The American Schools of Public Health Board of Directors has endorsed the Healthy Monday campaign and encouraged its members to use Monday motivation ideas in their schools, universities and communities.

Columbia University Mailman School of Public Health has named Linda P. Fried, MD, MPH, as Dean, DeLamar Professor of Public Health, and professor of Epidemiology. A leading authority on healthy aging, Fried is a member of the Institute of Medicine of the National Academy of Science and has won numerous career awards, including the American Federation for Aging Research Irving Wright Award and the American Geriatrics Society Henderson Award.

Syracuse University Newhouse School of Public Communications has named respected journalist and academic Lorraine Branham as Dean, succeeding David M. Rubin. A member of the American Society of Newspaper Editors and the Association of Educators in Journalism and Mass Communication, Branham was previously Director of the School of Journalism and G.B. Dealey Regests Professor at the University of Texas at Austin.

The Harvard Heart Letter tells readers don't wait for the “big days” (January 1, birthdays or anniversaries). Follow Healthy Monday's advice: make Monday the day all health breaks loose.

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