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NEW YORK CITY, Dec. 11--The New York Academy of Medicine received a 2003 Excellence in Health and Mental Hygiene Award on Dec. 11 from the city Department of Health and Mental Hygiene.
The Academy's award was for "scholarship." In presenting the award, Associate Health Commissioner Lloyd Sederer, M.D., noted the fine and consistent research work of the Academy, particularly the post-Sept. 11 analyses of the disaster's impact on New Yorkers and residents of surrounding communities.
Academy Senior Vice President Alan Fleischman, M.D., accepted the award "on behalf of all the epidemiologists, health policy analysts, and social scientists who work tirelessly to develop data and provide interventions to enhance the health of all New Yorkers." Dr. Fleischman noted the rapid and sustained response of Academy researchers to the need for information on the health impacts of Sept. 11, and praised their continued commitment to excellence in investigations concerning urban health issues.
The Academy was among 11 institutions and individuals to receive awards at the evening ceremony, held at the Surrogate Court building on Chambers Street in lower Manhattan.
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The New York Academy of Medicine is a non-profit institution founded in 1847 that is dedicated to enhancing the health of the public through research, education and advocacy, with a particular focus on urban populations, especially the disadvantaged.
Posted on December 12, 2003
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The 2012-2013 Duncan Clark Lecture - The Affordable Care Act: An Insider’s View
Featured Speaker: Sherry Glied, PhD, former Assistant Secretary for Planning and Evaluation, U.S. Department of Health and Human Services
November 19, 2012 - The NYAM Section on Health Care Delivery welcomes Sherry Glied, PhD, former Assistant Secretary for Planning and Evaluation in the U.S. Department of Health and Human Services, who will deliver the 2012-2013 Duncan Clark Lecture on "The Affordable Care Act: An Insider's View."
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The New York Academy of Medicine with support from the New York State Heath Foundation released a new report, Federal Health Care Reform in New York State: A Population Health Perspective.
This report identifies opportunities that build on both the Patient Protection and Affordable Health Care Act (ACA) and New York’s ongoing efforts toward improving the health of its 19 million residents.
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