APTR and the American College of Preventive Medicine (ACPM) have appointed Dr. Alex Crosby as the joint APTR-ACPM member to the governing board of the American Journal of Preventive Medicine. Alex E. Crosby, MD, MPH, graduated with a BA in chemistry from Fisk University in Nashville, Tenn., an MD from Howard University's College of Medicine in Wash., D.C., and an MPH in health administration and management from Emory University's School of Public Health in Atlanta, Georgia. He completed training in Family Medicine at Howard University Hospital; General Preventive Medicine and Public Health at Morehouse School of Medicine and the Georgia Division of Public Health and epidemiology at the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention's (CDC's) Epidemic Intelligence Service.

Dr. Crosby worked at the CDC for 30 years responding to numerous public health emergencies addressing suicide clusters, civil unrest, school-associated violence, sniper attacks, firearm-related injuries, and the response to hurricanes, Ebola and Coronavirus. He has authored or co-authored over 125 publications. His work focuses on prevention of suicidal behavior, child maltreatment, intimate partner violence, interpersonal violence among adolescents, and assault injuries among minorities. He currently serves as a professor in the Department of Community Health and Preventive Medicine at the Morehouse School of Medicine. Dr. Crosby was born in Highland Park, Michigan and raised in Detroit. He is the oldest son of Emeral and Corene Crosby and a husband and father of four children.

 

APTR and 287 national, state, and local medical, public health, and research organizations ask Congress to provide $35 million for the U.S. Centers for Disease Control and Prevention (CDC) and $25 million for the National Institutes of Health (NIH) to conduct public health research into firearm morbidity and mortality prevention. We also encourage Congress to explore opportunities for building out and further supporting firearm-related research at all other appropriate agencies, to ensure that federally funded research can explore the full scope of this public health issue. Continued and expanded funding could support the creation of additional, large, multi-year studies and accelerate the rebuilding of a research community that shrank in the decades before Congress restored this federal funding. Exploring additional agencies to fund for this work would also ensure this research can address all necessary areas of inquiry and move us closer to the approximately $100 million necessary annually to fully support this research field.

Sign-On Letter

APTR, and its Friends of HRSA organizations dedicated to improving the health of all women, children, and families, strongly urge Congress to support at least $1 billion for the Title V Maternal and Child Health (MCH) Services Block Grant in the FY2023 Labor, Health and Human Services, Education & Related Agencies Appropriations bill. The Title V MCH Block Grant is a cost-effective, accountable, and flexible funding source used to address the most critical, pressing, and unique needs of maternal and child health populations in all 50 states, the District of Columbia, and other jurisdictions.

We thank Congress for funding the Title V MCH Block Grant at $747.7 million in FY2022 and urge them to provide an increase to at least $1 billion in FY2023, including a robust increase for the state formula fund. 

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Congratulations to Stony Brook and Dr. Iris Granek, Clinical Professor and Founding Chair of the Department of Family, Population and Preventive Medicine. The Tele-Preventive Medicine (TPM) service is a 3-month rotation designed for the virtual delivery of clinical preventive services and lifestyle medicine interventions for a variety of populations, including patients in the Stony Brook Family Medicine Patient-Centered Medical Home (PCMH). The clinical care data generated in the TPM service form the basis of the content for the Population Health Rounds.

The program was recognized during Teaching Prevention 2022: Pivot With Purpose To Build A Healthier Future. Learn about the Awards Program and nominations process at www.aptrweb.org/awards.

AJPM Focus, the recently launched open access journal of the Association for Prevention Teaching and Research (APTR) and the American College of
Preventive Medicine (ACPM), has selected 52 members for its inaugural editorial board. Almost 70 percent of the members self-identify as members of underrepresented groups, and a similar proportion are also early- or mid-career researchers and practitioners, including several students and residents. This aligns with AJPM Focus’ emphasis on inclusivity in people, methods, and outcomes.

Members of the editorial board will advise the Editor-in-Chief on journal policy and scope in addition to providing regular peer review and performing other academic responsibilities during their two-year terms. They will also assist in promoting the journal to their colleagues, peers, and professional networks. Members were selected on the basis of their commitment to publication excellence and the advancement of preventive medicine, public health, and population health, including experience or interest in publishing and peer review. The selection process aimed to achieve a balanced distribution of professionals and learners across the career stages and relevant areas of expertise while ensuring a board that adequately represents the profession and the priorities of the journal.

Launched in 2022, AJPM Focus serves as an academic open access repository for high-quality prevention evidence across the global spectrum of health. AJPM Focus is helmed by Yuri T. Jadotte, MD, PhD, MPH. It is the companion journal of the American Journal of Preventive Medicine.

For more information or to submit a manuscript, please visit https://www.journals.elsevier.com/ajpm-focus.

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