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Johnson-Powell to Receive Yerby Award at Youth Development Symposium
Each spring, the school awards
the Alonzo Yerby award to a public health professional who
exemplifies Yerby's commitment to community welfare and the health
concerns of the poor. This year, Gloria Johnson-Powell,
professor of child psychiatry, HMS, and senior advisor on community
and social policy research, Judge Baker Children's Center, will receive
the award.
The annual award and accompanying lecture are sponsored in commemoration of Yerby, a member of the HSPH faculty from 1966 to 1982. During his tenure, he chaired the Department of Health Services Administration (predecessor to the Department of Health Policy and Management) and served as associate dean for community affairs.
Gloria Johnson-Powell, professor
of child psychiatry, HMS, will receive this year's
Alonzo Yerby Award on March 24.
The 1999 Alonzo Yerby Award and Lecture have the
additional significance of serving as the closing events of the first-ever
Boston Symposium on Youth Development. The symposium is
designed to improve youth services by sharing with researchers, youth
program practitioners, and policy makers the practical
applications of the latest research innovations and program models.
The symposium will be held March 22-24 at Northeastern University, 360 Huntington Avenue, Boston. Participants include many HSPH faculty and researchers. The event is sponsored by HSPH, the City of Boston, Northeastern University, and more than 20 agencies.
The Alonzo Yerby Award and Lecture by Johnson-Powell will conclude the symposium on March 24 at 4:30 p.m. in the Blackman Auditorium.
For more information on the symposium, call 635-3140, or visit the website at www.cityofboston.com/communitypartnerships/symposium.For more information on the Alonzo Yerby Award and Lecture, call Renee Cutting, coordinator, Division of Public Health Practice, at 432-0284.
