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Faculty in the News
“Without sustained federal support for surveillance and control of mosquito-borne diseases in the United States, we will again be vulnerable to introduced threats.”
- Durland Fish, Ph.D., Professor of Epidemiology in the Division of Epidemiology of Microbial Diseases, on how the nearly 50 percent cut in federal funding for the West Nile Virus could render the nation incapable of preventing a future epidemic in “Back to Bite Us” New York Times, May 27, 2007.
“They have the right to make the decision [using long-term birth control or getting sterilized] in a supportive, friendly, nonjudgmental setting. What is wrong is if the women are coerced. It should be the drug user’s decision.”
- Kaveh Khoshnood, Ph.D., Assistant Professor in Public Health Practice in the Division of Epidemiology of Microbial Diseases, on Project Prevention, a controversial group that pays drug addicts up to $300 to use long-term birth control or get sterilized, in “Addicts Paid to Prevent Pregnancy,” New Haven Register, December 17, 2006.
“Having a good interventional cardiologist is not enough. How the hospital processes are organized and managed, and how teams work together within the hospital really matters to patient outcomes, especially in heart attack care, which requires coordination among many different staff members.”
- Elizabeth Bradley, Ph.D., Professor and Director of the Health Management Program, in “Specific Strategic Plans Ensure Timely Emergency Care for Heart Attack Patients,” Managed Care Weekly Digest, December 4, 2006.
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