2007 Award Recipient

Past award recipients

 

Rika Maeshiro, MD is honored for her exceptional service to APTR and our members.

 

Dr. Maeshiro is the Assistant Vice President of the Department Medical Education at the Association of American Medical Colleges (AAMC). She is currently leading the AAMC in their population health education effort for medical students. Through her initiative, AAMC carryover funds were used to re-implement the Regional Medical-Public Health Cener Programs (RMPHEC) in 2005. Eleven medical schools were funded nationally to develop innovative educational methods to integrate the teachings of population health through the medical school curriculum. Dr. Maeshiro was also able to secure continuance of this project with Center for Disease Control and Prevention funding. She was instrumental in the first cycle of RMPHEC grants in 2003-2004. She has been an advocate within AAMC for population health education providing articles in AAMC publications and in working with Academic Medicine to add visibility and recognition to the field of prevention.

She has contributed greatly to the Healthy People Curriculum Task Force and played an instrumental role in the Luther Terry Fellow selection process. She has been an APTR member since 1998.

 

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