AJPM Focus Call for Papers

AJPM Focus, the newest official and fully open access journal of APTR, aims to increase inclusivity in people, methods, and outcomes within the preventive medicine and public health literature. To celebrate the launch of AJPM Focus and highlight this goal, we invite manuscript submissions reflecting these themes for two special issues in 2022:

Prevention Research for Inclusivity in People, Methods, and Outcomes

Article submissions should focus on research study designs that generate original prevention evidence or synthesize such evidence. This can include basic science research demonstrably relevant to prevention (e.g., psychosocial or physiological mechanisms underlying health behavior change, epigenetics, the role of inflammation in conditions of public health significance), clinical and population health research, or the synthesis of such research.

Prevention Evidence Translation for Inclusivity in People, Methods, and Outcomes

Submissions should focus on study designs that address prevention issues at any point on the knowledge translation continuum. This can range from narrative reviews to implementation science, interdisciplinary scholarship that brings nontraditional fields into the prevention realm (e.g., human ecology, evolutionary medicine, salutogenesis, sociology), and any other study design that brings research evidence into practice or policy.

All articles submitted before December 31, 2022, will receive a 50% discount on publication costs. Additionally, many institutions have agreements in place with our publisher that enable even lower cost or free publication.

We believe that the aims of AJPM Focus align closely with those of APTR and its members and hope you will submit your work to our journal.

Learn more and submit at: www.journals.elsevier.com/ajpm-focus/forthcoming-special-issues

The Association for Prevention Teaching and Research (APTR) is proud to announce the upcoming class of residents for the Agency for Healthcare Research and Quality (AHRQ) residency rotation located in Rockville, MD. APTR offers field placements for preventive medicine residents and primary care residents with the U.S. Preventive Services Task Force (USPSTF) Program, based at AHRQ.

The clinical preventive medicine rotation at AHRQ provides an in-depth experience in the process of developing evidence-based recommendations. Residents work closely with AHRQ staff and USPSTF members in a variety of activities such as: participating in scoping of clinical preventive services (CPS) topics; researching information on epidemiology and burden of preventable conditions addressed by CPS; reviewing and summarizing external comments on draft recommendations; researching positions of other organizations; and editing and finalizing recommendations and rationale statements. Other projects may involve developing implementation materials for USPSTF recommendations aimed at patients, clinicians, health plans, employers or policy makers.

2022-2023 Class of Residents

1. Sayuri Inoue, MD, MPP; Stony Brook Preventive Medicine Residency
2. Cara Dooley, MD; University of Maryland - Preventive Medicine Residency
3. Michael Harding, MD; Johns Hopkins University General Preventive Medicine Residency
4. Siri Chirumamilla, DO, MS; Emory University Preventive Medicine
5. Afua Takyi, MD, MS, MPH; University of North Carolina at Chapel Hill Preventive Medicine Residency Program 
6. Nadia Saif, MD, MPH; University of Maryland Baltimore - Preventive Medicine Residency

APTR-AHRQ Preventive Medicine Residency Rotations

APTR and 58 national organizations support the bipartisan letter urging the highest possible funding in Fiscal Year 2023 for federal programs at HRSA, CDC, and NIH to improve maternal health and eliminate inequities in maternal health outcomes. More women die from pregnancy-related complications in the United States than in any other developed country, and the rate of maternal deaths continues to rise. According to the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention (CDC), approximately 700 pregnancy-related deaths occur in the U.S. each year and 60 percent of these deaths are preventable. Major disparities in maternal mortality exist, with Black women three to four times more likely than non-Hispanic white women to die due to pregnancy-related complications and Indigenous women more than twice as likely than non-Hispanic white women to die due to pregnancy-related complications. The latest data from CDC show a marked increase in maternal deaths during the first year of the pandemic.

Sign-on Letter

APTR joined 98 organizations to recommend providing at least $9.8 billion for discretionary Health Resources and Services Administration programs in the FY 2023 Labor, Health and Human Services, Education, and Related Agencies appropriations bill. Strong funding for HRSA is critical to supporting all of HRSA’s activities and programs, which are essential to protect the health of our communities. Due to years of underfunding, many HRSA programs have not received the funding that is needed to address the many health challenges we face as a nation, limiting their ability to provide communities with the support, care and workforce that they depend on. Additional funding will allow HRSA to fill preventive and primary health care gaps, support urgent and long-term public health workforce needs and build upon the achievements of HRSA’s more than 90 programs and more than 3,000 grantees.

Read the Letter

Leah C Neubauer, EdD, MA has been awarded the 2022 APTR F. Marian Bishop Educator Award. This award recognizes an APTR member who has made significant and outstanding contributions to the instruction of students or residents that advances the field of public health and prevention. 

Dr. Neubauer is a nationally-recognized, award-winning educator. Her primary area of scholarship is focused on curriculum development in the health-related professions and sciences. As a critical educational methodologist and team scientist, she conducts collaborative global research specifically focused on the development, implementation, evaluation and dissemination of education and training.

Dr. Neubauer is an Associate Professor of Preventive Medicine, Division of Public Health Practice, in the Feinberg School of Medicine at Northwestern University. She is Affiliated Faculty with the Institute for Global Health and the Program of African Studies (PAS) and Ad-Hoc Faculty in The Graduate School. She serves as Associate Director of the Program in Public Health (PPH) and Director of Educational Advancement and Accreditation.  

Dr. Neubauer will be 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