December 01, 2008
<p”> The Public Health Leadership Institute and the North Carolina Institute for Public Health at the University of North Carolina at Chapel Hill’s Gillings School of Global Public Health will produce a series of webcasts, beginning Dec. 15, that describe how public health leaders, practitioners and those in government and public health are affected by the downturn in the national economy. <p”>

Dr. Ed Baker

Dr. Ed Baker
Gene Matthews

Gene Matthews

The first, “Public Health Survival: Leadership in a Falling Market,” will air Dec. 15 at 2 p.m. EST. <p”> Panelists on that program will include Dr. Leah Devlin, North Carolina State Health Director; Robert M. (Bobby) Pestronk, executive director of the National Association of County and City Health Officials; Dr. James S. Marks, senior vice president of the health group at the Robert Wood Johnson Foundation; and Dr. Ed Baker, director, and Gene Matthews, senior fellow, at the North Carolina Institute for Public Health. <p”>

According to panelist and program organizer Gene Matthews, “It is imperative that we in public health act immediately with vision and clarity to anticipate this challenge of falling financial support and yet a greater demand for our services. I think we can use our reservoir of leadership to develop the partnerships necessary to protect our communities’ health.” <p”>

Matthews, former chief counsel at the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention, feels that the economic crisis provides an opportunity to strengthen advocacy and communication skills, forge new partnerships and networks, and reinvent public health based upon what has worked in the past.

# # #

For more information, visit www.sph.unc.edu/nciph.

UNC Gillings School of Global Public Health contact: Ramona DuBose, director of communications, (919) 966-7467 or ramona_dubose@unc.edu.

<p”>

 

 

RELATED PAGES
CONTACT INFORMATION
Gillings Admissions: 233 Rosenau Hall, (919) 445-1170
Student Affairs: 263 Rosenau Hall, (919) 966-2499
Dean's Office: 170 Rosenau Hall, (919) 966-3215
Business and Administration: 170 Rosenau Hall, (919) 966-3215
Academic Affairs: 307 Rosenau Hall, (919) 843-8044
Inclusive Excellence: 207B Rosenau Hall, (919) 966-7430
Room Reservations
Facilities


135 Dauer Drive
Chapel Hill, NC 27599-7400