Ivan Walks, MD, to Present at 44th National Immunization Conference
Ivan Walks, MD, President and CEO, Ivan Walks & Associates (IWA) and Carlessia Hussein, RN, PhD, Director, Office of Minority Health and Health Disparities, Maryland Department of Health and Mental Hygiene (DHMH) have been selected to present at the 44th National Immunization Conference (NIC).
Ivan Walks, MD named Medical Committee Chair, DC Affiliate of NBLCA
Founded in November 1987, The National Black Leadership Commission on AIDS (NBLCA) is the oldest and largest not-for-profit organization of its kind in the United States. The NBLCA’s mission is to educate, organize, and empower Black leadership, including clergy, elected officials, medical practitioners, business professionals, social policy experts, and the media to meet the challenge of fighting HIV/AIDS in their local communities.
Dr. Ivan C.A. Walks selected to serve on MD Swine Flu Advisory Board
On April 30, 2009, Governor Martin O’Malley appointed Dr. Ivan C.A. Walks, Dr. John G. Bartlett, Dr. Frank M. Calia, Dr. Thomas V. Inglesby, Dr. James P. Nataro and Dr. Ina Stephens to a board established to advise him and the Maryland Department of Health and Mental Hygiene (DHMH) on issues related to the occurrence of the H1N1 (swine) influenza virus in the state.
“My Family Knows” presented at NCHCMM
Dr. Ivan C.A. Walks, President and CEO, Ivan Walks & Associates (IWA) made an oral presentation entitled, "“MY FAMILY KNOWS:” A Health Marketing and Communications Campaign to Inform and Educate “at Risk” African American and Hispanic American Girls and Their Families about the Threat of HPV Infection" during the National Conference on Health Communication, Marketing and Media (NCHCMM) to be held in Atlanta, GA August 11-13, 2009.
IWA Supporting H1N1 Outreach and Health Communications Efforts in Maryland
Ivan Walks & Associates (IWA) is providing health communications and marketing expertise to the Office of Minority Health and Health Disparities (MHHD) and the Office of Communications under the Maryland Department of Health and Mental Hygiene (DHMH).
IWA Awarded Contracts to Support U.S. Military Health
In October 2009, Ivan Walks & Associates (IWA) was awarded contracts from the U.S. Army and U.S. Air Force respectively to provide medical staffing support to the Warrior Transition Unit (WTU) at Keller Army Community Hospital on the campus of the U.S. military academy at West Point, project management staff to the U.S. Air Force Medical Service’s Chief Information Officer (CIO) under the Department’s Modernization Directorate, clinical resources to the Clinical Optimization Military Provider ALHTA Satisfaction Strategy (COMPASS) program under the Chief Medical Technology Officer of the U.S. Air Force’s Modernization Directorate, and systems analysts on an Air Force Medical Service (AFMS) Enterprise Service Desk (ESD) created to standardize IT help desk services and support.
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