Pope Eminent Scholar / Professor Emeritus
Rosalynn Carter Institute / University of Georgia
Athens, Georgia, United States
Toni P. Miles, MD, PhD, FGSA is the Rosalynn Carter Institute's Pope Eminent Scholar, and a Professor in the Department of Community Health and Preventive Medicine at Morehouse School of Medicine in Atlanta GA. Dr. Miles is also a former Health and Aging Policy Fellow (2008). Her research is focused on the health effects of bereavement on population health with a specific focus on community caregivers. Data from this work is used by advocacy groups including Live Evermore and the Culture Change Network of Georgia. In 2020, she completed the first ever state-wide survey of new bereavement using the 2019 Georgia BRFSS field survey. Through the combined effects of the Evermore team, the Georgia BRFSS Module was approved for funding by the Senate Appropriations committee. These dollars will support inclusion in the BRFSS survey for all 50 states and US territories. Fielding this new module is anticipated to begin in the 2022 cycle.
During the pandemic, her team disseminated a Best Practices in Bereavement Care Toolkit to all nursing homes, personal care homes, and assisted living sites in Georgia. This effort was jointly supported by the Georgia Civil Monetary Penalty Reinvestment Program, Leading Age Georgia, and the RRF for Aging. The Toolkit has been presented as a webinar in Minnesota, Missouri, Washington, West Virginia, and Texas. A version of the Tool Kit is currently being offered as a Nursing Home Learning Action Network in Michigan. This project is funded by the Michigan Health Foundation and administered by Altarum. Dr. Miles has more than 200 communications in public health, bereavement, and chronic diseases. Her former trainees include MPH, PhD and DrPH students hold leadership positions at Emory University, Mercer University College of Medicine, the CDC, Georgia DPH, and other health systems across Georgia.
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Saturday, November 5, 2022
3:30 PM – 5:00 PM ET
Saturday, November 5, 2022
3:30 PM – 5:00 PM ET