Future of Public Health Series Continues

Dean Barry Bloom resumes hosting the Future of Public Health Millennial Symposium Series with a discussion of the global challenges of public health on Wednesday, October 25 from 3:30 p.m. to 5:30 p.m. in Snyder Auditorium.

The speakers will be Julio Frenk of WHO; Dean Jamison of the Center for Pacific Rim Studies, UCLA; and Jane Menken of the Institute of Behavioral Science, University of Colorado at Boulder.

They will discuss health and economic development, population and demography, and health systems and policy, addressing the questions of what has public health accomplished and what are the critical challenges in the coming decades. All are invited to attend.

Upcoming Dean's Symposia Wednesday, October 25, 2000 Population and International Health: "The Global Challenge--Three Perspectives on Discovery and Change: Health and Economic Development, Population and Demography, Health Systems and Policy" Thursday, December 7, 2000 Environmental Health: "Global Health <--> Human Health" Thursday, January 18, 2001 Health Policy and Management: "The Privatization of Public Health: What Role Government?" Thursday, February 8, 2001 Health and Social Behavior: "Reducing Social Disparities in Health" Thursday, March 15, 2001 Immunology and Infectious Diseases: "Genomics: A Population Perspective"

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