Join us for our two day celebration exploring "The Changing Faces of Public Health".

Special presentations include the first Benenson Distinguished Lecture by Donald A. ("DA") Henderson, MD, and a Gala Dinner address by former California State Senator Deborah Ortiz.

Symposium Details

Featuring Benenson Distinguished Lecturer,
Donald A. Henderson, MD, MPH, University of Pittsburgh

"Emerging Infectious Diseases - The New Global Challenge"

Symposium registration includes:

• speaker session
• poster sessions
• picnic box lunch (.pdf)
• poolside reception with hosted hors d'oeuvres and no-host bar

Symposium Schedule
10:00 am to 11:00 am	Check-in and Poster set-up
11:00 am to 5:00 pm	Session 1: Benenson Inaugural Distinguished Lecture "Emerging Infectious Diseases - The New Global Challenge" Donald A. Henderson, MD, MPH (.pdf) 21st Century Professor of Medicine, School of Medicine and Professor of Infectious Diseases and Microbiology, School of Public Health, University of Pittsburgh and Dean Emeritus of Johns Hopkins University School of Public Health Lunch (networking picnic lunch and poster viewing) Session 2: Reducing Health Disparities "Racial and Ethnic Health Disparities: Planned Obsolescence" James L. Kyle, MD, MDiv (.pdf) Charles R. Drew University of Medicine and Science And former Dean of Loma Linda University School of Public Health "SanTiGua: A Study of Tobacco Use in San Diego, Tijuana and Guadalajara" Melbourne F. Hovell, PhD, MPH Center for Behavioral Epidemiology and Community Health Division of Health Promotion and Behavioral Sciences Graduate School of Public Health San Diego State University "Partnering with Community to Reduce Health Disparities: The Lay Health Advisor Model" Guadalupe Ayala, PhD, MPH Center for Behavioral and Community Health Studies Division of Health Promotion and Behavioral Sciences Graduate School of Public Health San Diego State University "Challenges and Strategies in HIV Prevention and Treatment in Africa: Examples from Uganda" Stephanie K. Brodine, M.D. Division Head, Epidemiology and Biostatistics Graduate School of Public Health San Diego State University Discussion with Q&A Break - judges finalize best poster selection Session 3: Changing Times and Innovations to Improve Public Health "Faces of Public Health: Looking from the Outside In" Moshe Engelberg, MPH, PhD Division of Health Promotion San Diego State University Researchworks, Inc. "Conducting Research in Equal Partnership with the Communities We Serve" Suzanne Lindsay, MPH, MSW, PhD Maternal and Child Health and Epidemiology Institute for Public Health San Diego State University "Promises and Pitfalls of Genetics and Genomics in Public Health" PJE Quintana, MPH, PhD Occupational and Environmental Health Graduate School of Public Health San Diego State University "Improving Health Care Services Through Community Collaboration" Kristin Garrett, MPH Executive Director, Community Health Improvement Partners, San Diego Closing Remarks Michael W. Benenson, MD, MPH Department of Retrovirology, Armed Forces Research Institute of Medical Sciences, Bangkok, Thailand Wrap up, poster prize presentations and adjournment
5:00 pm to 7:00 pm	Poolside Reception

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