March, 2005

Karen Buchi, HPFIII, Is Co-PI on a grant to NIH/EPA/CDC for the National Children's Study which will examine the effects of environmental influences on the health and development of more than 100,000 children across the United States, following them from before birth until age 21.  The goal of the study is to improve the health and well-being of children.  The South Main Clinic, where Karen is medical director, received the 2005 ambulatory Pediatric Association Health Care Delivery Award which is being presented in Washington DC in May.  Karen is also receiving the University of Utah Alumni Association Faculty Community Service Award in April.
Casey Dorman, HPFIII, was part of the planning committee for the Multicultural Mental Health Summit XII, held in Anaheim California, which was co-sponsored by the Orange County California Health Care Agency and the California Institute of Mental Health. It brought together nearly 1,000 mental health providers from all over the state of California.  Attendees were able to hear keynote speaker Tipper Gore and 90 speakers, including ICHLD Fellows Valda Ford (HPFIII) and Seh  Welch (HPFI).  Other prominent conference speakers included Joseph White and Thomas Parham, UC Irvine, J. David Kinzie, U of Oregon and Stanley Sue, UC Davis.  Casey's fourth novel I, Carlos, a futuristic detective thriller, was published last year by Seven Locks Press. 

Joseph Harrington, HPFI, since his fellowship, has recommitted himself to the issue of social justice as it pertains to health and some of his key accomplishments have been: The establishment of the community-based Infrastructure Development Program, an international partnership between Rush University Medical Center and the School of Public Health at UIC in the United States and the University of Transkei in Umtata, South Africa. He began serving as the Executive Director of the Center for African American Health and was a founding member of the Tuapelo Institute, Inc.  Tuapela, which in South African terms means 'Rebuilding the Soul' focuses on improving the health and health status of African American men (www.tuapelo.org). In the upcoming fall semester, he will begin working on a Masters in Religion with a focus on Theology and Ethics at Meadville Lombard Theological School
Francisco Lamus Lemus, HPFIII, has submitted a grant to Universidad de La Sabana Departamento de Cundinamarca to assess the health and well being of the residents of Municipio de Agua de Dios  located in Chia, Cundinamarca, Colombia in order to organize a social response.   Francisco has also co-authored a book on building childhood health and well-being initiatives, which includes some of what he learned in the fellowship.
Dale Meyer, HPFIII,  as CEO of People Encouraging People, Inc. (PEP) proposed and has been awarded a $2 million contract to provide Assertive Community Treatment in two counties in Maryland. PEP has been recognized locally and nationally for its innovative integrated ACT services for people with mental illness, substance addiction, and HIV. She has been a statewide advocate for issues regarding mental health and services as well as a strategic planning facilitator at the Immigration Outreach Service Center in Baltimore.
Javette Orgain, HPFI, is the chair in the collaborative with the CDC, CDPH, ALA, CCHC, White Crane Wellness Program et. al. known as READII, Racial and Ethnic Adult Disparities in Immunization Initiative whose main goal is to increase flu and pneumococcal immunization in

the African American and Latino senior citizen population. Javette is also collaborating with South Africa, American Telemedicine Association and International Medical Exchange to hold a conference on April 18-19, 2005 to advance telemedicine and mobile health initiatives with primary focus being South Africa, hopefully, working with the International Medical Exchange (www..mobilehealthtelemedforum.org). She has also served as chairperson for the 2003 State Board of Health and 2002-2005 board member for the Illinois Academy of Family Physicians while completing an MPH this spring 2005.
Heraldo Povea-Pacci, HPFIII,  will be leaving the Faculty of Health at the University of Newcastle, Australia, and returning to Chile to continue developing his plans to create a medical school to train and incorporate the beliefs of indigenous populations. He submitted 6 abstracts to The Network Towards Unity for Health meeting in Atlanta last year and just presented  Appropriate Medical Practice for Indigenous and Disadvantaged Communities at the University of Illinois at Chicago School of Public Health. He has submitted a paper for publication with the Journal of the Australian and New Zealand Association for Medical Education.  All of his work has been developed in conjunction with various collaborators in Chile and Australia.  The website for  Health Focus International, of which Heraldo is Executive Director is www.hfi.org.au. This nonprofit organization houses the medical school project.
Patricia Rodney, HPFIII, received a continuation grant from CDC/MPHF.  The grant supports the MPH Program which is to increase the number of minorities in Public Health Professions.  As one of the partners of Giving Voice, a project funded by the Ford Foundation, she received a travel grant for two students to investigate traditional medicine and healing practices in Africa and the Caribbean. The Ford grant is a partnership with Spelman College and PROMETRA USA. She has recently conducted training  with faculty, staff and administrators in the Department of Public Health, St George's University, in Grenada.  The training included a review of public health competencies, standards, academic trends and workforce needs using CEPH Guidelines. Locally, in Atlanta, Pat has been meeting with local community stakeholders to work on an integrated approach to health disparities research.

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Rosalva Diaz, Project Coordinator 
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Eve Pinsker, Evaluator
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Angela Ellison, Fellows  Coordinator
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Louis Rowitz, Professor, Community Health Sciences
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Designed by Blanca A. Lopez
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