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A free public webinar Friday will focus on the impact of COVID-19 on youths in Sangamon County. The University of Illinois Springfield Innovation Hub, UIS Center for State Policy and Leadership and the Community Health Roundtable is leading “Impact of COVID-19 on our Youth: Learning, Playing & Socializing” at noon Friday via Zoom. Expert panelists will address the social and emotional strains of COVID-19 on youths and how schools and teachers have adapted to online and hybrid learning. Panelists also will discuss emergent mitigation strategies taking place at home, in school and for extr...

(MENAFN - The Conversation) Rafael Pérez-Escamilla is a tenured Professor at the Yale School of Public Health where he is also Director of the Office of Public Health Practice, the Global Health Concentration and the Center for Methods in Implementation and Population Science (CMIPS) Maternal Child Health Promotion program. His work has led to improvements in maternal, infant and young child feeding, and early childhood development programs globally. He has published 270 peer reviewed articles and lectured extensively across world regions. He is an elected member of the U.S. National Acad...

by afampov · February 2, 2021 Baystate creates decision aid for doctors and pregnant women to consult SPRINGFIELD, MA – Is it safe for pregnant women to get the coronavirus vaccine? That’s a question that two Baystate Medical Center doctors contemplated together recently – one a primary care physician at Baystate Mason Square Neighborhood Health Center, who is also board certified in infectious diseases, and the other an OB/GYN. Dr. Amanda Westlake learned in September that she was expecting her third child. As an infectious disease specialist, when she v...

Sameer Vohra, MD, JD, MA, FAAP, is the founding chair of Southern Illinois University School of Medicine Department of Population Science and Policy, a social mission-driven research and policy academic department aiming to improve health outcomes in central and southern Illinois. A general pediatrician, Dr. Vohra is also an associate professor of Pediatrics, Medical Humanities, and Law. Dr. Vohra completed a residency in pediatrics at the University of Chicago where he also earned a Master of Arts in public policy. He received his medical doctorate at SIU School of Medicine and a juris docto...

Mindy Rogers has been named director of the Kentucky Cancer Program - East, housed within the UK Markey Cancer Center. LEXINGTON, Ky. (Jan. 20, 2021) – The University of Kentucky Markey Cancer Center announces the appointment of Mindy Rogers as director of the Kentucky Cancer Program – East, which is housed within the Cancer Center. The Kentucky Cancer Program (KCP) - East is one of the programs under Markey’s Community Impact Office. The KCP-East director works under the guidance of Markey’s Associate Director for Population Science and Community Impact Pamela Hull, Ph.D. In this ro...