We Are Back and Ready to Go !!!!

This coming Wednesday is a watershed day for Thomas Jefferson University and the new Jefferson School of Population Health. The date is 9--9--09 !! and the significance is the first day of school for all of our students across our three degree programs---Public Health, Health Policy and Quality and Safety. As the founding Dean I am incredibly proud of our team and the nearly two years of work leading up to this momentous day. We are proud to report that the inaugural class numbers more than 115 persons from all across our region with a very heterogeneous set of skills and backgrounds. I want to thank again several key individuals including of course our university President, Dr Robert Barchi and our Senior Vice President for Academic Affairs, Dr Mike Vergare for their amazing support and encouragement. The Dean's staff including Caroline Golab, Alexis Skoufalos, Neil Goldfarb and David Glatter get special kudos for their tireless work. I am indebted to our faculty and staff who share my enthusiasm and are committed to helping to fix what is wrong with our broken health care system. No matter what happens in Washington DC in the next few weeks, our Jefferson School of Population Health is going to be a part of the solution, not just another part of the ongoing problems we all face!! Thanks again and I sure would like to hear about any similar programs and encourage persons to go to our school website at www.jefferson.edu/population_health DAVID NASH