In its first report, New Horizons for a Healthy America: Recommendations to the New Administration (April 2009), a component of CSPC’s Strengthening America’s Future Initiative, the Commission on U.S. Federal Leadership in Health and Medicine offers a slate of innovative recommendations for a comprehensive, Federal agency national strategy to advance health in the United States and globally.

The common quest for good health knows no borders. Crossing societies, politics and cultures, the Palestine/Israel Health Initiative (PIHI), a central component of the Advancing Trust and Reconciliation among Palestinians and Israelis initiative, (a project of the Center for the Study of the Presidency and Congress (CSPC) supported by USAID), explored the potential of using health as a bridge to peace.

The goal of CSPC’s Palestine/Israel Health Initiative has been to foster collaboration and facilitate interaction between health and medical experts in Palestine and Israel to improve the health of people in the region as well as to promote increased cooperation and understanding. The report was prepared by Rear Admiral Susan Blumenthal, MD, Director of CSPC’s Health and Medicine Program and Stephanie Safdi, M.Phil., Project Manager.

Blumenthal, SJ, and Hoffman, B, Health and the Holidays, Huffington Post, December 25, 2011

Blumenthal, SJ, SNAP to Health: Strengthening Nutrition in the Federal Food Stamp Program, Huffington Post, December 12, 2011

Blumenthal, SJ, Ending the AIDS Epidemic: Toward an AIDS-Free Generation, Huffington Post, December 1, 2011

Blumenthal, SJ, A Roadmap for Achieving an AIDS-Free Generation, Huffington Post, November 15, 2011

Blumenthal, SJ, International Cooperation is Key to Reversing the Global Obesity Epidemic, Huffington Post, October 25, 2011

Blumenthal, SJ, Non-Communicable Diseases (NCDs): The Costs Of Omission From The MDGs Results In A September UN Summit, Huffington Post, September 7, 2011

Blumenthal, SJ, Bernadine Healy, M.D.: Remembering a Pioneering Health Hero, Huffington Post, August 10, 2011

Blumenthal, SJ, Food Safety In The 21st Century, Huffington Post, August 5, 2011

Blumenthal, SJ, Making AIDS History, Huffington Post, July 22, 2011

Blumenthal, SJ, Turrell, S, Pendyala, P, Warren, K, and Macherelli, L, Radiation and Health: The Aftershocks of Japan’s Nuclear Disaster, Huffington Post, April 22, 2011

Blumenthal, SJ and Warren, K, Baby Boomers: Public Health’s Biggest Challenge, Huffington Post, April 1, 2011

Blumenthal, SJ, Hurtubise, B, and Turrell, S, Flu in the 21^st Century, Huffington Post, March 19, 2011

Blumenthal, SJ, Why Women’s Health Matters, Huffington Post, March 8, 2011

Blumenthal, SJ and Jiang, B, Heart Disease and Stroke Prevention: Here’s How, Huffington Post, February 12, 2011