HSA Professor’s Article on H1N1 Pandemic Wins Top Honor
Michael Stoto, PhD, professor of health systems administration at the School of Nursing & Health Studies, received the Public Health Systems Research (PHSR) Article-of-the-Year Award, which is sponsored by the Robert Wood Johnson Foundation and selected by AcademyHealth’s PHSR Interest Group. Stoto earned the award for his PLOS ONE article “The Effectiveness of U.S. Public Health Surveillance Systems for Situational Awareness during the 2009 H1N1 Pandemic: A Retrospective Analysis,” which appeared in August 2012. More information is available at http://nhs.georgetown.edu/394007.html.
Georgetown HSA Professor Authors Analysis of Tobacco Product Warning Labels
John Kraemer (L’08), JD, MPH, assistant professor of health systems administration, served as lead author of the article, “Analysis of Legal and Scientific Issues in Court Challenges to Graphic Tobacco Warnings,” which recently appeared in the American Journal of Preventive Medicine. Graphic tobacco warning labels – which combine images with health warnings – are a widely used tool for reducing tobacco use in other countries, but the tobacco industry argues they are unconstitutional in the United States.
In an analysis of legal and scientific issues for graphic warning labels published in the American Journal of Preventive Medicine, Kraemer outlines how the courts will likely analyze graphic warnings and identifies what health evidence must be presented to survive a legal challenge. The full analysis is available at http://www.ajpmonline.org/webfiles/images/journals/amepre/AMEPRE_3830-stamped-061813-rev.pdf.
HSA Professor Conducts ACHE Board of Governors Examination Review Course
Bernard Horak, PhD, FACHE, professor of health systems administration, presented a Board of Governors Examination Review Course as part of the American College of Healthcare Executives (ACHE) Education Programs. The seminar was presented on April 15 in Chicago and was attended by more than 100 candidates interested in becoming an ACHE fellow and Board certified in health care management.
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