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Past Events - 2008

December 11, 2008
"Feast and Famine: Obesity, Diabetes & Hunger in New York City"
New York, NY

PHANYC presented "Feast or Famine: Obesity, Diabetes & Hunger in New York City," on 12/11 at Bellevue Hospital Center, Manhattan.

Speakers Included:

  • Mike Hernandez
    Community Outreach Manager
    Columbia University - Mailman School of Public Health 

  • Joel Berg
    Executive Director
    New York City Coalition Against Hunger

  • The Food Bank representative

  • Food Change representative

  • NYC DOHMH representative

 

November 25, 2008
"Feast and Famine: Obesity, Diabetes & Hunger in New York City"
Brooklyn, NY

PHANYC presented "Feast or Famine: Obesity, Diabetes & Hunger in New York City," on 11/25 at St. Francis College, Brooklyn.

Speakers Included:

  • Mike Hernandez
    Community Outreach Manager
    Columbia University - Mailman School of Public Health 

  • Joel Berg
    Executive Director
    New York City Coalition Against Hunger

  • The Food Bank representative

  • Food Change representative

  • NYC DOHMH representative

November 19, 2008
"Feast and Famine: Obesity, Diabetes & Hunger in New York City"
Bronx, NY

PHANYC presented "Feast or Famine: Obesity, Diabetes & Hunger in New York City," on 11/19 at Lehman College, Bronx.

Speakers included:

  • Paul Meissner

  • Dr. C.J. Segal-Isaacson, EdD, RD
    Albert Einstein College of Medicine

  • Sister Mary Alice
    POTS (Part of the Solution)

  • Lorraine Montenegro
    United Bronx Parents

  • Christian Estrada
    United Bronx Parents

  • Dr. Galit Sacajiu
    Montefiore Medical Center

  • Erum Hadi
    Bronx District Public Health Office

  • Jennifer Plewka
    Drew Gardens, Phipps Dev. Corp.

  • Marian Feinberg
    For a Better Bronx (FABB)

  • David Sapphire
    Council on the Environment, Inc.

  • Representative
    NYC Agriculture & Markets

  • Representative
    Bronx REACH Healthy Heart Program

October 15, 2008
What if Roe vs Wade Fell: Implications for New York State
A Women's City Club of New York event
New York, NY

PHANYC co-sponsored a Women's City Club of New York City event, "What if Roe vs Wade Fell: Implications for New York State" on October 15th. Speakers included: NYS Senator Liz Krueger; Donna Lieberman, NY Civil Liberties Union; Katherine Grainger, NARAL-Pro Choice NY.

Co-sponsored by:

Mimi Abramovitz, DSW, Faculty Sponsor, Hunter College School of Social Work
BALI: Bella Abzug Learning Institute
NARAL Pro-Choice/NY
New York Civil Liberties Union
Public Health Association of NYC
Women’s Rights Committee of the New York County Lawyers' Association

June 4, 2008
Student Conference
New York, NY

On June 4th, PHANYC's Student Committee sponsored its third Annual Student Conference at the CUNY Graduate Center. The conference had 22 presenters from eight universities in the area. Over 100 people attended the conference, including students, faculty, and members of the NYC public health community, which was more than double the attendance and presenters of its first annual conference.

Topics presented at the conference ranged from health disparities, gender, sexuality and reproductive health, physical activity and nutrition, defining and dealing with chronic disease and addiction, and policy, work and environmental interventions to promote health.

Events co-sponsored by:

CUNY Doctor of Public Health Program
NYU Masters Program in Public Health
NYU Department of Nutrition, Food Studies and Public Health
Institute of Public Health of Yeshiva University
New York Medical College School of Public Health
Brooklyn College CUNY Department of Health and Nutrition Sciences
Lehman College CUNY Department of Health Sciences

Click here for list of presenters and topics, and Click here for information on the student committee
Click here to view our photos from the May 29, 2008 Awards Dinner and the June 4, 2008 Student conference.

May 29, 2008
Annual Dinner and Awards Ceremony
New York, NY

On May 29th, PHANYC celebrated its 2008 Annual Dinner and Awards Ceremony at the Jing Fong restaurant in Chinatown, NY. Over 500 individuals participated in the lively reception, dinner and awards ceremony where we honored our colleagues, awardees and public health profession, which was more than double the number of attendees in 2007.

PHANYC was proud to present its 2008 Haven Emerson Award of lifetime achievement to James Imperato, MD, MPH&TM, Distinguished Service Professor and Chair of the Department of Preventive Medicine Community Health, Director of Master of Public Health Program at SUNY Downstate for his outstanding leadership in and contributions to public health in New York City.

In addition, PHANYC was pleased to present its second Allan Rosenfield Award for Public Health and Social Justice in honor of our colleague, Allan Rosenfield, the Dean of the Mailman School of Public Health at Columbia University. The Allan Rosenfield Award recognizes public health professionals who have made significant contributions to improving public health by promoting social justice in New York. The Award calls attention to the deep connections between population health and social justice and celebrates individuals who have nurtured this public health tradition.

The 2008 Allan Rosenfield Award for Public Health and Social Justice is awarded to Pamela Brier, MPH, President and Chief Executive Officer of Maimonides Medical Center for her outstanding accomplishments in improving public health by promoting social justice in New York City.

Other 2008 awardees included:

  • Yvonne Graham, MPH, Deputy Brooklyn Borough President and posthumously Donald Gemson, MD, MPH, Associate Clinical Director of Columbia University Mailman School of Public Health, shared the Special Merit Award
  • NYC Councilmember (District 9) Inez Dickens was awarded the Legislator of the Year Award
  • Monica Sweeney, MD, MPH, Assistant Commissioner of the NYC Department of Health and Mental Hygiene Bureau of HIV/AIDS Prevention and Control received the Special Merit Award.
  • Gotham Gazette received the Media Award
  • Public Health Community Awards were given to: Alianza Dominicana, Inc., Bronx Youth as Partners in Community-Based Participatory Research, Preventive Intervention Research Center for Child Health at Albert Einstein College of Medicine, Korean Community Services of Metropolitan New York, New York City Nurse-Family Partnership, including:
    • New York City Department of Health and Mental Hygiene, Bureau of Maternal, Infant and Reproductive Health for administrating the NFP;
    • Harlem Hospital Center, HHC as participating agency;
    • Public Health Solutions as participating agency;
    • Richmond Home Need Services, Inc, as participating agency;
    • SCO Family of Service as participating agency;
    • The Brooklyn Hospital Center-NFP as participating agency;
    • Visiting Nurse Service of New York as participating agency.
  • Goldmann Student Paper Awards were given to Karen Flórez, and Yujim Lin (2nd place)

Click here for more information on the awards

March 14, 2008
Combatting Diabetes & Obesity in Bronx
Lehman College, Bronx

PHANYC, the Campaign for Bronx Health and the New York City Food and Fitness Partnership held a Town Forum for Bronx residents and those concerned with their health to share their thoughts and talk with others about how to combat diabetes and obesity in their community. This open forum showcased extensive information on access to food and availability of recreation in the Bronx, and engaged people in discussion and planning.

TOPICS AND SPEAKERS INCLUDED:

For more information, contact: bxhealth@phanyc.org

CO-SPONSORS:

March 6, 2008
Universal Health Care:
Will Women's Needs Be Met?

PHANYC co-sponsored a forum hosted by NARAL Pro-Choice New York on universal health care and its implications on women's health. The event covered the advocacy, policy, and legislative aspects of achieving health care access for all New Yorkers.

SPEAKERS:

  • Byllye Avery, Founder, Black Women's Health Imperative & President, Avery Institute for Social Change
  • Elisabeth Benjamin, Director, Healthcare Restructuring Initiatives, Community Service Society
  • Richard N. Gottfried, Chair, New York State Commission on Health; NYS Assemblyperson
  • Lois Uttley, Director, the MergerWatch Project; Policy & Legislation Committee Chair, PHANYC

CO-SPONSORS:

National Institute for Reproductive Health, Avery Institute for Social Change, Community Service Society, The MergerWatch Project, Public Health Solutions, Public Health Student Group at Steinhardt (NYU), and Raising Women's Voices for the Healthcare We Need.

March 3, 2008
"Our Bodies, Ourselves: Pregnancy & Childbirth"
Book Launch & Presentation

PHANYC sponsored a book launching of "Our Bodies, Ourselves: Pregnancy and Childbirth," book-signing by the author Judy Norsigian, Co-Founder, Boston Women's Health Book Collective, and informal discussion with women's health specialists discuss contemporary issues on pregnancy and birth. For information on the book, click here

SPEAKERS:

Judy Norsigian
Executive Director, Our Bodies, Ourselves
(formerly The Boston Women's Health Book Collective)

Kathleen Powerly, CNM, PhD
Midwife, Bioethicist and Acting Director,
Division of Humanities and Medicine
SUNY Downstate Medical Center

Deborah Kaplan, PA, MPH
Assistant Commissioner
Bureau of Maternal, Infant and Reproductive Health
New York City Department of Health and Mental Hygiene

CO-SPONSORS:

Brooklyn College MPH & MA Programs and the Graduate Center for Worker Education
CUNY Doctorate of Public Health Programs and Graduate Center
Society for Public Health Education of Greater New York (SOPHE)
Our Bodies, Ourselves Collective (OBOS)

take the examFebruary 12, 2008
Certification in Public Health
Examination: Pros and Cons

PHANYC presented an educational program on the history and implications of the new Certification in Public Health Examination at the Brooklyn College Graduate Center for Worker Education (Manhattan campus). Speakers explored the pros and cons of the examination for and becoming a certified public health professional. For more information on the new certification in public health, go to http://www.publichealthexam.org.

SPEAKERS (and slides):
Sally Guttmacher, PhD
Member, Board of Public Health Examiners
Professor/Director of the Public Health Program, NYU
Former President, PHANYC
Click here for powerpoint presentation

Marita K. Murrman, MS, EdD
Associate Clinical Professor of Sociomedical Sciences
Mailman School of Public Health
Presented on behalf of Sylvia Pirani,MPH, MS
Director, Office of Public Health Practice
NYS Department of Health
Click here for powerpoint presentation

CO-SPONSORS:

Webcast available through Clinical Directors Network (CDN) - to register go to www.CDNetwork.org and click on "Upcoming Webcasts"
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