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期刊名称：AMERICAN JOURNAL OF PREVENTIVE MEDICINE
 期刊简介(About the journal)
投稿须知(Instructions to Authors)
编辑部信息(Editorial Board)
About the journal
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The American Journal of Preventive Medicine is the official journal of the American College of Preventive Medicine and the Association of Teachers of Preventive Medicine. It publishes articles in the areas of prevention research, teaching, practice and policy. Original research is published on interventions aimed at the prevention of chronic and acute disease and the promotion of individual and community health. Of particular emphasis are papers that address the primary and secondary prevention of important clinical, behavioral and public health issues such as injury and violence, infectious disease, women's health, smoking, sedentary behaviors and physical activity, nutrition, diabetes, obesity, and alcohol and drug abuse. Papers also address educational initiatives aimed at improving the ability of health professionals to provide effective clinical prevention and public health services. Papers on health services research pertinent to prevention and public health are also published. The journal also publishes official policy statements from the two co-sponsoring organizations, review articles, media reviews, and editorials. Finally, the journal periodically publishes supplements and special theme issues devoted to areas of current interest to the prevention community. For information on the American College of Preventive Medicine (ACPM) and the Association of Teachers of Preventive Medicine (ATPM), visit their web sites at the following URLs:http://www.acpm.org/ andhttp://www.atpm.org/.
American Journal of Preventive Medicine is ranked 12th out of 90 Public, Environmental & Occupational Health titles and 16th out of 107 General and Internal titles according to the Institute for Scientific Information's 2002 Journal Citation Reports.
Bibliographic & ordering Information
ISSN: 0749-3797
Imprint: ELSEVIER
Commenced publication 1984, Published by Elsevier since 1998.
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Instructions to Authors
A Journal of the American College of Preventive Medicine and the Association for Prevention Teaching and Research
Author Instructions
- Communicating with the Editorial Office
- General Information
- Copyright
Article Types
- AJPM's Publication Process and Features
- Timetable
Expedited Review and Publication Online Before Print
Supplemental Online-Only Material
Online-Only Publication
Audio/Visual
SciVee
Continuing Medical Education (CME)
Offprints, Reprints, PDFs
Press Activity
Embargo Policy
- Manuscript Preparation
- Reporting Guidelines
Manuscript Format
- How to Submit a Paper
- CHECKLIST
COMMUNICATING WITH THE EDITORIAL OFFICE
We encourage you to communicate with the AJPM Editorial Office.
Address: AJPM Editorial Office, University of California, San Diego, 9500 Gilman Drive, Dept 0811, La Jolla, CA 92093-0811.
Fax: 858-534-9344
To check on the status of a manuscript, e-mail: eAJPM@ucsd.edu or call 858-534-9340.
For all other business, please e-mail: ajpm@ucsd.edu.
GENERAL INFORMATION
The American Journal of Preventive Medicine [AJPM] is the official journal of the American College of Preventive Medicine and the Association for Prevention Teaching and Research. Started in 1985, AJPM is a fully peer-reviewed international journal that publishes original research articles, reviews, current issues papers, commentary, and correspondence on all aspects of practice, education, policy, and research in preventive medicine and public health.
Manuscripts are accepted for consideration with the understanding that they have been submitted solely to AJPM; that they have not been previously published, either in whole or in part; and that the findings have not been posted online. The editors reserve the right to make editorial changes in all matter published in the Journal and cannot enter into correspondence about manuscripts not accepted for publication. The editors, editorial board, sponsoring organizations, and publishers do not accept responsibility for the statements expressed by authors in their contributions.
The editors and staff of AJPM adhere to the ethical standards established by the Committee on Publication Ethics (COPE; www.publicationethics.org) and are committed to providing authors with a transparent process in the handling of manuscripts received in the editorial office. Any alleged breach of scientific integrity will be adjudicated by COPE.
In addition, AJPM follows the guidance on editorial independence produced by the World Association of Medical Editors (www.wame.org), and subscribes to the tenets of reporting guidelines established by the EQUATOR network (www.equator-network.org/). AJPM supports the policies of the International Committee of Medical Journal Editors (ICMJE), and the following author instructions follow the ICMJE Uniform Requirements for Manuscripts Submitted to Biomedical Journals, available at www.icmje.org/. Manuscript preparation should follow these ICMJE guidelines.
Copyright
Copyright of all material is held by the American Journal of Preventive Medicine. Authors may use their own material in other publications provided that AJPM is acknowledged as the original place of publication and that permission is obtained from Elsevier Science Inc. in advance and in writing. Requests may be completed online via the Elsevier website at www.elsevier.com/permissions.
Article Types
Research Articles and Brief Reports are original empirical articles, such as reports of randomized controlled trials, observational studies, or other basic clinical and public health investigations. These make up the majority of journal pages.
Required elements:
- Structured abstract (for research papers): background; purpose; methods (include years of data collection and analysis, and IRB approval and informed consent); results; conclusions
(for interventions): background; purpose; design; setting/participants; intervention; main outcome measures; results; conclusions
Objective or hypothesis
Research methods (including statistical methodologies)
Essential features of interventions
Outcome measures
Results
- discuss in context of published literature
- emphasize what is novel about findings
- emphasize contribution to literature in medicine and public health
Word limits:
- Research articles: 3000
Randomized controlled trials: 4000
Brief reports: 1200
Review Articles: Systematic reviews and meta-analyses are systematic, critical assessments of the literature and data sources pertaining to clinical topics, emphasizing factors such as cause, diagnosis, prognosis, therapy, and prevention. Data sources should be as current as possible.
Required elements:
- Structured abstract: context; evidence acquisition; evidence synthesis; conclusions
Inclusion and exclusion criteria for sources
Description of search and selection process
Type of study or analysis description of population, intervention, exposure, tests/outcomes for each article or data source
Word limit: 4000
Note: Tables longer than two pages will likely be published as an online-only appendix.
Special Articles may address virtually any important topic in preventive medicine or public health. Word limit: 4000
Research and Practice Methods articles include those detailing the methods used to answer specific research questions. Typical length: 3000 words
Teaching Preventive Medicine articles highlight methods used in teaching preventive medicine or evaluating educational methods, either at the undergraduate or graduate level. They cover the spectrum of educational topics in preventive medicine and public health. Typical length: 3000 words
Current Issues papers are scholarly but not exhaustive reviews of any area that the author thinks might be of interest to AJPM readers. They should be broadly informative, and bold in prompting new thinking. Example topic areas include preventive medicine, public health, social and behavioral health, health disparities, global health, environmental and ecologic issues, and health-related technologies. No abstract. Reference limit: 10. Word limit: 2000
Commentaries are short, essay-type articles that comment on another article in the same issue; these are generally solicited by the editors.
Letters to the Editor offer opinions or interpretations of articles previously published in AJPM. It is customary for the editorial office to send each letter to the author(s) of the original work; the authors' response may be published as a companion to the Letter to the Editor. Tables and figures included only if absolutely necessary. Reference limit: 7. Word limit: 500
Research Letters report original research (e.g., the result of a pilot study) and should include: introduction, methods, results, and discussion. All research letters considered for publication undergo external peer review. May include one table or figure. Reference limit: 7. Word range: 500-700.
Book/Media Reviews are generally solicited by the editorial office. AJPM publishes a list of books that have been received but not reviewed, in the June and December issues, as a courtesy to AJPM readers.
Corrections are published for printed errors relating to data collection or interpretation, or information that is likely to lead the reader to misinterpret the research. PubMed then publishes the correction(s) as part of the online article.
AJPM'S PUBLICATION PROCESS AND FEATURES
Timetable
The approximate timetable for the various stages leading to publication in AJPM is as follows:
- 4-7 days from initial submission for internal review and to learn whether the manuscript will be rejected or sent out for external peer review.
- 4-8 weeks until all the reviews are received and the editors make a decision on whether the paper should be accepted, revised, or rejected based on reviews.
- 4-6 weeks is the average time authors take to submit a revision, but the amount of time is up to the author.
- 3-4 weeks for final decision of acceptance/rejection for publication (may include a re-review).
- 12 weeks to publication (print); about 6 weeks for online publication.
Expedited Review and Publication Online Before Print
Authors who feel that their paper should receive expedited review and/or rapid publication should request it and explain their rationale in the Comments section of EES (ees.elsevier.com/ajpm/). They should also send a separate explanatory e-mail to the managing editor at ajpm@ucsd.edu. Expedited peer review takes 5-7 days, with the paper edited and online in 2-3 weeks. Authors are reminded that as a monthly journal, AJPM does not operate on the timeframe of a weekly and does not ordinarily publish "news" items.
Supplemental Online-Only Material
Material that is considered to be supportive of the published article, but not critical for inclusion in the print issue, may be posted online only. Direction to the website (www.ajpm-online.net) will be given within the print copy.
Audio/Visual
AJPM produces and posts both audio and video casts related to the print articles. If an author would like to participate in the production of an audio or video cast, please contact the editorial office. In addition, authors may be interested in submitting other types of visuals to enhance the printed article. The AJPM editors and staff will work with authors who would like to provide animated GIFs, links to database files, or JAVA-applets, for example.
SciVee
Located at www.scivee.tv, SciVee has partnered with AJPM to provide a video pubcast based on a different article each month. View these at www.ajpm-online.net. Authors should contact the AJPM editorial office to participate in this project.
Offprints, Reprints, PDFs
Reprints are available from the publisher. A PDF of the article is provided to the corresponding author of each paper for their internal use.
Continuing Medical Education (CME)
Each month, AJPM editors select two articles to participate in the Continuing Medical Education project supported by the American College of Preventive Medicine. Each article is so noted in the print issue, with objectives printed in the abstract. The test for each article is located on the AJPM website at www.ajpm-online.net.
Online-Only Publication
Each month, some articles will be chosen to be published online only. These decisions are based on the available print pages, and do not reflect the importance of a particular article. All online-only articles are fully published, with a doi (digital object identifier), and are fully citable. As with many medical journals, AJPM has significant online activity.
Press Activity
The AJPM editors and staff work with the Center for Advancing Health and Elsevier to provide press releases for many AJPM articles. If authors want to coordinate press activity between AJPM and their institutions, please contact the editorial office.
Embargo Policy
For the protection of each author's work, AJPM does not allow the unauthorized pre-publication of any materials slated for publication. All materials within AJPM are under embargo until the appropriate release date. AJPM recognizes the authority of the Committee for Publication Ethics in any breach of scientific integrity.
MANUSCRIPT PREPARATION
Authors whose first language is not English. AJPM is increasingly read worldwide, and we welcome submissions from scholars around the globe. We encourage authors whose first language is not English to seek assistance in manuscript preparation, including writing and editing, prior to the initial submission.
Manuscript Format
- Dimensions: Format as an 8.5" x 11" (215 mm x 280 mm) page with 1" (25 mm) margins on all four sides.
- Font: Times New Roman 12-point is recommended for text and tables; use Arial (nonserif) font for figures.
- Spacing: Text should be double-spaced, flush left; separate paragraphs with two hard returns, not tabs.
- All text should be written in the third person (do not use "we" or "our" unless expressing the opinion of the authors).
- Order of sections: title page, abstract, text, acknowledgments, references, list of titles for all figures (on 1 page), tables, and figures.
- Page numbering: Number pages consecutively, beginning with the title page. No other automatic formatting is permitted.
- Line numbering: Number all lines of text continuously (do not start each page with 1).
- Section groupings by file: The sections should be organized into the following MS Word files: (1) cover letter, (2) title page, abstract, text, acknowledgements, references, figure titles, and tables, (3) figures.
Cover Letter
The cover letter must state that the manuscript has been submitted solely to AJPM and that it has not been previously published, either in whole or in part, nor have the findings been posted online. The corresponding author must include a statement confirming full access to all aspects of the research and writing process, and takes final responsibility for the paper.
Title Page
- Title: Should be concise but informative; highlight rather than explain; be a label, not a sentence; reflect what you did; have no verbs, have dense nouns for improved searchability; use no symbols or abbreviations
- Author names and affiliations: Include the first name, middle initial, last name, and highest academic degree of each author, and the names of their departments and institutions (including city and state), to which the work should be attributed
- Corresponding author information: Include the name, address, telephone and fax numbers, and e-mail address of the author responsible for correspondence
- Word count: Provide the total word count (text only) and the number of pages, tables, and figures
- Conflict of interest statement: Include a statement from each of the authors disclosing all funding sources that supported their work as well as all institutional and corporate affiliations. Also include a publishable statement disclosing any commercial associations, current and over the past 5 years, that might pose a conflict of interest. These include but are not limited to consultancies, including those for investment companies; stock or other equity ownership; stock options; patent licensing arrangements; and payments for conducting or publicizing the study.
- In addition, authors are required to disclose similar associations with companies that make a competing product. If the authors have competing or conflicting interests that cannot be disclosed in publishable statements, authors should list them in the comments section of EES (ees.elsevier.com/ajpm/). When no competing interests are present, this should be indicated in the publishable disclosure statement (e.g., "No financial disclosures were reported by the authors of this paper.").
Example of disclosure statements that should appear on the title page:
(Author 1 name) owns stock in _____ company.
(Author 2 name) has no financial disclosures.
(Author 3 name) has no financial disclosures.
(Author 4 name) has received consulting fees from ______, a company that manufactures a competing product to the one discussed in this paper.
Abstract
- Structured format required for:
Research articles: background, purpose, methods, results, conclusions
Intervention studies: background, purpose, design, setting/participants, intervention, main outcome measures, results, conclusions
Review articles: context, evidence acquisition, evidence synthesis, conclusions
Word limit: 250; for interventions: 300.
Other article types: include unstructured abstract. Length limit: two paragraphs. Note: Current Issues papers include no abstract. Instead, please identify a pertinent quote to highlight from your paper.
Text
All research manuscripts must include (in both abstract and methods section) the year(s) in which the data were collected and when the study/analysis was conducted. The number of figures and tables should be in proportion to the amount of text. Follow the word-count parameters provided in the AJPM Content section.
Acknowledgments
List sources of support in the form of grants, equipment, or drugs, and describe the role of the study sponsor(s), if any, in study design. Acknowledge only people who have made substantive contributions to the study. All individuals mentioned in the acknowledgments or in personal communications within the paper must provide consent for their names to be used. Include any necessary disclaimers.
- Clinical Trial Registration: Registration is required for all clinical trials. A clinical trial is a research study in which human subjects are prospectively assigned to an intervention or comparison group to evaluate a biomedical or health-related issue; this includes both interventional and observational studies.
Manuscripts reporting clinical trials must include the following at the end of the Acknowledgments: date of approval of an institutional review board, sources of funding for the trial, and the trial registry name and number.
Acceptable trial registries include:
• www.clinicaltrials.gov
• www.anzctr.org.au
• www.isrctn.org
Other trial registration sites will be considered on an individual basis.
References
- Ensure references are correct by using the PubMed Citation Matcher www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/entrez/query/static/citmatch.html
- Automatic reference numbering in Word is not accepted; programs such as EndNote and Reference Manager are acceptable.
- References are to follow the Vancouver Style and should be identified by number in the order in which they are mentioned in the text (citation-order system) with a superscript arabic numeral, not a number in parentheses, e.g.,1. If subsequent reference is made to a citation, the original reference number should be used again. All reference numbers must be outside of punctuation.
- References that apply only to tables and figures should be numbered in sequence where the text first refers to the table or figure.
- Titles of journals must be abbreviated according to Index Medicus style, which can be found at
 http://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/entrez/query.fcgi?db=journals.
Example References
- Journal article
Vega KJ, Pina I, Krevsky B. Heart transplantation is associated with an increased risk for pancreatobiliary disease. Ann Intern Med 1996;124(11):980-3.
Book
Norman IJ, Redfern SJ, editors. Mental health care for elderly people. New York: Churchill Livingstone, 1996.
Book chapter
Phillips SJ, Whisnant JP. Hypertension and stroke. In: Laragh JH, Brenner BM, editors. Hypertension: pathophysiology, diagnosis, and management. 2nd ed. New York: Raven Press, 1995.
Website (include in references only those websites that take the reader directly to a document within a website)
Task Force on Community Preventive Services. Using evidence for public health decision making: overview of the Guide to Community Preventive Services. CDC. 2005. www.thecommunityguide.org/about/Overview_GuideCommunityPreventiveServices_1and2.pdf.
Articles accepted but not yet published
Vega KJ, Pina I, Krevsky B. Heart transplantation is associated with an increased risk for pancreatobiliary disease. Ann Intern Med. In press.
Cite the Following in Text Only, Not in the References Section
- Personal communication. (Format: first initial, last name, affiliation, "personal communication," date) R. Draco, Syracuse University, personal communication, 1998). Consent must be provided from all individuals named in the text.
- Software. Format: name of software, version number. (Stata, version 9).
- Websites that refer to the website in general (e.g., a home page). Format: URL in parentheses, (www.anaconda.com)
- Articles that have been submitted but not accepted . Format: (J Smith, University of Minnesota, unpublished observations, 1999)
- Citing an unpublished work by one of the authors. Format: (JWK, unpublished observations, 1999)
Tables
Format: submit each on a separate page.
Numbering: identify with arabic numerals (Table 1).
Titles: word limit: 15
Footnotes: use lowercase letters (a,b,c). Exception: footnotes reporting statistical significance should be noted with asterisks (*, **, ***).
Abbreviations: ALL abbreviations used in a table must be defined in an alphabetical list below the table. Example: FDA, Food and Drug Administration; HEI, Healthy Eating Index
Figures
Format: submit in a form suitable for reproduction.
Typeface: nonserif (e.g., Arial).
Coloring: use only black on white background, with bold patterns or distinct variations of gray shading. Exception: maps, photos, and graphs that are too confusing in black and white must be submitted in color.
Titles: a list of all figure titles should be typed on one page and placed after the references.
File types: figures can be submitted as PDF, XLS, or PPT files.
Permissions: if the figure is from another publication, provide written permission from the original publisher to reprint it.
Reporting Guidelines
In an effort to make the reporting of health research more transparent and to provide guidance and structure to authors, AJPM joins other major medical journals in supporting the following reporting guidelines.
- The EQUATOR (Enhancing the Quality and Transparency of Health Research) network (www.equator-network.org/) is an umbrella network that brings together researchers, medical journal editors, peer reviewers, and the developers of reporting guidelines to provide collaboration and consistency.
- CONSORT (Consolidated Standards of Reporting Trials) statement (revised), found at www.consort-statement.org for randomized controlled trials. The flow diagram and checklist must be included in the article. AJPM style for the CONSORT flow diagram:
- TREND (Transparent Reporting of Evaluations with Nonrandomized Designs), found at www.cdc.gov/trendstatement/, provides information on the use of the checklist, a required element in manuscript submissions.
- PRISMA (Preferred Reporting Items for Systematic Reviews and Meta-Analyses), located at www.prisma-statement.org/, provides information for using both the checklist and the flow diagram. Both of these items should be included in submitted manuscripts.
HOW TO SUBMIT A PAPER
AJPM uses an online submission and peer-review program via the Elsevier Editorial System, located at ees.elsevier.com/ajpm. Follow the onscreen instructions for all submissions. If you have questions during the process, please contact the AJPM Editorial Office at eajpm@ucsd.edu.
CHECKLIST
- Review manuscript submission requirements
- Include cover letter, detailed as outlined in these author instructions
- Provide first and last names and middle initials of all authors; include highest degree and institutional affiliation
- On title page, include word count, number of tables and figures, and conflict of interest statements
- Provide an abstract that conforms with author instructions for article type
- Provide text files in Microsoft Word
- Provide text in Times New Roman, 12 pt, and double-spaced
- Provide continuously numbered lines (each page does not start at 1)
- Check all references for accuracy and completeness, as well as AJPM format
- Title each table and figure
- Include all sources of financial and material support in the Acknowledgments section, including grant numbers as appropriate
- Include in the Methods section any information on institutional review board approval or informed consents
Last updated: July 2010
Editorial Board
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| K. Patrick, MD, MS |
San Diego, CA
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Editor:
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| F. Scutchfield, MD |
Lexington, KY
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Managing Editor:
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| C. Seidman |
FNP, MHS, MPH, ELS, San Diego, CA
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Associate Managing Editor:
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| P. Browneller, MA |
San Diego, CA
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Associate Editor for Education:
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| R. Wallace, MD |
Iowa City, IA
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Associate Editor for Policy:
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| H. Schauffler, PhD, MSPH |
Berkeley, CA
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Associate Editor for Practice:
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| R. Thompson, MD |
Seattle, WA
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Associate Editor for Science:
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| S. Woolf, MD, MPH |
Fairfax, VA
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Associate Editor for International Preventive Medicine:
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| A. Bauman |
MBBS, MPH, PhD
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Consulting Statistics Editor:
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| G. Norman, PhD |
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Editorial Board:
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| J. Ahluwalia |
Kansas City, KS
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| D. Atkins, MD, MPH |
Rockville, MD
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| T. Baranowski, PhD |
Houston, TX
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| R. Brownson, PhD |
St. Louis, MO
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| D. Campos-Outcalt, MD |
Phoenix, AZ
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| A. Cross, MD |
Chapel Hill, NC
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| J. Curran, MD, MPH |
Atlanta, GA
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| S. Curry |
Chicago, IL
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| L. Dickey, MD, MPH |
Sacramento/San Francisco, CA
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| W. Dietz, MD, PhD |
Atlanta, GA
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| J. Elder, PhD, MPH |
San Diego, CA
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| J. Fielding, MD, MPH |
Los Angeles, CA
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| L. Frank |
Vancouver, Canada
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| H. Frumkin |
Atlanta, GA
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| R. Glasgow, PhD |
Denver, CO
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| L. Green, DrPH |
Atlanta, GA
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| R. Harmon, MD, MPH |
McLean, VA
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| T. Houston, MD |
New Orleans, LA
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| R. Jeffery |
Minneapolis, MN
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| D. Katz, MD, MPH |
New Haven, CT
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| M. Khoury, MD, PhD |
Atlanta, GA
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| E. Kilbourne, MD |
MACP, FACPM, Atlanta, GA
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| N. Kohatsu, MD, MPH |
Iowa City, IA
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| T. Kottke, MD |
Rochester, MN
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| J. McGinnis, MD, MA |
MPP, Princeton, NJ
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| A. Mickalide, PhD |
Washington, DC
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| W. Orenstein |
Atlanta, GA
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| M. Parkinson, MD, MPH |
Alexandria, VA
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| D. Pearlman, PhD |
Providence, RI
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| D. Petitti, MD, MPH |
Pasadena, CA
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| K. Phillips, PhD |
San Francisco, CA
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| B. Rimer, DrPH |
Chapel Hill, NC
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| T. Robinson, MD, MPH |
Stanford, CA
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| C. Runyan, PhD, MPH |
Chapel Hill, NC
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| J. Sallis, PhD |
San Diego, CA
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| D. Simons-Morton, MD, PhD |
Bethesda, MD
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| H. Spencer |
MD, MPH, DTMH, Washington, DC
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| K. Stange, MD, MPH |
Cleveland, OH
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| V. Strecher, PhD |
Ann Arbor, MI
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| S. Taplin, MD, MPH |
Seattle, WA
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| S. Teutsch, MD, MPH |
West Point, PA
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| N. Whitman, EdD |
Salt Lake City, UT
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| W. Willett, MD, DrPH |
Boston, MA
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| W. Woodall, PhD |
Albuquerque, NM
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| S. Zaza, MD, MPH |
Atlanta, GA
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| R. Zimmerman, MD, MPH |
Pittsburgh, PA
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Governing Board:
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| S. Dismuke, MD, MSPH |
Wichita, KS, Chair
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| A. Frank, MD, PhD |
Tyler, TX
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| E. Frank, MD, MPH |
Atlanta, GA
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| D. Garr, MD |
Charleston, SC
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| J. Gaydos, MD, MPH |
Bel Air, MD
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| M. Gold, MD, MPH |
New York, NY
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| W. Greaves, MD, MSPH |
Milwaukee, WI
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| B. Mangla, MD, MPH |
New Haven, CT, APMR Liaison
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| P. Marantz, MD, MPH |
New York, NY
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| M. Rahman, MD, MPH |
West Point, PA
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