IHS Ph.D. alumnus leads JAMA article on 25-year health legacy of 9/11

Alejandro Azofeifa, Ph.D., an alumnus of Western Michigan University’s Interdisciplinary Health Sciences Ph.D. Program, is the lead author of a new article in JAMA examining 25 years of lessons and public health impacts from the World Trade Center Health Program. 

Titled “Twenty-Five Years After 9/11—Lessons from the World Trade Center Health Program,” the article examines the enduring public health legacy of the Sept. 11, 2001, terrorist attacks and lessons learned through more than two decades of research, surveillance and health care for individuals affected by the attacks.

Azofeifa is a member of the World Trade Center Health Program at the National Institute for Occupational Safety and Health, part of the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention, in Washington, D.C. His work contributes to occupational and public health efforts to understand and address the long-term health effects of the 9/11 attacks.

His leadership on the publication highlights the impact of research and professional contributions by graduates of the IHS Ph.D. Program, whose work continues to advance public health and inform policy and practice nationally and internationally.

Read the full article in JAMA: https://jamanetwork.com/journals/jama/article-abstract/2853932