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The Tennessean: Child poverty, obesity muddy Davidson's health report

March 25, 2015

http://www.tennessean.com/story/money/2015/03/25/child-poverty-obesity-muddy-davidsons-health-report/70464968/

Davidson County is in the midst of an economic boom and, in many ways, a cultural renaissance, but the state's capital lags its neighbors in several important health factors, according to a county health rankings report featuring data from the Department's Melinda Buntin, Carrie Fry, and Robert Gambrel.

Dr. Stephen W. Patrick Honored with Burroughs-Wellcome Fund Trainee Travel Award

March 20, 2015

Congratulations to Dr. Stephen W. Patrick, who has been awarded a Burroughs-Wellcome Fund Trainee Travel Award to attend the Translational Science 2015 Meeting April 16 – 18 in Washington, DC. Well done!

Thiazolidinedione and Metformin Use and the Risk of Benign Prostate Hyperplasia in Veterans with Diabetes Mellitus

Murff H, Roumie C, Greevy R, Grijalva C, Hung A, Liu X, Griffin M. Thiazolidinedione and Metformin Use and the Risk of Benign Prostate Hyperplasia in Veterans with Diabetes Mellitus Journal of Men's Health. 2014 Dec;11(11). 157-162.

Age-Specific Influenza-Related Emergency Department Visits and Hospitalizations in 2010-2011 Compared With the Pandemic Year 2009-2010

Jules A, Grijalva C, Zhu Y, Talbot H, Williams J, Edwards K, Shay D, Schaffner W, Griffin M. Age-Specific Influenza-Related Emergency Department Visits and Hospitalizations in 2010-2011 Compared With the Pandemic Year 2009-2010 Infectious Diseases in Clinical Practice. 2014 Mar.

Cohort profile: The study of respiratory pathogens in Andean children

Grijalva C, Griffin M, Edwards K, Williams J, Gil A, Verastegui H, Hartinger S, Vidal J, Klugman K, Lanata C. Cohort profile: The study of respiratory pathogens in Andean children International Journal of Epidemiology. 2014 Aug;43(43). 1021-30.

The Politics of Evangelicals: How the Issues of HIV and AIDS in Africa Shaped a "Centrist" Constituency in the United States

Dyer E.. The Politics of Evangelicals: How the Issues of HIV and AIDS in Africa Shaped a "Centrist" Constituency in the United States JOURNAL OF THE AMERICAN ACADEMY OF RELIGION. 2014 Dec.

Livestock development programmes for communities in low- and middle-income countries

Carlson-Bremer D, Blevins M, Vermund H, Lindegren1 M. Livestock development programmes for communities in low- and middle-income countries Cochrane Database Syst Rev. 2013 Jul.

Gram negative bacteraemia; are they preventable and what will surveillance of E. coli add?

Enoch D. Mlangeni D, Ekundayo J, Aliyu M, Sismey A, Aliyu S, Karas A. Gram negative bacteraemia; are they preventable and what will surveillance of E. coli add? Journal of Infection Prevention. 2013 Mar;14(14). 54-59.

Quantification of Cardiovascular Disease Research in West Africa

Okwechime I. Segunmaru H, Egarievwe S, Mzayek F, Kabagambe E, Aliyu M. Quantification of Cardiovascular Disease Research in West Africa International Journal of Behavioural and Healthcare Research. 2013 Jan 27;4(4).

Adjunct Faculty member Dr. Bruce G. Gellin Honored with AMA's 2015 Dr. Nathan Davis Award

March 3, 2015

One of our Department's voluntary adjunct faculty members, Dr. Bruce G. Gellin, was the recipient of the 2015 Outstanding Physician Serving in the Federal Executive Branch in Career Public Service award as part of the American Medical Association's Dr. Nathan Davis Awards presented on February 24th in Washington D.C. These awards are presented for "outstanding contributions 'to promote the art and science of medicine and the betterment of public health' and awarded to elected and career public servants in national, state and local governments."

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