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Deborah Holtzman, PhD, MSW

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It is my great pleasure to announce the Journal's annual award to the 2009 Author of the Year, Jay W. Friedman, for his outstanding contribution to public health. When AJPH Editor-in-Chief, Mary Northridge, invited me to write a few words by way of introduction, I was more than delighted to do so. I read "The Prophylactic Extraction of Third Molars: A Public Health Hazard" (Am J Public Health. 2007; 97:1554–1559) shortly after it was published. It came to my attention because my husband, who often grabs my issue of the Journal when it comes in the mail, read . . . [Full Text]

Alice M. Horowitz, PhD, Department Editor, AJPH, Editorial Board, AJPH

Jay W. Friedman, DDS, MPH