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The Colorado School of Public Health is pleased to announce the appointment of Sheana Bull, PhD, MPH as the new Chair for the Department of Community and Behavioral Health. Dr. Bull’s appointment is effective April 15, 2013.

In this week’s edition, Albino honored as 2013 Distinguished Psychologist in Management Award, Newman named to Best Doctors List for occupational medicine, ASPH/CDC Public Health Fellowship Program now accepting applications, Reminder – HSMP Seminar tomorrow and Public Health Matters.

The Society of Psychologists in Management (SPIM) has awarded Colorado School of Public Health Associate Dean Judith Albino, PhD, the Distinguished Psychologist in Management Award for 2013. Albino received the award on February 22, during the SPIM midwinter conference in Scottsdale, AZ.

In this week’s edition, Community partnerships promote policy and environmental changes, New program to curb opioid prescription drug overdose, Crane appointed Associate Dean for Academic Affairs, and Public Health Matters.

Colorado School of Public Health professor and department chair Lori A. Crane, PhD, MPH is soon to become the school’s new Associate Dean for Academic Affairs. Crane will assume an acting role immediately with a permanent appointment effective March 1, 2013.

In this week’s edition, LIKE-able evidence on the use of social media in preventing STI’s, Pain management education teaches effective approaches to care, Adgate leads team as part of NSF natural gas research project, San Francisco bound for the 2012 American Public Health Association Annual Meeting, Reminder – Upcoming HSMP Seminar, Alumni News and Notes, and Public Health Matters.

New research published in the American Journal of Preventive Medicine reports LIKE-able evidence of the effectiveness of sharing sexually transmitted infection prevention messages through social media.