Disease Detective 2008
   
   

 

Conference Schedule


April 1st

FACULTY AND ADVISOR LUNCHEON
with public health professionals
- details
11:30 am - 1 pm
Santa Rita Room (3.502)

  • Featured presentation, "Global Health at Home and Abroad", by world-renowned disease detective, Joseph B. McCormick, M.D., Regional Dean, UT School of Public Health, Brownsville Regional Campus

GATES MILLENNIUM SCHOLARS MEETING - details
8:30 pm - 10:00 pm

April 2nd

FACULTY AND ADVISOR BREAKFAST - details
7:45 am - 9:30 am

SCIENTIFIC CONFERENCE for students, faculty and advisors
12 pm - 7:30 pm

12 pm: KICK OFF LUNCHEON
Free Lunch!
Book Jacket: Virus Hunters of the CDC

1 pm- 5 pm: TWELVE EXCITING PRESENTATIONS
Hot Topics in Public Health
Free Books!

5 pm- 6 :30 pm: KEYNOTE SESSION - OUT OF AFRICA
Discover Public Health! David Lakey, M.D.
Origins of HIV: Where, When, Why and How?
Joseph B. McCormick, M.D.
Africa: The Virus Cradle Susan P. Fisher-Hoch, M.D.
Free Pizza!

EXHIBIT HALL 12 - 5 pm; 6:30 pm- 7:30 pm

Come early and stay late to learn about graduate opportunities, fellowships, public health careers and more! Network with graduate school representatives and public health professionals!

  • Graduate Schools of Public Health
  • Public Health Organizations
  • Information Resources Center
  • Pfizer: Milestones in Public Health Exhibit
  • "Meet a Public Health Professional Corner"

!! IT'S ALL FREE !!


This free conference is generously funded by The Centers for Disease Control and Prevention, Office of Workforce and Career Development.

DON'T MISS THIS EXCITING PUBLIC HEALTH CONFERENCE @ THE TEXAS UNION!

Downloadable PDF Flyer


Sponsors:
College of Natural Sciences: School of Biological Sciences, Career Services and Health Professions Office; The Centers for Disease Control and Prevention, Office of Workforce and Career Development; Texas Department of State Health Services; Austin/Travis County Health and Human Services Department; The University of Texas School of Public Health, Austin Regional Campus; Association of Public Health Laboratories; Association of Schools of Public Health.

This conference is generously supported by:

The Centers for Disease Control and Prevention, Office of Workforce and Career Development.

 

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