School of Public Health

Friday, Feb. 29; Registration at 8 a.m., events 9 a.m. – 4:30 p.m.
29th Annual Minority Health Conference
The William and Ida Friday Center for Continuing Education

This year's all-day conference will address The Impact of Poverty, Culture and Environment on Minority Health. Nancy Krieger, MS, PhD, Harvard University professor of society, human development and health, will present the 10th annual William T. Small Jr. Keynote Lecture, with the topic The Science and Epidemiology of Racism and Health in the United States: An Ecosocial Perspective. The keynote lecture will be broadcast by satellite and Internet from 2 p.m. to 3:30 p.m. EST.

The cost for attending all events is: $25 for students, $60 for UNC faculty and staff (all campuses) and the general public, $75 for health professionals. More information and registration are available online at minority.unc.edu/sph/minconf/2008/.

Thursday, March 6, 3 p.m. – 5 p.m. (reception to follow)
Blue Cross and Blue Shield of North Carolina Foundation Auditorium at the Michael Hooker Research Center (135 Dauer Drive, UNC campus)

Robert Temple, M.D., director of the Office of Medical Policy of the Center for Drug Evaluation and Research at the Food and Drug Administration and acting director of the Office of Drug Evaluation, will present a lecture sponsored by the Center for Innovation in Clinical Trials at the School of Public Health.

The event is free and open to the public, but registration is required. For more information, contact Jerry Salak at (919) 966-0198.

Monday, March 17, 4 p.m (reception to follow)
Blue Cross and Blue Shield of North Carolina Foundation Auditorium at the Michael Hooker Research Center (135 Dauer Drive, UNC campus)

Michael Neidorff, CEO of Centene, a Medicaid managed care firm, will give a lecture as part of the School of Public Health Distinguished Visitors Program.

This event is free and open to the public, but registration is required. For more information, contact Jerry Salak at (919) 966-0198.

Monday, April 14, 6:30 p.m. (reception to follow at 7:30 p.m.)
40th Annual Fred T. Foard Jr. Memorial Lecture
The William and Ida Friday Center for Continuing Education

Dr. Jonathan B. Oberlander will give the keynote address at the 40th Annual Fred T. Foard Jr. Memorial Lecture. Oberlander has joint appointments in the departments of health policy and administration (School of Public Health) and social medicine (School of Medicine). His observations about health care reform and policy have appeared in The New England Journal of Medicine and have been heard on the WUNC Public Radio program, The State of Things.

For more information about either of these events, contact Jerry Salak at (919) 966-0198.