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About Benjamin Eovaldi

Benjamin Eovaldi, DO, is an optimist. He is a preventive medicine resident and master’s in public health student at UMass Chan Medical School and UMass Amherst, respectively. He is an APHA student member and this year's Medical Care Section Student Liaison. Following medical school, he served four years in the Air Force as a flight surgeon and became interested in public health and preventive medicine. In the Air Force, he gained a variety of public health experiences which he hopes will serve him well in his future career in public health and occupational medicine.

Public Health and Medicine Are Essential Partners in Advancing Health

By | November 30, 2020
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Historically, public health has served the nation through sanitation, immunization, and other disease-prevention activities (e.g., disease tracking and quarantine). For example, public health developed wastewater treatment programs to help fight typhoid fever during the industrial revolution. It also helped educate the public (and the food industry) on safely preparing and preserving foods. As a result,… Read More »