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UM SPH Public Health Practice Summit

The Third Annual Public Health Practice Summit will be held on Monday, September 15, 2008 at the University of Michigan School of Public Health.

To Register for the event, please fill out the form at the bottom of the page.
Invitees include SPH faculty and students, Health Officers and Medical Directors from all 45 local health departments in Michigan, designated leadership of the Michigan Department of Community Health, and other public health practice partners. Agenda information is forthcoming. Directions to the School of Public Health may be found here.

ABOUT THE SUMMIT

The Office of Public Health Practice has held an annual Academic-Practice Summit to explore linkages between Governmental Public Health and Academia since 2006.

Summit Activities

Annual Summit events include a welcome by Kenneth Warner, PhD, Dean of the School of Public Health and a keynote address by a leader in the field of public health. Summit sessions highlight new SPH initiatives and focus on academic-practice collaborations.

CONFIRMED KEYNOTE SPEAKER FOR 2008 SUMMIT:

Benjamin
Georges C. Benjamin, MD, FACP, FACEP (Emeritus)

Executive Director, American Public Health Association

Contact SPH.Practice@umich.edu for more information about this event.

Third Annual Academic-Practice Summit Registration
September 15, 2008

Please fill out the following registration form (invited guests only, please):

Last name:
Degrees/credentials:
Title:
Please choose your affiliation: Local public health State public health
Other public health practitioner
SPH faculty
SPH student
Other:

Organization name:
Organization address:
Phone number:
Email address:
Please select the events in which you plan to participate on September 15,2008:
Networking lunch
Summit meetings
Practice picnic (catered barbeque with live music-5:oo-7:00pm)

Office of Public Health Practice Distinguished Public Health Practitioner Awards The Office of Public Health Practice annually honors public health practitioners who have made outstanding contributions to academic-practice collaborations with the School of Public Health. The recipients of the Distinguished Public Health Practitioner Awards are:

2007 Awardees
Phyllis Meadows, PhD, MSN, RN
Director
Detroit Department of Health and Wellness Promotion
Rick Haverkate, MPH
Director of Public Health
Inter-Tribal Council of Michigan
2006 Awardees
Ellen Clement, MSW, MPH
Health Officer
Washtenaw County Public Health
Jean Chabut, BSN, MPH
Deputy Director for Public Health
Michigan Department of Community Health
 

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