NDSU @ the APHA's 141st Annual Meeting in Boston

On the Closing Panel: APHA Blog (http://aphaannualmeeting.blogspot.com/)

Donna Grandbois presenting her research

NDSU's first booth at an APHA conference!

Closing Panel

Wednesday, November 6, 2013

Closing session challenges public health workers to ‘move this nation forward’ 

(see full article here)

As he sat on the panel of speakers at the Closing Session of this year’s APHA Annual Meeting and Exposition, Donald Warne told a story.

Three sisters were walking along the river, when they saw a group of babies in the water. One sister jumped in to save the babies. 

One sister said, “We need to teach these babies to swim.”

The third sister kept walking up the river. When the others called to her, she said, “I’m going to find out who’s throwing these babies in the water and I’m going to stop them.”

He paused. 

“That’s public health.
”

American Indian/Alaska Native Heritage Month



November Is American Indian/Alaska Native Heritage Month

From the Aleutian Islands to the Florida Everglades, American Indians and Alaska Natives have contributed immensely to our country's heritage. During National Native American Heritage Month, we commemorate their enduring achievements and reaffirm the vital role American Indians and Alaska Natives play in enriching the character of our Nation.
For more information, see the White House, Presidential Proclamation National Native American Heritage Month, 2011.

I will be the keynote presenter at the AI/AN Heritage Month event at CDC in Atlanta on November 12.

More good PR for our MPH Program!

 

 

Professor Mary Larson Asked to Speak at Harvard CME Course

   The Institute of Lifestyle Medicine is currently running courses through Harvard Medical School's Continuing Medical Education Program and NDSU's own Professor Mary Larson has been invited to speak at the "Lifestyle Medicine: Tools for Promoting Healthy Change" course on Friday and Saturday, June 20 and 21, 2014, in the Simches Auditorium at Massachusetts General Hospital in Boston, MA. 
   This course will provide the knowledge, skills and tools for healthcare professionals to effectively and efficiently promote healthy lifestyle changes in their patients. Experts in Lifestyle Medicine, exercise prescription, wellness coaching, and living a connected life will facilitate this highly interactive and patient centered-activity.
   Attendees will participate in a combination of lectures, group discussion and experiential education to gain confidence with the clinical practice of Lifestyle Medicine. State of the art tools and skills, including how to set up and manage a Lifestyle Medicine practice, to understand this practice as true healthcare reform, and to counsel patients to improve their overall lifestyle, including stress management, diet, and exercise will be presented.
 
Congratulations to Mary Larson!

Formal Letter of Invitation to the APHA Conference

Dr. Warne to be on the Closing Panel for the APHA Annual Conference in Boston

The APHA Annual Meeting & Exposition attracts more than 13,000 national and international physicians, administrators, nurses, educators, researchers, epidemiologists, and related health specialists. APHA's meeting program addresses current and emerging health science, policy, and practice issues in an effort to prevent disease and promote health. APHA has a world of public health in store for you! 

This will be a good opportunity to highlight what we are doing at NDSU on a national stage with several thousand participants!

141st Annual Meeting and Exposition November 2-6, 2013 Boston, MA

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An Update

Hello,

It has been a productively busy and exciting last few months. Here are some of the recent activities that I have been involved in:

August 13-14: I attended a board of directors meeting for the American Cancer Society. I am on the National Board.  The Society’s Board of Directors is composed of 11 officers, 24 directors (12 medical professionals and 12 lay persons), and eight directors-at-large (four medical and four lay). Directors are elected for a two-year term and can serve a maximum of three two-year terms.

The Board of Directors utilizes a self-perpetuating board model and is responsible for the nominating process, the election of the Board members and Officers, and the election of the Nominating Committee.

The Board is the sole governing and fiduciary body for the American Cancer Society, and as such it sets policy, develops and approves an enterprise-wide strategic plan and related resource allocation, and is responsible for the performance of the organization as a whole.

 

August 15: I presented the opening keynote address at the Inter Tribal Council of Arizona Research Conference in Phoenix, AZ.

with John Molina, MD—CEO of Phoenix Indian Medical Center

 

  The Inter Tribal Council of Arizona, Inc. (ITCA) American Indian Research Center for Health (AIRCH) in collaboration with the Dental Prevention Clinical Support Center (DPCSC) hosted the 2013 AIRCH Health Research Conference on August 15-16, 2013 at the Wild Horse Pass Hotel & Casino. This year’s theme was “Addressing Tribal Health Priorities through a Community-Based Translational Research Framework.”  The conference focused on translational research which is scientific research that helps to make findings from basic science useful for practical applications that enhance human health and well-being. Translational research links the discoveries of the research bench to the development of better diagnostic methods, therapeutic products and preventive processes that improve healthcare outcomes.

  This conference examined tribal health priorities and translational research to help build tribal health and oral health research capacity for the present and into the future. This conference provided ongoing dialogue among tribal leaders, health officials, researchers, students and other key stakeholders regarding current and future translational research in American Indian communities.

 

 

 August 29: I met with members of the Rosebud Sioux Tribe in follow up to the Novo Nordisk Diabetes Project.

Native News Network Photo Credit 

 

ROSEBUD, SOUTH DAKOTA – Addressing one of the biggest health problems facing Native American communities everywhere, the Rosebud Sioux Tribe unveiled a new wellness center and a first of its kind mobile diabetes medical unit. These resources will allow the Rosebud Sioux Tribe Diabetes Prevention Program to improve screening and intervention in children, as well as promote healthy lifestyles for people of all ages on the reservation.

“This program has several important components to addressing diabetes in Indian country,”

said Donald K. Warne, MD, MPH, professor at North Dakota State University and advisor to the project.

 

September 4: I presented at ND Behavioral Health Conference on American Indian Behavioral Health Disparities in Bismarck, ND. http://www.dce.ndsu.nodak.edu/conferences/ndbhc/ 

 

September 5: I presented at ND Tribal Leaders Summit in Bismarck on Affordable Care Act and physician shortages. http://bismarcktribune.com/news/local/bismarck/tribal-leaders-summit-panel-talks-doctor-shortages/article_4861fd1a-1675-11e3-b2ef-0019bb2963f4.html

 

Dr. Donald Warne, director of North Dakota State University's Master of Public Health Program, said a portion of the Affordable Care Act would set up scholarship and grant programs for physicians who wish to work in underserved rural areas and reservations. However, if the law is not fully funded, those resources would not be available.

"It would be bad for us if it's not funded," he said.

Warne and others suggested one of the most important ways to get medical personnel onto reservations is to get more tribal members to go into medical careers and come home to work. 

September 6: Presented at Higher Education Resource Organization for Students (HEROS) conference in Bismarck on American Indian Public Health as an Academic Discipline. http://und.edu/orgs/higher-education-resource-organization-for-students/conference.cfm

September 13: Presented at the 33rd Annual Symposium on Perinatal Medicine & Women's Health Care in Minot on American Indian Maternal and Child Health Disparities.

 

The goal of this two-day symposium is to provide the most up-to-date information on current issues and hot topics in perinatal medicine and women's health. National and local experts presented practical approaches to challenging problems and gave the newest diagnostic and therapeutic techniques.

with Reba Mathern Jacobson, MSW, Director of Program Services, March of Dimes

http://www.trinityhealth.org/index.php?page=symposium_perinatal

September 13: Presented on the Affordable Care Act at the Mandan, Hidatsa, and Arikara Nation in New Town, ND.  

September 16: Presented at Blackfeet Community College Issksiniip Project Career Pathway Health Conference in Great Falls, MT.

with: Gayle Dine’ Chacon, MD—former Surgeon General of Navajo Nation, me, Billie Jo Kipp, PhD—President of Blackfeet Community College