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finally, an update

Posted in Public Health, tagged Public Health on August 22, 2009 | 2 Comments »

It’s been a busy few weeks. I started my new job as a program associate in public health preparedness at NACCHO, returned to Boulder to place Dan in a burlap sack and drag him across the country, and we found a new apartment in DC for us to move into around labor day weekend. I [...]

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done, next!

Posted in Public Health, Thoughts on July 16, 2009 | 1 Comment »

It’s official. I will be starting a new job at the end of the month. The public health job market was not as bad as I had feared and I actually ended up with a couple of options. But the votes are in and the decision has been made. I will be working in public [...]

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An op-ed — with the swipe of a pen, 25 percent of American children eat more vegetables

Posted in Public Health on March 12, 2009 | 1 Comment »

I received an assignment in one of my classes to write an editorial on a healthcare topic about which I was passionate. This wide open assignment presented a real challenge. I wrote three pieces before finally deciding to submit one. In the end, I wrote about Chagas disease. Chagas is caused by a parasite that [...]

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Facilitating Access to Reproductive Health Care for Urban Teens

Posted in Public Health on February 25, 2009 | Leave a Comment »

Last semester, I worked on a team project to make recommendations to Planned Parenthood of NYC on how to better communicate with urban teens regarding reproductive health care. Our paper on recommended communications channels has been published in our school’s online journal. I learned a tremendous amount from working on this project and hopefully we [...]

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Summary of a Holiday Health Care Discussion

Posted in Public Health on January 17, 2009 | 2 Comments »

Last month, Tom Daschle asked Americans to lead community health care discussions in order to gather and share ideas on how to reform the American health care system. I wrote up a summary of one of those meetings. If you’re interested in health reform — read on.

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