Offices or Services by Faculty in Local Organizations

Faculty and staff are encouraged to participate in service activities in the Rochester area as part of the Department’s commitment to a healthier community.
The Department "adopted" a needy family for the Christmas holidays. Two large bags of mittens and toys also were donated to the Corpus Christi Outreach Center for distribution to children during the Holiday season.

William Barker, MD, MRCP Edin

• Technical Advisory Committee, Rochester Health Commission.
• Monroe County Health Department Older Adult Report Card Task Force
• Blue Cross-Blue Shield Advisory Committee on Clinical Prevention Guidelines
• MEDSAC Steering Committee on Promotions, 2001-2004
• ACCESS Medicare Primary Care Project (Ongoing consultant)

Theodore M. Brown, PhD

• Member, Diversity Roundtable, College of Arts and Science
• Chair, Steering Committee of the Faculty Council, College of Arts and Science
• Steering Committee, Cluster for Human Values in Medicine

Nancy Perini Chin, PhD

• Board Member – Responsible Fatherhood
• Cross-Cultural Education Committee, Convenor, URSMD
• Community Programs Advisory Committee, Chair, URSMD
• The Dean’s Program in Ethics and Biopsychosocial Medicine, URSMD
• International Health Advisory Committee, URSMD

Ann Dozier, RN, PhD

• Board Member, New York State Perinatal Association
• Board Member, Secretary/Executive Committee Member, New York Penn Blood Services Region

Isabel D.Fernandez, MD, MPH, PhD

• Leader of Mapping Work Group – School 17 to plan mapping of blood lead levels of children in Monroe County (emphasis on School 17)
• Advisory Group member – Rochester Pediatric Laboratory Steering committee of the Children’s Hospital at Strong and Children’s Research Center (Department of Pediatrics)
• Advisory Group member – NHLBI, Nutrition Academic Award (NAA) Medical Education Strategies Committee
• Advisory Group member – Thrust IV ‘Public Policy and Implementation’ Future Health Center
• Advisory Group member – Maternal and Child Health Analytic Training for the Year 2010 (MACH 2010)
• Advisory Group member – MACH 2010 Epidemiology Graduate Program, University of Rochester
• Advisory Group member – Master of Public Health Informatics Program, University of Rochester

Scott McIntosh, PhD

• Member, Smoking and Health Action Coalition
• Member, American Cancer Society Task Force
• Senator Alessi’s Health Fair – Provided booth on tobacco through Smoking Research Program
• Smoking Research Program sponsored a family in need at December, 1999 holidays through Cancer Center

Deborah Ossip, PhD

• Participating faculty, Finger Lakes Geriatric Education Center, Monroe Community Hospital
• Member, Monroe County Smoking or Health Action Coalition
• Provided booth for Lung Cancer Awareness Day through University of Rochester Cancer Center
• Member, Syracuse/Canandaigua VA Human Subjects Committee
• Senator Alessi’s Health Fair – Provided booth on tobacco through Smoking Research Program
• Sponsored a family in need at December, 1999 holidays through Cancer Center
• Contribute to various community charities and food drives

Thomas A. Pearson, MD, MPH, PhD

• Blue Cross/Blue Shield of the Finger Lakes: Coronary Artery Disease Advisory Group, Member
• SUNY Buffalo School of Medicine, Curriculum Committee, Consultation (October 5, 2001)
• Member, New York State Task Force on CVD Control, Member and Convenor of Regional Cardiovascular Disease Summit (Feb 2, 2001)
• MADIT II, Data Safety and Monitoring Board, Member.

Sarah Trafton, JD

• Chair, Rochester Health Care Forum, July 1999 - Present
• Visiting Nurse Service of Rochester & Monroe County, Inc. Member, Board of Directors, June 2000 – June 2001
• Rochester Area Community Foundation. Member, Board of Directors, May 1997 – Present
• Institutional Review Board, Monroe County (NY) Health Department. Member September 1995 - Present
• Rochester Health Commission, Inc., Rochester, New York. Vice-Chair and Member, Board of Directors April 1995 – Present
• Rochester Rehabilitation Center, Inc. Rochester New York. Member, Board of Directors, 1992- present, Second Vice-Chair (4/95-3/99), Chair (3/99 - present)

James Zimmer, MD

• Medical Director, Genesee Valley Medical Foundation (1971-)
• Member, Board of Directors, Genesee Valley Medical Foundation (1969-)
• Co-Chairman, Quality Assurance Committee, Monroe County Long Term Care Program, Inc. (ACCESS) (1982-) and Vice President of Board of Directors (1993-1997), Executive Committee and Long Range Planning committee (1982-).
• Member, Medical Advisory Board, St. Ann’s Home (1985-)
• Member, Planning and Program Committee of the Visiting Nurse Service of Rochester and Monroe County (1985-)
• Member, Advisory Board to Center for Clinical Research on Aging, University of Rochester School of Nursing (2000 - )