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Dr-Rob July 6, 2020

At the American Public Health Convention in Philadelphia in 2019, the new member meets the long standing leadership.It was with great pleasure that I was able to introduce Omonikhefe Aghomon at her first APHA meeting to the “”Rock Star” legendary physician leaders Dr. Georges Benjamin and Dr. Linda Rae Murray. “O” is authoring a sickle cell anemia set of tutorials for the Force for Health GO app for use with the Advance the Dream initiative we are putting together to address the health disparities highlighted in some of Dr. Martin Luther King’s speeches. She is working as an intern with the Force for Health while she studies public health and premed at SUNY.#APHA #sickle cell # advance the dream

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Dorothy Long Parma: Finding Her Career in Gastric Cancer Research While Navigating Mental Health

Dr. Dorothy Long Parma hasn’t had the easiest career path. She’s struggled with depression throughout her time in medical school, residency, and her current work as an assistant professor at the Institute of Health Promotion Research (IHPR) at UT Health San Antonio. Although her depression made it very difficult at times, Long Parma successfully completed …
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Network_News July 8, 2021

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Alberto Martin: Making the Most of Every Opportunity for Latino Health

As a child in Puerto Rico, Alberto Martin dreamed of playing professional soccer. He knew that becoming a soccer pro meant lots of hard work, practice, and willpower to get better even when you’re tired and want to give up. Today, Martin is using those lessons to become a different kind of pro – a …
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Network_News July 14, 2023

5 Essential Frameworks for Preventing Violent Child Death

The U.S. has a violent child death problem. Developing strategies to prevent violent child deaths death from firearms and traffic crashes is a demanding task that requires consideration of numerous upstream, interrelated, and tangential issues. To help safety advocates develop strategies to prevent violent child death, we compiled five frameworks to help: Understand and explain …
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Network_News December 8, 2022

Isabella Jimenez: Launching a Food App to Inspire Healthy Eating

Isabella Jimenez is only 16 years old, but she’s already an entrepreneur and app creator. In fact, she got started when she was 12. Jimenez began creating her app called MyFunFood in 2018. The app is meant to be a digital cookbook where young people can learn to cook easy, healthy recipes, while also playing …
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Network_News March 4, 2021

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Caged Fury raged through Lewistown as Seven Mountains Wrestling returned with a vengeance

Caged Fury By Kenny Varner LEWISTOWN – It was a night of Caged Fury. Seven Mountain Wrestling was back in action Saturday at its home at Mr. Stax. The group brought its A-game as the line up from bottom to top was nothing less spectacular. It was “sit in the edge of your seats non-stop […]

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