Grassroots Public Health

摘要

America's Surgeon General, Vice Adm. Vivek Murthy, USPHS, is committed to improving the public's health, which stretches to the basic needs for infrastructure in this country and around the world. Engineer officers in the Commissioned Corps specialize in traditional chemical, electrical, mechanical and civil engineering disciplines as well as emerging biomedi-cal, computer and environmental fields. U.S. Public Health Service engineers play key roles in the efforts to accomplish the service's mission "to protect, promote, and advance the nation's health and safety." These engineers design, construct and provide technical assistance to local operators of water supply and waste disposal systems serving Native American homes and communities. Others manage a wide array of facility design, constructions, renovation, operation and maintenance activities in Indian Country and at Public Health Service research and laboratory facilities and public health centers.