Office for Public Health Practice

Dr. Rachel Abraham

Rachel T. Abraham, MD, MPH

Assistant Professor Chair CMED Continuing Education Program Director Office of Public Health Practice Department of Community Medicine West Virginia University School of Medicine 3810B Health Sciences Center South Morgantown, WV 26506-9190 Phone: (304) 293-0267 Fax: (304) 293-6685 E-mail: rabraham@hsc.wvu.edu

Research Projects

Growing Team WIC 2006: “Evolution of a Career Lattice for WV WIC Program” [2005 to 2006]
WV Department of Health and Human Resources/Nutrition Service
Role on Project: Principal Investigator

“Workforce Development – Training for Local Health Department Employees” [2005 to 2006]
South East Public Health Training Center:  HRSA (UNC Program)
Role on Project: Principal Investigator for subcontract

Growing Team WIC: “A Career Ladder in Public Health Nutrition” [2004 to 2005]
WV WIC Program
Role on Project: Principal Investigator

“Public Health Threat Preparedness Education and Training in West Virginia” [2004 to 2005]
West Virginia Bureau for Public Health
Role on Project: Principal Investigator

“West Virginia Prepares” Continuing Education Partnership” [2003 to 2005]
Health Resources and Services Administration (HRSA
 US Department of Health & Human Services
 Role on Project: Subject Matter Expert

“WVU Office for Public Health Practice” [2003 to 2004]
St. Joseph Health Initiatives
Role on Project: Principal Investigator

 

Presentations

Public Health Workforce and Career Pathways in Public Health (September 18, 2007)

Publications

Abraham R. (September 28, 2006). Preventing Chronic Disease, Public Health practice; Centers for Disease Control and Prevention; Public Health Grand Rounds “Cultivating a Tradition of Excellence” in Outreach and Continuing Education; Vol. 3(4) ISSN: 1545-1151.

Abraham R. (Summer 2006). American Public Health Association: Public health Education and Health promotion, Section Newsletter; Public health Grand Rounds from a School of Medicine.

CANCER 2008 “Cancer Health Disparities among Indian and Pakistani immigrants in the U.S.A.: A SEER based study from 1988 to 2003.” 
A. Hossain, MD MPH, A. Sehbai, MD,R. Abraham MD MPH, J. Abraham, MD FACP