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Organized By: Jeff Putthoff,SJ
Dr. Rob Anda, Co-Principle of the ACE Study, will be speaking May 5th at 2:30pm in Camden, NJ where he will speak
on Camden's Healing 10 project and the need to create a trauma informed community.
Dr. Anda graduated from Rush Medical College in 1979 and received his BoardCertification in Internal Medicine in 1982. During 1982-1984 he completed a Fellowship in Preventive Medicine at the University of Wisconsin where he also received a MastersDegree (MS) in Epidemiology.
He has conducted research in a variety of areas including disease surveillance,behavioral health, mental health and disease, cardiovascular disease, and childhood determinants of health.After spending 20 years as a research medical officer in the U.S. Public Health Service,he is now a Senior Scientific Consultant to the Centers for Disease Control andPrevention (CDC) in Atlanta.
He played the principal role in the design of the Adverse Childhood Experiences (ACE)Study and serves as its Co-Principal Investigator. Findings from the ACE Study have
been presented at Congressional Briefings and numerous conferences around the world. The ACE Study is being replicated in numerous countries by the World Health
Organization (WHO) and is now being used to assess the childhood origins of health and social problems in more than 21 U.S. states.
He has more than 100 peer-reviewed publications, numerous government publications such as the Morbidity and Mortality Weekly Report (MMWR), and book chapters. In addition, he has received numerous awards and recognition for scientific achievements.
Dr. Anda now works in his role as Co-Founder of ACE Interface to deliver training materials at the state and community level about neurobiology, ACEs, resilience, and community capacity development. His dream is to help create a trauma informed
Nation.
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