News in brief Celebrating National Public Health Week Join public health professionals across the country in raising awareness of the major threats to public health. April 4, 2017Tuesday Kate Samano Contact Kate Facebook Twitter LinkedIn Email Topics advocacypublic health The American Public Health Association (APHA) is spending this year’s National Public Health Week (NPHW) raising awareness of public health detriments such as racism, health care access and poor eating habits. From April 3-9, 2017, health care providers, politicians, and the general public are invited to celebrate public health and prevention through education, advocacy, and conversation. The AOA will join others like Former Vice President Al Gore and the Centers for Disease Control & Prevention (CDC) in this year’s NPHW Twitter chat at 2pm EST on April 5. Follow along at #NPHWChat. Other ways to get involved include: Advocating for public health by sending messages to members of Congress. Talking to your community about prevention, policy, and public health with this helpful guide from APHA. Attending or hosting an NPHW event. Check back with The DO on Wednesday for a roundup from the #NPHWChat. More in Newsbriefs Free holistic residency application review platform will soon be available for residency programs that use ERAS Cortex, an AI-enabled platform, is designed to provide technology-assisted holistic review by streamlining application screening and review. AOA’s research grants workshop will guide applicants through funding process The Nov. 14 workshop will cover important topics such as RFA/NOFOs and available funding amounts. Previous articleChanges coming to COMLEX-USA exams Next article#DODay17: Urging Congress to reauthorize teaching health center GME funding
Free holistic residency application review platform will soon be available for residency programs that use ERAS Cortex, an AI-enabled platform, is designed to provide technology-assisted holistic review by streamlining application screening and review.
AOA’s research grants workshop will guide applicants through funding process The Nov. 14 workshop will cover important topics such as RFA/NOFOs and available funding amounts.