Citation

DiMaggio C, Markenson D, Henning K, Redlener I, Zimmerman R. J. Public Health Manag. Pract. 2006; 12(1): 22-27.

Affiliation

Assistant Professor of Clinical Epidemiology, Columbia University Mailman School of Public Health, and Investigator, National Center for Disaster Preparedness, New York. (DiMaggio) Chief, Pediatric Emergency Medicine, Maria Fareri Childrenʼs Hospital, We

Copyright

(Copyright © 2006, Lippincott Williams and Wilkins)

DOI

unavailable

PMID

16340510

Abstract

The New York City Department of Health and Mental Hygiene and the Columbia University Mailman School of Public Health's National Center for Disaster Preparedness undertook a collaborative project to establish a model academic health department. The goals were to increase student participation at the health department, increase faculty participation in health department activities, and facilitate health department faculty appointments at the school. As a result, 17 students were placed in full-time summer research projects designed by health department staff specifically for the project, 154 health department staff attended a series of six lectures presented by faculty, and five health department professionals applied for academic appointments at the school. The benefits of the efforts toward establishing an academic health department extend to all areas of public health practice, including those of preparedness.