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40 Years of Transforming Public Health

On September 17 & 18, 2009, The University of Texas School of Public Health celebrated its 40th anniversary with a Gala Dinner and Symposium. Speakers recounted the beginnings of the school and looked to what the future may hold in public health.

Kaiser Open Remarks  

UTSPH 40th Anniversary Celebration Dinner – Sept. 17, 2009

Larry R. Kaiser, MD, FACS, President of The University of Texas Health Science Center at Houston, welcomes everyone to the event and introduces Dr. Roberta Ness, Dean, UTSPH.

   
Ness_Opening  

UTSPH 40th Anniversary Celebration Dinner – Sept. 17, 2009

Roberta B. Ness, MD, MPH, Dean of The University of Texas School of Public Health speaks about the school and acknowledges all of the dignitaries and special guests in attendance.

     
Shine Open Remarks  

UTSPH 40th Anniversary Celebration Dinner – Sept. 17, 2009

Kenneth I. Shine, MD, Executive Vice Chancellor for Health Affairs for The University of Texas System, speaks about the current state of healthcare reform.

   
LeMaistre  

UTSPH 40th Anniversary Celebration Dinner – Sept. 17, 2009

Charles A. LeMaistre, MD, President Emeritus, The University of Texas M. D. Anderson Cancer Center and Chancellor, The University of Texas System (1971 – 1978) has a conversation with Dr. Roberta Ness about the beginnings of UTSPH and identifying the first dean for UTSPH.

     
Benson  

UTSPH 40th Anniversary Celebration Dinner – Sept. 17, 2009

Lan C. Bentsen, MBA, UTSPH Advisory Council Chair, and Julius Glickman, JD, UTSPH Incoming Advisory Council Chair, discuss the advisory council activity of the past year and what the council hopes to accomplish in the upcoming year.

     
Fleming  

UTSPH 40th Anniversary Celebration Dinner – Sept. 17, 2009

George M. Fleming, JD, UTSPH Advisory Council Member and co-founder of the Fleming Center for Healthcare Management talks about philanthropy and how it has affected him.

     
Ness_Opening  

UTSPH 40th Anniversary Celebration Dinner – Sept. 17, 2009

Dr. Roberta Ness closes the evening.

     
Kaiser_Sym  

UTSPH 40th Anniversary Symposium – Sept. 18, 2009

Larry R. Kaiser, MD, FACS, President of The University of Texas Health Science Center at Houston, welcomes everyone to the symposium and introduces former deans, Palmer Beasley, MD and Guy Parcel, PhD, and the current dean, Roberta Ness, MD, MPH.

     
Beasley  

UTSPH 40th Anniversary Symposium – Sept. 18, 2009

R. Palmer Beasley, MD, Ashbel Smith Professor and former UTSPH dean, discusses the history of the school during his tenure, 1987-2000.

     
Parcel  

UTSPH 40th Anniversary Symposium – Sept. 18, 2009

Guy S. Parcel, PhD, John P. McGovern Professor in Health Promotion and former UTSPH dean, looks back at his time leading the school, 2001-2008.

     
ness_sym  

UTSPH 40th Anniversary Symposium – Sept. 18, 2009

Roberta B. Ness, MD, MPH, UTSPH dean and M. David Low Chair in Public Health, looks at what has been accomplished in the past year and looks to what will be achieved in the years to come.

     
Polly  

UTSPH 40th Anniversary Symposium – Sept. 18, 2009

Polly A. Marchbanks, PhD, UTSPH alumna, Epidemiologist and Team Leader, Fertility Epidemiology Studies Team, Women's Health and Fertility Branch, Division of Reproductive Health, The Centers for Disease Control and Prevention discusses ‘Translating Evidence into Policy and Practice:
The Development of Family Planning Guidelines.’

   
Spitz  

UTSPH 40th Anniversary Symposium – Sept. 18, 2009

Margaret R. Spitz, MD, MPH, UTSPH Alumna, Clinical Professor of Epidemiology, The University of Texas M.D. Anderson Cancer Center discusses ‘Epidemiology and Lung Cancer.’

   
dupont  

UTSPH 40th Anniversary Symposium – Sept. 18, 2009

Herbert L. DuPont, MD, UTSPH Professor of Infectious Diseases and Director, Center for Infectious Diseases looks at his research in the prevention of intestinal diseases.

   
mccormick_sym  

UTSPH 40th Anniversary Symposium – Sept. 18, 2009

Joseph B. McCormick, MD, James H. Steele, DVM Professor and Regional Dean, UTSPH Brownsville Regional Campus discusses ‘Health Disparities Abroad and at Home.’

   
boerwinkle_sym  

UTSPH 40th Anniversary Symposium – Sept. 18, 2009

Eric Boerwinkle, PhD, Kozmetsky Family Chair in Human Genetics, Professor and Director, Human Genetics Center and UTSPH Division of Epidemiology examines ‘Genetics and Public Health – Past, Present and Future.”

   
perry_sym  

UTSPH 40th Anniversary Symposium – Sept. 18, 2009

Cheryl L. Perry, PhD, The Rockwell Distinguished Chair in Society and Health, Professor and Regional Dean, UTSPH Austin Regional Campus discusses ‘The Social-Ecological Model and Children’s Health Promotion.’

   
bufler_sym  

UTSPH 40th Anniversary Symposium – Sept. 18, 2009

Patricia A. Buffler, PhD, MPH, Professor of Epidemiology and Dean Emerita, Kenneth and Marjorie Kaiser Endowed Chair, University of California, Berkeley School of Public Health and former faculty member UTSPH, addresses ‘Freedom to Learn in Public Health: The Early Years of UTSPH.”

   
boldin_sym  

UTSPH 40th Anniversary Symposium – Sept. 18, 2009

Keynote Speaker Maj. Gen. Charles F. Bolden, Jr. (USMC, ret.), NASA Administrator and Fellow, Advanced Leadership Initiative, Harvard University looks at ‘The Relationship between Public Health and the International Space Station.’


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