UNC School of Public Health professor Sheila Leatherman will give the Dean’s Lecture on Public Health Transformation for the 21st century at 4 p.m. Sept. 24 in the Blue Cross Blue Shield Foundation Auditorium in the school’s Michael Hooker Research Center.
Leatherman will discuss how microcredit – small loans given to individuals in developing countries – improves health care for families and, potentially, entire communities. She is a research professor in the health policy and administration department.
Space is limited and registration is encouraged. To register for the lecture, visit www.sph.unc.edu/events.
School of Public Health contact: Ramona DuBose, (919) 966-7467, ramona_dubose@unc.edu