Program Homepage
About
the Program
What
is
prevention?
"An
Ounce of Prevention"
Bi-monthly Newsletter
The Prevention
Syllabus
PACT- Prevention
in
ACTion student
interest group
Health Care
&
Prevention
MPH Program
Student
Opportunities
in prevention
Prevention links
of interest
Back to 
Back to
UNC
home page
Program
on Prevention in Education & Practice
About the Program Co-Directors and Staff
The Program is represented by a Directors and an Education Coordinator. Together this team works to fulfill the Program's mission and educational programs.
Russell
P. Harris, MD, MPH
- Director
Dr. Harris is an Associate Professor in the Department of Medicine. He also holds adjunct appointments in the Department of Social Medicine in the School of Medicine and the Department of Epidemiology in the School of Public Health. Dr. Harris has an MPH degree from the Department of Epidemiology at the UNC School of Public Health. He is board-certified in both Internal Medicine and Preventive Medicine and is a practicing clinician.
Amy
L. Ward - Education
Coordinator
Ms. Ward joined the Program in 1998 with considerable experience in curriculum development in medical education. She is a valuable link between the medical students and faculty and the Program in that she is responsible for the development, distribution and integration of the Prevention Syllabus as well as coordinator of the Prevention in ACTion (PACT) student interest group and summer prevention education experience for students. Ms. Ward also maintains the website and creates the electronic newsletter "An Ounce of Prevention..." She coordinates the public health course "Strategies of Prevention for Clinicians" and keep the Blackboard site for this class up and running.
E-mail comments &
questions to Amy L. Ward
Last updated 11/06/02