Scene from a new MEZCOPH public service announcement.
The Mel and Enid Zuckerman College of Public Health (MEZCOPH) is proud to honor our public health professionals during National Public Health Week. This year’s theme is “Building the Foundation for a Healthy America.” The College will continue to “build” the foundation of our public health professionals by teaching a generation of future leaders who truly are caring and passionate about their community’s health.
-Iman Hakim, MD, PhD, MPH
Dean of the College
It's public health week from April 6-13, 2009! This national event, which is celebrated annually, is led by the American Public Health Association. With many other states, Arizona organizes activities during this time and highlights public health efforts throughout the state. The Mel and Enid Zuckerman College of Public Health is proud to participate in the national Public Health Week campaign and to join our public health partners in Arizona. Each day during this week we will be releasing new information on this web site to celebrate public health week in Arizona:
Monday: The Governor's Proclamation And Dr. Carmona's Digital Story
IGovernor Jan Brewer issued a proclamation of April 6-10 as Public Health Week.
View the Governor's proclamation
(Adobe PDF format, 88KB).
MEZCOPH is proud to introduce
new health education messages, or
Public Service Announcements (PSAs), featuring Dr. Richard Carmona, who was the 17th Surgeon General of the United States and is
president of the Canyon Ranch Institute and a distinguished professor of the College. Click on the name to view these videos (in Flash format):
Public service announcements are displayed free of charge by television stations in a viewing area. These PSA's were created by KVOA-TV, Channel 4, and were spearheaded by Lupita Murillo, CAB board member. Assistance and materials for the PSAs were also provided by Gail Hughley, Director of Development at MEZCOPH, Donna Knight, Dean Iman Hakim, Lorraine Varela and Loretta McKibben.
Enjoy!
Below are "sneak peeks" at the rest of the week:
Tuesday: A Look At the Social Justice Symposium
On Tuesday, we'll have snapshots from the Social Justice Symposium, held on Friday, April 3, with an article highlighting keynote speaker Dr. Saul Landau. What did attendees learn? And we'll focus on student involvement at the annual student-driven Symposium.
Portaits of the Past - Visions of the Future will also be introduced on line on Tuesday. These are a series of digital stories which focus on public health leaders and pioneers in Arizona! The first will be a short video about Dr. Richard Carmona, the 17th surgeon general of the United States.
Wednesday: Focus on the 2009 Dalen Lecture
On the third day of Public Health week, we'll take a look at the second James Dalen Distinguished Lecture in Public Health Policy, which took place on Friday, April 3, at MEZCOPH. We'll have articles about distinguished guest Dr. William Foege and photos from the event, and an article about Dr. Dalen. We'll discuss the current leadership challenges in Public Health.
Thursday: Southern Arizona Heroes and Heroines in Public Health
Who are the local heroes and heroines of public health? To help answer this question, we'll put "digital stories" on line which share the accomplishments and lives of: Cele Cohen, Michael Allison, and Teresa Wall. If you don't know who these people are, you will want to watch these short online videos! Also, you can tell us who you would like to honor!
Friday: The Future of Public Health is MEZCOPH's Students
On Friday, we'll preview the upcoming MPH Internship Conference, where students present results of their work in internships and are critiqued by the faculty and other students. What types of work do our students do? Come and learn!
We'll also release a digital story about Dr. Augusto Ortiz, focusing on his life in Public Health and his time with Cesar Chavez. Dr. Ortiz was a pioneer in extending health care to those in rural and poor areas via a mobile clinic, and his work continues today.
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