DPHS January 2022 Newsletter

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Department of Public Health Sciences

January 31, 2022

DEPARTMENT NEWS

Division of Prevention Science and Community Health

New Meta-Analysis Sheds Light on the Effects of Pediatric Obesity Interventions Among Hispanic Youth in the U.S. A new meta-analysis on the effects of pediatric obesity interventions on the weight status and lifestyle behaviors of Hispanic youth in the United States will be

published on February 1st in the American Journal of Preventive Medicine. Sara St. George, Ph.D., assistant professor in the Department of Public Health Sciences and Marissa Kobayashi, Ph.D., post-doctoral scholar in the Department of Psychology at the University of Miami, served as co-first authors of the paper.

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Division of Health Services Research and Policy

Department of Public Health Sciences Welcomes Dr. Elahe Nezami Elahe Nezami, Ph.D., joined the University of Miami Miller School of Medicine's Department of Public Health Sciences as a new faculty member in December 2021.

Dr. Nezami is a Professor on the Educator track in the Division of Health Services Research and Policy. She is dedicated to improving education and training in the public health and global health disciplines and expanding the general population's knowledge of public health and global health issues.

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NATIONAL AND LOCAL IMPACT

2021 year in review University of Miami major highlights include various research, service and education activities in the Department of Public Health Sciences. Highlights include research on umbilical-cord derived mesenchymal stem cell infusions, a new wastewater study to help predict coronavirus outbreaks, a study to evaluate the effectiveness of the COVID-19 vaccines among the firefighter and first responder populations, the recognition of Dr. Felicia Marie Knaul as a Honorary Fellow of the American Academy of Nursing, and the election of Dr. Guillermo Prado to the prestigious National Academy of Medicine, among others.

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NEW RESEARCH PUBLICATIONS CORNER

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Recruiting racially and ethnically diverse smokers seeking treatment: Lessons learned from a smoking cessation randomized clinical trial Incidence of SARS-CoV-2 infection among COVID-19 vaccinated and unvaccinated healthcare personnel, first responders, and other essential and frontline workers: Eight US locations, January-September 2021 Cognitive Phenotypes of HIV Defined Using a Novel Data-driven Approach Marginal modeling in community randomized trials with rare events: Utilization of the negative binomial regression model

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EVENTS Feb 24

11:00 am National Firefighter Cancer Symposium 2022

May 06

8:30 am Climate and Health Symposium 2022

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Dr. Kathryn McCollister, professor and director of the Division of Health Services Research and Policy, speaks during a recent CHERISH meeting held at the University of Miami Miller School of Medicine. Photo by: Veronica Bustabad/University of Miami

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