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AGING POPULATIONS

• Patricia J. Volland, M.S.W., M.B.A.
  Director, Social Work Leadership Institute; Senior Vice President for Strategy and Business Development
  Expertise: Elderly caregiving; shortage of aging-saavy social workers and caregivers for a burgeoning elderly population; increasing the geriatrics focus in social work education curricula

• John Beard, MBBS, FAFPHM, PhD
  Senior Epidemiologist, Center for Epidemiologic Studies
  Expertise: Age friendly cities; falls prevention in the elderly; mental health in the elderly

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CONSUMER HEALTH

Community Inclusion in Health Care Problem-Solving

• Roz D. Lasker, M.D.
  Director, Division of Public Health and the Center for the Advancement of Collaborative Strategies in Health
  Expertise: Community inclusion in health care problem-solving; forming and maintaining effective partnerships

Consumer Health Information Resources

• Janie Kaplan, MLN
  Interim Director, Division of Information Management
  Expertise: Helping consumers find reliable health information resources online and in printed form

Internal Medicine

• Jeremiah A. Barondess, M.D.
  President Emeritus, The New York Academy of Medicine
  Expertise: Clinical matters on internal medicine; training of internists

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ETHICS IN MEDICINE

• Sebastian Bonner, Ph.D.
  Investigator, Center for Epidemiologic Studies
  Expertise: Ethical considerations in recruiting at-risk populations to participate in HIV vaccine trials

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DISEASES

Asthma

• Joanne De Simone Eichel, M.A.
  Associate Director, Office of School Health Programs
  Expertise: Education for asthma management in elementary schools

• Sebastian Bonner, Ph.D.
  Investigator, Center for Epidemiologic Studies
  Expertise: Self-management of asthma; asthma within inner-city communities (especially behavioral aspects, not environmental aspects); medical management of asthma; learning needs of patients with asthma

Cancer

• Joanne De Simone Eichel, M.A.
  Associate Director, Office of School Health Programs
  Expertise: Sun safety and skin cancer prevention education in elementary, middle and high schools

Hepatitis C

• David Vlahov, Ph.D.
  Director, Center for Urban Epidemiologic Studies; Senior Vice President for Research
  Expertise: Incidence of Hepatitis C among injection and non-injection drug users

• Sebastian Bonner, Ph.D.
  Investigator, Center for Epidemiologic Studies
  Expertise: Behavioral interventions to reduce risk of primary and secondary infection of Hepatitis C among injection drug users

• Crystal Fuller, Ph.D., M.P.H.
  Investigator, Center for Urban Epidemiological Studies
  Expertise: Risk of HCV infection in young adult drug users

• Danielle Ompad, Ph.D., M.H.S.
  Assocate Director, Center for Urban Epidemiologic Studies
  Expertise: Incidence of Hepatitis C among injection and non-injection drug user; HCV risk among adolescents

HIV/AIDS

• Ruth Finkelstein, Sc.D.
  Vice President for Health Policy
  Expertise: Ryan White funding; prevalence among injecting and non-injecting drug users; adherence to HAART therapy

• David Vlahov, Ph.D.
  Director, Center for Urban Epidemiologic Studies; Senior Vice President for Research
  Expertise: HIV/AIDS among injecting and non-injecting drug use; HAART therapy and adherence

• Linda Weiss, Ph.D.
  Senior Research Associate, Division of Health Policy
  Expertise: Access to medical treatment for HIV/AIDS patients; HAART therapy and adherence

• Edward Diller, M.P.H.
  Senior Project Director, Office of School Health Programs
  Expertise:HIV/AIDS prevention education in elementary, middle and high schools

• Sebastian Bonner, Ph.D.
  Investigator, Center for Epidemiologic Studies
  Expertise:Behavioral interventions to reduce risk of infection among injection drug users, and among men who have sex with men

• Crystal Fuller, Ph.D., M.P.H.
  Investigator, Center for Urban Epidemiological Studies
  Expertise: HIV/AIDS among injecting and non-injecting drug users

• Danielle Ompad, Ph.D., M.H.S.
  Associate Director, Center for Urban Epidemiologic Studies
  Expertise: HIV/AIDS among injecting and non-injecting drug users

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ENVIRONMENTAL/SOCIAL IMPACTS

• Jeremiah A. Barondess, M.D.
  President Emeritus, The New York Academy of Medicine
  Expertise: Health and the built environment

• John Beard, MBBS, FAFPHM, PhD
  Senior Epidemiologist, Center for Epidemiologic Studies
  Expertise: Health risk assessment and risk communication; impact of pesticide exposure; influence of the built environment on health

• Crystal Fuller, Ph.D., M.P.H.
  Investigator, Center for Urban Epidemiological Studies
  Expertise: Social and behavioral determinants of urban epidemics (HIV, drug use, asthma, domestic violence)

• Christian Warren, Ph.D.
  Historian, The New York Academy of Medicine
  Expertise: History of health and the built environment

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HEALTH CARE WORKFORCE

• Leslie Goldman, M.A.
  Director, Office of School Health Programs
  Expertise:Establishment of pipeline programs to promote participation of minority students in health professions

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HEALTH DISPARITIES

• Jo Ivey Boufford, MD
  President, The New York Academy of Medicine
  Expertise: Global health; health systems and health workforce development; global health governance and donors

• Leslie Goldman, M.A.
  Director, Office of School Health Programs
  Expertise: Establishment of pipeline programs to promote participation of minority students in health professions

• Sebastian Bonner, Ph.D.
  Investigator, Center for Epidemiologic Studies
  Expertise: Social disparities in asthma prevalence and treatment

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HEALTH EDUCATION IN SCHOOLS

Asthma

• Leslie Goldman, M.A.
  Director, Office of School Health Programs
  Expertise: Creation of public-private sector partnerships to establish comprehensive health education and coordinated school health programs in schools; linking schools and communities; establishing coalitions to advocate for health

• Joanne De Simone Eichel, M.A.
  Associate Director, Office of School Health Programs
  Expertise: Education for asthma management in schools

HIV/AIDS

• Edward Diller, M.P.H.
  Senior Project Director, Office of School Health Programs
  Expertise: HIV/AIDS prevention education in elementary, middle and high schools

Mental Health

• Freya Kaufman, M.A., C.H.E.S.
  Senior Program Officer, Office of School Health Programs
  Expertise: Mental health education and promotion for schools and communities

Skin Cancer and Sun Safety

• Joanne De Simone Eichel, M.A.
  Associate Director, Office of School Health Programs
  Expertise: Sun safety and skin cancer prevention education in elementary, middle and high schools

Technology

• Edward Diller, M.P.H.
  Senior Project Director, Office of School Health Programs
  Expertise: Using technology to advance health education and promotion

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HISTORY OF MEDICINE

• Jeremiah A. Barondess, M.D.
  President Emeritus, The New York Academy of Medicine
  Expertise: History of medicine

• Christian Warren, Ph.D.
  Historian, The New York Academy of Medicine
  Expertise: History of medicine and public health; environmental history

• Miriam Mandelbaum
  Curator of Rare Books and Manuscripts
  Expertise: The Academy's Rare Book Room, which contains approximately 49,000 volumes on the history of medicine and science, with materials dating from 1700 B.C.; history of medical printing; rare book collecting

• Patricia Gallagher
  Special Projects Coordinator, Division of Information Management
  Expertise: History of medicine; history of nursing

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MEDICAL EDUCATION

• Jo Ivey Boufford, MD
  President, The New York Academy of Medicine
  Expertise: Global curricula and educational models; missing educational experiences, such as management and health policy

• Jeremiah A. Barondess, M.D.
  President Emeritus, The New York Academy of Medicine
  Expertise: Medical education; improving clinical transaction skills; weaving community service and volunteerism into the fabric of medical schools' curricula

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MENTAL HEALTH

• David Vlahov, Ph.D.
  Director, Center for Urban Epidemiologic Studies; Senior Vice President for Research
  Expertise: PTSD and depression after terrorist attacks; use of psychiatric services and medications after terrorist attacks

• Leslie Goldman, M.A.
  Director, Office of School Health Programs
  Expertise: Establishment of mental health promotion programs in schools in support of academic achievement

• John Beard, MBBS, FAFPHM, PhD
  Senior Epidemiologist, Center for Epidemiologic Studies
  Expertise: Individual and neighborhood level factors that increase the risk of depression and anxiety

• Sandro Galea, M.D., Dr.P.H.
  Adjunct Investigator, Center for Urban Epidemiologic Studies; Co-Director, Disaster Research Education and Mentoring Center
  Expertise: PTSD and depression after terrorist attacks; access to psychiatric services and medications after terrorist attacks

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PRIMARY CARE

• Jo Ivey Boufford, MD
  President, The New York Academy of Medicine
  Expertise: The need for effective primary care in New York City and its availability; reimbursement of primary care services and support by policy makers

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SOCIAL WORK

• Patricia J. Volland, M.S.W., M.B.A.
  Director, Social Work Leadership Institute; Senior Vice President for Strategy and Business Development
  Expertise: Elderly caregiving; shortage of aging-saavy social workers and caregivers for a burgeoning elderly population; increasing the geriatrics focus in social work education curricula

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SUBSTANCE USE

• David Vlahov, Ph.D.
  Director, Center for Urban Epidemiologic Studies; Senior Vice President for Research
  Expertise: HIV and Hepatitis C among substance users; needle exchange programs, and sale of syringes at pharmacies to IDUs; impact of substance use on Harlem residents; preventing transition into injection drugs; social reasons why youths begin injecting drugs; health care among substance users; racial/ethic disparities in drug overdose mortality in NYC; naloxone prescription for preventing overdose fatalities; social determinants of drug users’ health (socioeconomic status, homelessness, and incarceration); drugs and firearm deaths in NYC; increased use of cigarettes, alcohol and marijuana among NYC residents after the Sept. 11 terrorist attacks

• Ruth Finkelstein, Sc.D.
  Vice President for Health Policy
  Expertise: Crystal meth: use by gay men and spread of HIV; needle exchange programs, and sale of syringes at pharmacies to IDUs; health care among substance users; public policy in NYC on substance use; drug users and the attacks on the World Trade Center

• Vincent Giordano, M.E.
  Senior Consultant, Office of School Health Programs
  Expertise: Integrating substance use and abuse prevention into coordinated school health programs in elementary, middle and high schools

• Linda Weiss, Ph.D.
  Senior Research Associate, Division of Health Policy
  Expertise: Health care and health problems among substance users; drug users and the attacks on the World Trade Center

• Crystal Fuller, Ph.D., M.P.H.
  Investigator, Center for Urban Epidemiological Studies
  Expertise: Preventing transition into injection drugs; social reasons why youths begin injecting drugs; naloxone prescription for preventing overdose fatalities; needle exchange programs, and sale of syringes at pharmacies to IDUs

• Danielle Ompad, Ph.D., M.H.S.
  Associate Director, Center for Urban Epidemiologic Studies
  Expertise: Preventing transition into injection drugs

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TERRORISM AND DISASTER

• David Vlahov, Ph.D.
  Director, Center for Urban Epidemiologic Studies; Senior Vice President for Research
  Expertise: Substance use, PTSD and depression after terrorist attacks; use of psychiatric services and medications after terrorist attacks; rapid vaccination of hard-to-reach populations after bioterrorist attack or pandemic flu

• Roz D. Lasker, M.D.
  Director, Division of Public Health and the Center for the Advancement of Collaborative Strategies in Health
  Expertise: Terrorism preparedness; community inclusion in forming terrorism preparedness plans; residents’ likely responses to health-care problem-solving forming and maintaining effective partnerships

• Leslie Goldman, M.A.
  Director, Office of School Health Programs
  Expertise: Establishment of programs to address mental and emotional health at school in response to terrorism

• Janie Kaplan, MLN
  Interim Director, Division of Information Management
  Expertise: Online resources for public health preparedness

• Vincent Giordano, M.E.
  Senior Consultant, Office of School Health Programs
  Expertise: Crisis management in schools

• Freya Kaufman, M.A., C.H.E.S.
  Senior Program Officer, Office of School Health Programs
  Expertise: Mental and emotional health promotion in school communities to cope with fear and anxiety

• Sandro Galea, M.D., Dr.P.H.
  Adjunct Investigator, Center for Urban Epidemiologic Studies; Co-Director, Disaster Research Education and Mentoring Center
  Expertise: PTSD and depression after terrorist attacks; access to psychiatric services and medications after terrorist attacks

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WOMEN AND CHILDREN’S HEALTH

• Leslie Goldman, M.A.
  Director, Office of School Health Programs
  Expertise: Establishment of programs for young women to achieve in the fields of health, science, medicine and research

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