Category Archives: Profiles in Public Health Practice

Charlotte Baker, DrPH, MPH, CPH, Teaches “Real Data” to Find Solutions to Pressing Public Health Issues Right Now

Charlotte Baker, DrPH, MPH, CPH, is a true public health practitioner, as her work crosscuts epidemiology, health behaviors, biostatistics, policy, sports injury, and health disparities. As an assistant professor of epidemiology and biostatistics at Florida A&M University, teaching takes up 80 percent of her time, which means that getting the research in requires a great deal of extra effort. Multitasking

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Programs Manager, April Reese, MPH, Educates Communities on Diabetes Prevention

April Reese is happy that diabetes awareness has reached a broader segment of the public in recent years. As the Programs Manager for the Community and Clinical Connections for Prevention and Health Branch within the Chronic Disease and Injury Section of the North Carolina Division of Public Health, diabetes is one of three major chronic illnesses she’s devoted her career to

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