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Transportation and Health: A Conversation With Seattle/King County Health Director
November 7, 2012 | New Public Health Post
NewPublicHealth continues a series of conversations with local public health directors on the issues that impact their work and the health of their communities. Recently, we spoke with David Fleming, MD, MPH, public health director of Seattle and Ki ...
Washington State Becomes "Go-To" State for Public Health Best Practices
October 18, 2010 | Story
"One of my colleagues said, 'When you become a state health official, figure out what your priority is and get to work on it, because you don't have a lot of time to make a difference."
Alfred O. Berg, MD, MPH
January 24, 2013 | Story
Alfred Berg is an associate editor of Journal of the American Board of Family Practice and chairs the US Preventive Services Task Force of the Agency for Health Care Policy and Research.