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Public Health Leadership to Improve the Health of Young People (archived webcasts) SYMPA0109
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Presented live January 27, 2009 at the University of Michigan. With the archived webcasts, you can view selected presentations from the all-day symposium.

Presentations

(Total viewing time: 4.25 hours)


Welcome and Introduction
Kenneth E. Warner, PhD
Avedis Donabedian Distinguished University Professor of Public Health and Dean, University of Michigan School of Public Health
Matthew L. Boulton, MD, MPH
Associate Dean for Practice, University of Michigan

School of Public Health

Keynote Presentations
Marian Wright Edelman, Founder and President, Children's Defense Fund (Bio). Presentation title: Charting a Course for the Next Generation.

M. Joycelyn Elders, MD, MS, 15th Surgeon General of the United States; Professor Emeritus, University of Arkansas College of Medicine (Bio). Presentation title: Education: A Key to Healthy Youth in America.

Richard H. Carmona, MD, MPH, FACS, 17th Surgeon General of the United States; Vice Chairman, Canyon Ranch; President, Canyon Ranch Institute; Distinguished Professor, Zuckerman College of Public Health, University of Arizona (Bio). Presentation title: Pursuing Adolescent Health Nationally and Globally: Challenges and Opportunities.


Surgeons General Panel
Dr. Elders and Dr. Carmona

Moderator: JoLynn P. Montgomery, PhD, MPH
Research Investigator, Department of Epidemiology, University of Michigan School of Public Health; Director, Michigan Center for Public Health Preparedness

 

 

Program from January 27, 2009 symposium (PDF)

Continuing Education Credit

Continuing education credit is not available at this time. This archived webcast is expected to offer nursing contact hours and credit for certified health education specialists (CHES credit) in the near future. Please check back.

Technical Information

This set of archived webcasts uses Mediasite technology to deliver streaming video and audio. While you view the webcast, you may move forward or backward through the presentations by using the bar below the video screen.


The Mediasite viewer system requirements include a computer with high speed connection (DSL or higher), speakers or headphones, Windows Media Player, and Microsoft Internet Explorer (for technical specifications, see http://www.sonicfoundry.com/download/FileServe.aspx?market=143 (PDF]). Optional: connect your computer video output to a projector so that the presentation can be viewed by a large group.


Trouble-shooting & Frequently Asked Questions (FAQ): Live & Archived Webcasts Using Mediasite Technology are provided for additional support.

 

 

5/13/2009