Past, Present, and Future: Collaborations among national student and professional organizations. January 10, 2004, Washington, DC

Jay H. Glasser, PhD , MS President, MPHI

Catalyzed by a talk presented by Roy Schwarz, MD “Medicine and Public Health: a Costly

Estrangement”

THE APHA and AMA Medicine and Public Health Initiative

Building sustainable national and state alliances

Inter-disciplinary, Inclusive, and Proactive

The Three Major GoalsEDUCATION

Graduate and Undergraduate

Continuing Practice

APPLIED RESEACH

Cross discipline

Translational

COMMUNITY DEMONSTRATION

Outcomes and Evaluation

Population based health

OPEN ARCHITECTURE AND COMMUNICATION NETWORK

Dateline 9/11 NYC: Awaiting the injured who never came

Rethinking not only preparedness…we TRULY are at the CUSP

OLD STYLE PANDEMICS

At the Gates - OurSafety Depends onEternal Vigilance

Public Health is largely responsible for the greatestincreases in human life span

But is “Invisible” to the public

Worlds greatestpreventable cause of death

But as a society wevacillate on

•control•economics•prevention

THEN AND NOW: the story of the WORLD TOBACCO CONVENTION, AUGUST COLUMN: the Power to Move ideas

Obesity Trends* Among U.S. AdultsBRFSS, 1992

Source: Mokdad A H, et al. J Am Med Assoc 1999;282:16, 2001;286:10.

1992

Obesity Trends* Among U.S. AdultsBRFSS, 2001

Source: Mokdad A H, et al. J Am Med Assoc 1999;282:16, 2001;286:10.

2001

MPHI POWER GRID Analogy“future shock” is now

• Grid needs to be powered up• The Potential can be tapped

• The ideal is also practical

The Nation's Health Dollars: Est.2002: $1.7 Trillion Dollars

Where It Came From

Size of Sums in playDistribution

ESTABLISH The PUBLIC HEALTH TRUST FUND

LEADERSHIP and SCIENCE BASED ACCOUNTABILITY

Probability of Being Uninsured for Population Under Age 65, By State, 1977-1999

Enormous at risk populations

A HOUSE DIVIDED CANNOT STAND Abraham Lincoln

Bettina I will add one on Children too

How to assure equity in health opportunity and realities?

UNIVERSAL ACCESS No Community Left Behind

Follow wise Ben Franklin

1900 The National Commission on Public Health

Amazing Technology: BIG BIOLOGY:boon and bane for Community Health

The 50th anniversaryOf Watson and CrickDNA Double Helix paper

For Heal Professionals an unlimited future……with delimited funding

Demographic Dynamics are Increasing Demands and Diversity: culture, cohorts, cities..

70 million Baby Boomers

Knowledge Management: Information doubles every three years

Discusses issues affecting Community and Public Health, with a special focus on education.

We can make a difference.

Your Role is Especially Important

Raise the bar for performance standards,

The demographics facing the workforce: 25 to 50 % retirementeligible Educational needs, career ladders, advocacy

Environmental Challenges: we are living on the space ship earth, reuniting health and

occupational and environmental professionals

13.4 Million Children Worldwide Have Lost One or Both Parents to AIDS

Chinese orphan sole caretaker of his HIV - AIDS

infected grandfather Blurring Local and Global Boundaries, what is the role of governments?

CREATING CAREER AND PROFESSIONAL OPPORTUNITIES

Impacting Health in the Information Age

125 million Americans regularly go on the web for health information

The next generation is born in the info-ageWe are “immigrants” to cyber-land

For MPHI it is “Back to the Future”: student leadership matters

joining hands is both visionary and practical