HealthPOWER! Prevention News (Fall 2011)—Staff Updates 

Staff Updates

Diana N. Graham, M.P.A., brings a Program Management/Evaluation background and passion for Veterans' issues to her role of Program Support Assistant at NCP. Prior to arriving in August, she graduated with Honors from Strayer University in 2009 with a master's degree in public administration. Diana served in the North Carolina Army National Guard for 8 years and was deployed in 2005 as a battalion-level patient administrator during Operation Iraqi Freedom. As a former Veterans of Foreign Wars post commander, Diana looks forward to helping NCP staff develop health care policy that will have a positive impact on Veterans' lives.

Diana Greene, Clinical Informatics Analyst, joined NCP in June to help guide the online implementation of the VHA-wide Health Risk Assessment. She came to NCP from Sentara HealthCare, where she worked as an Epic-certified clinical analyst on the Design, Build, Validate team in ambulatory care. She is an Air Force Veteran who retired as a Master Sergeant in 2000 after a career in Flight/Missile Medicine. Diana has a bachelor of arts degree with a specialization in Management Information Systems from St. Leo University. Her broad, practical expertise in clinical informatics and electronic health records will be critical to NCP's ongoing efforts to improve Veterans' health care.

Ted J. Slowik, Ph.D., comes from the field of medical education and provides writing and editing support to NCP staff. Prior to joining NCP in July, Ted held director positions in educational and scientific communications and was a medical writer and editor. At the University of California at Berkeley, he conducted and published doctoral research on the ecology of Lyme disease. Previously, Ted also served as an active duty officer in the Army Medical Service Corps and was assigned to the former Walter Reed Army Medical Center, where he was involved in early efforts to help Veterans suffering from Gulf War syndrome.

NCP Program Support Assistant, and Sergeant First Class, Angela Gathright was called to active duty in early September. As part of Operation Enduring Freedom, she will serve a 12-month deployment to Afghanistan as a transportation/supply specialist in the U.S. Amy Reserve Sustainment Command. Angela leaves behind a daughter and son who will reside in Fayetteville, NC. Please join us in keeping her and her family in our prayers until she returns home safely.

NCP's affiliation with the University of North Carolina (UNC) Preventive Medicine Residency Program continues. Our newest resident, Kelly Corr, M.D., M.P.H., is a first-year preventive medicine resident who earned her doctor of medicine and master of public health degrees from UNC. Kelly received her undergraduate degree from Bucknell University and completed a family medicine residency at the University of Virginia, where she served as a primary care physician for locally resettled refugees. She recently worked in Thailand serving refugees' health needs, and her interests include refugee and global health, behavioral change and disease prevention, and the role of primary care in health care reform.

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