
Ellen J. MacKenzie, PhD, MSc
Dean and Bloomberg Distinguished Professor, Johns Hopkins Bloomberg School of Public Health
Target Audience: Public health practitioners and faculty
Learning objectives:
Webinar participants will be able to:
Description:
The November/December 2018 issue of Public Health Reports includes a special supplement entitled From Local Action to National Progress on 5 Major Health Challenges: The Bloomberg American Health Initiative. ASPPH and Public Health Reports hosted a webinar to discuss the supplement with guest editor and Dean Ellen J. MacKenzie (Johns Hopkins) and selected authors of the papers.
This supplement envisions how the field of public health can help the United States tackle addiction and overdose, environmental challenges, obesity and the food system, risks to adolescent health, and violence. It includes papers that address each of the five focus areas as well as the cross-cutting themes of equity, policy, and evidence. The supplement is sponsored by the Bloomberg American Health Initiative at the Johns Hopkins Bloomberg School of Public Health, a new $300 million effort that is seeking collaborators across the country.
The webinar includes public health perspectives on:
The webinar also included a discussion of public health tools with Professor Keshia Pollack and a brief summary of the Bloomberg American Health Initiative by Vice Dean for Public Health Practice and Community Engagement Joshua Sharfstein, the Initiative’s Director.
Dean and Bloomberg Distinguished Professor, Johns Hopkins Bloomberg School of Public Health
Associate Faculty and Research Scholar, Global Food Ethics and Policy Program, Johns Hopkins Berman Institute of Bioethics
Jacob I. and Irene B. Fabrikant Professor and Chair in Health Risk and Society, Department of Health Policy and Management, Johns Hopkins Bloomberg School of Public Health
Associate Professor, Department of Population, Family and Reproductive Health, Johns Hopkins Bloomberg School of Public Health
Bloomberg Professor of American Health, Dr. Ali & Rose Kawi Professorship in Mental Health, Associate Professor, Department of Mental Health, Johns Hopkins Bloomberg School of Public Health
Associate Professor, Department of Population, Family, and Reproductive Health, Johns Hopkins Bloomberg School of Public Health
Professor, Health Policy and Management, Johns Hopkins Bloomberg School of Public Health
Assistant Professor of Health Policy and Management, Johns Hopkins Bloomberg School of Public Health
Director, Bloomberg American Health Initiative and Vice Dean for Public Health Practice and Community Engagement, Johns Hopkins Bloomberg School of Public Health
Professor of Health, Behavior and Society, Johns Hopkins Bloomberg School of Public Health
Associate Professor, Department of Mental Health, Johns Hopkins Bloomberg School of Public Health