SPH Faculty Updates

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Kathryn M. Cardarelli, M.P.H. ,Ph.D, will be the first SPH graduate to join our faculty in the Department of Epidemiology. She will begin her position as an assistant professor of epidemiology on Monday, July 19, 2004 . Dr. Cardarelli currently serves as president of the SPH Alumni Association. (April 2004)

Fernando Trevino , Ph.D. , M.P.H. , dean of the School of Public Health , will serve on the Board of Scientific Counselors of the National Center for Health Statistics at the Centers of Disease Control. The board provides advice about the goals, strategies and priorities of the NCHS, guides statistical and epidemiological research and activities, and recommends opportunities to employ new approaches to monitor and evaluate key public health, health welfare and welfare policy changes. As a current member of the Health Disparities Task Force in Texas, Dr. Trevino also helped kick off National Public Health Week festivities April 5 by speaking about eliminating health disparities at the Texas Department of Health, Public Health Region 2/3 in Arlington, Texas.