About the Author

Frederick Murphy, MSPHyg, MPIA, is currently an Adjunct Faculty member at Morehouse School of Medicine, Department of Community Health and Preventive Medicine and Georgia State University, College of Health and Human Science. Mr. Murphy presently holds the rank of Captain in the United States Public Health Service (USPHS), where he has served (active and inactive reserve) as a Commissioned Corp Officer since 1978. Mr. Murphy completed his undergraduate studies at Oakwood University in Huntsville, Alabama and his graduate studies at the University of Pittsburgh, School of Public Health and School of Public and International Affairs. He also received post graduate training at Harvard and Georgia State Universities. Mr. Murphy, for more than 14 years, served as a Project Officer and Human Subject Contact at the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention in Atlanta, Ga., and has more than 30 years of experience in the area of community health. His previous positions include Community Health and Preventive Medicine Organizer for at Morehouse School of Medicine and Executive Director of the Southeastern Primary Care Consortium/Area Health Education Center. He is currently the Director of Life Long Health Inc., a community-based non-profit organization in Atlanta, Ga. Mr. Murphy is the author and co-author of several book chapters and articles on public and community health in numerous public health journals.