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Aug. 22, 2007

EVENT ANNOUNCEMENT

Global Public Health Preparedness: Is it Possible?

DATE: 8:30 a.m.-4 p.m. Sept. 11, 2007.

EVENT: Symposium that examines the issue of public health preparedness six years after the Sept. 11 terrorist attack. Keynote speaker Dr. Helene Gayle, president and CEO of CARE, will discuss public health issues in the context of broader global health and describe CARE's response to public health emergencies worldwide.

Gayle will discuss special problems in preparing for public health emergencies in the global community and how preparedness challenges and responses differ for developed and developing countries. She'll also touch upon the relationship of strained healthcare systems to the potential for infectious disease outbreaks. University of Michigan President Mary Sue Coleman and Ken Warner, dean of the School of Public Health, will deliver opening remarks. Matt Boulton, associate dean for practice in SPH, will serve as the program moderator.

Other speakers include: Ronald Davis, president, American Medical Association, who will discuss the AMA perspective on public health preparedness, and how to strengthen the relationship between medicine and public health; Dr. Julio Frenk, U-M SPH alum and former Mexico Minister of Health, now the Senior Fellow of the Global Health Program, and counsel to the Bill and Melinda Gates Foundation. Also, leaders in the China, India, and Ghana public health systems, as well as the deputy director for global health at the U.S. Centers for Disease Control and Prevention, will speak.

For an entire list of speakers and the event program, visit: http://www.sph.umich.edu/micphp/globalsymposium.html

LOCATION: University of Michigan, Power Center for the Performing Arts, 124 Fletcher Street.

SPONSOR: U-M School of Public Health, Office of Public Health Practice

REGISTER FOR WEBCAST AND LIVE EVENT:
The event is free and open to the public but registration is required.

To reserve a complimentary lunch, you must register by Labor Day, Sep. 3. Visit: https://www.sph.umich.edu/iscr/micphp/dynamic/site.php?module=access_user/login

MEDIA: The media is encouraged to attend the event, but must also register. There will be a live webcast with an opportunity for reporters and the public to e-mail questions to the moderator. Media may participate for one or more presentations.

TECHNICAL REQUIREMENTS: You will need a computer with high speed connection (DSL or higher), speakers or headphones, Windows Media Player and an Internet browser. Use of Microsoft Internet Explorer is strongly recommended. Mac computers must have Windows Media Player in order to view the webcast.

The University of Michigan School of Public Health has been working to promote health and prevent disease since 1941, and is consistently ranked among the top five schools in the country. Faculty and students in the school’s five academic departments and dozens of collaborative centers and institutes are forging new solutions to the complex health challenges of today, including chronic disease, health care quality and finance, emerging genetic technologies, climate change, socioeconomic inequalities and their impact on health, infectious disease, and the globalization of health. Whether making new discoveries in the lab or researching and educating in the field, our faculty, students, and alumni are deployed around the globe to promote and protect our health.

Contact: Laura Bailey
Phone: (734) 647-1848

Related Categories: Public Health