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Barry Eaton District Health Department medical health director retires

When announcing the retirement of the Barry Eaton District Health Department Medical Health Director Dr. Robert Schirmer, the health department recognized the extensive work he accomplished over the years for the health department, the communities it serves and the individuals and families he has touched both inside and outside of Barry and Eaton counties.

 

Dr. J. Daniel Woodall, D.O., M.P.H., the new medical health director, will begin in early December.

Schirmer has been BEDHD medical health director since 2005,  following 18 years in public health in the pharmaceutical industry conducting post-marketing drug safety surveillance and pharmaco-epidemiology, and 11 years in private practice of office and hospital-based internal medicine.

 

A passionate advocate for change to improve health and preventing disease, particularly through policy to changes to make healthy decisions easier, Schirmer’s focus is on unhealthy behaviors in tobacco use and obesity. //

“Chronic disease resulting from unhealthy behavior has long surpassed communicable diseases as the leading cause of preventable death in our community,” Schirmer said.

“Unhealthy behaviors are killing us. The two biggest killers are tobacco and obesity. These behaviors begin in childhood and policy can reduce these unhealthy behaviors.”

“Locally, we have much policy work to do to make individual’s default decisions healthy and to make a future where every resident has the opportunity to live a long, healthy, and active life.”

 

Although Schirmer will be leaving his position at the health department, he will continue his work with the statewide tobacco21 coalition, Barry Tobacco Reduction Coalition, Barry Substance Abuse Task Force, the Barry Suicide Awareness Task Force, and as medical director for the Barry Community Free Clinic and consultant in drug safety to pharmaceutical companies.

 

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