The role of Internet-based programs in improving health education and training will be the focus of the 30th annual Minority Health Conference, sponsored by the Minority Student Caucus at the University of North Carolina at Chapel Hill’s Gillings School of Global Public Health.
The role of Internet-based programs in improving health education and training will be the focus of the 30th annual Minority Health Conference, sponsored by the Minority Student Caucus at the University of North Carolina at Chapel Hill’s Gillings School of Global Public Health.
Barbara C. Wallace, Ph.D., professor of health education at Columbia University’s Teachers College, will be keynote speaker at the conference, which will be held on Friday, Feb. 27, at the William and Ida Friday Center for Continuing Education in Chapel Hill. Wallace will present the conference’s William T. Small Jr. Keynote Lecture at 9:30 a.m.
A licensed psychologist, Wallace is active in health disparities research at Columbia and around the world. She is director of Globe HELP (Health Education Leadership Program), an Internet-based venture for disseminating curricula to educators and community health workers. Her lecture, “Our World, Our Community: Building Bridges for Health Equality,” also will be available at 2 p.m. ET as a free webcast and satellite downlink, followed by a live telephone question-and-answer session with Wallace.
The conference, initiated by the caucus in 1977, is the nation’s oldest student-run minority health event.
This year’s sponsors include the UNC Gillings School of Global Public Health Dean’s Office, the UNC Institute for Global Health and Infectious Diseases, the UNC Graduate and Professional Student Federation, and the Office of the Chancellor. Other sponsors are listed online at http://minority.unc.edu/sph/minconf/2009.
As the conference venue usually fills to capacity, early registration is advised.
For more information about the conference or the webcast, visit www.minority.unc.edu.
UNC Gillings School of Global Public Health contact: Ramona DuBose, (919) 966-7467, ramona_dubose@unc.edu
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