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RX FOR SURVIVAL - A Michigan Perspective |
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Michigan Television presents seven short discussions on public health to accompany each episode of the PBS series, RX FOR SURVIVAL. Host Todd Mundt explores local, national and international public health issues with leading experts from the University of Michigan School of Public Health and UM Health System.
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About the Interview |
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Host Todd Mundt asks Dr. Boulton about the impact public health professionals have had working to prevent disease and improve health.
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Biography
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Matthew Boulton, Associate Dean of the University of Michigan School of Public Health
Prior to his current appointment, he was Chief Medical Executive and State Epidemiologist for the Michigan Department of Community Health where he served as the lead scientist/epidemiologist from 1998-2004 and was responsible for all communicable disease control and surveillance, immunizations, vital records and health statistics, and environmental exposure monitoring for acute and chronic human health effects. His current research is focused on applied epidemiology field investigations, maternal child health, building national epidemiology capacity and improving the public health workforce. |
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About the Interview
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Dr. Gary Freed addresses the concerns parents have about immunizing children. He says vaccines are the most important development in the history of medicine.
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Biography
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Gary Freed, Professor, Department of Pediatrics and Communicable Diseases, University of Michigan, Director, Pediatrics and Communicable Diseases, Division of General Pediatrics
Dr. Freed's specialty is Pediatrics. His primary clinical interests are preventive care and immunizations. |
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Dr. Foxman discusses the growing resistance of bacteria to antibiotics.
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Biography
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Betsy Foxman, Director of the Center for Molecular and Clinical Epidemiology of Infectious Diseases
This multidisciplinary center combines population approaches with modern molecular genetic techniques to better understand the pathogenesis, transmission, and evolution of infectious agents that impact human health, and ultimately to translate this understanding to the prevention and treatment of the diseases these agents cause. |
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Dr. Harlow talks about her study of fast growing regions, like Mexico's maquiladora region, and the impact on health services available.
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Biography
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Sioban Harlow, Professor of Epidemiology and Director of the UM Global Health Research and Training Initiative
She's been involved in a 10-year history of collaboration in reproductive health research in Mexico where she has helped train epidemiologists who focus on adverse effects of environmental and occupational exposures. In collaboration with her Mexican colleagues, she's conducted some of the first epidemiologic studies examining the health status of domestic workers, street vendors and maquiladora workers. Most recently, she is collaborating with colleagues in Mexico and at Arizona State University to evaluate the impact of the export-led production development model on health in Mexican cities most engaged in export production. |
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WHO - Trade Issues and Health
United Nations Millennium Development Goals Realizing Rights: The Ethical Globalization Initiative Global Fairness Initiative: HIV/AIDS, Trade in Africa, and Labor Rights in Central America after CAFTA International Center for Research on Women: Women's Health in Development |
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About the Interview
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Host Todd Mundt asks Dr. Wilson about the virulence of vector-borne diseases like malaria and West Nile Virus.
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Biography
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Mark Wilson, Director of UM's Global Health Program
An epidemiologist and ecologist, Wilson's research and hands-on public health work is in "emerging" diseases including malaria and schistosomiasis in Africa, leishmaniasis in the Middle East, and dengue fever in South America. He's also working on how to anticipate and prepare for intentional introductions of biological disease agents. |
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Dr. Schulz discusses how lack of access to health care in areas like inner city Detroit can have an impact on the entire state.
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Biography
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Amy Schulz, Associate Director of the Center for Research on Ethnicity, Culture and Health at the University of Michigan
Her research focuses on social factors that contribute to health with a particular focus on health disparities and urban communities. Current research efforts focus on understanding social determinants of women 's health in urban communities; the contributions of social and environmental factors to racial and socioeconomic disparities in cardiovascular disease, social aspects of community and their relationship to health, and interventions designed to increase access to healthy foods in urban areas. In addition, she has been involved in projects concerned with: the effects of colonization on the health of Native Americans; community-based approaches to research and community change; the evaluation of community partnerships for health promotion; and the role of grassroots environmental groups in addressing issues of environmental degradation and economic development. |
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About the Interview
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Dr. Boulton discusses the potential threat of Avian flu.
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Biography
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Matthew Boulton, Associate Dean of the University of Michigan School of Public Health
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| MORE RESOURCES General Links |
| University of Michigan School of Public Health |
| PBS Resources |
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Rx for Survival: A Global Perspective
The Newshour - Avian Flu A resource for students looking for more information about Avian Flu NOVA - Killer Disease on Campus Doctors combat the deadliest form of meningitis, which strikes young people out of the blue NOVA - World in the Balance NOVA investigates forces that are radically changing populations in both rich and poor nations, and explores how to create a world that can sustain the human race American Experience - Influenza 1918 PBS explores the worst epidemic the US has ever known |