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Scientist Officers Helping the USPHS Ensure a Healthy Nation and World. LT Deborah Dee, LT Nancy Jennings Aburto, & LT Shane Davis - Centers for Disease Control and Prevention, Atlanta, GA Sponsored by the Scientist Professional Advisory Committee. Summary. Objective.
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Scientist Officers Helping the USPHS Ensure a Healthy Nation and World LT Deborah Dee, LT Nancy Jennings Aburto, & LT Shane Davis - Centers for Disease Control and Prevention, Atlanta, GA Sponsored by the Scientist Professional Advisory Committee Summary Objective Scientists Have Varied Roles Scientist officers represent a spectrum of public health disciplines and make important contributions that improve public health domestically and internationally, helping to ensure a healthy nation and a healthy world. This poster demonstrates some of the many ways Scientist officers help lead the Commissioned Corps to ensure a strong America and to improve public health access across our nation and throughout the world. • Conducting public health research • Deploying for disasters, event assistance • Enhancing international public health capacity • Collaborating on special missions • Community service & volunteer efforts • Promoting the USPHS LT Sharyn Parks conducting Community Assessment for Public Health Emergency Response (CASPER) after the 2009 Kentucky ice storms CAPT Armen Thoumaian on deployment with the US Army 101st Airborne Division in Afghanistan on a special mission to develop & implement projects to improve health care infrastructure, especially related to maternal & child health. LT Kenney*, LTJG Nguyen†, LCDR Savalia†, LCDR Skanchy*, LCDR Facey*, LCDR Bennett*, and LCDR Alicea^ collaborating to promote the USPHS Commissioned Corps at the 2009 NBC4 Health & Fitness Expo *Scientist †Engineer ^Health Services Officer CAPT Pamela Ching and a nurse outside a Prevention-of-Mother-to-Child-Transmission HIV-AIDS clinic, Livingstone, Zambia. LT Jennifer Adjemian and LT Robin Toblin volunteering at the Hartsfield-Jackson USO in Atlanta, GA. CAPT Susanne Caviness presenting the USPHS coin to the Honorable B.J. Penn (acting Secretary of the Navy) at the 2009 Navy/Marine Corps Ball CDR Sara Newman providing assistance at the 2009 Inaugural