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- 1. Page 4 Public Health Rounds Odilia I. Bermudez, PhD, MPH, Associate Professor of Public Health & Community Medicine (PH&CM), participated in the International Micronutrient Forum 2014 in Addis Ababa, Ethiopia in June, where she gave a presentation on “Using HCES Food Ac- quisition Data to Better Understand Dietary Patterns: A Nigerian Example.” Douglas Brugge, PhD, MS, Professor of PH&CM, presented his findings from “The Externalized Costs of Uranium Mining in the United States” and “Uranium - Past and Future Challenges” in September at the 7th International Conference on Uranium Mining and Hydrology in Freiberg, Germany. Two Tufts University under- graduate students, Aparna Dasaraju, B.A. ’16, Peace and Justice Studies and Community Health major and Brianna Dayer B.A. ’15, Spanish and Community Health major, assisted with the paper and presentation. Daniel Carr, MD, Professor of PH&CM, successfully organized a satellite symposium “Faces in the Crowd: Variability and Diversity in Acute Pain Control” with participants from North America, Eu- rope, Asia, and Africa as Chair of the Special Interest Group on Acute Pain for the International Association for the Study of Pain. Virginia Rall Chomitz, PhD, Assistant Professor PH&CM, was awarded a Cambridge Food Heroes Award, which honors “Cambridge individuals and organizations with a lasting and signifi- cant commitment to the fair, healthy, and sustainable food culture in the city.” Dr. Chomitz was presented the award by the Mayor of Cambridge in recognition of her work in the Cambridge communi- ty, and in particular around her work with the 5-2-1 program which focuses on healthy eating and physical activity with children. Carol Curtiss, MSN, RN-BC, Adjunct Instructor of PH&CM, received the American Society for Pain Management Nursing's (ASPMN) President's Award at their national meeting in San Diego, California in September. The award is presented "in recognition for steadfast dedication to ASPMN". Jeffrey K. Griffiths, MD, MPH&TM, Professor of PH&CM, gave a presentation on “Prevention of Stunting” at the launch of the United States Agency for International Developments (USAID), Development Innovation Lab, where Senator Hillary Clinton and Administrator of USAID, Rajiv Shah were the headline speakers. Lisa Gualtieri, PhD, ScM, Assistant Professor of PH&CM, presented on “Patient Empowerment: The Impact of Digital Health and Mobile Technology on Patient Engagement” at the Healthcare Business Women Association (HBA) and on “Signals in the System: Cutting through the Noise with Patient Insights” at the Quintiles Executive Vision Forum. Paul Hattis, MD, JD, MPH, Associate Professor of PH&CM, will moderate a session on November 17th at the American Public Health Associations (APHA) annual meeting titled “Too Young to Die: Teen Black Homicide and White Suicide.” Barry S. Levy, MD, MPH, Adjunct Professor of PH&CM, re- cently completed editing the book "Climate Change and Public Health" which will be published by Oxford University Press early next year. Alice Lichtenstein, DSc, Gershoff Professor of Nutrition Sci- ence & Policy, Friedman School, presented “Food Intake Pat- terns Assessed Using Front-of-Pack Labeling Program Criteria Are Associated With Better Diet Quality and Lower Cardiometabolic Risk Factors” at the Academy of Nutrition and Dietetics’ Food and Nutrition Conference. Aviva Must, PhD, Morton A. Madoff Professor and Chair of PH&CM, and a team of faculty at Tufts University School of Med- icine have been awarded a grant from the Obama Singh Initiative of the US-India Foundation to work with colleagues at Christian Med- ical College in Vellore, India as they develop their clinical bioethics curriculum. The grant will fund faculty exchanges in both direc- tions. Dr. Must will present a paper at APHA with Dr. Mohan Thanikachalam and other Tufts and Chennai collaborators entitled, “Prevalence of Hypertension in Urban, Semi-Urban, and Rural Communities in a South Asian Population,” based on data collected as part of the PURSE-HIS project. Flavia C. Peréa, PhD, MSEd, Assistant Professor of PH&CM, will present at the upcoming APHA annual meeting “Engaging Urban Minority Youth to Address Health Inequities: Using Anima- tion for Community Health Education and Health Promotion as part of STEM/Science Enrichment” and “Successful Approaches to Train Youth for a Career in Public Health.” Pamela Katz Ressler, MS ‘11, RN, HN-BC, Adjunct Lecturer of PH&CM, moderated the featured main stage panel “Communicating the Experience of Illness in the Digital Age”, at this year’s Medicine X Conference at Stanford University and re- cently accepted an invitation to serve on the Consumer Health Council of the Massachusetts Health Quality Partners (MHQP), a coalition working to improve the quality and transparency of health care in Massachusetts. Margie Skeer, ScD, MPH, MSW, Assistant Professor of PH&CM, recently authored an article entitled “A Systematic Re- view of Risk and Protective Factors Associated with Non-Medical use of Prescription Drugs Among Youth in the United States: A Social Ecologic Perspective” that was published in the Journal of Studies on Alcohol and Drugs. Faculty Notes