Labor Day weekend 2011 marks thirty years since I ventured from Brisbane, Australia and arrived in Boston to begin my studies towards a Master of Public Health, and hopefully gain admission to the doctoral program at the Harvard School of Public Health. Mentors in the Department of Social and Preventive Medicine at the University of […]
Category: Education
Improving America’s Health
In the August issue of Health Affairs (vol 29, no8 pages 1481-88), David Williams and colleagues summarized the report of the Robert Wood Johnson Foundation Commission to Build a Healthier America. Much of the focus of this report is on the need for actions at all levels of society to promote the development and maintenance […]