Abstract

Profound and ongoing advances in biomedical science are not being translated effectively into improvements in the overall health of the American public. Though many programs train basic and clinical research scientists, training in research at the interface of medicine and public health is scarce. Addressing this deficiency is vital to the public health. The goal of the NYU School of Medicine proposal is to design, implement, evaluate an innovative new program to train post-doctoral, physician fellows in health protection and preparedness research and create sustainable research linkages between academic institutions and front-line public health agencies. After a rigorous and focused curriculum on core public health disciplines and research methods, fellows will work with one of a cadre of outstanding mentors investigating real-world challenges at the interface of medicine and public health. Organizational partners include the NY City Dept. of Health and Mental Hygiene, the New Jersey Dept. of Health & Senior Services, the Yale School of Public Health, the NY City Health & Hospitals Corporation, and the NYU Center for Catastrophe Preparedness and Response, allowing for a broad diversity in exposure to health protection and preparedness research as well as bidirectional transfer of experience and expertise. Areas of research opportunities in health promotion and disease prevention will include, for example, problems affecting vulnerable urban populations, such as preventing cancer, or managing asthma and preventing associated disability. Research opportunities in preparedness include, for example, mitigating the psychosocial sequelae of terrorism in urban and immigrant populations, evaluation of technologies and methods for detection and surveillance of emerging infections, and bio-monitoring in urban populations. The Division of GIM at NYU School of Medicine is committed to development of a self-sustaining Center for Public Health Research and Training contributing to a significant increase in the Nation's supply of physician public health researchers.

  Funding Agency

Agency
National Institute of Health (NIH)
Institute
Office of The Director, Centers for Disease Control & Prevention (ODCDC)
Type
Graduate Training Program (T01)
Project #
5T01CD000146-03
Application #
7123317
Study Section
Special Emphasis Panel (ZCD1-EWS (T1))
Program Officer
Clark, Susan C
Project Start
2004-09-30
Project End
2007-09-29
Budget Start
2006-09-30
Budget End
2007-09-29
Support Year
3
Fiscal Year
2006
Total Cost
$1,158,924
Indirect Cost

  Institution

Name
New York University
Department
Internal Medicine/Medicine
Type
Schools of Medicine
DUNS #
121911077
City
New York
State
NY
Country
United States
Zip Code
10016

  Publications

Gross, Rachel S; Mendelsohn, Alan L; Fierman, Arthur H et al. (2014) Maternal infant feeding behaviors and disparities in early child obesity. Child Obes 10:145-52
Gourevitch, Marc N; Jay, Melanie R; Goldfrank, Lewis R et al. (2012) Training physician investigators in medicine and public health research. Am J Public Health 102:e39-45
McNeely, Jennifer; Gourevitch, Marc N; Paone, Denise et al. (2012) Estimating the prevalence of illicit opioid use in New York City using multiple data sources. BMC Public Health 12:443
Gross, Rachel S; Mendelsohn, Alan L; Fierman, Arthur H et al. (2012) Food insecurity and obesogenic maternal infant feeding styles and practices in low-income families. Pediatrics 130:254-61
Gross, Rachel S; Mendelsohn, Alan L; Fierman, Arthur H et al. (2011) Maternal controlling feeding styles during early infancy. Clin Pediatr (Phila) 50:1125-33
Aragones, Abraham; Schwartz, Mark D; Shah, Nirav R et al. (2010) A randomized controlled trial of a multilevel intervention to increase colorectal cancer screening among Latino immigrants in a primary care facility. J Gen Intern Med 25:564-7
Raven, Maria C; Carrier, Emily R; Lee, Joshua et al. (2010) Substance use treatment barriers for patients with frequent hospital admissions. J Subst Abuse Treat 38:22-30
Gross, Rachel S; Fierman, Arthur H; Mendelsohn, Alan L et al. (2010) Maternal perceptions of infant hunger, satiety, and pressuring feeding styles in an urban Latina WIC population. Acad Pediatr 10:29-35
Raven, Maria C; Billings, John C; Goldfrank, Lewis R et al. (2009) Medicaid patients at high risk for frequent hospital admission: real-time identification and remediable risks. J Urban Health 86:230-41
Yancey, Antronette K; Cole, Brian L; Brown, Rochelle et al. (2009) A cross-sectional prevalence study of ethnically targeted and general audience outdoor obesity-related advertising. Milbank Q 87:155-84

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