SPH Celebrates National Public Health Week April 4-10, 2011

For more than a decade, communities across the country have celebrated National Public Health Week (NPHW) each April by highlighting public health achievements and raising awareness of issues important to improving the public’s health. This year, APHA will continue its vision to make America the healthiest nation in one generation by addressing the importance of injury and violence prevention through the theme “Safety is No Accident: Live Injury-free”. Learn more about NPHW at www.nphw.org.

The SPH is happy to take part in National Public Health Week this year for the first time as a CEPH-Accredited school of public health. The school's National Public Health Week 2011 events are listed below. Come out to join us and help promote public health!

Monday, April 4
3 - 4 p.m.
Public Health Garden Club Meeting: Learn and Get Involved in the Public Health Garden
National Public Health Week’s “Safety Is No Accident” Campaign gives the club a great opportunity to tie in issues about safety in our implementation planning for the Public Health Garden.  Discussion will focus on planning and implementation of the garden, and encourage participants to consider safety issues while they learn about and participate in community gardening.
SPH Building, Room 2234CC (MIEH/EPIB Conference Room)

Tuesday, April 5
9:30 a.m. - 10:45 a.m.
Public Health Garden LARC321 Final Design Presentations
Undergraduate Landscape Architecture students in the LARC321 class will present final design concepts for the Public Health Garden.
Plant Sciences Building, Room 1130

10:30 a.m. - 11:30 a.m.
Prevention Road Tour: APHA NPHW Hill Briefing
Join APHA for a National Public Health Week briefing titled “Safety is No Accident: Live Injury-Free.”
US Senate Visitors Center, Room SVC 208/209

2:30 p.m.
Community Advisory Council Meeting
The Council provides the School with insights on public health needs and issues of relevance to our School’s research, teaching and service activities.

5 - 6:00 p.m.
LECTURE: The Story Behind Public Health Week
Caswell Evans Jr., DDS, MPH, will speak of his experiences that led to the creation of Public Health Week during his tenure as President of the American Public Health Association. He will address how the week is a tool for health communications and health literacy.
SPH Building, Room 2242H

Wednesday, April 6
11 a.m. - 12:30 p.m.
LECTURE: Can HIT Become PHIT During a Public Health Emergency?
Nathanial Hupert, MD, MPH
Co-sponsored by the Center for Excellence in Health IT Research.
Van Munching Hall, Robert H. Smith School of Business

Thursday, April 7
11 a.m. - 12 p.m.
LECTURE: Epigenetic and genetic approaches in cancer epidemiology and risk assessmentMukesh Verma, Ph.D.
Chief, Methods and Technologies Branch; Program Director, Epidemiology and Genetics Research Program, Division of Cancer Control and Population Sciences, National Cancer Institute (NCI), National Institutes of Health (NIH)
5 p.m.
Dean's Scholars Dinner
Outstanding SPH students will be recognized for their scholarship, leadership, community service and character.

Friday, April 8
11 a.m.
Exercise in Stroke and Neurological Disease: A Public Health Perspective
The 2011 Department of Kinesiology Husman Lecture will feature Richard F. Macko, M.D., University of Maryland School of Medicine and College Park, and VA Maryland Health Care System.
SPH Building, Room 1312

Download a PDF of the calendar here.