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Stephen Michael Apatow
CONTACT INFORMATION
Stephen Michael Apatow
Founder, Director of Research
and Development
Humanitarian Resource Institute
167 Cherry Street #260
Milford, Connecticut 06460
Telephone: (203) 668-0282
Email: s.m.apatow@humanitarian.net
BIOGRAPHICAL PROFILE
UNITED NATIONS ARTS INITIATIVE
Arts Integration Into Education
Url:
www.unarts.org
- HRI:UNArts: Hope For Humanity Global Campaign: Humanitarian Resource Institute, 20 January
2010.
- Index: Overview of
current policy initiatives and background discussions facilitated
by Humanitarian Resource Institute and the United Nations Arts Initiative.
Album Releases: AirPlay Direct
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OVERVIEW
Born and raised in Southern Connecticut,
academic aspirations in the fields of medicine, combined with sports
development served as the inspiration for a sabbatical and pursuit international
competition. The ability to spend 6 years in full time training,
came from support of US Olympic development programs, training centers
and scholarships that included concentrations in classical dance development.
In an effort to give back, initiatives were nurtured for youth
leadership, dance and sports development programs across the United States.
In 1990, connections in Washington, DC with a liaison for
the U.S. Secretary for Health and Human Services, led to the development
of a national youth leadership initiative (cycleacrossamerica.org)
to open the first toll free hotline for the National Clearinghouse for
Alcohol and Drug Information (NCADI) and Office for Substance Abuse Prevention
(OSAP). In 1993, the doors opened to do a second project, coordinated
in cooperation with the US House Select Committee on Hunger (runacrossamerica.org)
that focused on the unmet needs of frontline service programs in 133
cities along the route from Washington DC to San Francisco, California.
Following the completion of two national projects,
the nonprofit organization Humanitarian Resource Institute (humanitarian.net)
was founded in 1994. The focus of this organization
was to respond to the serious unmet needs identified during the 1990/1993
projects with a primary mission to serve as "a Bridge for Unmet
Needs to Untapped Resources." The pathway was via optimization
of communications capability: prioritization of a focus issues, engagement
of the world top reference points, compilation of peer reviewed
supportive materials and direct communications to the decision making
level in a target demographic.
In 1999, with the support of the directorate level at the
Federal Emergency Management Agency (FEMA), HRI facilitated the formation
of the International Disaster Information Network (IDIN). IDIN
interlinked leaders in 192 United Nations member countries for risk
management and contingency planning for the Year 2000 conversion. Shortly
thereafter, the Humanitarian University
Consortium was established to serves as (1) an international community
of scholars, (2) a bridge between Humanitarian Resource Institute and the
international academic community, (3) a think tank in support of the United
Nations programs and (4) the promotion of higher learning through both
traditional and distance education.
As director of research and development, responsibilities
included oversight of policy development initiatives
in the fields of medicine, veterinary medicine and law. These demands
required a return to concentrated supplemental professional studies,
with requests to sit for the United States
Medical Licensing Exam (USMLE 1-2), the North American Veterinary
Licensing Exam (NAVLE- PreClin) and Multistate Bar Exam (MBE)
in 2002.
In the publication
"Biological
Threats and Terrorism, Assessing the Science and Response
Capabilities: Workshop Summary," the National Academy of
Sciences has recognized Humanitarian Resource Institute (HRI)
as one of nine leading educational and research institutions.
These include:
- Center for Nonproliferation Studies.
- Columbia University: Center for Public Health Preparedness.
- Harvard University John F. Kennedy School of Government:
Belfer Center for Science and International Affairs.
- Humanitarian Resource Institute.
- Johns Hopkins University: Center for Civilian Biodefense
Studies.
- Massachusetts Institute of Technology: Center for International
Studies.
- National Academy of Sciences.
- University of Maryland: Center for International and
Security Studies at Maryland.
- University of Minnesota: Center for Infectious Disease
Research and Policy.
As an international consultancy reference point, he
is also the founder of Pathobiologics International,
Sports Medicine & Science
Institute, and SMAMedia Communications.
As an artist, Stephen is a member of the Country Music
Association and has orchestrated the formation of the United
Nations Arts Inititiative: Arts Integration
into Education to promote the medical, veterinary,
legal and performing arts as a vehicle for solution oriented strategic
planning and development. He is also a Member/Publisher: American
Society of Composers, Authors and Publishers (ASCAP) and founder of the
International
Dancescience Development Initiative.
Distance Education Courses: Humanitarian University Consortium
One Health
(Medicine/Veterinary Medicine)
Sports Medicine
Law
Professional Memberships (Former/Current):
- American Arbitration Association
- American Society of International Law
- American Society of
Composers, Authors and Publishers
- Federalist Society for Law and Public Policy Studies
- International Bar Association
- International Studies Association
- National Association of Scholars
CONSULTANCY
Pathobiologics
International
Url: www.pathobiologics.org
Representative
Presentations, Workshops and Media
- Keynote Speaker: The Future of Biodetection
Systems - Final Workshop Analysis: The Future of Biodetection
Systems Workshop was held last year to bring together industry,
academia, national labs, and federal agency personnel in an
interactive process, to develop a roadmap for research and development
investment in biodetection. Sponsored by Los Alamos National Laboratory,
September 26 & 27 2006. -- Overview:
BTACC Pathobiologics International. DNA-based
Detection Technologies: Powerpoint Presentation.
- Member of the scientific committee
of the World Health Organization Collaborating
Centre for Tourist Health and Travel Medicine, 2005: Fifth
European Conference on Travel Medicine.
- EHPNET: Humanitarian
Resource Institute Emerging Infectious Disease Network:
Environmental Health Perspectives (EHP), an online publication
by the Public Health Service, U.S. Department of Health and Human
Services, National Institutes of Health, National Institute of
Environmental Health Sciences (NIEHS), Volume 112, Number 1, January
2004.
- Keynote Speaker:
8th annual meeting of the Association of Veterinary Biologics
Companies (AVBC), 5 November 2003.
- 2002 Award for Excellence
in Outbreak Reporting on the Internet: International Society
for Infectious Diseases, ProMED-mail.
- U.S. Representative for Agricultural
Security: U.S. Medicine Institute for Health Studies Forum "Food, Air, Water, and Terrorism: Assessing
the Risk," sponsored by the Department of Defense, Global Emerging Infections
System and Annapolis Center. 29 January 2002. The paper "Agricultural Security and Emergency Preparedness: Protecting
One of America's Infrastructures," Stephen M. Apatow, Humanitarian
Resource Institute, was a reference point for agricultural security.
Sports Medicine & Science Institute
Url: www.esportsmedicine.org
Sports Science: Professional and
Academic Experience
- Academic: Exercise Physiology, Sports
Medicine, Sabbatical 1984.
- 1984-90: Full time training for ultra
distance running, ultra-distance cycling, national &
international level competition in cross country skiing
and rowing.
- 1985: Accepted to the national development camp for cycling, Olympic Training Center,
Colorado Springs, Colorado.
- 1986-89: Through the help of
Tony Johnson, heavyweight rowing coach at Yale, began cross
training sweep rowing and sculling with the New Haven Rowing
Club.
- Studied modern, jazz and ballet training
at the Lee Lund Academy from 1985-88 and the Soviet System
of Ballet Training at the Nutmeg Ballet Company
from 1988-91.
- 1987: Presentation at Rossignol Cross
Country Ski Clinic, speakers included Bill Koch and Lyle
Nelson coordinated by Mike Gallagher, (former Olympian and Olympic Cross-Country
Ski Coach), Mountain Top Inn, Chittenden, Vermont.
- Martial Arts: As a participant in
the study of martial arts for over 20 years, classical
ballet training provided a scientific method (utilizing
a similar approach used in eastern bloc development programs)
to optimize speed, strength, leverage mechanics, force generation
and technique. Current training emphasis is Judo/Jujitsu.
Founder: JudoSport International.
- Technical consultant for Cheryl
Madeux, Finalist, Lausanne International Ballet
Competition in 1990.
- Technical consultant for U.S. National
Team athletes from Harvard University, members of World
and Olympic Festival Teams. Sports applications include
professional football, national level wrestling, hockey cross-country
and downhill skiing, skating and martial arts.
- Speaker at 1990 Coaches Association
Meeting for Sport Canada at the Olympic Complex in Ottawa,
Canada.
- Upon request, applications of the
analysis correction and retraining procedures to enhance
the joint flexibility and technical performance for classical
ballet training have been applied to musculo-skeletal disorders
that include entrapment neuropathies,
Scoliosis, Rheumatoid Arthritis, Asthma, Fibromyalgia, Frederick's Ataxia and Multiple Sclerosis. One
of our cases with Rheumatoid Arthritis was submitted
to the National Arthritis Foundation Peer Review Board in
1990. Analysis and corrective procedures have been adapted
to help spinal herniations for physicians at Yale Medical
School.
- Small animal veterinary application
of human biomechanics procedures leads to work with hundreds
of horses in dressage, hunter-jumper and western training
programs. (See: Expanding
Human to Veterinary Biomechanics Applications)
- 1994-98: Corrective procedures developed
to enhance the technical ability of the international
level dancer in ballet were adapted into dressage and hunter-jumper
specific training programs for both horse and rider. This work
was formally introduced as an equestrian
development program at the USDF Adult Camp
in Boise, ID in 1997. In 1998, the USDF Region V Adult Camp
in Jackson Wyoming provided USDF University Credit for the lecture
presentation on "Biomechanics and Structural Analysis of Both
Horse and Rider."
- 1999: Presenter at Society of State
Directors of Health, Physical Education, and Recreation
Annual
Meeting, Boston, Massachusetts.
- 1999 - Present: Research and development
of programs associated with the optimization of classical
ballet training, Olympic development programs and specialized
orthopedic applications.
- 2002 International Sports Science
Association Fitness Therapist Review: The Science and
Practice of Rehabilitative Exercise integrate theory and
practice in the health care arena. This specialized field utilizes
information from the world of rehabilitation, pathology, functional
anatomy and physiology and blends it with the world of fitness
training dealing with aerobic conditioning strength training,
skill development, exercise progression and prescription for special
population groups.
- 2003: "Optimization of Classical Ballet
and Sports Development Programs" workshop was introduced at the 11 state
American Alliance for Health, Physical Education, Recreation and Dance (AAHPERD)
Combined Convention on February 12, 2003 in Reno-Sparks, Nevada.
- Director, Dancescience Development Program:
International medical, scientific, and
educational resource center.
Testimonials
- "I can only say that Mr. Apatow's technique
seemed to work in this case (C5,6 entrapment neuropathy)
more efficiently than any other method tried, including
both medicinal and physical therapy."
Richard E. Kaufman, M.D., P.C.,
Yale Medical School.
- "As a 52 year old sufferer of various severe
sports related injuries for most of my adult life. i.e.
back, neck, shoulder, etc. I have been treated by neurologists,
orthopedics, psychotherapists, and chiropractors using
most forms of conventional therapy and medicinal procedures.
From this experience, I can state that Steve Apatow's special
treatment of joint injuries has proven the most effective procedure,
from both a short-term and long-term standpoint."
Richard Norris, Research and Development Engineer
- opened discussion at MIT for the development of a CAD analysis
system that could be used with Cat Scan or MRI.
- "This type of training will be a
major thing of the future." Sharon Dante, Nutmeg Ballet Company
(Gold medalist coach, 1984 International Ballet Competition, New
York City).
Professional Memberships (Former/Current)
- American College of Sports Medicine
(ACSM)
- International Sport Science Association
(ISSA)
- American Alliance for Health, Physical
Education, Recreation and Dance (AAHPERD)
- International Society of Biomechanics
in Sports (ISBS)
- National Dance Association (NDA)
- American Association for Health Education
(AAHE)
- National Association for Sport &
Physical Education (NASPE)
SMAMedia Communications
U.S. & International Projects
1990: National Clearinghouse for
Alcohol & Drug Information Project
www.cycleacrossamerica.org
- Initiative opens the first the toll free hotline (1-800-Say-No-To-Drugs)
providing public access to the Federal Resource for Drug &
Alcohol Information.
- Strategic planning and development of the 6000 mile
transcontinental campaign through 270 cities in 17 states.
- Grass roots networking encompassed federal, state and
local elected officials, municipalities, state and county education
departments, youth programs, interfaith community and media.
- Coordination of press conferences and media events.
- The initiative is the largest touch outreach campaign
ever coordinated through the Office for Substance Abuse Prevention.
1991: U.S.A. Education/Prevention Resource Campaign
- Strategic planning of pilot project coordinated in cooperation
with the New York State Division of Substance Abuse Services
to develop "Guidelines for the dissemination of Substance Abuse Information
and Materials."
- The guideline was developed to help programs effectively
network public health information down to the household level
through multiple communication pathways that already exist in communities.
1993: Run Across America
www.runacrossamerica.org
- Initiative targets humanitarian relief efforts in the
United States.
- Strategic planning and development of the 3000 mile
transcontinental campaign through 133 cities in 11 states.
- Grass roots networking encompassed federal, state and
local elected officials, municipalities, state and county education
departments, youth programs, interfaith community and media.
- Coordination of press conferences and media events.
1999: USA Gymnastics U.S. Classic
- Strategic planning and media development for the U.S.
Women's Championships and qualifier for the 1999 World Championship
in China.
1999: Year
2000 Conversion Global Campaign
- Strategic Planning and development of an international
education initiative to provide research reports, infrastructure
risk statistics and resources relating to contingency planning
for the Year 2000 conversion.
- Communication networks included corporate and inter-governmental
programs, newspaper, radio, television and media networks in
approximately 195 countries.
1994-Present: Humanitarian Resource Institute:
Strategic planning, research and project development
for all U.S. and International initiatives in cooperation with
the Federal Emergency Management Agency, United States Department
of Agriculture, American Red Cross, National 4-H, U.S. Chemical and
Hazard Safety Investigation Board and United Nations programs.
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