Monthly Archives: June 2018

New Cancer Epidemiologist Offers Advice to MPH and PhD Students

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by Shailesh Advani Students of Public Health: Voices & Profiles focuses on research projects and other contributions students are making to advance public health. Student Voices–The field of epidemiology in cancer research provides an opportunity to understand the disease distribution and its impact on population health, trends, and patterns across diverse racial-ethnic groups and geographical regions, in addition to the impacts

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Choosing a Team and Being an Academic Team Player: Part II

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by Justin B. Moore, PhD, MS, FACSM The Scholarship of Public Health addresses topics relevant to scientific publishing, dissemination of evidence and best practices, and the education of current and future professionals. This column presents some considerations and best practices for finding time to produce scholarship in the form of a manuscript or presentation.  One of the biggest challenges for

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Making an Impact on Public Health: Video Interview with Dr. Jay Maddock

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In this video, Dr. Jay Maddock, Dean of the School of Public Health at Texas A&M University and co-author of “The Role of Dissemination in Promotion and Tenure for Public Health” explains why impact factor and h-index only measure part of the public health scholar’s impact in the field and offers tips on disseminating research to achieve greater success, at

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JPHMP Direct Welcomes New Intern Haley Cornwell

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We’re pleased to announce that Haley Cornwell, BS, has been selected for our summer internship position. Haley will be helping with our social media efforts, serving as the guest editor of our Students of Public Health series, and assisting on various other communications projects. Please help us welcome Haley to JPHMP Direct! JPHMP Direct: Welcome, Haley. Tell us about your interest in public health. What experiences

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Q&A with Dr. Simpson A. Boateng the former Director of Public Health, Accra Metropolitan Assembly

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by Audra Gold, MS At JPHMP, our mission is to advance and disseminate impactful, practice-based evidence to inform initiatives and policies to improve population health. The public health researchers, academics, policy makers, and practitioners who contribute content to the journal support this mission and strive to improve public health for all communities through their research. Our Author Q&A series provides

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Deaths of Despair: A Conversation with John Auerbach on Fatalities Resulting from Drugs, Alcohol, and Suicide

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Welcome to JPHMP Direct TALK, a new podcast series that explores the many voices of public health. We bring you conversations that bridge the gap between research and practice. Today’s guests are John Auerbach and Elena Vidrascu. This episode of JPHMP Direct TALK focuses on an editorial published in the July/August 2018 issue of the Journal of Public Health Management and Practice,

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