Around the School, May 9, 2008

Save the Date: Division of Public Health Practice Open House

Wednesday, May 14, 2008, Division of Public Health Practice
OPEN HOUSE: Building Healthy Communities, 3:00 to 5:00 p.m., Landmark Center, 3rd Floor East Atrium
Keynotes: Meg Vaillancourt, Senior Vice President, Corporate Relations, Executive Director, Red Sox Foundation
Ruth Ellen Fitch, Executive Director and CEO, Dimock Community Health Center

McCormick Receives Bowditch Award for Excellence in Public Health

Marie McCormick, Sumner and Esther Feldberg Professor of Maternal and Child Health in the HSPH Department of Society, Human Development, and Health, received the 2008 Henry Ingersoll Bowditch Award for Excellence in Public Health, at a special luncheon on Thursday, May 8 at the Seaport Hotel in Boston. The award is given by the Massachusetts Medical Society to a physician who demonstrates creativity, commendable citizenship, initiative, innovation, and leadership in the public health and advocacy fields.

Alberto Ascherio Promoted

Alberto Ascherio has been promoted to professor of epidemiology and nutrition in the Departments of Epidemiology and Nutrition. His research group investigates risk factors and early diagnosis of neurological diseases including Parkinson's disease, MS, and ALS.

 

Awards Given for Curricula

HSPH Professor Steven Gortmaker and Assistant Professor S. Bryn Austin recently accepted awards from ANAD, the National Association of Anorexia Nervosa and Associated Disorders. Gortmaker was recognized for the Planet Health and Eat Well and Keep Moving curricula, which promote healthy eating and exercise habits among school children. Austin received the Healthy Living Award for research demonstrating the protective effect Planet Health can have in preventing the development of eating disorders among early adolescent girls.