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Page 3Grant News: ProposalsInvestigator Sponsor TitleJames Dolan University of Texas/ACS Decision Aids and CRC Screening Along the US-Mexico BorderRobert Block NIH/NHLBI Interactive Effects of Fish Oil and Aspirin on AspirinResistance and LipidsFeng Qian CTSI Utilization, Cost, Outcome, Disparity and PracticeVariation of Drug-Eluting Stents’ Use in NYSSusan Fisher University of Michigan/NIDCD Defining Antigenic Targets of AutoimmuneSensorineural Hearing LossBruce Friedman NIH Personality and Health Services Use andExpenditures of Older PersonsJames Dolan AHRQ Effectiveness of Patient Information Dashboardsin a Low Socio-economic CommunitySusan Fisher NIH (ARRA) Rochester Family Partnership: A SustainableCommunity Health InitiativeRobert Block Glaxo Smith Klein The Effects of Lovaza® on Platelet Function andCardiac Electrophysiology in Acute MyocardialInfarctionMatthew Testa-Wojteczko AHRQ A General Mechanism for Explaining PhysiciansResponses to Patients’ RequestsByung Kwang Yoo NIAID Simulation Analysis to Compare Effectiveness ofInfluenza InterventionsRobert Block NHLBI The Effects of Fish Oil and Aspirin on CardiovascularRisk in Type 2 DiabetesCamille Martina MIEHS Identification of sources of BPA, DEHP and DBP inPregnant WomenNancy Chin NYS Developmental Disability Awareness and Sensitivity Training forDisabilities Planning Council First RespondersCommunity andPreventive MedicineNIH is the steward ofmedical and behavioralresearch for the Nation.3 grantsawarded!Grant News: AwardsInvestigator Sponsor TitleJacob Adams Tourette Syndrome Proportion of Hispanic and non-Hispanic BlackAssociationChildren with Tics in Rochester, NYDiana Fernandez Cornell/(NIH/NHLBI) Electronically-Mediated Weight Interventions forPregnant and Postpartum WomenAriane Marie-Mitchell Academic Pediatric Child Outcomes That Matter: Measures of SuccessAssociationfor Prevention Through Pediatric Primary Care

Page 4The OraclePublic Health Grand RoundsMark YourCalendars!Click here for PublicHealth Grand RoundswebsiteApril 2April 16May 7Polio Eradication: Science to Drive PolicyBeth Bell, MD, MPH; Associate Director for Science, National Center for Immunization andRespiratory DiseasesTreat or Cheat? Paying for Quality in Primary CareTimothy Doran, Clinical Research Fellow in Public Health, National Primary Care Research andDevelopment Centre, University of Manchester; Harkness Fellow in Health Care Policy andPractice, Harvard School of Public HealthPartnering for Better Health: URMC’s Community Advisory CouncilAndrew Doniger, MD, MPH, Director, Monroe County Department of Public Health and Chair ofCommunity Advisory Council; Wade Norwood, Director of Community Engagement, Finger LakesHealth Systems Agency and Vice-chair of Community Advisory Council; Gail L. Newton, Directorof Community Health Partnerships, Center for Community Health, URMCEpidemiology PublicationsSongdej N, Winters PC, McCabe MJ, van Wijngaarden E. A population-based assessment of blood leadlevels in relation to inflammation. Environmental Research. 2010;110(3):272-277.Kobrosly R, van Wijngaarden E. Associations between immunologic, inflammatory, and oxidative stressmarkers with severity of depressive symptoms; an analysis of the 2005-2006 National Health and NutritionExamination Survey. Neurotoxicology. 2010;31(1):126-133.Mallah HS, Brown MR, Rossi TM, Block RC. Parenteral fish oil-associated burr cell anemia. The Journal ofPediatrics. 2010;156(2):324-6.e1.Block RC, Duff R, Lawrence P, Kakinami L, Brenna JT, Shearer GC, Meednu N, Mousa S, Friedman A, HarrisWS, Larson M, Georas S. The effects of EPA, DHA, and aspirin ingestion on plasma lysophospholipids andautotoxin. Prostaglandins, leukotrienes, and essential fatty acids. 2010;82(2-3):87-95. Epub 2010 Jan 27.Golub N, Winters PC, van Wijngaarden E. A population-based study of blood lead levels in relation to depressionin the United States. International Archives of Occupational and Environmental Health. In press.McClintic BR, McClintic JI, Bisognano JD, Block RC. The relationship between retinal microvascular abnormalitiesand coronary heart disease: a review. The American Journal of Medicine. In press.Kelly JL, Friedberg JW, Calvi LM, van Wijngaarden E, Fisher, SG. A case-control study of ultraviolet radiationexposure, vitamin D, and lymphoma risk in adults. Cancer Causes and Control. Accepted for publication.Epidemiology PresentationsAdams MJ, Fisher SG, Lipshultz SE, Shore RE, Constine LS, Stovall M, Dozier A, Schwartz RG, Block R,Pearson TA. Coronary heart disease 50+ years after lower dose thoracic irradiation preliminary results.11th International Conference on Long-Term Complications of Treatment of Children and Adolescents forCancer June 12, 2010; Williamsburg, VA. Accepted for Oral Presentation.

Page 7Community andPreventive MedicineEducation NewsWhat is the Commissioned Corps?The U.S. Public Health Service Commissioned Corps is an elite team of more than 6,000 full-time, welltrained,highly qualified public health professionals dedicated to delivering the Nation's public health promotionand disease prevention programs and advancing public health science. Driven by a passion for publicservice, these men and women serve on the frontlines in the Nation's fight against disease and poor healthconditions.As one of America’s seven uniformed services, the Commissioned Corps fill essential public health leadershipand service roles within the Nation’s Federal Government agencies and programs. The Corps is lookingfor the best and brightest to defend the Nation’s public health and answer the call of commitment, patriotism,and service.Your Days Will be Challenging , Varied, and RewardingAs a Commissioned Corps officer, you may:• Provide essential public health and health care services to underserved and disadvantaged populationsLieutenant Wendy Pettit, asocial worker, providesservices at NIH.• Prevent and control injury and the spread of disease• Ensure that the Nation’s food supply, drinking water, drugs, medical devices, and environment are safe• Conduct and support cutting-edge research for the prevention, treatment, and elimination of disease,health disparities, and injury• Work with other nations and international agencies to address global health challenges• Provide urgently needed public health and clinical expertise in response to large-scale local, regional,and national public health emergencies and disasters~ Join America’s Public Health Team ~As a CommissionedCorps officer, you mayprovide essential publichealth and health careservices to underservedand disadvantagedpopulations.You’re Invited!“Toxic Torts and Retorts: The Trials and Tribulations of a Historian in the Courtroom”Keynote Speaker:When:Where:David Rosner, PhDRonald H. Lauterstein Professor of Sociomedical Science & Professor of History atColumbia University; Co-Director of the Center for the History of Public Health atColumbia University’s Mailman School of Public HealthFriday, April 16, 2010 at 1:30pmHoyt Auditorium on River Campus;reception to follow immediately in Havens Lounge, Wilson CommonsUniversity of Rochester Public Health-Related Programs | Lattimore 212 | 585.276.5305David Rosner, PhD

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