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News from the College of Veterinary Medicine University of Illinois 3225 Vet. Med. Basic Sciences Bldg. 2001 S. Lincoln Ave. Urbana, IL 61802 |
September 16, 2008 Release on |
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Chris Beuoy 217/244-1562 beuoy@illinois.edu |
Lecture Series Focuses on Issues Affecting Environmental and Public Health
The public is invited to attend lectures addressing various aspects of the interrelationships among human, animal, and ecosystem health. The series is part of a seminar entitled "One Medicine, One Health: Emerging Disease and Public Policy," offered through the Community Health and Preventive Medicine Section of the Department of Veterinary Clinical Medicine at the University of Illinois College of Veterinary Medicine.On September 17 the topic will be food safety and food security. Speakers will include two leaders from Decatur, Ill.-based Archer Daniels Midland--Mark Cheviron, vice president of corporate security and administrative services, and Rich Ryan, senior protection specialist, Corporate Security--as well as Jean Kinsey, PhD, professor of applied economics and director of the Food Industry Center at the University of Minnesota, St. Paul.
Judith Munson, executive director of the International Collaborative for Public Health Emergency Preparedness, will address public health law on October 1.
On October 15 Laura Landrum of the Association of State and Territorial Health Officials, Chicago, will talk about disparities and determinants in community health policy.
The effect of climate change on human, animal and ecosystem health is the topic for November 12, and will be presented by Donald Wuebbles, PhD, professor in the Department of Atmospheric Sciences and director, School of Earth, Society, and Environment at the University of Illinois at Urbana-Champaign.
All lectures take place at 5:30 p.m. in Room 2271C of the Veterinary Medicine Basic Sciences Building, 2001 S. Lincoln, Urbana.
For more information about the lectures, please contact course coordinator John Herrmann (217/265-6585).