Global health and public health are indistinguishable, according to a commentary published by a working group of ASPH’s Global Health Committee in the February 13, 2010 issue of The Lancet. “This framework offers realistic recognition of how this critical field has evolved, and its leadership role for the future, which is essential to maximizing health for the greatest number of people around the world,” said lead author Dean Linda P. Fried of the Columbia University Mailman School of Public Health. [more]

Michael A. Stephens has joined ASPH in the newly created position of senior policy director. In that capacity, he will help to strengthen and call attention to the policy expertise lodged at the accredited public health schools in North America and engage them more actively in the national debate. Mr. Stephens joins ASPH after three decades with the U.S. House of Representatives Committee on Appropriations, where his tenure exceeded that of all but 12 members of the current Congress. [more]