EricThomasLundMDMPH, FACPM-E, CPH(He/Him)

Preventive Medicine • Durham, NC

Public Health & General Preventive Medicine

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Office
APHA, Alcohol, Tobacco, and Other Drugs (ATOD), Maternal and Child Health, and Mental Health Sections
Durham, NC 27705
Phone+1 919-714-3503

Summary

I am Certified in Public Health by the National Board of Public Health Examiners and hold a Master of Public Health degree (summa cum laude) from the Johns Hopkins Bloomberg School of Public Health, a Doctor of Medicine from the Uniformed Services University of the Health Sciences, a Bachelor of Science (summa cum laude) from the United States Military Academy at West Point, NY, and an Associate in Arts degree (summa cum laude) from the Beaufort County Community College, NC. I have over 30 years of leadership of public health departments and epidemiology programs in the USA, Europe, the Middle East, Africa, and Asia. I currently am a committee member in the Alcohol, Tobacco, and Other Drugs (ATOD) section of the American Public Health Association. I am a lifetime member of the Delta Omega Public Health Honor Society, the Gamma Beta Phi Honor Society, the Order of Military Medical Merit, and the Order of the Gold Spur, 1st Cavalry Division, and a Fellow-Emeritus of the American College of Preventive Medicine.

Examples of my public education service include:
TB:
https://www.stripes.com/news/more-precise-tb-detector-coming-to-u-s-military-in-s-korea-1.63102

Viral conjunctivitis: https://www.stripes.com/news/parents-warned-of-school-illnesses-1.migrated

H5N1 Avian Influenza:
https://www.stripes.com/news/south-korean-soldier-may-have-contracted-bird-flu-1.77990
https://www.stripes.com/news/experts-be-aware-not-worried-about-bird-flu-1.57479

Human Papilloma Virus:
https://www.stripes.com/branches/army-bases-among-first-to-give-new-hpv-vaccine-1.61888

Environmental illnesses including Asian Dust:
https://www.stripes.com/news/yellow-dust-creeps-into-south-korea-early-1.59292
https://www.stripes.com/news/yellow-dust-prompts-s-korea-weather-warning-1.73067
https://www.stripes.com/news/military-warns-seoul-dust-at-unhealthy-levels-1.73333

LinkedIn: https://www.linkedin.com/in/eric-t-lund-md-mph-ba393554/

Clinical Expertise

General preventive medicine, Public health, Alcohol-related disorders, Tobacco-related disorders, Overdoses of drugs of abuse, Public policy, Substance abuse, Opiate dependence

Education & Training

Beaufort County Community CollegeAssociate of Arts, Community Spanish Interpreter, summa cum laude, 2021 - 2023
National Capital Consortium Public Health and General Preventive MedicineResidency, Public Health and General Preventive Medicine, 1996 - 1998
Johns Hopkins School of Hygiene and Public HealrhMPH, Epidemiology, Delta Omega Honor Society, 1996 - 1997
Letterman Army Medical CenterInternship, Transitional Year, 1990 - 1991
UniforMed Services University of the Health Sciences F. Edward Hebert School of MedicineClass of 1990
United States Military AcademyBS, Chemistry, Distinguished Cadet, summa cum laude, 1981 - 1986

Work Experience

Order of Discalced Carmelite SecularsRecipient Of Ceremonial Brown Scapular, Formation I · October 2023 - Current
Craven County Opioid Epidemic Response DepartmentProgram Manager · October 2023 - March 2024
U.S. Equal Employment Opportunity CommissionInvestigator Intern · October 2021 - September 2022
Service Beakers, Inc.Board Member · November 2020 - June 2023
Womack Army Medical Center (Fort Bragg, NC)Physician And Director · March 2013 - March 2015
U.S. Army Medical DeparGeneral Practitioner And Public Health/General Preventive Medicine Physician, Captain To Colonel · May 1986 - June 2013

Awards, Honors, & Recognition

Certificate of Appreciation Microbiology, Public Health, and History (MPH) film fest at Hood College., 2024
Gamma Beta Phi Honor Society Gamma Beta Phi, 2023-2024
Fellow Emeritus American College of Preventive Medicine, 2015, 2024
Order of Military Medical Merit U.S. Army, 2008, 2024
President Emeritus Military Public Health Section, American College of Preventive Medicine, 2007, 2024
Certificate of Appreciation Gold Circle Member Veterans of Foreign Wars, 2006, 2024
Delta Omega Public Health Honor Society Delta Omega, 1997, 2024
Legion of Merit U.S. Army, 2013
Korea Defense Service Medal U.S. Army, 2008
Meritorious Service Medal (2) U.S. Army, 1996, 2008
Overseas Service Ribbon 6 oak leaf clusters U.S. Army, 1994, 1996, 2001, 2004, 2006, 2008
Military Outstanding Volunteer Service Medal U.S. Army, 2007
Meritorious Unit Citation U.S. Army, 2004, 2006
Bronze Star (2) U.S. Army, 2004, 2006
Overseas Service Bars U. S. Army, 2004-2006, 2006
Iraq Campaign Medal with 2 campaign stars U.S. Army, 2003, 2005-2006
Army Commendation Medal U.S. Army, 1993, 2001, 2003, 2006
1st Infantry Division Shoulder Sleeve Insignia Military Operations in Hostile Conditions U.S. Army, 2004
Joint Meritorious Unit Medal U.S. Army, 2004
Army Commendation Medal - Combat U.S. Army, 2004
Combat Action Badge U.S. Army, 2004
Person of the Year (The American Soldier) Time Magazine, 2003
Global War on Terror Service Medal U.S. Army, 2003
Global War on Terror Expeditionary Medal U.S. Army, 2003
Expert Field Medical Badge U.S. Army, 2001
Army Achievement Medal U.S. Army, 1999, 2001
National Defense Service Medal U.S. Army, 1991, 2001
NATO Medal U.S. Army, 1999
Armed Forces Expeditionary Medal U.S. Army, 1999
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Publications & Presentations

PubMed

164 citations
Novel Mechanistic Class of Fatty Acid Amide Hydrolase Inhibitors with Remarkable Selectivity
Kyunghye Ahn, Douglas S. Johnson, Laura R Fitzgerald, Marya Liimatta, Andrea Arendse
Biochemistry. 2007-10-19
247 citations
Identification of a novel mitochondrial protein (“mitoNEET”) cross-linked specifically by a thiazolidinedione photoprobe
Jerry R. Colca, William G. McDonald, Daniel J. Waldon, Joseph W. Leone, June M. Lull
American Journal of Physiology. Endocrinology and Metabolism. 2004-02-01
98 citations
Cross-linking in the living cell locates the site of action of oxazolidinone antibiotics
Jerry R. Colca, William G. McDonald, Daniel J. Waldon, Lisa Marie Thomasco, Robert C. Gadwood
The Journal of Biological Chemistry. 2003-06-13

Journal Articles

Military Public Health Laboratories
J. C. Gaydos, R. N. Nang, L. G. Huck, M. G. Kortepeter, S. L. Ludwig, E. T. Lund, J. A. Pavlin, R. L. Coldren, Jr McKee, Military Medicine, 10/1/1999

Abstracts/Posters

Public Health Data
Lund ET, Kelley PW, ACPM Prevention 13, 5/10/2013
Public Health Pandemic Preparedness
Lund ET, Kelley PW, ACPM Prevention 12, 5/11/2012
Public Health Director Fundamentals
Lund ET, Horosko S, ACPM Prevention 11, 5/8/2011
Public Health and Preventive Medicine in Wildfires of the Western USA
Lund ET, Horosko S, ACPM Prevention 10, 5/13/2010
Public Health Department Leadership in Pandemics
Lund ET, Jolissaint J, ACPM Prevention 09, 5/9/2009
Integration of Preventive Medicine into Primary Care
Lund ET, Lee HC, ACPM Prevention 08, 5/7/2008
Novel Approaches To Flu Vaccinations in Children
Lund ET, Price S, ACPM Prevention 07, 5/5/2007
Outbreak Investigation in Deployed U.S. Forces in Iraq
Lund ET, ACPM Prevention 05, 5/8/2005
Disease Non-Battle Injuries in Deployed United States Forces
Lund ET, Mansfield AM, ACPM Prevention 02, 5/5/2002
Public Health Department Innovations
Lund ET, Law H, Shepler W, ACPM Prevention 01, 5/7/2001
Outbreak Investigation in Bosnia-Herzegovina
Lund ET, Casner P, ACPM Prevention 2000, Washington, DC, 5/9/2000
Gulf War Syndrome in United States Forces
Lund ET, Miller R, ACPM Prevention 99, 5/10/1999
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Lectures

Public Health Efforts in Recent U.S. Military Operations after Screening of the 2005 film Joyeux Noël
Microbiology, Public Health, and History (MPH) film fest at Hood College. Passcode: 0G!vd.2. - 11/8/2024
Craven County Opioid Epidemic Status
County Meeting, New Bern, NC - 1/10/2024
SBIRT in Primary Care: A Model
Craven County Health DepartmentC New Bern, NC - 11/15/2023
HIV Surveillance in the United States Military
ACPM Prevention 98 - 5/9/1998
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Authored Content

Scientists: Bird flu may be endemic to S. KoreaMay 2008
South Korean soldier may have contracted bird fluApril 2008
Military warns Seoul dust at unhealthy levelsJanuary 2008
Viral ConjunctivitisSeptember 2007
Tuberculosis TestApril 2007
Yellow dust descends on U.S. posts in South KoreaApril 2007
Army bases among first to give new HPV vaccineMarch 2007
Yellow dust creeps into South Korea earlyJanuary 2007
Yellow dust prompts S. Korea weather warningJanuary 2007
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Press Mentions

Stockton Native Retires After Distinguished Army CareetAugust 12th, 2013

Committees

Policy Committee, APHA Alcohol, Tobacco, and Other Drugs (ATOD) Section 2024 - Present
Member, applied for leadership, APHA Human Rights Forum 2024 - Present
Member, APHA Integrated Behavioral Health 2024 - Present