FOR IMMEDIATE RELEASE - May 18, 2021
LEAWOOD, Kan. — Therese Zink, MD, MPH, a family physician in Providence, Rhode Island, and a professor in the Department of Family Medicine and the School of Public Health at Brown University, has been appointed associate editor of the Annals of Family Medicine, a bimonthly, peer-reviewed clinical research journal for primary care. As associate editor, Zink will help lead the Annals in its mission to better understand and improve health and primary care.
Zink’s career spans 30 years and includes clinical care, teaching, research and administration. She was a 2019-2020 recipient of a U.S. Fulbright Scholar Award, which took her to Palestine to assist with faculty development in the Department of Family and Community Medicine at An-Najah National University.
Zink’s research has been published in a variety of medical journals and presented at national and international meetings. She has edited two anthologies, written two novels and just published a second book of essays, COVID-Chronicles: How Essential Workers Cope. Zink's honors and awards include: President's Award, Minnesota Academy of Family Physicians (2013), Contribution to Quality Healthcare in Minnesota Award, Minnesota Medical Association (MMA) Quality Committee, Minnesota Medical Association Foundation (2013), Named as one of the 100 Influential Health Care Leaders in Minnesota (2012), Distinguished Rural Educator, Minnesota Governor's Health Reform Task Force, MN (2012–2013) where she led the workforce task force, the National Rural Health Association (2012) Minnesota Rural Health Hero, Minnesota Rural Health Association (2011).
Editor’s note: To interview Dr. Zink, please contact Janelle Davis at jdavis@aafp.org or (913) 912-0377.
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Annals of Family Medicine is a peer-reviewed, indexed research journal that provides a cross-disciplinary forum for new, evidence-based information affecting the primary care disciplines. Launched in May 2003, Annals sponsored by seven family medical organizations, including the American Academy of Family Physicians, the American Board of Family Medicine, the Society of Teachers of Family Medicine, the Association of Departments of Family Medicine, the Association of Family Medicine Residency Directors, the North American Primary Care Research Group, and the College of Family Physicians of Canada. Annals is published six times each year and contains original research from the clinical, biomedical, social and health services areas, as well as contributions on methodology and theory, selected reviews, essays and editorials. Complete editorial content and interactive discussion groups for each published article can be accessed free of charge on the journal’s website, www.annfammed.org.