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| Education and Training | |
| DrPH | Columbia |
| MPH | Columbia |
| RN | Hahnemann |
| Research/Clinical Interests |
Assessment of Need in Humanitarian Crises, Monitoring Humanitarian Recovery, Multisector Rapid Assessments, NonCommunicable Conditions in Less Developed Countries |
| Selected Publications |
| Belbase K, Garfield R, Ivers J, et al. The 2004 Indian Ocean Tsunami Disaster: Evaluation of UNICEF's Response (Final Evaluation) - Synthesis Report. NY: UNICEF, 2010. |
| Garfield R, Blake C. et al. Common Needs Assessments in Humanitarian Monitoring. Humanitarian Practice Network Paper, forthcoming. |
| Garfield R. Priorities for Mortality Reduction in Haiti. Disaster Medicine and Public Health Preparedness, 2010 March 4(1): 18-20.. |
| Garfield R, Galea G, Legha J. The NCD Epidemic in Less Developed Countries: Changing Risks of Death with Economic and Social Transitions. Geneva, WHO |
| Garfield R, Polonsky J. Changes in Mortality Rates and Humanitarian Conditions in Darfur, Sudan 2003–2007. Forthcoming 2010, Prehospital and Disaster Medicine. |
| Garfield R. Nursing in Wars. Cowen PS, Moorhead S, Grace H, eds. Current Issues in Nursing, 8th Edition. St Louis: Elsevier Press, 2009, forthcoming |
| Abramson DM, Sterling-Ariza T, Garfield R, Redlener I. The prevalence and predictors of mental health distress post-Katrina: findings from the Gulf coast. Disaster Medicine and Public Health Preparedness, June 2008. |
| Garfield R. Measuring Humanitarian Emergencies. Disaster Medicine and Public Health Preparedness 1(2): 110-116 2007. |
| Mock N, Garfield R. On improving the monitoring of humanitarian crises. Prehospital and Disaster Medicine 2007, 22(5):377-383. |
| Roberts L, Lafta R, Garfield R, Khudhairi J, Burnham G. Mortality before and after the 2003 invasion of Iraq: a cluster sample survey. The Lancet. Online publication 10/29/04. http://image.thelancet.com/extras/04art10342web.pdf. Volume 364 Issue 9448 Page 1857 - 64. |
| Honors & Awards | |
| 2003 | Human Rights Institute Keynote, Rollins School of Public Health, Emory U |
| 2002 | Fellow, American Academy of Nursing |
| 2001 | Atlantic Policy Fellowship, British Council |
| 1998 | Edward Barsky International Health Award, Physician's Forum |
| Committees | |
| 2005 | Executive Committee, University Senate |
| 2005 | University Advisory Task Force Co-Chair to the SRSG for Tsunami Recovery |
| 2005 | University Senate School of Nursing |
| 2003 | International Health Committee Health Sciences Campus |
| Professional Memberships | |
| 2007 | Advisory Board: Overseas Development Institute (UK) |
| 2005 - present | Editorial Boards: American Journal of Disaster Medicine, American Journal of Nursing, BioScience Trends (Japan) |
| 2005 | Institute of Medicine Committee on Gulf War Studies Design |
| 2004 | Institute of Medicine Committee for the Study of Gulf War Veterans |
| 1997 | N Y Academy of Medicine Human Rights Committee |
| 1993 | New York City Department of Health International Health Task Force |
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