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US Healthcare Reform Seminar - What Will Happen?

 Nov 16, 2009 - 10:57:35 AM
The University of Georgia’s department of health policy and management in the College of Public Health and the department of economics in the Terry College of Business are hosting a panel discussion on healthcare reform.   » Read more

 

HPAM in Action: Former Student Presents on EMS Best Practices

 Nov 10, 2009 - 2:43:07 PM
David Newton, a recent graduate from the Masters in Public Health program, has been asked to present his findings on the differences in two different scope of practice models for EMS professionals.
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HPAM in Action: Student Spotlight

 Oct 27, 2009 - 12:54:49 PM
Erica Parks, a first year HPAM Masters student, was recently granted the honor of being the keynote speaker at the First Annual Community Expo at Atlanta Metropolitan College in Atlanta, Georgia.
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HPAM in Action: Student visits Public Health Landmark

 Oct 26, 2009 - 11:06:14 AM
Natalie Arford, an HPAM graduate student, recently visited the John Snow pump in London, a historical landmark in the field of Epidemiology and Public Health.
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HPAM in Action: Washington Co. Georgia

 Oct 19, 2009 - 10:23:13 AM
Members of the Health Policy and Management Department recently attended the Kaolin Festival in Sandersville, Georgia. This is Public Health in action.
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Drs. Fertig and Corso Have Policy Brief Published on Childhood Asthma

 Oct 5, 2009 - 11:28:01 AM
Drs. Angela Fertig and Phaedra Corso recently had a policy brief published on the longterm costs of childhood asthma, funded by the Pew Charitable Trust Foundation. The brief was also picked up by California’s “Studies in the News”.

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Phaedra S. Corso Appointed as Department Head

 Oct 5, 2009 - 10:41:23 AM
The University of Georgia's College of Public Health is pleased to announce the appointment of Phaedra s. Corso, Ph.D. as head of the Department of Health Policy and Management.   » Read more

 

Leonard W. Poon named distinguished research professor

 Sep 28, 2009 - 10:50:00 AM
Leonard Poon, professor of health policy and management and director of UGA’s Institute of Gerontology, gained attention for his early research on aging and cognition, particularly for his work on memory and early dementia. But it is his remarkable 20-year program of research on the oldest old—individuals who live to age 100 or beyond—that has showcased his exceptional capacity for creativity and innovation.   » Read more

 

Study: Lower legal drinking age increases likelihood of poor birth outcomes

 May 26, 2009 - 4:00:00 PM
Amid renewed calls to consider reducing the legal drinking age, a new University of Georgia study finds that lower drinking ages increase unplanned pregnancies and pre-term births among young people.  “Our findings suggest that a lower drinking age increases risky sexual behavior among young people, and that leads to more unplanned pregnancies that result in premature birth and low birth weight,” said study author Angela Fertig, assistant professor in the UGA College of Public Health. “The take-home message is that when it’s easier for young people to get alcohol, birth outcomes are worse.”   » Read more

 

Corso Recognized for Contributions to the Field of Health Economics

 Sep 18, 2008 - 2:57:43 PM
Phaedra S. Corso, associate professor in the department of health policy and management, and Dr. Xiangming Fang from the National Center for Injury Prevention and Control were awarded the 2008 Kaafee Billah Memorial Award in Economics for their paper titled Child maltreatment, youth violence and intimate partner violence: Developmental relationships. The paper was published in the American Journal of Preventive Medicine in 2007.   » Read more

 

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