The Warrington College of Business Administration has selected Dr. Caprice Knapp as the winner of the 2012 Economics Faculty of the Year Award. WCBA undergraduate students voted on the winner via an online survey that the college sent out in February. Dr. Knapp teaches Health Economics and holds a faculty…
Dr. Caprice Knapp and Mrs. Vanessa Madden are proud to announce the publication of their book Pediatric Palliative Care: Global Perspectives. This book describes pediatric palliative care in 23 countries around the world. Chapter authors describe characteristics of children with life-limiting illnesses, services available, organization of care at the local and national…
The Department of Health Outcomes and Policy is pleased to announce its new graduate program, offering both a Master of Science in Health Outcomes and Policy as well as a Graduate Certificate in Health Outcomes and Policy. Please click here to visit the Graduate Programs page, and here for our…
Dr. Kelli Komro will lead a seminar at Emory University’s Rollins School of Public Health in Atlanta on Jan. 26. During the seminar, entitled “Prevention Trial in the Cherokee Nation: Developing Partnerships, Designing Public Health Strategies,” Dr. Komro will share her experiences related to the start-up of this newly-funded community…
Jill Herndon, PhD, participated in the Association of American Medical Colleges’ Mid-Career Women Professional Development Seminar held December 3-6 in Austin, Texas. The seminar targets physicians and PhD scientists in academic medicine who hold leadership positions within their discipline, department or institution. Participants are selected through a competitive application process.
On Monday, February 11, Dr. Alexander Wagenaar was a speaker at the RAND Conference and Webcast on Public Health Regulations for Marijuana. The purpose of the conference was to raise awareness of the multitude of regulatory issues facing agencies trying to design comprehensive marijuana policy in states such as Colorado…
The Health Science Center Superior Accomplishment Awards Committee has announced that HOP/ICHP accountant Kimberley Stanfield has been selected to receive a Superior Accomplishment Award for 2013. The Superior Accomplishment Award is a prestigious recognition for outstanding and meritorious service, efficiency and/or economy, or improvement of quality of life provided to…
Congratulations to Dr. I-Chan Huang and Dr. Jill Herndon! Both Dr. Huang and Dr. Herndon have been awarded the Exemplary Teacher Award by the College of Medicine at the University of Florida. Click here to view Dr. Huang’s webpage, and here to view Dr. Herndon’s webpage.
In conjunction with Dr. Deborah Glueck of the Colorado School of Public Health, Dr. Keith Muller has launched a new website, www.SampleSizeShop.org, to help researchers with study design. The website contains free tutorials, papers, and talks related to calculating power and sample size for study design. SampleSizeShop.org also…
Dr. Jill Herndon has been appointed to the editorial board of Medicare & Medicaid Research Review (MMRR), a peer-reviewed, online journal published by the Centers for Medicare & Medicaid Services to disseminate high-quality and relevant research to a wide audience of Medicare, Medicaid, and Children’s Health Insurance stakeholders. The journal…
