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Volunteer Application <br />Orange County Advisory Boards and Commissions <br />Deborah Porterfield Page 1 of 2 <br />Home Address:108 Oosting Drive <br />Township of Residence: Chapel Hill <br />Zone of Residence: <br />Ethnic Background:white <br />Sex:Female <br />Phone (Day):9849745102 <br />Phone (Evening):9199329674 <br />Phone (Cell):9196300532 <br />Email:deborah.s.porterfield@gmail.com <br />Name:Dr. Deborah Porterfield <br />Boards/Commissions applied for: <br />Chapel Hill NC 27514 <br />Place of Employment: UNC Chapel Hill School of Medicine <br />Job Title:Associate Professor; Director, Preventive Medicine <br />Name Called: <br />Year of OC Residence:1998 <br />Community Activities/Organizational Memberships: <br />Member, North Carolina Diabetes Advisory Council <br />Chair, Advisory Team, The Value of Preventive Medicine study, American College of <br />Preventive Medicine <br />Member, Public Health Systems Research Interest Group, AcademyHealth <br />Member: American College of Preventive Medicine (and its Graduate Education <br />Committee), AcademyHealth, American College of Sports Medicine <br />Past Service on Orange County Advisory Boards: <br />none <br />Board of Health <br />Background, education and experience relevant to this board: <br />Knowledge of public health practice at the state level in NC and in the US, as a former employee <br />of the NC Division of Public Health and current contractor to CDC (through work at RTI). <br />General familiarity with NC public health law and rule making of the Public Health Commission. <br />Maintained interest in and engagement with public health practitioners and partners through <br />responsibilities to educate next generation of public health physicians as Preventive Medicine <br />Residency Director at UNC. I attempt to keep abreast of active public health issues in the state <br />through attending state conferences (e.g., Public Health Leaders Conference, NCIOM) and <br />networking to place residents in public and population health rotations as part of their training. <br />Specific areas of expertise are chronic disease prevention and control, in particular diabetes <br />prevention, and clinical-community linkages for population health improvement. Currently <br />leading 2 projects for the Division of Diabetes Translation. <br />Reasons for wanting to serve on this board: <br />19