Newsmakers
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* Natalie McGill

## Three APHA members named to national advisory committee

Three APHA members have been named as members of the National Advisory Committee on Children and Disasters, which held its first public meeting in August. The 15-member committee includes the following Association members: Lisa Kaplowitz, MD, MSHA, deputy assistant secretary for policy in the Department of Health and Human Services’ Office of the Assistant Secretary for Preparedness and Response; Linda MacIntyre, PhD, RN, chief nurse of the American Red Cross; and Mary Riley, MPH, RN, CPH, director of the Office of Human Services Emergency Preparedness Response in HHS’ Administration for Children and Families.

## Kar awarded Fulbright-Nehru fellowship

Snehendu Kar, DrPH, MPH, MSc, in July was awarded a Fulbright-Nehru Distinguished Chair fellowship from the United States-India Educational Foundation. Kar is a professor emeritus in the Department of Community Health Sciences at the University of California-Los Angeles’ Fielding School of Public Health. The fellowship will allow Kar to introduce health psychology programs at two India universities, attend conferences and help with research for his book project, “Women’s Empowerment for Global Health Promotion,” for Oxford University Press.

## Koh rejoins Harvard School of Public Health faculty

Howard Koh, MD, MPH, former assistant secretary for health at the Department of Health and Human Services, returned to the Harvard School of Public Health as of the fall 2014 semester as a faculty member. Koh is professor of the practice of public health leadership at Harvard School of Public Health’s Department of Health Policy and Management. He will also direct the Leading Change Studio, an experiential learning leadership program under the school’s doctor of public health program. Koh first became a Harvard School of Public Health faculty member in 2003 when he was named associate dean for public health practice and director of the school’s Center for Public Health Preparedness.

## LoBue named director of division focused on tuberculosis prevention

Philip LoBue, MD, in August was named the director of the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention’s Division of Tuberculosis Elimination. LoBue previously served as the division’s acting director and also as the division’s associate director for science.

## McCray named director of HIV/AIDS prevention division

Eugene McCray, MD, in August became director of the Division of HIV/AIDS Prevention under the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention’s National Center for HIV/AIDS, Viral Hepatitis, STD and TB Prevention. McCray previously served as chief of the International Research and Programs Branch in CDC’s Division of Tuberculosis Elimination.

## Miller named North Carolina school’s associate dean for advancement

Crystal Hinson Miller, MA, CFRE, in September became the associate dean for advancement at the University of North Carolina-Chapel Hill’s Gillings School of Global Public Health. Miller previously served as vice president for children’s programs at the Medical Foundation of North Carolina Inc.

## Olea named executive director of Joint Commission program

Stacy Olea, MBA, MT-ASCP, FACHE, in August was named executive director of the Joint Commission’s Laboratory Services Accreditation program. Olea previously served as the commission’s laboratory field director and its interim ambulatory field director.

## Simon-Rusinowitz named policy fellow

Lori Simon-Rusinowitz, PhD, MPH, MA, in July was named a fellow in the Health and Aging Policy Fellows Program. The fellowship is funded by the Atlantic Philanthropies and multiple partners including the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention and the Gerontological Society of America’s National Hartford Centers of Gerontological Nursing Excellence. Simon-Rusinowitz will receive a fellowship stipend for her policy project, “Making the Most of What We Have: Identifying Creative Uses of Existing Policies and Programs to Support the Health and Long-Term Services and Supports Component of Age-Friendly Communities.” She is an associate professor for the University of Maryland School of Public Health’s Department of Health Services Administration and interim director of the school’s Center on Aging.

## Thorpe named to advisory committee on minority health

Roland Thorpe, PhD, in July was appointed as a member of the U.S. Department of Health and Human Services’ Advisory Committee on Minority Health. Thorpe is an assistant professor at the Johns Hopkins Bloomberg School of Public Health and director of the Program for Research on Men’s Health at the university’s Center for Health Disparities Solutions. The advisory committee makes recommendations regarding the health of U.S. minorities to the Deputy Assistant Secretary for Minority Health.

## Thurm named to HHS management team

Kevin Thurm, JD, MA, in August was named as a senior counselor to the U.S. Department of Health and Human Services’ management team. Thurm previously worked with Citigroup and as Deputy Secretary for Health and Human Services under the Clinton administration. Among Thurm’s tasks are to work with HHS senior staff on policy challenges and foster relationships with external groups.

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