For the past two years, Dr. Edward V. Craig (MSNBC.com contributor and EMPH Class of 2007) has served on the Board of Global Medical Advisers for AmeriCares, an organization that works to channel donated medical supplies and medicines both internationally and nationally. They want to expand the reach of AmeriCares domestic work particularly to uninsured [...]
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Just wanted to welcome a new blogger to the mix, Ali Attaie EMPH class of 2010. He join Kavita Kewalramani and I, both from the EMPH class of 2009. Ali’s first post was regarding the appointment of two Columbia Alumni to the Obama administration, and if you ask me, I don’t think [...]
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New York City’s 41st Health Commissioner, Thomas R. Frieden, M.D., MPH, was appointed as director of the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention (CDC) by President Barack Obama on Friday. Dr. Frieden is an alumnus of Columbia University’s College of Physicians & Surgeons (‘86) and Mailman School of Public Health (‘85). Dr. Frieden becomes [...]
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