Overview
In November 2007, the University of Louisville School of Public Health and Information Sciences (SPHIS) received a grant from Pfizer, Inc. to support a series of lectures based on the “Milestones in Public Health” publication. 

These presentations focus on the evolution of public health and highlight the successes and advances in this dynamic field. The target audience includes SPHIS students, faculty and staff, other students on the health science campus as well as public health practitioners and key healthcare partners throughout the Commonwealth.  The Milestones in Public Health Grand Rounds is offered monthly on the University of Louisville Health Science Center. Each program will also be videotaped and archived on this webpage. The goal is to make these programs available to public health professionals across Kentucky and we are currently working with the Kentucky Department for Public Health to connect to public health departments across the Commonwealth via the KEN-NECT videoconference network.

Free continuing education credit available for nurses and physicians.

Registration
Within Metro Louisville

• These events are free and open to the public.  Register by contacting Vicki Lewis Vicki.lewis@louisville.edu or (502) 852-3299.

Outside Metro Louisville

• Connect to http://ky.train.org to find a videoconference site and to pre-register.
• Course numbers are listed with the presentation information below.
• If this is your first time to the site, click on “Create Account” (left side of page) to register yourself in the system before you sign-up for this program.
  

Schedule

October 24, 2008

The U.S. Food Systems Continuum -- An Examination of Vulnerabilities and Food Defense Concerns Along Our Farm-to-Table Food Supply Chain.Mark M. Reed, R.S., MPA, MPH, Food Manufacturing Section Supervisor, Kentucky Food Safety Branch,

12 PM - 1 PM in K-building, Room 4007, HSC

 

Objectives

1. Describe the components and complexities of our current, industrialized "farm-to-table" food supply chain.
2. Describe potential vulnerabilities associated with the current centralized, industrialized, and global food system continuum.
3. Define and describe what is meant by "food safety," "food defense," and "food security."
4. Review potential attributes of "high-risk" food industries and potential attackers.

September 26, 2008

Expanding access to health care for more Kentuckians

Governor Steve Beshear
12 PM - 1 PM in Auditorium, Ambulatory Care Building, 550 South Jackson, Louisville, KY 40202

KY TRAIN Course ID #1014642

 

Light refreshments will be served.

August 22, 2008

Public health impact of infectious diseases
Terri Rebmann, PhD, RN, CIC,Associate Director for Curricular Affairs, Assistant Professor, Institute for Biosecurity, Saint Louis University, School of Public Health
12 PM - 1 PM in K-building, Room 4007, HSC

Objectives

1. Describe the public health impact of infectious diseases in the US
2. Describe the future threat of infectious diseases to the public’s health
3. Describe interventions to lessen the impact of infectious diseases in the US

April 11, 2008

Emerging Diseases: How to Distinguish the Few Grave Threats from the Many Fizzlers 
Paul Ewald, PhD, Professor, Department of Biology, University of Louisville
12 PM - 1 PM in K-building, Room 4007, HSC

Objectives:

1. To illustrate the significance of integrating evolutionary and ecological perspectives into the study of  epidemiological problems
2. To show how the evolutionary forces shaping virulence and disease chronicity allows for more informed assessments of the actual threats posed by infectious agents

Video presentation: Emerging Diseases: How to Distinguish the Few Grave Threats from the Many Fizzlers