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We are excited to announce Volume 7! Volume 7 features Dr. Ichiro Kawachi, chair of the Department of Social and Behavioral Sciences at the Harvard School of Pubic Health, and Dr. Tom Bodenheimer, who works with primary care providers to improve health care service delivery.
We invite you to reflect on the ideas raised by We Are Public Health's second round interviewees. Join the discussion!
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Welcome to Volume 6!

We invite you to read about Dr. Joe West, whose work in community prevention, diabetes and smoking cessation has spanned the disciplines from epidemiology to the arts; Dr. Jack Geiger, one of the founders of the community health center movement; and Dr. Sandra Witt, key architect in the development of health equity practice at the Alameda County Public Health Department and The California Endowment.
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Welcome to Volume 5: Expanding the Boundaries of Public Health!

Our first ever themed volume highlights innovative collaborations. Laura Sanders promotes the rights and health of undocumented workers and immigrants in Michigan; Bob Prentice broke ground between land use, air quality, and health agencies in California; Emma Rodgers works with a community coalition in the South Bronx to promote healthy environments for residents to live, work, and play.

In This Volume

Ichiro Kawachi, MD, PhD

Trained in both internal medicine and epidemiology, Ichiro Kawachi, has been a…
Tom Bodenheimer, MD, MPH

After graduating from Harvard Medical School, Dr. Tom Bodenheimer spent time as…
Joseph F. West, ScD

Introduction After graduating from the University of Illinois, Dr. Joseph West worked…