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The Tapestry of Public Health in Lawrence: Past & Present

Thu, 05/01/2008 - 01:56 — Barbara Brown

HEALTH SUMMIT 2008
The Tapestry of Public Health in Lawrence: Past & Present
On Friday April 25, 2008, Patricia Jaysane and her husband, Eugene Declercq presented at the Health Summit 2008. This program was a partnership between the City of Lawrence Mayor's Health Task Force and Northern Essex Community College. It was held at the new Lawrence High School auditorium, 95 North Parish Road Lawrence, MA.

"The Health Summit was proudly sponsored by the White Fund. The mission of the Summit was to develop healthy public health policies and activities that accommodate the changing conditions of the total community and promotes improvement in the quality of life of its citizens."

Panel discussion followed by workshops. Panelists included:
Patricia Jaysane, PhD., education & research fellow, LHC
Eugene Declercq, PhD., professor & dean, BU School Public Health
Mariana Castells, M.D., PhD., assoc. prof medicine, Harvard Medical School
Dean Cleghorn, Ed.D.
William E. Cohn, M.D., director minimally invasive surgical technology, Texas Heart Institute; assoc prof of surgery, Baylor College of Medicine

See our page on public health for more information on the history of public health in Lawrence, or contact research@lawrencehistory.org