A Message from the Editor
June 11, 2009
On June 8, Thomas R. Frieden, MD, MPH, officially took the helm as the director of the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention and administrator of the Agency for Toxic Substances and Disease Registry. Frieden began his career at CDC in 1990 as an epidemiologic intelligence officer at the New York City Health Department.
Since January 2002, Frieden served as the commissioner of the New York City Department of Health and Mental Hygiene. During his tenure, the number of smokers declined by 350,000, teen smoking decreased by half and New York City became the first place in the United States to eliminate trans–fats from restaurants, rigorously monitor the diabetes epidemic and require certain restaurants to post calorie information prominently. Visit CDC's Meet the Director page for a personal statement from Frieden.
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CDC Headlines
Hunting Down the Polio Virus
Earlier this year, CDC's Stop Transmission of Polio (STOP) program celebrated its 10-year anniversary as part of the largest public health initiative in history—the eradication of polio. Over the past 10 years, the STOP program has been supported by more than 1,000 volunteers who have traveled to 60 countries around the world to "hunt down the polio virus in the last reservoirs on earth.". >> read the full text
Patient Safety
Each year, patients get nearly 2 million infections in the hospital. And there are nearly 100,000 deaths associated with these infections. This makes healthcare-associated infections (HAI) one of the leading causes of death in the United States. HAIs are not limited to hospitals. In the past 10 years alone, there have been more than 30 outbreaks of hepatitis B and hepatitis C in non-hospital healthcare settings like outpatient clinics, dialysis centers and long-term care facilities. CDC and its partners are working to prevent healthcare-associated infections >> read the full text
National Leadership for Obesity Prevention and Control
In July 2009, CDC will host Weight of the Nation, an inaugural conference for obesity prevention and control. The conference will focus on using policy, environmental, economic and legal strategies in four major settings to improve the health of Americans. These settings include the community, medical care facilities, schools and daycare centers, and the workplace. >> read the full text
Events and Seminars
All events and seminars listed are open to CDC's partners. For more information, contact the POC listed. >> read the full text
July 2009
Improving Public Health Through Leadership and Knowledge
Hosted by the National Association of Local Boards of Health
July 1–3
Weight of the Nation Conference
Hosted by CDC's Division of Nutrition, Physical Activity and Obesity
July 27–29
August 2009
Third Annual National Conference on Health Communication, Marketing and Media
Hosted by CDC's National Center for Health Marketing and Office of Enterprise Communication, the Substance Abuse and Mental Health Services Administration, National Cancer Institute and National Public Health Information Coalition
August 11–13
2009 National HIV Prevention Conference
Hosted by numerous agencies and national programs
August 23–26
Public Health Information Network (PHIN) Conference 2009
Hosted by the National Center for Public Health Informatics (NCPHI) and the National Association of County and City Health Officials (NACCHO)
August 30–September 3
October 2009
2009 National Environmental Public Health Conference
Hosted by CDC's National Center for Environmental Health, Agency for Toxic Substances and Disease Registry and National Environmental Health Association
October 26–28
CDC Personnel
Retirements
Rick Jaeger, records specialist, Procurement and Grants Office, will retire June 30.
Bradley A. Perkins, MD, MBA, chief strategy and innovation officer, Office of Strategy and Innovation, will retire June 26.
James J. Sullivan, PhD, microbiologist, Division of Parasitic Diseases, NCZVED, retired on June 3.
Deaths
Former CDC employee Paul Baron, PhD, died May 20, after a long battle with cancer.
Former CDC employee Bridgette Hines Lawrence, who served throughout the 1990s as an outstanding administrative assistant in the Cardiovascular Health Studies Branch in the National Center for Chronic Disease Prevention and Health Promotion and later served for several years in the National Center for Injury Prevention and Control until retirement, died May 26.
Walden Security Officer Darryl Wooten died June 1 following a long illness. Wooten, a 29-year veteran of contract security, was first assigned to guard the CDC Roybal facility on September 30, 1980.
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