Table of Contents:
- Meetings
- Publications
- New Scholars
1. Meetings
CBPH Caucus Sessions at the APHA annual meeting in Atlanta, GA
Our new caucus has organized many sessions, some academic, some social and
of course, our annual early morning breakfast meeting. If you would like to
see the schedule please visit the Caucus
webpage.
Seminar presented by Michael
Reece and Laura Gillis at Johns Hopkins
CHSP alumn Michael Reece (2000-2001 JHU) and Laura Gillis (Health Care for the
Homeless) presented a seminar titled "Developing Community-Academic Research
Partnerships: Insights from a Study to Improve Clinical Care for the Homeless."
as part of the First Thursday Community Research Seminar Series at Johns Hopkins
University. It was attended by faculty and graduate students from the School
of Public Health and School of Medicine.
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2. Publications
Scott Rhodes Paper Accepted
Scott Rhodes (2001-2002 UNC) had a paper entitled "Correlates of Hepatitis
B vaccination in a high-risk population: An internet sample" (Rhodes SD,
DiClemente RJ, Yee LJ, Hergenrather KC) accepted for publication in the American
Journal of Medicine.
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3. New Scholars
Suzanne Morissey
Suzanne Morrissey is a Ph.D. candidate in anthropology at Syracuse University
with a focus in medical anthropology. Her interests include maternal and child
health, the social construction of breastfeeding, and single motherhood and
paternity in the U.S. Her dissertation research focuses on barriers to access
to public health programs among low-income urban women in the United States.
More specifically, she examines strategies women use when enrolled in the WIC
Program to make the Program suit their immediate needs. She has taught classes
on anthropology, epidemiology, and the history of the U.S. healthcare system,
and has done research in Costa Rica, Ireland, and Ecuador. Previously, she was
a research associate in the Department of Community and Preventive Medicine
at the University of Rochester.
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