BEGIN:VCALENDAR VERSION:2.0 PRODID:-//wp-events-plugin.com//7.2.3.1//EN TZID:America/Phoenix X-WR-TIMEZONE:America/Phoenix BEGIN:VEVENT UID:1340@azbio.org DTSTART;TZID=America/Phoenix:20190319T170000 DTEND;TZID=America/Phoenix:20190319T180000 DTSTAMP:20190310T223621Z URL:https://www.azbio.org/events/health-diplomacy-from-theory-to-practice SUMMARY:Health Diplomacy: From Theory to Practice - Roy P. Drachman Hall\, UA Tucson - 19 Mar 19 17:00 DESCRIPTION:Dr. Howe\, the former president and CEO of Project HOPE\, will discuss “ and its relevance today\, describing public health practice in Africa\, Asia\, South America and the United States March 19. The lecture is presented by the 2019 James E. Dalen\, MD\, MPH\, Distinguished Lectur e for Health Policy\, which is free and open to the public.\n\nTUCSON\, Ar iz. – Health diplomacy will be the subject of a lecture by John P. Howe\ , III\, MD\, recognized expert in international medicine and a humanitaria n leader.\n\nDr. Howe is the former president and CEO of Project HOPE\, an international health education and humanitarian assistance foundation\, w hich operated more than 70 programs in 45 nations on 5 continents.\n\nWhen : \; \;Tuesday\, March 19\, 2019 from 5 to 6 p.m.\n\nWhere: \; University of Arizona Mel and Enid Zuckerman College of Public Health.\n\ n1295 N. Martin Ave.\, Drachman Hall\, Room A114\n\n \;\n\nHealth Dipl omacy: From Theory to Practice\n\nThis lecture will describe citizen diplo macy at its best by exploring health diplomacy: what it is and what it is not―and its relevance today\, describing “real-life” public health p ractice in Indonesia (Banda Aceh)\, China (Shanghai and Sichuan Province)\ , Egypt (Cairo)\, Iraq (Basrah)\, Nicaragua (Corinto) and the United State s (Mississippi).\n\nDr. Howe was president of the University of Texas Heal th Science Center at San Antonio\, where he held the distinguished chair i n health policy and now is president emeritus. He is a board member of Mil lendo Therapeutics\, MAXIMUS Federal\, Boston University\, the Texas Biome dical Research Institute and the Mary Christie Foundation.\n\nHis numerous honors and awards include the U.S. Surgeon General’s Service Award\, th e U.S. Army Commander's Award for Public Service\, the Magnolia Award from the City of Shanghai and honorary degrees from Jefferson University and t he University of Massachusetts. He is a published author of numerous artic les\, chapters and abstracts in peer-reviewed medical journals\, including the New England Journal of Medicine and the Annals of Internal Medicine.& nbsp\;\n\nDr. Howe has a bachelor's degree from Amherst College\, earned h is medical degree from the Boston University School of Medicine and later completed the Health Systems Management Program at the Harvard Business Sc hool. He is board certified in both internal medicine and cardiovascular d isease.\n\nThe endowment for the James E. Dalen\, MD\, MPH\, Distinguished Lecture for Health Policy supports a series of visiting professors in hea lth policy. These distinguished scholars present lectures and discussions to the UA campus community and the public about local\, state\, national a nd international health policy issues and connect the academic community&n bsp\; with the “real world” of public health. James E. Dalen\, MD\, MP H\, ScD (hon)\, has been a member of the UA faculty since 1988. He retired from the UA in 2001 after serving as dean of the UA College of Medicine f or 13 years and vice president of health sciences for six years. Dr. Dalen is also professor emeritus of the UA College of Medicine – Tucson and p rofessor emeritus of the UA Mel and Enid Zuckerman College of Public Healt h\n\nParking is available in the Banner – University Medical Center Tucs on visitor parking garage for $1.50 per hour (cash only). Metered parking also is available.\n\nFor more information\, please contact Roxanna Apaez\ , 520-626-5983\, rapaez@email.arizona.edu \;\n\nAbout the University o f Arizona Mel and Enid Zuckerman College of Public Health\n\nEstablished i n 2000\, the Mel and Enid Zuckerman College of Public Health at the Univer sity of Arizona Health Sciences is the first nationally accredited college of public health in the Southwest. Today the college remains the only acc redited college of public health in the state of Arizona with campuses in Tucson and Phoenix. The college enrolls more than 1\,100 students per year across degree programs at the bachelor’s degree\, master’s degree and doctoral levels. Through research\, education and community engagement\, the UA Zuckerman College of Public Health continues to find solutions to p ublic health problems in Arizona\, the Southwest and globally. For more in formation: publichealth.arizona.edu \;\n\nAbout the University of Ariz ona Health Sciences\n\nThe University of Arizona Health Sciences is the st atewide leader in biomedical research and health professions training. The UA Health Sciences includes the UA Colleges of Medicine (Phoenix and Tucs on)\, Nursing\, Pharmacy and Mel and Enid Zuckerman College of Public Heal th\, with main campus locations in Tucson and the growing Phoenix Biomedic al Campus in downtown Phoenix. From these vantage points\, the UA Health S ciences reaches across the state of Arizona and the greater Southwest to p rovide cutting-edge health education\, research\, patient care and communi ty outreach services. A major economic engine\, the UA Health Sciences emp loys approximately 4\,000 people\, has approximately 800 faculty members a nd garners more than $140 million in research grants and contracts annuall y. For more information: uahs.arizona.edu CATEGORIES:AZ- South LOCATION:Roy P. Drachman Hall\, UA Tucson\, 1295 N. Martin Ave\, Tucson\, A Z\, United States X-APPLE-STRUCTURED-LOCATION;VALUE=URI;X-ADDRESS=1295 N. Martin Ave\, Tucson \, AZ\, United States;X-APPLE-RADIUS=100;X-TITLE=Roy P. Drachman Hall\, UA Tucson:geo:0,0 END:VEVENT BEGIN:VTIMEZONE TZID:America/Phoenix X-LIC-LOCATION:America/Phoenix BEGIN:STANDARD DTSTART:20180319T170000 TZOFFSETFROM:-0700 TZOFFSETTO:-0700 TZNAME:MST END:STANDARD END:VTIMEZONE END:VCALENDAR