2016 Archives

Life in Flint a year into the state of emergency over tap water

December 23, 2016 - ABC News

An initiative to diagnose and help children who have developmental delays after lead exposure is in progress.

Medscape names the best and worst physicians of 2016

December 22, 2016 - Becker's Hospital Review

Best physicians of 2016: Dr. Mona Hanna-Attisha leads the Pediatric Public Health Initiative, a multidisciplinary task force that works to diminish the harm done to children in Flint, Mich.

After Flint's lead crisis, the most important medical for kids is education

December 20, 2016 - PBS NewsHouse

More than a year after alarmingly high levels of lead were found in Flint’s water supply, the city has opened a free all-day early childhood center for children 2 months to 5 years of age.

2016 Got Science? Champions

December 19, 2016 - Union of Concerned Scientists

When Dr. Mona Hanna-Attisha heard rumors about lead in the water, she researched her hospital’s records and found an irrefutable correlation between the switch to Flint River water and spiking diagnoses of lead poisoning in children.

MSU study uncovers real culprits behind Flint water crisis

December 7, 2016 - MSUToday

Many believe the events leading to the lead poisoning of Flint’s drinking water began in April 2014, when it started drawing from the Flint River.

Gov. Snyder appoints Drs. Hanna-Attisha and Furr-Holden to Public Health Advisory Commission

November 22, 2016 - MSUToday

Gov. Rick Snyder has announced the appointments of 18 members to the Public Health Advisory Commission, including MSU College of Human Medicine faculty, Mona Hanna-Attisha and Debra Furr-Holden.

Mona Hanna-Attisha: Resolve exposed Flint water crisis

November 18, 2016 - Detroit News

Dr. Mona Hanna-Attisha was primed from the start for her heroic role in uncovering problems in Flint’s city water system that resulted in the lead poisoning of roughly 10,000 children.

Academic medicine uniquely positioned to address public health crises

November 13, 2016 - AAMC News

In a local effort, Michigan State University College of Human Medicine (MSU) engaged each part of its tripartite mission to respond to the effects of a lead-contaminated water supply on the residents of Flint.

Flint doctor to be 'Millionaire' contestant

October 28, 2016 - Detroit News

Dr. Mona Hanna-Attisha will be in the “Who Wants to Be a Millionaire” hot seat 3 p.m. Thursday on CBS in Detroit for “Hometown Heroes Week.”

Panelists discuss rebuilding relationship between state officials, Flint residents

October 24, 2016 - Michigan Daily

Kent Key, director of the Office of Community Scholars and Partnerships at Michigan State University’s College of Human Medicine and another panelist, connected his work in vetting the numerous researchers entering Flint to the University of Michigan community in his talk.

AAP National Conference: Dr. Hanna-Attisha used advocacy to preserve kids' futures

October 24, 2016 - American Academy of Pediatrics

While the children in Flint, Mich., still do not have water they can drink, they now have access to a full complement of health, nutrition, education and transportation services to help support their development and mitigate effects of lead poisoning.

Outstanding Contribution to Healthcare in 2016

October 6, 2016 - Medical Marketing and Media

Dr. Mona Hanna-Attisha was awarded Medical Marketing & Media's Platinum Award for Outstanding Contribution to Healthcare in 2016.

MSU received USDA's prestigious award for its Flint water response

October 5, 2016 - MSUToday

Michigan State University Extension was honored by the United States Department of Agriculture for the organization’s quick and comprehensive response to the residents of Flint affected by lead-contaminated drinking water.

APHA announces 2016 awards winners

September 27, 2016 - American Public Health Association

The American Public Health Association today announced the 2016 winners of its prestigious national awards, which recognize individuals for leadership, innovation and excellence in the field.

Academy creates blueprint to guide next US president on children's health matters

September 20, 2016 - American Academy of Pediatrics

From poverty to education, the Academy has created a roadmap designed to guide the next U.S. president on issues that will impact children’s health and well-being. AAP leaders and other experts gathered Monday to discuss the plan Blueprint for Children.

How ZIP codes nearly masked the lead problem in Flint

September 19, 2016 - The Conversation US

I write this as we approach the first anniversary of my involvement in the Flint Water Crisis, an ongoing catastrophe and basic failure of government accountability that will soon approach three years.

Politico's 50 List: Dr. Mona Hanna-Attisha

September 12, 2016 - Politico Magazine

The Flint water crisis quickly morphed into a political scandal this year when it became clear that government officials had endangered the health of thousands of adults and children.

Health Care Connect interviews Dr. Mona Hanna-Attisha

September 7, 2016 - Sirius XM Radio's Doctor Radio

Health Care Connect interviews Dr. Mona Hanna-Attisha

From hurt to healing: Doctor leads charge to create healthier future for Flint's kids

August 16, 2016 - The Hub Flint

For Dr. Mona Hanna-Attisha the work has just begun.

An in-depth interview with Flint water crisis Dr. Mona Hanna-Attisha

August 12, 2016 - WXYZ TV 7 Detroit

You've seen Dr. Mona Hanna-Attisha in the news for her role in helping to expose the Flint water crisis. She's a Michigan educated and trained pediatrician at the Hurley Medical Center who also teaches at Michigan State University.

Flint's lead crisis will cost each of its children $50,00 in their lifetimes

August 9, 2016 - VICE News

Local groups are pushing to change that outcome. Flint's Hurley Children's Hospital and Michigan State University have formed a pediatric public health initiative to help address the lead exposure problem.

Flint's growing mental health crisis

August 7, 2016 - Detroit Free Press

Dr. Mona Hanna-Attisha, a pediatrician who helped expose the lead problem in Flint and is director of the Michigan State University and Hurley Children's Hospital Pediatric Public Health Initiative, said families want to know whether the lead-contaminated water caused issues they are seeing.

Dr. Mona Hanna-Attisha named one of 2016 Health Care Heroes

July 18, 2016 - Crain's Detroit Business

For Hanna-Attisha, discovering high levels of lead in Flint's water supply turned her into an instant activist. She said she had no choice but to speak out on behalf of children and their parents.

AAP: Prevent lead exposure before it starts

June 20, 2016 - MedPage Today

The AAP last released a policy statement on lead exposure diagnosis and management in 2012, prior to the updated CDC recommendations. While not involved with the research, Kenneth Rosenman, MD, of Michigan State University called the policy "worth reading by all practitioners," not just those who care for children.

Flint water, city schools on agenda at Mackinac biz conference

June 2, 2016 - Bridge Magazine

Dr. Mona Hanna-Attisha, the pediatrician who first drew attention to elevated levels of lead in Flint children’s blood, was to speak Wednesday.

National Basketball Players Association and Tom Gores’ FlintNOW Partner With Pediatric Public Health Initiative to Improve Access to Healthy Food for Flint Families

June 1, 2016 - MSUToday

Flint families will have better access to healthy food, thanks to a partnership between the NBPA, FlintNOW and the MSU-Hurley Children's Hospital Pediatric Public Health Initiative.

What life is like in Flint, Michigan, three years into the water crisis

May 29, 2016 - ABC News

Mona Hanna-Attisha, a local pediatrician, has been studying the lead levels in children in the community for years and helped draw attention to the crisis by publishing a paper finding children in Flint had significantly higher lead levels than their counterparts in surrounding areas after the water source was changed.

MSU helps Flint in new national health program

May 17, 2016 - MSUToday

The city of Flint has been selected by Reinvestment Fund and the Robert Wood Johnson Foundation to take part in a new Invest Health initiative and Michigan State University is helping to lead the way.

Flint, DPS crises to lead Detroit chamber's 2016 Mackinac Policy Conference

May 12, 2016 - Crain's Business Detroit

Mona Hanna-Attisha, M.D., the physician who first drew attention to elevated levels of lead in Flint children's blood, will give a "Mackinac Moment" speech on June 1.

Rite Aid presents Hurley with check to help fund pediatric program

May 12, 2016 - Davison Index

Rite Aid Pharmacies presented a check of $100,000 last Thursday, May 5, toward the Hurley Foundation’s Hospital longtermpediatric efforts in intervening on the damaging effects of Flint’s water crisis.

MSU Spring Undergraduate Convocation featuring Dr. Mona Hanna-Attisha

May 10, 2016 - WKAR

Mona Hanna-Attisha of Michigan State University College of Human Medicine delivers the Spring 2016 commencement address. Hanna-Attisha and her team helped prove the children of Flint had been poisoned by lead-contaminated water.

Hanna-Attisha tells MSU graduates to stand up, speak out

May 6, 2016 - Detroit News

Raise your hand. That was the message that Dr. Mona Hanna-Attisha delivered Friday to the Class of 2016 during commencement ceremonies at Michigan State University.

Doctor who helped expose Flint water crisis speaking at MSU

May 6, 2016 - CBS Detroit

A doctor credited with bringing Flint’s crisis with lead-tainted drinking water to the public’s attention after state agencies initially dismissed her concerns is the speaker at Michigan State University’s undergraduate commencement ceremony.

Promise for Flint

May 5, 2016 - MSUToday

Physician Mona Hanna-Attisha of MSU's College of Human Medicine and her team helped prove the children of Flint, Michigan, had been poisoned by a lead-contaminated water supply.

The water crisis in Flint and how a community-based medical school came to the rescue

April 30, 2016 - AAMC

Aron Sousa, MD, interim dean at MSU’s medical school, said that a community participatory infrastructure had been in place before the crisis.

Community, multi-university campus partnership to address public health challenges in Flint

April 26, 2016 - MSUToday

Flint community partners and three major Michigan university campuses have announced a new partnership to help address, through coordinated research efforts, the current and future status of residents and their health.

Three officials charged for the Flint water crisis

April 24, 2016 - State of the State KS

Aron Sousa, MD, interim dean, MSU College of Human Medicine said of Hanna-Attisha: “Her science and advocacy demonstrate why public intellectual institutions like hospitals and universities are important to the health and safety of Americans. "It definitely goes much higher."

Mona Hanna-Attisha named one of TIME's most influential people

April 21, 2016 - MSUToday

TIME has named Mona Hanna-Attisha, director of the Michigan State University and Hurley Children’s Hospital Pediatric Public Health Initiative to the 2016 TIME 100, its annual list of the 100 most influential people in the world.

The hero of Flint's water crisis

April 19, 2016 - University of Michigan Alumni Association

Until then, tests of the Flint water had produced some results that were worrisome but not conclusive enough to grab the world’s attention.

MSU and Hurley Children's Hospital announce Pediatric Public Health Initiative to support the health of Flint children

April 19, 2016 - Innovative Health Magazine

The Pediatric Public Health Initiative brings together experts in pediatrics, child development, psychology, epidemiology, nutrition, toxicology, geography and education, and includes the Genesee County Health Department, Michigan Department of Health and Human Services and MSU Extension.

Flint doctor topping Hillary Clinton, Donald Trump in Time 100 vote

April 13, 2016 - MLive

Final votes are being cast forTime Magazine's 100 most influential people list, with a Flint doctor who informed the public of elevated lead in children in the running for the recognition.

Why Flint's life expectancy is below the national average

April 11, 2016 - Time

“Genesee County has poverty, but it also has had the deterioration of its infrastructures and institutional services because of what’s happened economically,” says Dr. Aron Sousa, interim dean at Michigan State University’s College of Human Medicine.

Flint offers a new model for accountability

April 11, 2016 - Huffington Post

Inspired by Edwards’ example, though, another academic collected more crucial data. Dr. Mona Hanna-Attisha, director of the pediatric residency program at Flint’s Hurley Medical Center and an assistant professor at Michigan State University, did an independent study on lead levels in Flint children.

Flint's crisis raises questions - and cautions - about the role of philanthropy

April 8, 2016 - Philanthropy News Digest

The Mott Foundation has provided nearly $23 million in support since 2011 to Flint's growing health-and-wellness district.

Initiative hopes to provide 1 million glasses of milk for Flint families

April 4, 2016 - MLive

The United Dairy Industry of Michigan and Kroger has started an initiative to provide 1 million glasses to milk to families in Flint to try and combat the potential health consequences associated with the city's water crisis.

Soil could cause lead levels to rise in Flint kids

March 31, 2016 - USA Today

The level of lead in the blood of children in Flint probably will rise over the next few months, not because of continued problems with the city's drinking water supply, but because of high levels of lead in the soil.

Flint water doc to speak at MSU commencement

March 31, 2016 - Lansing State Journal

Dr. Mona Hanna-Attisha is an assistant professor of pediatrics at the MSU College of Human Medicine whose work in Flint helped to expose an ongoing public health crisis. She will address MSU graduating seniors during spring convocation on May 6.

What you may not know about California's lead-tainted water

March 27, 2016 - Digital Journal

What's even more frustrating is that the contamination was discovered months before the tragic situation in Flint, but authorities in Michigan are already using maps that pinpoint children's blood levels and help target neighborhoods for water sampling, bottled water, filters and lead line replacement.

The future for Flint's children [Opinion by Dr. Mona Hanna-Attisha]

March 26, 2016 - New York Times

Families here are traumatized; faith and trust in government have evaporated. State and federal agencies responsible for protecting them failed miserably. Much has been written about the roots of the Flint water crisis: misguided fiscal austerity, inequality, racism, environmental injustice, poverty, deindustrialization.

Flint water crisis fund names grant-making advisory committee members

March 24, 2016 - MLive

The Community Foundation of Greater Flint has announced the eight-member advisory committee that will handle grants for money donated to the Flint Child Health & Development Fund.

Flint doctor among nominees for Time Magazine's 100 most influential people

March 24, 2016 - Time

The whistleblowing doctor that informed the world of elevated lead levels in children's blood in Flint amid the water crisis has been nominated for a prestigious recognition.

You win some you, you lose some

March 23, 2016 - MSUToday

I had been texting with my daughter during the game and at this point was telling her how awful it felt that the Spartans lost. And then, in all her wisdom (when did she get so smart?) she texted me back this photo she happened across in a magazine at the moment I texted her.

University of Michigan launches tri-campus collaboration

March 22, 2016 - Michigan Daily

The long-term health effects project will focus on an integrated approach, according to a press release. A team of experts from the School of Public Health, UM-Flint’s School of Health Professions and Studies, and Michigan State University’s College of Human Medicine will look into the medical, psycho-social, developmental and economic impact of lead poisoning by monitoring a group of affected residents over time.

Physician at forefront of Flint water crisis to speak at Albion College

March 20, 2016 - MLive

Dr. Mona Hanna-Attisha will speak about "Health Risks of Children Growing Up in Poverty" at 7 p.m. Wednesday, March 23, in Room 101 of the college's Towsley Lecture Hall.

Flint doc: Health initiative like 'building a plane while flying it'

March 17, 2016 - WKAR

A trio of MSU researchers gathered yesterday in Lansing to discuss aspects of the Flint water crisis. In its monthly public policy forum, the university’s Institute for Public Policy and Social Research gave guest speakers a chance to discuss the responsibilities of state and local governments in addressing the water emergency and the work being done regarding the health of Flint residents.

"Flint's kids were getting sick; We had to find out why"

March 15, 2016 - Glamour

Three miles away pediatrician Mona Hanna-Attisha, M.D., 39, was seeing rashes in her patients too. Then she heard reports that the city's tap water might be contaminated—a General Motors plant had stopped using it, fearing it would corrode their car parts—and those allegations nagged at her.

Flint water crisis fund tops $4M, hopes for boost with telethon

March 13, 2016 - MLive

An advisory committee has been put together to target nonprofit organizations where grants will go to areas targeted by lead mitigation strategies developed through Michigan State University's Pediatric Health Initiative being led by Dr. Mona Hanna-Attisha, founding donor of the fund.

Thanks to UM and MSU, Flint finds hope amid crisis

March 11, 2016 - Big Ten Network Live Big

Last fall, most people in the state of Michigan were closely following two storylines: the Spartans football team’s run for the Big Ten crown, and new Wolverines head coach Jim Harbaugh’s restoration of that program to glory. But football wasn’t the most important thing on the mind of Dr. Mona Hanna-Attisha.

City of Flint gets help from its 'home teams'

March 10, 2016 - Big Ten Network Live Big

And it was research from Dr. Mona Hanna-Attisha, assistant professor of pediatrics at Michigan State University’s College of Human Medicine, that initially blew the lid off this story. As a local resident and the director of the Public Health Initiative led by MSU and the Hurley Children’s Hospital in Flint, she frames this challenge in personal terms.

Doctor named Humanitarian of the Year for Flint crisis

March 9, 2016 - Detroit Business

Community members, civic leaders, and federal elected officials will join the Chaldean American Chamber of Commerce to honor business and community leaders at the 13th Annual Awards Dinner including Dr. Mona Hanna-Attisha, director, Pediatric Residency Program at Hurley Medical Center, as Humanitarian of the Year.

Flint water crisis whistleblowing doctor to get humanitarian award

March 8, 2016 - MLive

The Flint doctor that's become a nationally-known name and face in the midst of the city's water crisis is set to receive another award for her work inuncovering high lead level results in children of the community.

Mother, doctor honored for exposing Flint water crisis

March 4, 2016 - MLive

The doctor and Flint mother who were at the center of exposing the city's water crisis have been honored with the 2016 PEN/Toni and James C. Goodale Freedom of Expression Courage Award. LeeAnne Walters and Dr. Mona Hanna-Attisha were announced Friday, March 4, as the winners of the award.

MSU and WKAR develop app that empowers Flint residents during water crisis

March 1, 2016 - WKAR

MSU College of Human Medicine professor Rick Sadler was among the partners helping developers connect with future app users.

MSU-Flint relationship extends beyond water crisis

February 29, 2016 - Lansing State Journal

Michigan State University recognized the city's public health needs back in 2012 and expanded its presence in Flint to meet those needs. The College of Human Medicine has doubled its number of third and fourth-year medical students in Flint-area hospitals to 100 in recent years and partnered with Hurley Children's Hospital to start a new Pediatric Public Health Initiative earlier this year.

Voices from the field: 10 lessons from Flint

February 29, 2016 - In-Training

This is the first installation of a three-part series entitled “Ten Lessons from Flint” in which Northeast Ohio Medical University student Katherine Joyce, MPH, speaks with Professor Marc Edwards of Virginia Polytechnic Institute and State University, pediatrician Dr. Mona Hanna-Attisha of Hurley Children’s Hospital and Michigan State University, and interim Dean Dr. Aron Sousa of Michigan State University.

Flint's poorest area is at center of crisis

February 28, 2016 - Wall Street Journal

Flint pediatrician Mona Hanna-Attisha and researchers at Michigan State University College of Human Medicine are mapping the rise in blood lead levels in Flint children found the highest percentages of children with elevated levels in the Fifth Ward, which contains part of Flint’s downtown that has seen recent redevelopment but also streets with boarded-up houses near a vast former General Motors complex.

Flint water focus of MSU forum

February 24, 2016 - MSUToday

Forum speakers include MSU researchers with insights into community management, utilities and pediatric health, including the doctor who publicly sounded the alarm about the health of children exposed to high levels of lead, Mona Hanna-Attisha.

Mona Hanna-Attisha: "Flipping the story" in Flint

February 23, 2016 - MLive

Michigan State University and Hurley Children's Hospital have announced a new Pediatric Public Health Initiative to address the Flint community's population-wide lead exposure and help all Flint children grow up healthy and strong.

Zumba-thon raises money for Pediatric Public Health Initiative

February 22, 2016 - Fox 17

Hundreds gathered in Flint for a fundraiser for the Pediatric Public Health Initiative, a joint effort by Michigan State University College of Human Medicine and Hurley Children's Hospital.

In Flint, moving the farmers market drew more poor shoppers

February 19, 2016 - NPR's The Salt

Rick Sadler, a public health professor at the Flint campus of Michigan State University College of Human Medicine, first interviewed shoppers at the Flint Farmers' Market in 2011, seeking to understand the demographics of its customers.

Q&A: Lead poisoning and other silent public health threats

February 19, 2016 - MedPage Today

Efforts to resolve the water crisis in Flint, Mich., continue, with HHS Secretary Sylvia Burwell touring the city yesterday and announcing $500,000 in funding to help two area health centers.

MSU outlines nutrition initiative for Flint children

February 19, 2016 - Detroit News

Michigan State University is tackling the hurdles facing Flint families in the wake of the water crisis, with a particular focus on nutrition as a way of combating lead poisoning in the city’s children.

MSU leaders weigh in on research efforts

February 18, 2016 - WZZM TV 13

Michigan State University leaders are continuing to try to help kids affected by lead poisoning in Flint. Last night, experts from their College of Human Medicine and a number of other organizations weighed in.

MSU researchers say lead just one of many things hurting Flint kids

February 18, 2016 - WILX TV 10

MSU formed a pediatric public health initiative to assess, monitor, and reduce the impact of lead on Flint and its children. The Dean of the College of Human Medicine in Flint says the school is uniquely positioned to help.

Beyond lead: Crisis highlighted larger issue

February 17, 2016 - Fox 17

Health officials and experts with Michigan State University College of Human Medicine say the crisis in Flint highlighted a much larger public health issue in the city.

MSU researches effects of lead contamination in Flint water cris

February 17, 2016 - WLNS TV-6

Michigan State University has been helping with the crisis as well. Officials from their Flint division will announce how their research into the health emergency is coming along.

Pediatrician sees long road ahead for Flint after lead poisoning crisis

February 17, 2016 - Journal of the American Medical Association

Concern about lead exposure in her pediatric patients thrust Mona Hanna-Attisha, MD, director of the pediatric residency program at Hurley Medical Center in Flint, Michigan, into the eye of a growing public health scandal surrounding lead contamination in Flint’s water supply.

Watch: MSU college live streams announcement of updates to Flint public health initiative

February 17, 2016 - State News

Tune in live at 4:15 p.m. Wednesday, where Dr. Mona Hanna-Attisha will take part in a live stream to provide updates on the joint MSU College of Human Medicine and Hurley Medical Center public health initiative she launched after releasing data in September 2015 showing elevated blood lead levels in Flint's children.

MSU College of Human Medicine helping with lead water crisis

February 17, 2016 - Fox 66

A new initiative from Michigan State University hopes to help the city move beyond the lead water crisis. Researchers are looking to find solutions to reduce the health effects of lead exposure.

Feeding a city with better food sources

February 17, 2016 - MSUToday

Access to clean water hasn't been the only health issue facing Flint. Since 2008, Michigan State University College of Human Medicine public health expert, Rick Sadler, has been mapping out areas of the city that have had almost no access to healthier food options and evaluating solutions that could help remedy the problem.

Beyond the water crisis

February 17, 2016 - MSU Alumni Association

What's ahead for the Pediatric Public Health Initiative and Flint public health research

Meet the woman building the "model public health program" in Flint, Michigan

February 16, 2016 - Elle

Many are calling Dr. Mona Hanna-Attisha a hero—but the pediatrician, professor, and whistleblower behind the water crisis insists she's only doing her job.

Dr. Mona Hanna-Attisha is a hero. Here's why

February 16, 2016 - KevinMD.com

Dr. Hanna-Attisha is a pediatrician in Flint, Michigan. She grew up in a suburb of Detroit. She graduated from the University of Michigan before attending medical school at Michigan State University.

Mona Hanna-Attisha, MD: Flint's Voice of the Voiceless

February 15, 2016 - MedPage Today

Mona Hanna-Attisha, MD, the pediatrician who first discovered the lead-laced water in Flint, Mich., is having a surreal year.

Medical mobile unit will help aid Flint children exposed to lead in water

February 12, 2016 - MLive

A mobile medical clinic unit has been deployed to Flint to help bring medical care to Flint children who may have been exposed to lead from Flint's water.

Amid politics, pediatrician stands out as trusted advocate in Flint water crisis

February 12, 2016 - American Journal of Pediatrics

As blame, debate and federal investigations continue into the water crisis in Flint, Mich., Mona Hanna-Attisha, M.D., M.P.H., FAAP, remains focused on the care of the city’s children.

Possible lead exposure-miscarriage link probed in Flint water crisis

February 11, 2016 - MLive

The pediatrician who exposed rising blood lead levels in young children in Flint and the state of Michigan are separately investigating whether pregnant women who drank the city's tainted water had abnormally high miscarriage rates.

Dr. Mona Hanna-Attisha goes from doctor to global hero

February 6, 2016 - Detroit Free Press

Dr. Mona has melded her calling as a doctor (complete with an hour-long commute from Oakland County to Flint) with her new role as spokeswoman for a tragedy.

A long friendship put spotlight on Flint water crisis

February 6, 2016 - Detroit Free Press

Mona Hanna finished her studies at the University of Michigan, then went to medical school at Michigan State University. She married a fellow pediatrician, had two daughters and built a career in Flint.

Flint pediatrician at center of water crisis: 'You have to use your voice'

February 3, 2016 - MLive

Hanna-Attisha took her first environmental health classes at Michigan as an undergraduate and studied public health policy as a master's student in U-M's public health school.

Sen. Peters introduces legislation to help Flint kids

February 1, 2016 - UPMatters.com

“In order to help Flint children who are at risk for developmental delays from lead-leached water, we must support and expand Head Start programming to intervene early and minimize any long-term damage,” said Dr. Mona Hanna-Attisha, Director of Pediatric Resident Education, Hurley Medical Center and Assistant Professor of Pediatrics at Michigan State University College of Human Medicine.

Doctor says parents can help Flint kids exposed to lead

January 31, 2016 - Detroit Free Press

It wasn't until after Dr. Mona Hanna-Attisha, a pediatrician at Hurley Medical Center and assistant professor at Michigan State University, sounded the alarm about lead poisoning in Flint children that local officials warned residents to stop drinking the water on Oct. 1, 2015.

Flint weights scope of harm to children caused by lead in water

January 30, 2016 - New York Times

Local philanthropic groups have set up a charitable fund with the goal of improving health outcomes for children exposed to lead, including through Dr. Hanna-Attisha’s project, the Pediatric Public Health Initiative.

How cases like Flint destroy public trust in science

January 27, 2016 - Washington Post

Independent researchers, not affiliated with the government, would be a good resource, he said –“having someone from the outside review these claims and pressure and examine them dispassionately.”

'My biggest concern is there are still children drinking this water,' says mom who helped expose the lead crisis in Flint

January 27, 2016 - People

Going forward, Dr. Hanna-Attisha's mission is to help the people in Flint who will have irreversible damage from lead poisoning. She launched the Pediatric Public Health Initiative, which is an effort by Michigan State University, Hurley Children's Hospital and the Genessee County Health Department.

MSU pediatrician named to committee responding to Flint water crisis

January 27, 2016 - MSUToday

Mona Hanna-Attisha, assistant professor of pediatrics in the College of Human Medicine and director of the pediatric residency program at Hurley Medical Center, has been named a member of Gov. Rick Snyder’s Flint Water Interagency Coordinating Committee.

Snyder to seek aid for Flint children exposed to lead

January 26, 2016 - Detroit Free Press

"Everything has gone for infrastructure and water," Dr. Mona Hanna-Attisha, head of the pediatric residents program at the city-owned Hurley Medical Center and pediatrics and human development professor at the Michigan State University College of Human Medicine, said in a conference call Tuesday afternoon.

The Flint water scandal: The role of public universities

January 26, 2016 - Newsweek, Opinion by Aron Sousa

The tragic events in Flint, Michigan, over the past 18 months have played out in homes, hospitals and halls of power. But it would be a serious mistake to overlook the role of universities in preserving the public welfare in the city.

Hurley pediatric researcher got approval for Flint lead research study in 2 days

January 25, 2016 - Crain's Detroit Business

It took only two days for the institutional review board at Hurley Medical Center, a city-owned hospital in Flint, to approve the research plan presented by Mona Hanna-Attisha, a Hurley pediatrician, to test children she thought might be exposed to lead poisoning through Flint’s water supply.

Pediatric Public Health Initiative

January 25, 2016 - KCBS FM

Dean Sousa speaks with KCBS Radio in San Francisco about the Pediatric Public Health Initiative and interventions for Flint children exposed to lead.

Lead poisoning and impact on children on tap for Flint talk

January 25, 2016 - MLive

Dr. Hanna-Attisha is leading a collaboration between Hurley Medical Center, Michigan State University's College of Human Medicine and other community organizations in the fight to combat the effects of lead exposure in children and other Flint residents who drank or cooked with the tainted water.

This is why the water in one Michigan city is poisoned

January 25, 2016 - Teen Vogue

Six months later, outside experts concluded the water was lead poisoned. “When [my team and I] saw that it was getting into children and when we knew the consequences, that’s when I think we began not to sleep,” Dr. Mona Hanna-Attisha, associate professor in pediatrics at Michigan State University, told CNN in September.

Once-discounted Flint physician heads lead poisoning response

January 25, 2016 - RX List

"If we don't do something now to build this model public health program, we will see lifelong consequences," Dr Hanna-Attisha told Medscape Medical News.

Health care community helps Flint respond to emergency

January 24, 2016 - Crain's Detroit Business

But in late September, Mona Hanna-Attisha, a pediatrician at Hurley Medical Center, a city-owned hospital in Flint, announced tests she conducted showed up to 9,000 children in Flint were being exposed to double and even triple the average blood lead levels from the water.

Flint residents and the struggle for clean water

January 23, 2016 - NBC News

Dr. Aron Sousa, Interim Dean of the Michigan State University College of Human Medicine, has similar concerns. He leads a team through the Michigan State University-Hurley Pediatric Public Health Initiative, more than 20 experts working to allay results of lead exposure in Flint ranging from water testing, environmental studies to securing public health infrastructure and nutrition education.

Flint doctor heads effort to mitigate kids' lead exposure

January 23, 2016 - Modern Healthcare

Dr. Mona Hanna-Attisha will lead a partnership between Flint, Mich.-based Hurley Medical Center and Michigan State University's College of Human Medicine tasked with researching and taking action to treat and mitigate the exposure of Flint's children to high levels of lead in the city's water supply.

Pediatrician works to mitigate effects of lead exposure on Flint's children

January 23, 2016 - Washington Post

Hanna-Attisha, who also is an assistant professor of pediatrics at Michigan State University, is leading a committee of experts to develop a strategy that would mitigate the impact of lead exposure on thousands of children under age 6.

Michigan universities move to research Flint water crisis

January 23, 2016 - Detroit News

Michigan State: The university’s College of Human Medicine announced a partnership with Hurley Children’s Hospital for a Pediatric Public Health Initiative aimed at addressing the lead exposure in Flint by providing assessment, research and monitoring, and interventions.

MSU experts address Flint water crisis

January 22, 2016 - MSUToday

“The creation of this Pediatric Public Health Initiative will give Flint children a better chance at future success,” Hanna-Attisha said. “This initiative will bring in a team of experts to build a model pediatric public health program which will continue to assess, monitor and intervene to optimize children’s outcomes.”

Flint, Michigan: A century of environmental injustice

January 21, 2016 - American Journal of Public Health: February 2016, Vol. 106, No. 2, pp. 200-201

But, reading the article on childhood lead poisoning by Hanna-Attisha et al.4 in this issue of AJPH reminded me that GM not only tried to defeat its workers but also the environment in which they, and all of us, live. The latter never had chance to organize and resist.

Elevated Blood Lead Levels in Children Associated With the Flint Drinking Water Crisis: A Spatial Analysis of Risk and Public Health Response

January 21, 2016 - American Journal of Public Health: February 2016, Vol. 106, No. 2: 283–290

Mona Hanna-Attisha and Allison Champney Schnepp are with Hurley Children’s Hospital/Michigan State University College of Human Medicine, Department of Pediatrics and Human Development, Flint, MI. Jenny LaChance is with Hurley Medical Center Research, Flint. Richard Casey Sadler is with Michigan State University College of Human Medicine, Division of Public Health, Flint.

How a stubborn pediatrician forced the state to take Flint's water crisis seriously

January 21, 2016 - Huffington Post

The Michigan State University College of Human Medicine has launched an initiative to treat nearly 27,000 Flint children exposed to lead in the city’s water, the Detroit News reported. The effort will be led by -- you guessed it -- Hanna-Attisha.

This pediatrician is working to save 9,000 young lives in Flint

January 21, 2016 - Washington Post

“We cannot sit back and wait 20 years to see the consequences of lead poisoning in our schools and in our criminal justice system,” said Mona Hanna-Attisha, director of pediatric residency at Hurley Children’s Hospital, who in September led a group of doctors urging Flint to stop drawing tap water from the Flint River after finding elevated lead levels in the blood of young children.

Dr. Hanna-Attisha on leading Public Health Initiative in Flint

January 21, 2016 - WDET Radio

The newly-launched Pediatric Public Health Initiative is an effort by Michigan State University, Hurley Children’s Hospital and the Genessee County Health Department. The project’s leader is Dr. Mona Hanna-Attisha, who tells WDET’s Annamarie Sysling about the trajectory of her work, as she tries to restore hope among the residents of Flint.

MSU, Hurley hospital partner on mitigating lead exposure in Flint

January 19, 2016 - WKAR Radio

Current State talks about the Pediatric Public Health Initiative with Hurley pediatrician Dr. Mona Hanna-Attisha and Associate Dean at the MSU College of Human Medicine Dr. Dean Sienko.

Initiative to treat children exposed to toxic lead in Flint's water

January 19, 2016 - CNN

I want to talk more about the health crisis with Dr. Dean Sienko, of Michigan State University. He's spearheaded an initiative to treat the estimated 27,000 children exposed to the toxic lead in Flint's water. "What we're focusing on now is, what can we do to help the children. We're looking at helping them through education. There's been talk about universal pre-K, talk about universal Head Start. We're trying to improve their nutrition so that they know of food nutrition they can do that will mitigate the effects of the lead exposure, and as well as health care, so that if we identify these children early on, we can get them into appropriate care."

Flint Water Crisis: What's being done to help children exposed to lead

January 19, 2016 - ABC News

As the water crisis continues, health experts said they are working to mitigate the long-term effects of lead exposure in the youngest residents, even if they can't reverse it. Hanna-Attisha along with others at the Hurley Medical Center are working with Michigan State University and the Genesee County Health Department as part of the Pediatric Public Health Initiative, announced last week. The initiative includes cooking classes and an information pamphlet from MSU aimed at helping parents give their children food that will protect them from lead exposure. That's because a diet rich in iron, calcium and vitamin C "can decrease absorption and increase excretion," of lead, said Dr. Dean Sienko, associate dean of prevention and public health at MSU's College of Human Medicine.

Gov. Rick Snyder to present plan of action on Flint's water crisis

January 19, 2016 - NewsOne Now

Dr. Dean Sienko from the MSU College of Human Medicine explained on NewsOne Now a team of experts is being assembled to monitor the children of Flint for the foreseeable future as a result of the Flint water crisis.

New initiative to help Flint children with lead poisoning

January 18, 2016 - WILX TV 10

Michigan State University and Hurley Children's Hospital are teaming up to help children in Flint who have been exposed to lead in their water.

Latest: Michigan's Snyder asks Obama to declare emergency

January 15, 2016 - New York Times

Michigan State University and a Flint hospital are putting a team together to keep a long-term eye on Flint's lead problem, from offering nutrition tips to residents to health monitoring. The effort will be led by Dr. Mona Hanna-Attisha, who is credited with sounding the alarm last year about high levels of lead in children.

New Pediatric Public Health Initiative to support the health of Flint children

January 14, 2016 - MSUToday

Michigan State University and Hurley Children’s Hospital have announced a new Pediatric Public Health Initiative to address the Flint community’s population-wide lead exposure and help all Flint children grow up healthy and strong.

Elevated blood lead levels associated with Flint drinking water crisis in published report

January 7, 2016 - Grand Blanc View

The latest research has been published by the American Journal of Public Health citing elevated blood lead levels in children associated with the Flint drinking water crisis.