Public Health Forum Schedule Fall 2008

BIOSKETCH - Patrick MacRoy Patrick MacRoy is the Executive Director of the Alliance for Healthy Homes, a national, nonprofit, public interest organization based in Washington, DC working to prevent and eliminate hazards in our homes that can harm health. The Alliance advocates for policy solutions and builds community capacity by working with policy makers, community-based organizations, the housing industry, researchers, government agencies at the local, state, and federal level, and other stakeholders.  Prior to joining the Alliance earlier this year, Mr. MacRoy was the Program Director of the Chicago Childhood Lead Poisoning Prevention Program, supervising a staff of 60 and a $10 million annual budget to comprehensively address lead poisoning prevention in the City of Chicago. He started his career in healthy housing issues in Rhode Island, serving as a Public Health Epidemiologist for the Rhode Island Department of Health, Office of Environmental Health Risk Assessment. Mr. MacRoy holds a master’s degree in Environmental Studies and a bachelor's in Public Policy, both from Brown University. Click to view PowerPoint presentation.   ( Please note: This is a large file and download may be slow on dial-up connections.