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Public Health Awareness Conference

 Conference Itinerary

19th Annual Public Health Awareness Conference
Integrating Science, Technology & Health:
Research Focused on Advancing Society

Tuesday, April 7, 2009
7:30 a.m. – 9:00 a.m.

Recruitment Fair Registration
Morehouse College, Executive Leadership Center

9:00 a.m. – 4:00 p.m.

Graduate/Professional School Recruitment Fair & Student Poster & Oral Sessions
Morehouse College, Executive Leadership Center
11:00 a.m. – 12:00 p.m.

Public Health Keynote Address
Morehouse College, Martin Luther King Jr. Chapel
Greetings from President Franklin

Speaker: Susan L. Taylor, Editor-in-Chief Emeritus of Essence Magazine and Founder, National Cares Mentoring Movement
12:00 p.m. – 1:00 p.m.

Book Signing
Susan L. Taylor All About Love, Favorite Selections from In the Spirit on Living Fearlessly
Morehouse College, Executive Conference Center
12:00 p.m. – 1:00 p.m.

Mapp Symposium Lecture
Morehouse College, Executive Leadership Center Auditorium

Speaker:  Donald G. Stein, Ph.D.  
Physiological Psychologist and Asa G. Candler Professor Emergency Medicine and Neurology
Emory University School of Medicine
1:30 p.m. – 3:00 p.m.

Scientific Careers Forum
Morehouse College, Executive Conference Center Auditorium
Moderator: Triscia Hendrickson PhD

Panelists:
Alex Crosby, MD
Medical Epidemiologist,
Centers for Disease Control & Prevention

Chonnettia Jones, PhD
Science Program Manager, Visitor Program
Howard Hughes Medical Institute

Jason McDonald, MS
Environmental Engineer
Environmental Protection Agency

Kenny Shepherd, PhD
Post Doctorial Fellow

Center for Neurodegenerative Disease
Emory University

Donella Wilson, PhD
Scientific Director
Research Communication and Promotion
American Cancer Society
3:00 p.m. – 4 :00 p.m.

Health Careers Forum
Morehouse College, Executive Conference Center Auditorium
4:30 p.m. – 5:30 p.m.

Award Ceremony / Closing Reception
Morehouse College, Executive Leadership Center Atrium
   
Wednesday, April 8, 2009
1:00 p.m. – 7:00 p.m.

HIV Screening
Fulton County Department of Health
Morehouse College, Student Health Center, Brazeal Hall
5:00 p.m. – 8:00 p.m. Public Health Fair
AUC Public Health Association
Morehouse College, Kilgore Plaza