foundation Inc. April Lynn Barbour Fund E. Kathleen Adams Ronnie Lee Jowers Paige E. Tolbert Eric Steven Pevzner Doris D. Barganier Walter M. Burnett Christine B. Ambrosone Ronnie Kester Tor D. Tosteson Cecil M. Phillips Laurie K. Barker Michael Victor Gruber American Cancer Society David G. Kleinbaum F. A. Ulmer Stephen D. Sencer Paul Guerry Barnett David Hill Howard James M. Anastos Laurence N. Kolonel Lee R. Vanderworth Claire E. Sterk Robert Charles Barnhart Rajasekhar V. S. Kuppachhi Clifford L. Barr Angela Kay McGowan Wilma E. Barshaw-Badgett Michael Patrick Riordan Diana L. Bartlett Anthony Joseph Santella Rosa S. Barton Jennifer Seligman Amina Bashir Andrew Lewis Baughman William Randolph Mary A. Bauza-Lawver Hearst Scholarship Amy Pullen Beasley Fund Barbara Watkins Beavers Center for the Visually Eunice Franklin Becker Impaired Eileen R. Becknell William Randolph Hearst Jerry L. Becknell Foundation Joy Delois Beckwith Kathleen R. Miner Elin Britt Begley Eric A. Benning Hubert Department Jimetria Patrice Benson of Global Health Jonathan Sanford Berg Annual Fund Ruth L. Berkelman Kathy Tomajko Zahava Berkowitz Dana Christine Berle Hubert Department Jerome D. Berman of Global Health Lani B. Berman Endowment Fund Jay M. Bernhardt Benjamin Arthur Dahl Arnold J. Berry Emily H. Siegel E. Milton Bevington Matthew Sherman O.C. Hubert Biggerstaff The Hubert Department of Global Health bears the name of the family whose gifts support student and faculty research. Fellowships in Eileen M. Bland Pictured are (standing, L-R) William Foege, Richard and Linda Hubert, Henry A. Manning III, H. Aymar Manning Jr., Deborah International Health Joiaisha Evans Bland Hubert, (seated, L-R) Karen Woodward, Marilyn Kemper, Ruth Hubert, and James Curran. The Hubert Foundation Daniel S. Blumenthal Reynaldo Martorell Emily Anton Bobrow Allison Michelle Schilsky Mary Anastos Walter Kretschmer Mary C. White Rollins School Kristin J. Boggs Thomas L. Anastos Michael H. Kutner Roberta F. White of Public Health Maria-Teresa Bonafonte Hubert H. Humphrey W. Kent Anger Mary L. Leslie Jun Yang Scholarship Fund Maris Ann Bondi Fellowship Program Margaret Berbari Betty Letz Jerome W. Yates Elizabeth Gordon Aaron Jean Joseph Ernest Philip S. Brachman Sr. Donna Jean Brogan Roger B. Letz Swan Cheng Yeung Daniel Paul Abbott Bonhomme Eugenia E. Calle Richard M. Levinson Ellen J. Zaremba Jerry Puthenpurakal Leslie Ruth Boone Richard N. Hubert Theodora E. Calle Cindy Ley Abraham Catherine Chase Boring Fund for Global Ann Chao J. Leonard Lichtenfeld Agnes Moore AIDS Abrams Foundation Kate Elizabeth Bowler Health Excellence Mary-Margaret Driskell Lillian S. Lin Operating Fund Adams Family Fund Dabo Brantley The Hubert Foundation Ciavatta Reynaldo Martorell Scott A. Stewart Betsy S. Adams Mary Hogan Brantley Lorie A. Click John E. McGowan Vincentia Adzo Agbah Allison Groff Brenner Hurricane Katrina Cohen & Liff Philanthropic Marilynne McKay Godfrey Oakley Jessie Muse Al-Amin Janice Elaine Brockman Displaced Student Fund Cynthia A. Mervis Development Fund Gary L. Albrecht Myron H. Brooks Fund Colleen Ann DiIorio Cynthia A. Messina Gerald F. Davy Laura Albright Jessie Frances Brosseau Karla P. Daniels Susan M. Dinitz Kathleen R. Miner William B. Demeza Katherine Jane Alexander Emily Suzanne Brouwer James Michael Jarboe Daniela Mariana Dudas Carolyn P. Monteilh Robert Gray Lorraine N. Alexander Amy K. Brown Angela Kay McGowan Audrey E. Earles Bruce T. Moore Hollis & Wright P.C. Layla Ibrahim Aljasem Ann L. Brown Peter G. Economou Elizabeth C. Nethery Richard B. Johnston Melissa Alperin Bruce Moore Brown Interfaith Health Theodora D. Ecomomou Thomas R. O’Brien King & Spalding LLP Suzanne Alsayed Leonard Brown Program Julie Lynn Emery Alpa V. Patel Godfrey P. Oakley Jane Margaret Anderson Ruth Rowan Brown Association of Schools of Elizabeth T. H. Fontham Alex L. Pavluck Mary Ann B. Oakley Anonymous Donor Sherene Simone Brown Public Health Robert H. Foote Don Reukema Harry Weisberg Folakemi Jaqueline Arinde William A. Brown Stanley O. Foster Carmen Rodriguez Gay Ann Arnieri Catherine Dellinger Alfred Franzblau P. Barry Ryan Janet S. Arnold Buckley Joseph F. Fraumeni Jr. Richard B. Saltman Melissa Lynne Arvay Daniel Budnitz Susan Gaston David A. Savitz Elizabeth C. Athanassiades Tina Budnitz

30 public health magazine fall 2008 Sandra N. Bulens JoAnn Burke Mary Patricia Burke Corporations and Foundations Karol Cain Caresse Gaile Campbell Jessica Duncan Cance AARP Family Connection Partnership Inc. New Aid Foundation Elizabeth Karen Cannella ABT Associates Inc. Frank Foundation for International Northrop Grumman Information Paul T. Cantey Agency for Healthcare Research and Health Technology Lisa M. Carlson Quality Garden City Group Inc. Nura Inc. Kathleen Buford Cartmell America’s Health Insurance Plans Bill & Melinda Gates Foundation Omeros Corporation Ethel B. Ceaser American Cancer Society Georgia Cancer Coalition Pan American Health Organization Sumita Chakrabarti American Heart Association Georgia Health Foundation Pan American Sanitary Bureau Luenda Esther Charles American Legacy Foundation Georgia Research Alliance Partnership for Prevention Melissa Aimee Cheung American Parkinson Disease Association GlaxoSmithKline Path Foundation Tony W. Cheung ARCS Foundation Inc. Global Alliance for Improved Nutrition Pathfinder International Monica Chopra ASHP Research and Education GoJo Industries Pfizer U.S. Pharmaceuticals Group Annise Kieu Chung Foundation Health Research Inc. Pfizer Inc. Stephen L. Cochi Association for Prevention Teaching and Healthcare Georgia Foundation Pinnacle Promotions Helen Marie Coelho Research Inpatient Consultants Management Inc. PricewaterhouseCoopers Acacia Rose Cognata Association of State and Territorial Institute of International Education Publix Victoria Cohen-Crumpton Health Officials International Aids Vaccine Initiative Public Health Foundation Leighanna Allen Colgrove Association of Teachers of Preventive International Diabetes Federation Research Triangle Institute James Anderson Comer Medicine International Food Policy Research Rhode Island Hospital Michael Franklin Conar AstraZeneca L.P. Institute Richmond/Augusta Consortium Susan Marie Conner Atlanta Research & Education International Society for Disease Rotary Club of Atlanta Scott W. Connolly Foundation Surveillance Science Applications International Constance Campbell Atlanta Women’s Foundation Johnson & Johnson Corporation Conrad Atlantic Station LLC Robert Wood Johnson Foundation Sanofi Aventis Caroline Bell Cook Augusta-Richmond County Partnership Jones Microbiology Institute Seattle Children’s Hospital & Regional Susan Temporado for Children and Families Kaiser Foundation Research Institute Medical Center Cookson Battelle Susan G. Komen for the Cure Alfred P. Sloan Foundation Amy L. Corneli BearingPoint Kroger Sodexho Shanna Nakia Cox Arthur M. Blank Family Foundation Kenneth A. Lattman Foundation Inc. Southwest Georgia Cancer Coalition Inc. Todd Wollerton Cramer Brigham & Women’s Hospital Inc. LAVI Sudden Infant Death Syndrome Alliance Jason Allen Craw Business Computer Applications Lettie P. Whitehead Foundation Summit Marketing Stacy Michelle Crim Camp Dresser and McKee Inc. Lupus Foundation of America Inc. Sydney West Area Health Service Joshua Douglas Croen Cancer Research Institute Macro International The Eli and Edythe L. Broad Foundation Gillian Shakira Cross Cardiac Data Solutions Inc. Mailman Center for Child Development The Coca-Cola Company Aimee Lynn Cunningham CARE Inc. Map International The Dana Foundation Catherine M. Curlette C-Change March of Dimes The Franklin Foundation Inc. William L. Curlette CDC Foundation Medical Research Council South Africa The Hubert H. Humphrey Fellowship O. Anderson Currie Cerexa Inc. Medstat Systems Inc. Program Pearl A. Curry Children’s Healthcare of Atlanta Merck & Company Inc. The Irvington Institute Elizabeth Rose Daly Children’s Hospital & Regional Medical Mickey Leland National Urban Air The Rapides Foundation Elizabeth Parra Dang Center Toxics Research Center The QED Group Caroline L. Daniel Children’s Hospital Boston Micronutrient Initiative 3M Health Care Markets Melissa Lauren Danielson Cincinnati Children’s Hospital Missouri Foundation for Health Tides Foundation Dara Iva Darguste Comanche County Memorial Hospital NARSAD TKC Integration Services LLC Datamonitor Inc. Del Sol Catering National Association of Chronic Disease Tobacco Free Missouri Whitni Brianna Davidson Elan Pharmaceuticals Inc. Directors Vietnam Education Foundation Jill Andrews Davis Electric Power Research Institute National Campaign to Prevent Teen Virginia Tobacco Settlement Foundation Timothy Everett Davis Eli Lilly and Company Foundation Pregnancy Waterpartners International Patricia M. de Andrade Enterprise National Development and Research Waterreuse Foundation Judy R. Delany European Observatory on Health Care Institutes Whole Foods Catherine L. Dempsey Systems NeuroNova AB Wits Health Consortium John B. Derdeyn Samuel Deutsch Cathleen Mary Devlin Stacey Sims DeWeese Joseph Francis Durbin Mollee Marie Enko Bradley Majette Fox Alisa Long Golson Maryam Barbara Haddad Joyoti Dey Joan Burke Durdin Ngoc-Cam T. Escoffery Deretha Robyn Foy Sarah E. Goodwin Arian Boutwell Hadley Karolyn Carr Diamond- Kirk Anthony Easley Emy Lou Faber Leslie Nataki Sandra M. Goulding Kareen Angela Hall Jones Leon Forrest Echols Shakira Daaiyah Fardan Gabay-Swanston Carol Ann Gourley Ralph S. Halvorsen Shane T. Diekman Cameron Elizabeth Piller Margaret Elizabeth Farrell Ibrahim Fouad Gabriel Hana Gragg Heather Holley Hamby Anne Bronwyn Dilley Edson Lynne Feldman Preety Gadhoke Althea Michelle Grant Barbara Peek Hanley Tonya Lomasi Dixon Barbara Anita Edwards Elise C. Felicione Raymond E. Gangarosa Susan B. Green Judith Ann Hannan Donerlson-McCullough Deborah A. Edwards Natalie Dolan Ferguson Michele Asrael Garber Alisa Jane Greenspan Jayme Blackley Hannay Dental Center P.C. Sara Mitchell Edwards Terence T. Ferguson Linda J. Garrettson David Howard Greenwald Rafael Harpaz Doncho Metodi Donev Christie Rice Eheman Peter Maxwell Ferren Gail S. Garvin Ashley Moran Grice Jennifer S. Harville Robin M. Dorfman Robin Eidle Jason Matthew Fields Mary Gilbert George Bernice O. Griffey Wayne J. Haskins Regine Arcelin Douthard John W. Ellett Chester L. Fisher Meryl Gersh Nancy E. Griffis Alexandra N. Heestand Nicole F. Dowling Elmer P. Ellington Daniel Joseph Fisher Amy C. Gilbert Jennifer Beth Grosswald Alison Anne Heintz Philip Willem Downs Robert Wade Ellis Robert G. Fitzgerald George W. Girvin Ralph David Grosswald Helen Miriam Kramer Daniel Scott Dretler Lisa Katz Elon Robert Gordon Flanders Marjory Givens Scott Perry Grytdal Irrevocable Trust Benjamin G. Druss Ellamae Lewis Emanuel Serena Hsiao-Tze Foong Michael A. Gladle Felicia Jane Guest Louise Michelle Christopher D. Duperier Anne Marie Emshoff Alisa Levette Foreman Haviva Goldhagen Emily Suzanne Gurley Henderson

fall 2008 public health magazine 31 Aneesh Kautilya Mehta Oyekunle Adebowale Cyra Christina Bahn Mehta Oyekanmi Gary Melinkovich Anjali Uma Pandit Michael Melneck Ami A. Parekh LaTonya Russell Randal A. Parks Messerschmitt Beatrice A. Pask Amy M. Metzger Sadhna V. Patel Rebecca Lee Middendorf Melanie M. Payne Carolyn G. Miles Claire McElveen Pearson Eileen M. Miles Pearl B. Perez Dayton T. Miller Sophia Brothers Peterman Jamie L. Miller Rebecca A. Peters Rebecca Thompson Miller Elizabeth Anne Peterson Micah Helaina Milton Florence M. Pharris Kathleen R. Miner Alicia Anne Philipp Nader Kameel Mishreki Connie Wyatt Phillips Roger Seymour Moffat Kimberly Latosha Pierce Catharine Lorraine Monet Paul A. Pierce Arnel Bonsol Montenegro Margaret A. Piper Eugene R. Montezinos Stephen R. Pitts Cory Melissa Moore Dale Richard Plemmons Frances Ann Morgan Patricia A. Poindexter W. Meade Morgan Genevieve Polk Jo Ann Morris Jennifer Ann Potter Rahimah Salimah Sharyn Jan Potter Laura Jones Hardman (left) is the daughter of the late Boisfeuillet Jones, for whom an RSPH scholarship is named. Mara Muhammad Cecil LaMonte Powell Pillinger currently is the Boisfeuillet Jones Scholar. Lina Haddad Muhanna Suzanne E. Powell Shaheer L. Muhanna Susan A. Primo Kethi Mwikali Mullei Mary Severson Prince Sasschon Jean’Ean Laurie Ann Johnson Tamara Lynn Lamia Mary Pugh Mathis Terrell King Murphy Scott Kyl Proescholdbell Henderson Valerie Ready Johnson Dale N. Lawrence C. Ashley McAllen Mary Marlene Muse Betty F. Pullin Sarah Jane Henley Karyn Renee Johnstone Fiona Lawrence Michelle MacDonald Sharon-Jo Nachman Lynn A. Quinn Candice ReNell Henry Bessie Chapman Jones James F. Lawrence McAllister Margaret W. Namie Lewis D. Ragsdale Ann Rondi Herman Edward L. Jones Trude Lawrence Herbert M. McCallum Diane M. Narkunas Ali Rahimi Vicki Stover Hertzberg Jack T. Jones Alison Therese Le Blanc Suzanne S. McCaskill Kristin L. Ndiaye Mostafizur Rahman Jeremy Johnson Hess Martha Turner Jones Aimee Jean Lenar Jacquelyn McClain Corey N. Neal Gabriel Rainisch Richard J. Higgins Tendai N. Jordan Arlene Marie Lester Heidi Kristina McComb Winifred Davidson Neeley Antonya Pierce Rakestraw David W. Hill Claudine Jurkovitz Richard E. Letz Lyle Webster McCormick Kim Hamilton Neiman Santhini Ramasamy Gena Lee Hill Astrid Bongo Kadoyi Leslie Teach Levine Barnett P. McCulloch Wendy Kaplan Nickel Olivia Felice Ramirez Lisa B. Hines Maisha Ngina Kambon Rebecca Cela Sturman Lena Martin McCullough Amanda L. Nickerson Cherryll Ranger Lucy H. Hinman Sarojini Kanotra Levine Jeanne Marie McDermott Robin Whitaker Nilson Pranay Ranjan Marla Nicole Hirsh Moses Nayenda Carol Bussey Levy Anthony McDonald Curtis Jackson Norvell Cheryl Lynne Tina Dan My Hoang Katabarwa Elizabeth Jean Levy Robin Elizabeth McGee Tad Victor Nygren Raskind-Hood Susan Rachel Hochman Rebecca Madeline Brenda G. Lewis Angela Kay McGowan Meredith Ann Oakley Judith T. Rausch Elizabeth Ann Hoelscher Katz-Doft Anne Elise Li Susan Franklin McLaren Marian Christopher O’Brien Walker L. Ray Caroline Smith Hoffman Laura Anne Kearns Michael Kenneth Lindsay Alva J. McLeod Susan L. O’Bryan Susan E. Reef Horace P. Holden Scott R. Kegler Katherine Knutson Tracy Elizabeth McMillan Jean Catherine O’Connor Ariane Lorraine Reeves Gina Gail Holecek Amy L. Eglinton Keller Lindstrom Amy Huston McMillen Ayotade D. Ojutalayo Amanda Jane Reich Kimberly J. Holmquist May G. Kennedy Andrea Herz Lipman David John McMorris Shauna Lynne Onofrey Audrey Ann Reichard Jeffrey Hom Ellen Backman Kent Joseph Lipscomb Rebecca Hodges Gregg Mitgang Orloff Emily Suzanne Reynolds Teresa Horan Peter A. Keohane Michael P. Lischke McQueen Kenneth Owen Philip Harold Rhodes Sureyya E. Hornston Anita K. Kern John D. Lisco Kimberly Irene McWhorter Steven Bernard Owens Patricia Adele Richmond Daniel J. Horth Ali Shan Khan LJN Associates LP Danish Meherally Margaret Jane Oxtoby Laura Hooper Ripp Chanda Nicole Hosley Amy Lynn Kieke Joel London David Jeffery Houghton Dennis J. King Mary Jo Lund Jenny Leigh Houlroyd Joseph M. Kinkade J. Douglas Lusby Joelyn Tonkin Howard Wilma Ardine Kirchhofer Michael J. Lynn John Hulbrock Lynn W. Kirkconnell Bridget Helen Lyons Richard D. Humes Kenya Desiree’ Kirkendoll Esther Lyss-Greenstein Amanda Egner Hunsaker Georgina Nyakairu Kitty F. MacFarlane Nancy M. Hunt Kirunda Jennifer Lapp Macia Susan E. Hunter Megan Bush Knapp Daniel Patrick Mackie Julie Dawn Hutchings Joanna D Dinur Kobylivker Jonathan Terrell Macy Heather Yori Ingold Ronald H. Koenig John Kevin Madden Leia Charland Isanhart Melissa B. Kornfeld Nita Kishin Madhav Louis Isquith Steven Kornfeld Ricky R. Majette Philip Lassell Jaffe Michelle Lyn Kouletio Thomas Cherian Mampilly Erin Brand Jakum Melissa Krancer Nina Marano Michelle B. James Patricia J. Kroc William M. Marine Dennis Farrell Jarvis Kirby J. Kruger Carlos & Carol Muldoon Geoffrey M. Jeffery Anita Kuriakose Kurian Martel Fund Ilze Jekabsone Irwin Kurz Colleen A. Martin Tracy Lynn Jensen Michael H. Kutner Suzanne Denham Mason Amri B. Johnson Amy Renea Ladner Barbara L. Massoudi Dick Harris, Virginia Bales Harris, 71C, 77MPH, Nancy Paris, and Paul Prebble help celebrate Karen Pape Johnson Ann LaGreca Ronald Mataya the launch of Campaign Emory on behalf of the RSPH.

32 public health magazine fall 2008 Justine F. Rives Iris E. Smith Sharleen Mae Traynor Jeffrey P. Koplan Centers for Disease Virginia Tobacco Stephen R. Rives Lakeesha Renee Smith Steven Jay Trockman Angela Kay McGowan Control Foundation Settlement Foundation Nancy Young Robinson Lisa Mae Smith Jane Downey Trowbridge John E. McGowan Comanche County Wisconsin Department Russell H. Roegner Nan Smith Myrtle I. Turner Thomas F. Sellers Memorial Hospital of Health and Family Leisa Marie Rossello Paul B. Smith Michael O. Ugwueke Edwin Trevathan Cuyahoga County Board Services Jennifer S. Rota Suzanne Margaret Smith Rebecca Ugwueke of Health Kofoworola I. Rotimi Tina Anderson Smith Michael C. Ulin David J. Sencer M.D. Iowa Department of Health Lettie Pate Essie L. Rowser Dixie Snider Jr. Nicole S. Umemoto MPH Scholarship Mississippi State Whitehead Public Susana Rubio-Starosta Rosa Maria Solorzano Archil Undilashvili Fund Department of Health Health Scholarship Perri Zeitz Ruckart Tomofumi Sone Minaxi Dipakkumar Yetty Levenson Arp Missouri Foundation for Fund Rose Anne Rudd Matthew Curtis Sones Upadhyaya Mary Conner Ball Health Lettie Pate Whitehead Kathy H. Rufo Jingli Song Rajul Magan Vaishnani Mary M. Ball National Association Foundation Jinan Boghos Saad-Dine Peter C. Sotus Roberto Hugo Valverde Turner I. Ball of Chronic Disease Elizabeth Sablon Hugh Donald Spitler Todd Anthony Van Marter Ruth L. Berkelman Directors Women’s and Zara Ellis Sadler Daniel D. Sprau Judith A. Vance Sue Binder Ohio Department of Health Children’s Center Aziz R. Samadi Jane T. St. Clair Chad Everett VanDenBerg David W. Blood Oklahoma Community Carol J. Rowland Hogue Douglas P. Sanders John L. Stanton Joseph Vasbinder George H. Blood Networks Parsa Sanjana Michelle Staples-Horne Cynthia Marie Vasquez Wayland F. Blood Tennessee Department of Catherine L. Satterwhite Nancy Short Steinichen Debra Lynn Veal Walter R. Dowdle Health Kelly Ann Scanlon Claire E. Sterk Marilyn M. Velez Lynne Feldman The Rapides Foundation Peter M. Schantz Elizabeth Bertyle Stevens Nithya Venkatraman Allan Barry Goldman Tobacco Free Missouri Paul E. Schaper Susan Ann Stewart Kathleen Marie Vetter Charles M. Gozonsky Samantha Brooke Schmidt Thomas Robert Stiger Dawn B. Vincent Kathryn Heath Graves Robert A. Waggoner Susan B. Green Everett Darryl Walker Philippe G. Hills Peggy L. Wallace Nancy Hilyer Matthew Coleman Walsh Alan R. Hinman State and Federal Gailya P. Walter Donald Roswell Hopkins Jennifer Denise Walton James Michael Jarboe Jacob Haigler Wamsley Geoffrey M. Jeffery Support David Seth Wander Martha Katz Barbara L. Ward-Groves James W. Keller Alabama Department of Public Health Amy E. Warner Fredric D. Kennedy American Nonsmokers’ Rights Foundation David L. Warner Frederick S. Kingma Association of Schools of Public Health Charles W. Warren Katherine S. Lord Boston Public Health Commission Hilarie Schubert Warren James O. Mason Centers for Disease Control and Prevention Alan G. Waxman John E. McGowan City of New York Wellsolve Inc. Mary Ann B. Oakley Cuyahoga County Board of Health Thomas K. Welty PepsiCo Inc. Georgia Child Fatality Review Panel Bruce G. Weniger Vicki J. Riedel Georgia Department of Administration Services David Michael Werny Harriet L. Robinson Georgia Department of Driver Services Patricia Toal Westall Mark L. Rosenberg Georgia Department of Human Resources Jocelyn Coles Wheaton Ira K. Schwartz Georgia Office of Highway Safety Katherine Carter Wheeler Frederick A. O. Schwarz Jr. Georgia Office of the Child Advocate Regina R. Whitfield Thomas F. Sellers Gwinnett County Board of Commissioners Christine Moe holds the Eugene J. Gangarosa Chair in Safe Ellen Allyson Spotts David J. Sencer Health Resources and Services Administration Water and Sanitation. Whitney Susan F. Sencer Gwinnett County Department of Public Utilities Kimberly Lisa Whittle Laura L. Stokes Iowa Department of Health Sonja Schmidt Heidi Knedlik Straughn Aisha Leftridge Wilkes Stephen B. Thacker Laurens County Donna Louise Schminkey Debra A. Street Nancy L. Wilkinson Myra J. Tucker Mississippi State Department of Health Lawrence Bert William A. Strickland Jr. Alisia Solano Williams Carol C. Walters National Institutes of Health Schonberger David M. Strongosky Jennifer Lynn Williams William C. Watson National Science Foundation Lyrna Siklossy Schoon Marissa Scalia Sucosky Sarah Elizabeth Wiley Oak Ridge Institute for Science & Education Karen Belle Schrier Kevin Mark Sullivan Warren Gillespie Williams M.B. Seretean Ohio Department of Health Claire Rachel Schuster Katherine Luttrell Sumner G. David Williamson Scholarship Fund Seattle Children’s Hospital and Regional Michael F. Schwartz Robin Yaeger Swift Wright Willingham M. B. Seretean Medical Center Mark Sciegaj Altaf Husain Tadkod Gerard M. Witt Foundation Inc. Tennessee Department of Health Carolyn N. Scott Jennifer Abby Taussig Janet Melissa Witte Texas Department of Health Debbie Lee Seem Metrecia Ledia Terrell Joan W. Wolf Charles C. Shepard Texas Health and Human Services System Mahseeyahu Ben Selassie Judith Anne Tessema Angela J. Wright Scholarship Fund United Nations International Children’s Fund Janice May Sellem The Catena Company Demia Sundra Wright Meredith Celeste Eaves U.S. Agency for International Development Thomas F. Sellers Ann Rene Thomas Dionne D. Wright Diane J. Pionto U.S. Civilian Research & Development Lee M. Sessions Cheryll Joy Thomas Sylvia Wrobel Gloria P. Weisz Foundation Batool Seyedghasemipour Jerry D. Thomas Fujie Xu U.S. Department of Agriculture Bharat M. Shah Karen Eugenie Thomas Rachel Ann Zack Tobacco Technical U.S. Department of Health and Human Services Alicia Marie Shams Angela Marie Thompson Julia Teresa Zajac Assistance U.S. Environmental Protection Agency Colleen Patricia Shane Brenda Kay Thompson Robert Andrew Zamore Consortium U.S. Office of Personnel Management Melissa Sherrer Nancy J. Thompson Jun Zhang Alabama Department of Veterans Administration Katherine Silvernale Douglas Allen David Carleton Ziemer Public Health Wisconsin Department of Health and Family Eduardo Jardim Simoes Thoroughman American Legacy Services Tara Taylor Simpson Kenneth E. Thorpe Thomas F. Sellers Jr. Foundation Woodruff Fund Inc. Ericka Michelle Sinclair Laurine Airine Tiema M.D. Scholarship American Nonsmokers World Bank Amy Catherine Sisley Sherry Hoefling Tobia Endowment Rights Foundation World Health Organization Susanne T. Slocum Dennis D. Tolsma Arthur L. Kellermann Association of State and Anna K. Smith Elizabeth Jane Tong Carol R. B. Koplan Territorial Health Officials

fall 2008 public health magazine 33 RSPH Annual Fund These individuals supported the work of the Rollins School of Public Health with unrestricted gifts from September 2005 through August 2008.

Class of 1976 Class of 1987 Nancy Young Robinson Lleniece Ford Baker Betsy S. Adams Eduardo Jardim Simoes Patricia M. de Andrade Katherine B. Baer Suzanne Margaret Smith Allan Barry Goldman Joan Burke Durdin Amy E. Warner Essie L. Rowser Nancy E. Griffis Warren Gillespie Williams Nancy M. Hunt Class of 1977 Nader Kameel Mishreki Class of 1992 Virginia Bales Harris Curtis Jackson Norvell Vincentia Adzo Agbah Wilma Ardine Kirchhofer Susana Rubio-Starosta Gay Ann Arnieri Claire McElveen Pearson Kathy H. Rufo Eric A. Benning Pearl B. Perez Jane Downey Trowbridge Robert Wade Ellis Nancy J. Thompson Kathleen Marie Vetter Ngoc-Cam T. Escoffery Michele Asrael Garber Class of 1978 Class of 1988 Margery Knoles Gardner L-R: Jennifer Ludovic, 98MPH, Amri Johnson, 96MPH, and Angie McGowan, 98MPH, each Eileen M. Bland Doris D. Barganier Carol Ann Gourley have served as president of the RSPH Alumni Board. Bruce Keith Bohnker Heather Holley Hamby Class of 1979 Janice Elaine Brockman Edward L. Jones Stacey Sims DeWeese Chad Everett VanDenBerg Robert Charles Barnhart Ruth Rowan Brown Brenda G. Lewis Karolyn Carr Marilyn M. Velez Ann L. Brown Victoria Cohen-Crumpton Michael P. Lischke Diamond-Jones Regina R. Whitfield Emy Lou Faber Barbara Peek Hanley Kitty F. MacFarlane Karen Pape Johnson Dionne D. Wright Jack T. Jones Dennis Farrell Jarvis Cynthia A. Mervis May G. Kennedy Robert Andrew Zamore Rebecca Hodges Jo Ann Morris Laura Hooper Ripp Billie Antoinette Kizer McQueen Patricia A. Poindexter Batool Seyedghasemipour Rajasekhar V. S. Kuppachhi Class of 1997 Kathleen R. Miner Susan Ann Stewart Nancy L. Wilkinson Jennifer Lapp Macia Eunice Franklin Becker Iris E. Smith Lyle Webster McCormick Arnold J. Berry Myra J. Tucker Class of 1989 Class of 1993 Amy Huston McMillen Maris Ann Bondi Norman Peter Belle Thomas Moore Brady Terrell King Murphy Daniel Budnitz Class of 1980 Jerome D. Berman Lisa M. Carlson Sophia Brothers Peterman Maxine Marie Denniston Deretha Robyn Foy Mary Hogan Brantley Luenda Esther Charles Cheryl Lynne Daniela Mariana Dudas Dennis Jarvis, 88MPH, Winifred Davidson Neeley Lorie A. Click Stephen L. Cochi Raskind-Hood Christopher D. Duperier is a former RSPH Alumni Leon Forrest Echols Catherine M. Curlette Michael Patrick Riordan Lisa Katz Elon Board president. Class of 1981 Ann Rondi Herman Deborah A. Edwards Jinan Boghos Saad-Dine Elise C. Felicione Alva J. McLeod Jeffrey Hom Kathryn Heath Graves Karen Belle Schrier Ashley Moran Grice Dabney Page Evans Dale N. Lawrence Kara L.Jacobson Mahseeyahu Ben Selassie Ralph David Grosswald Laurie A. Ferrell Class of 1982 Carol Bussey Levy Miriam Kiser Dawn B. Vincent Arian Boutwell Hadley Bradley Majette Fox Stanley O. Foster Fatima Donia Mili John D. Lisco Jocelyn Coles Wheaton Louise Michelle Haviva Goldhagen James Michael Jarboe Marian Christopher Mary Pugh Mathis Henderson Alisa Long Golson Edwin Trevathan O’Brien Anne Lucile O’Keefe Class of 1996 Erin Brand Jakum David Howard Greenwald Mary Severson Prince Teresa Maria Rivero Amy Pullen Beasley Moses Nayenda Kareen Angela Hall Class of 1983 Nan Smith Sonja Schmidt Tina Budnitz Katabarwa Judith Ann Hannan Ellen Backman Kent Judith A. Vance Donna Louise Schminkey Caroline Bell Cook Afrique I. Kilimanjaro Alexandra N. Heestand Debra Lynn Veal Michelle Staples-Horne Marilyn Elizabeth Dennis J. King Sureyya E. Hornston Class of 1984 Everett Darryl Walker Heidi Knedlik Straughn Dickerson Gardiner Offutt Lapham David Jeffery Houghton Ellamae Lewis Emanuel Alan G. Waxman David L. Warner Shane T. Diekman Ronald Mataya Susan E. Hunter Carolyn G. Miles Kimberly Lisa Whittle Sarah Elizabeth Wiley Robin M. Dorfman C. Ashley McAllen Laurie Ann Johnson Dixie Snider Jr. Peter Maxwell Ferren Suzanne S. McCaskill Melissa B. Kornfeld Robin Yaeger Swift Class of 1990 Class of 1994 Dinamarie Cruz Catharine Lorraine Monet Michelle Lyn Kouletio Gailya P. Walter Laura Albright Elizabeth Gordon Aaron Garcia-Banigan Lina Haddad Muhanna Leslie Teach Levine Barbara L. Ward-Groves Layla Ibrahim Aljasem Elizabeth C. Athanassiades Linda J. Garrettson Sharon-Jo Nachman Joel London Victor Manuel Amy K. Brown Jennifer Beth Grosswald Lori Miller Nascimento Mary Jo Lund Class of 1985 Cardenas-Ayala Doncho Metodi Donev Jayme Blackley Hannay Kristin L. Ndiaye Nina Marano Anna K. Smith Raymond E. Gangarosa Regine Arcelin Douthard Jennifer S. Harville Alpa V. Patel Michelle MacDonald Thomas K. Welty Richard D. Humes Sara Mitchell Edwards David W. Hill Lyrna Siklossy Schoon McAllister Tracy Lynn Jensen Chester L. Fisher Chanda Nicole Hosley Jennifer Seligman Angela Kay McGowan Class of 1986 Diane M. Narkunas Arlene Marie Lester Amri B. Johnson Emily H. Siegel Meredith Ann Oakley Martha E. Alexander Kim Hamilton Neiman Tracy Elizabeth McMillan Amy L. Eglinton Keller Amy Catherine Sisley Steven Bernard Owens Wilma E. Barshaw-Badgett Mostafizur Rahman Shaheer L. Muhanna Joseph M. Kinkade Rajul Magan Vaishnani Hernando Rafael Perez Daniel S. Blumenthal Mark Sciegaj Wendy Kaplan Nickel Jonathan Terrell Macy Eric Steven Pevzner Catherine Chase Boring Patricia Toal Westall Melanie M. Payne Susan Franklin McLaren Class of 1998 Perri Zeitz Ruckart Catherine L. Dempsey Elizabeth Anne Peterson Roger Seymour Moffat Lani B. Berman Kelly Ann Scanlon Gail S. Garvin Class of 1991 Stephen R. Pitts Margaret A. Piper Emily Anton Bobrow John L. Stanton Daniel J. Horth Melissa Alperin Sharyn Jan Potter Scott Kyl Proescholdbell Kristin J. Boggs Ann Rene Thomas Bessie Chapman Jones Jane Margaret Anderson Emily Suzanne Reynolds Katherine Silvernale Leslie Ruth Boone Swan Cheng Yeung Michael Melneck Felicia Jane Guest Tomofumi Sone Hugh Donald Spitler Kathleen Buford Cartmell Aziz R. Samadi Elizabeth Ann Hoelscher Elizabeth Bertyle Stevens Mary-Margaret Driskell Class of 1999 Theresa Ann Sipe Tendai N. Jordan Class of 1995 Jennifer Abby Taussig Ciavatta Lorraine N. Alexander Debra A. Street Michael Kenneth Lindsay Barbara Watkins Beavers Sherry Hoefling Tobia James Anderson Comer Esther Ayuk Myrtle I. Turner Katherine Knutson Scott W. Connolly Nicole S. Umemoto Tamara Jeannine Davis Rebecca Leigh Baggett Michael O. Ugwueke Lindstrom Amy L. Corneli

34 public health magazine fall 2008 Claire Rachel Schuster Allison Michelle Schilsky Caresse Gaile Campbell Janet Melissa Witte Colleen Patricia Shane Elizabeth Karen Cannella Demia Sundra Wright Lakeesha Renee Smith Melissa Aimee Cheung Rachel Ann Zack Jane T. St. Clair Acacia Rose Cognata Julia Teresa Zajac Metrecia Ledia Terrell Stacy Michelle Crim Katherine Carter Wheeler Gillian Shakira Cross Class of 2003 Jun Zhang Melissa Lauren Danielson Melissa Lynne Arvay Dara Iva Darguste Timothy Lamar Barnes Class of 2005 Joyoti Dey David Blaney Daniel Paul Abbott Cameron Elizabeth Piller Paul T. Cantey Suzanne Alsayed Edson Helen Marie Coelho Janet Hildebrand Baker Julie Lynn Emery Susan Temporado Joiaisha Evans Bland Katherine G. Endress Cookson Allison Groff Brenner Shakira Daaiyah Fardan Joshua Douglas Croen Karol Cain Leslie Nataki Carrie A. Cwiak Monica Chopra Gabay-Swanston Elizabeth Rose Daly Shanna Nakia Cox Steven Patrick Girardot Tonya Lomasi Dixon Jason Allen Craw Marjory Givens Jeremy Johnson Hess Aimee Lynn Cunningham Sasschon Jean’Ean Caroline Smith Hoffman Jill Joelle Davison Henderson Stan Jones and Bobbi Cleveland presented Kathryn Graves, 93MPH (left), with a new friend Gina Gail Holecek Margaret Elizabeth Farrell Candice ReNell Henry during the Campaign Emory gala. Joanna D Dinur Kobylivker Alisa Levette Foreman Vicki Stover Hertzberg Anita Kuriakose Kurian Mary Gilbert George Susan Rachel Hochman Preety Gadhoke Jacquelyn McClain Althea Michelle Grant Elizabeth Jean Levy Amy C. Gilbert Gary Melinkovich Alison Anne Heintz Robin Elizabeth McGee Maryam Barbara Haddad Rebecca Lee Middendorf Laurie Jean Helzer Kimberly Irene McWhorter Ilze Jekabsone Oyekunle Adebowale Tina Dan My Hoang Danish Meherally Karyn Renee Johnstone Oyekanmi Jenny Leigh Houlroyd Rebecca Thompson Miller Laura Anne Kearns Alicia Marie Shams Leia Charland Isanhart Kethi Mwikali Mullei Heidi Kristina McComb Marissa Scalia Sucosky Philip Lassell Jaffe Duc Bui Nguyen Jamie L. Miller Karen Eugenie Thomas Megan Bush Knapp Amanda L. Nickerson Jean Catherine O’Connor Minaxi Dipakkumar Fiona Lawrence Robin Whitaker Nilson Cecil LaMonte Powell Upadhyaya Rebecca Cela Sturman Genevieve Polk Rose Anne Rudd Aisha Leftridge Wilkes Levine Suzanne E. Powell Jennifer Erin Stevenson Nita Kishin Madhav Elizabeth Sablon Elizabeth Jane Tong Class of 2004 Nicolas Alan Menzies Samantha Brooke Schmidt Cynthia Marie Vasquez Ebi Roseline Awosika Arnel Bonsol Montenegro Lisa Mae Smith L-R: Matthew Biggerstaff, 06MPH, is secretary of the RSPH Ellen Allyson Spotts Misrak Bezu Ayele Margaret W. Namie Laurine Airine Tiema Alumni Board. Lisa Carlson, 93MPH, and Johanna Hinman, Whitney Paul Guerry Barnett Margaret Jane Oxtoby Archil Undilashvili 98MPH, are former board presidents. Jennifer Lynn Williams Mary A. Bauza-Lawver Kimberly Latosha Pierce Nithya Venkatraman Laura JoAnn Zauderer Dana Christine Berle Jennifer Ann Potter David Carleton Ziemer Diana L. Bartlett Lisa B. Hines Wendy Kurz Childers Amanda Jane Reich Jean Joseph Ernest Marla Nicole Hirsh Class of 2002 Annise Kieu Chung Leisa Marie Rossello Class of 2007 Bonhomme Kelley Brittain Hise April Lynn Barbour Leighanna Allen Colgrove Nishant Hasmukh Shah Jerry Puthenpurakal Jennifer Marie Capparella Amanda Egner Hunsaker Steven Ryan Becknell Todd Wollerton Cramer Tara Taylor Simpson Abraham Natalie Dolan Ferguson Heather Yori Ingold Elin Britt Begley Whitni Brianna Davidson Ericka Michelle Sinclair Ebonei Nicole Butler Serena Hsiao-Tze Foong Claudine Jurkovitz Zahava Berkowitz Scott Perry Grytdal Rosa Maria Solorzano Kristin Clare Delea Michael A. Gladle Maisha Ngina Kambon Maria-Teresa Bonafonte Georgina Nyakairu Angela Marie Thompson Barbara Anita Edwards Michael Victor Gruber Peter A. Keohane Sumita Chakrabarti Kirunda Brenda Kay Thompson Sandra M. Goulding Sarah Jane Henley Ali Shan Khan Judy R. Delany James F. Lawrence Sharleen Mae Traynor Valerie Ready Johnson Gena Lee Hill Amy Renea Ladner Philip Willem Downs Alison Therese Le Blanc Matthew Coleman Walsh Kenya Desiree’ Kirkendoll Kimberly J. Holmquist Aimee Jean Lenar Emily Suzanne Gurley Daniel Patrick Mackie Hilarie Schubert Warren Cory Melissa Moore Kirby J. Kruger Anne Elise Li Rafael Harpaz Colleen A. Martin David Michael Werny Anjali Uma Pandit Andrea Herz Lipman Bridget Helen Lyons Joelyn Tonkin Howard Barbara L. Massoudi Alisia Solano Williams Olivia Felice Ramirez Amy M. Metzger Eileen M. Miles Julie Dawn Hutchings Cyra Christina Bahn Mehta Ariane Lorraine Reeves Micah Helaina Milton Sadhna V. Patel Sarojini Kanotra Rahimah Salimah Class of 2006 Patricia Adele Richmond Mary Marlene Muse Ali Rahimi Tamara Lynn Lamia Muhammad Katherine Jane Alexander Debbie Lee Seem Dale Richard Plemmons Cherryll Ranger Thomas Cherian Mampilly Shauna Lynne Onofrey Folakemi Jaqueline Arinde Santhini Ramasamy Jessica Miller Rath Anita Willner McLees Ami A. Parekh Moe Moe Aung Class of 2008 Jennifer S. Rota Audrey Ann Reichard LaTonya Russell Rebecca A. Peters Joy Delois Beckwith Amina Bashir Matthew Curtis Sones Paul E. Schaper Messerschmitt Gabriel Rainisch Jimetria Patrice Benson Hana Gragg Cheryll Joy Thomas Altaf Husain Tadkod Paul Vincent Petraro Pranay Ranjan Matthew Sherman Judith Anne Tessema Steven Jay Trockman Jacob Haigler Wamsley Susan A. Primo Kofoworola I. Rotimi Biggerstaff Alana Marie Vivolo Isam G. Mohammed Vaid Antonya Pierce Rakestraw Anthony Joseph Santella Astrid Bongo Kadoyi Roberto Hugo Valverde Class of 2001 Parsa Sanjana Catherine L. Satterwhite Kate Elizabeth Bowler Jennifer Denise Walton Susan P. Ayers Rosemary C. Bakes-Martin Class of 2000 Emily Suzanne Brouwer This report includes donors to the Rollins School of Public Health whose gifts Jessie Muse Al-Amin Bruce Moore Brown Laurie K. Barker Jessica Duncan Cance were received between September 1, 2005, and August 31, 2008. Every effort Jessie Frances Brosseau Susan Marie Conner Sherene Simone Brown Benjamin Arthur Dahl has been made to ensure that the information contained in this report is accurate. Sandra N. Bulens Elizabeth Parra Dang We apologize for any errors or omissions and request that you report any Jill Andrews Davis Alicia D. Davis Cooper Timothy Everett Davis Mollee Marie Enko corrections to the RSPH Development Office at 404-727-3739. Anne Marie Emshoff Lynne Feldman

fall 2008 public health magazine 35 Alumni Association Board Members

President Jean O’Connor, jd, 01mph Past President Angie K. McGowan, 98mph President-Elect Chad VanDenBerg, 06mph, fache Secretary Matthew Biggerstaff, 06mph Members Monica Chopra, 05mph Keisha Edwards, 03mph, ches, pmp

Alumni News Alumni Anne Farland, 06mph Elaine J. Koenig, 93mph Tamara Lamia, 02mph Jackie McClain, 03mph Nurturing the future Edgar Simard, 04mph Colleagues Michelle James (left) and Jean O’Connor, 01MPH, welcomed daughters Ansley and Laura in recent months. Michelle directs alumni and constituent relations for the RSPH, while Jean leads the Alumni Association Upcoming Events Board as president. Jean also helps oversee policy for the Office of Critical Public Health Career Fair Information Integration and Exchange with the CDC’s National Center for Zoonotic, Vector-borne, and Enteric Diseases. Friday, February 6, 2009 10:00 am–2:00 pm, Emory Conference Center Hotel Information: [email protected] Visit Emory March 26-27, 2009 8:00 am–5:00 pm, RSPH Information: [email protected] Public Health in Action Reception Honoring Alumni and Faculty Achievements Thursday, April 16, 2009 6:00–8:00 pm, Miller-Ward Alumni House Information: [email protected] Spring Diploma Ceremony Monday, May 11, 2009 10:30 am, RSPH Commencement 2008 Information: [email protected] Stan Foster (left with Dean James Curran) had three words for the 220 MPH graduates of the RSPH: "Prevention, Prevention, Prevention." A professor in the Hubert Department of Global Health, Foster used this placard to make his point in a world where 133 million Americans have at least one chronic disease and 809 million people worldwide live on less than $2 per day.

36 public health magazine fall 2008 Alumni honors for 2008 Recipients empower women, populations in need

A global health leader and a cdc ship, she never lost sight nutrition expert received this year’s of the value of working alumni awards from the rsph. with communities. From Taroub Harb Faramand, 95mph, developing a microcredit was honored with the Distinguished program for women in Achievement Award for her efforts rural Egypt to designing to empower women in communities literacy booklets in local and guide the development of insti- languages, Faramand has tutions to improve health nationally a gift for “lifting up those and globally. As senior vice president most in need,” said Snider. for global health programs with Leisel Talley, 00mph, Project hope, Faramand oversees has helped make a dif- a network of core and field staff ference in the lives of responsible for more than 80 pro- people affected by human grams in 36 countries. Trained as a catastrophe. For these efforts, she Taroub Harb Faramand, 95MPH, oversees programs in 36 countries with Project HOPE. physician in Russia, she has 25 years received the Matthew Lee Girvin of clinical and management experi- Award, presented to young profes- ago, she has assessed the nutritional ence in reproductive health, mater- sionals who have improved the lives needs of populations in Sudan, nal and child health, and hiv/aids. and health of others. The award Ethiopia, Indonesia, Thailand, and “She is a visionary leader and stra- honors the memory of Girvin, a Tanzania. In 2006, working with tegic thinker who puts ideas into ac- 1994 graduate who died in 2001 unicef, the World Food Program, tion,” said Dixie Snider, 84mph, last during a U.N. surveying mission. the U.N. Food and Agriculture year’s Distinguished Achievement Since Talley joined the Inter- Organization, and the ministries of Award recipient. While Faramand is national Emergency and Refugee health and agriculture in Sudan, she known for her international leader- Health branch of the cdc eight years completed an emergency food secu- rity and nutrition assessment in war- torn Darfur, which informed govern- ment and humanitarian assistance in that region. Talley also developed culturally appropriate mental health interventions for Karenni refugees in Thailand who fled there from Burma to escape civil war and persecution. In the course of her work, she of- ten heeds the advice of global health professor Stan Foster. “He taught us to expect the best but be prepared for the worst,” said Talley, upon ac- cepting her award. And like Foster, she shares lessons learned with her own students in the rsph, where she teaches the course “Food and Nutri- tion in Humanitarian Emergencies” Leisel Talley, 00MPH, joined the CDC in 2000 as a nutritional epidemiologist with the agency’s International Emergency and Refugee Health branch. She also teaches at the RSPH. as an adjunct faculty member. 

fall 2008 public health magazine 37 Class Class Notes Jim Jarboe, 82MPH, and wife Mary Robert J. Davis, 90MPH Astrid Kozel Dretler (left), Tracy Bidwell McMillan, Amy Pine, and Wendy Katz Walsh, all 94MPH, with their children in Boston

BORN: To tina rizack, BORN: To Chanda nicole 1980s 93MPH, 98M, and her hus- (mobley) holsey, 96MPH, band, Christopher Langlois, and Eric Demond Holsey, a jim jarboe, 82MPH, was a son, Holden Martin, on Feb. daughter, Savannah Nicole, named one of the Top 15 3, 2007. The family lives in on March 1, 2008. The family Producers of the DeKalb Board Providence, RI. now lives in San Diego, where of Realtors in Atlanta. “I can’t Chanda serves on the faculty believe it’s been 20 years Astrid kozel dretler, at the University of Phoenix since I left the administrative tracy bidwell mcmillan, and as an adjunct professor at side of health care,” he says. amy pine, and wendy katz San Diego State University and Jarboe’s wife Mary retired in walsh, all 94MPH, met in Nova Southeastern University. 2002 as the registrar for Agnes Boston last April with their Scott College. Jim has no plans children. Dretler has three katherine deaver for retirement. “I would be too children and lives in Natick, ­robinson, 96MPH, and her bored,” he adds. The Jarboes MA. McMillan has a son and husband, Brian Robinson, Savannah, daughter of Chanda have two children and two owns PPH Partners consult- 90C, moved to Pretoria, South Nicole Holsey, 96MPH grandchildren. ing group in Flagstaff, AZ. Africa, last January. Katherine Pine has a daughter and is is the CDC global AIDS pro- director of the Communicable gram surveillance coordinator 1990s Disease Prevention Unit in the for South Africa. They will be San Francisco Department of posted there for two years. Robert J. davis, 90MPH, Public Health. Walsh has a son published The Healthy Skeptic: and is educational programs isam vaid, 99MPH, received Cutting through the Hype manager with UpToDate in his PhD from the Department about Your Health (University Waltham, MA. She lives nearby of Health Behavior at the of California Press, 2008). in Norwell, MA. School of Public Health at The book identifies common the University of Alabama at myths and half-truths about arlene m. lester, 94MPH, Birmingham. He wrote his dis- prevention and wellness. was promoted to the rank sertation on “Self-efficacy to Davis is a health journalist of captain in the U.S. Public resist smoking as a mediator who has worked for CNN, PBS Health Service. She currently between nicotine dependence HealthWeek, WebMD, and The serves as a regional minor- and quit attempt in adoles- Holden, son of Tina Rizack, Wall Street Journal. An adjunct ity health consultant in the cents in Alabama.” 93MPH, 98M faculty member at the RSPH, Office of Minority Health, U.S. he teaches the course “Mass Department of Health and Media and Public Health.” Human Services, Region IV- Atlanta.

38 public health magazine fall 2008 ClassNotes

Arlene M. Lester, 94MPH Dean Brian Noe, Isam Vaid, 99MPH, and Connie Kohler Lawrence Bryant, 01MPH

to the multinational Security from the Goizueta Business 2000s Transition Command in School. He began a postdoc- Baghdad. Under the Health toral fellowship in May at lawrence bryant, Affairs Directorate, Hicks is the MIT Center for Collective 01MPH, received his PhD the medical logistics officer Intelligence. Bray plans to in adult education from the for the Iraqi Ministry of the conduct additional research University of Georgia. He Interior. The Directorate helps with the Kennedy School of also accepted a tenure-track train and equip health care Government’s Leadership for a position in the Division of providers in the Iraqi Security Networked World Program. He Respiratory Therapy with the Force and oversees clinics served as a doctoral research- School of Health and Human throughout Iraq. er with the U.S. Department Services at Georgia State of Energy and the CDC on University. He writes, “My first david a. bray, 04MSPH, knowledge ecosystems and research project is looking at 08G, successfully de- interorganizational knowledge Lt. Brett Harrison Hicks, 02MPH establishing a cancer survivor fended his dissertation on transfer strategies. network here in Georgia, in “Knowledge Ecosystems: collaboration with the State of Technology, Motivations, MARRIED: krista yorita, Georgia. This research involves Processes, and Performance,” 04MPH, to Adam Christensen, smoking-related cancers.” thus graduating a year early on May 10, 2008, in Wood-

AURA LOUISE COFFEE, 01MPH, received her doctor of veterinary medicine degree Alumni Deaths from the University of Georgia in May. harriette davis, 87MPH, on March 10, 2008, in Oxford, GA.

Kendolyn Smith, rebecca gerrard liberman, 89mSN/MPH, of Atlanta, 01CMPH, received her doctor- on April 25, 2008. She died unexpectedly at age 53. Formerly of ate in pharmacology from Louisville, KY, she is survived by her husband, Henry Liberman, Creighton University in May. and her stepdaughter, Heather Liberman. She was the first graduate of the Career Master of Public jennifer r. graham, 96mph, of Minneapolis, at age 41, on David A. Bray, 04MPH Health Program in the RSPH. March 6, 2008. She died peacefully, surrounded by family and friends, after battling cancer for a year and a half. She is survived Lt. brett harrison by her parents, Winifred and George Grizzle. hicks, 02MPH, serves with the Medical Service Corps of pamela denzmore, 99mph, of College Park, GA, on Dec. 24, the U.S. Navy. He is assigned 2007. She is survived by her husband, Arthur Justus Nwagera.

fall 2008 public health magazine 39 Class Class Notes Krista Yorita, 04MPH, and Curt Gobely, 05MPH and Monica Shauna Rowland, 05MPH Melody Moezzi, 06MPH, with husband Adam Christensen Chopra, 05MPH Georgia novelist Anthony Grooms

stock, IL. Christensen’s family Shauna (Alexander) Faculty Deaths is from nearby McHenry, IL. Rowland, 05MPH, was Krista is an RSPH doctoral stu- crowned Mrs. Georgia America Dr. David Hilton, of dent in epidemiology. Adam is in June. Rowland, who won the Clarkston, GA, on July 27, a PhD student in mechanical physical fitness category, com- 2008 of complications from engineering at Georgia Tech. peted in the national pageant non-Hodgkins lymphoma in Tucson, AZ. at age 76. A longtime Monica Chopra and Curt advocate of empowering Gobely, both 05MPH, are melody moezzi, 06L, communities through faith engaged to be married in 06MPH, won the Georgia and health, Hilton served August 2009. Monica works as Author of the Year Award in on the adjunct faculty in a health care consultant with the “Creative Nonfiction: global health. Early in his Thomas Reuters in Cambridge, Essay” category for her first career, he and his wife MA, while Curt is a senior con- book, War on Error: Real Laveta served as Methodist sultant with EMPATH, a health Stories of American Muslims missionaries in Nigeria. For care operations consulting (University of Arkansas Press, nine years, he performed company based in California. 2007). Moezzi and her hus- surgery six days a week and trained nurses, pharmacists, band, Matthew Lenard, live in and midwives to care for clinic outpatients. He returned to BORN: To ashley waters Decatur, GA. Nigeria for seven years to establish a self-sustaining com- gordon, 05MPH, and her munity health service in the mountains bordering Cameroon. husband, Brad Gordon, a Benjamin Silk, 08G, He applied the same skills to strengthen health services for daughter, Isabella Waters received the Anoopa Sharma Seminole Indians in Florida. Gordon, on Feb. 22, 2008, in Award for 2008. The award is A licensed pilot, Hilton often flew to remote areas to care Washington, DC. given in memory of Sharma, a for those in need. He also served as assistant director of the first-year PhD student in epi- World Council of Churches’ Christian Medical Commission and Would you like to see demiology who died in 2005. as chaplain for international students at Emory. your news and photos “Ben knew Anoopa, and they Even after retiring, Hilton remained a dedicated teacher, on these pages? You can were both on the ‘same wave- inspiring global health students to engage communities mail, fax, or email your length,’ as they both used in sustainable health and encouraging medical students latest developments. their education to work for the to explore the connection between spirituality and health. Address: Alumni elimination of health dispari- “Whenever I had David teach a class, he never lectured. He Records, RSPH, PO Box ties,” wrote RSPH Professor posed a question and broke the class into small groups to 133000, Atlanta, GA Ruth Berkelman in her nomi- wrestle with the questions,” said Stan Foster, professor of 30333-9906. Fax: nation letter. Silk now serves global health. as an Epidemic Intelligence Hilton is survived by his wife, two daughters, a son, a 404-727-9853. Email: Service officer with the CDC. brother, and a granddaughter. [email protected].

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