Dorwart's research focused on the organization and financing of mental health care, managed care, and health care reform, and the effects these had on the quality of care for the mentally ill. His research played a role in shaping national health care policy. Goulder is studying the immune responses of HIV-infected children in Africa and the U.S., while Johnson is working on a way to boost the immune system's response to the disease in infected children. The Alonzo Yerby Award, given each year by HSPH to a public health professional for dedication to community welfare and health concerns of the poor, has been awarded to HMS professor of child psychiatry Gloria Johnson-Powell . She is also the senior adviser on community and social policy research at the Judge Baker Children's Center.
Applications are open to medical faculty with preference given to junior or new researchers.
The deadline is May 1. For more information and application guidelines, contact Clint Schmidt at 432-4221. HMS '02, demonstrate proper brushing techniques to students at the Maurice J. Tobin School in Mission Hill. They took part in the third annual Oral Health Education Outreach, a community service project of the Harvard School of Dental Medicine and the American Student Dental Association. This year's event was coordinated by Peter Costalos, HSDM '01.