Save the Date: Wednesday, September 22, 10-11:30AM
Bechara Choucair, MD
Commissioner, Chicago Department of Public Health
UIC School of Public Health • 1603 W. Taylor St., Room 932 • Chicago, IL 60612
Bechara Choucair, M.D. was appointed Commissioner of the Chicago Department of Public Health by Mayor Richard M. Daley. He began his duties as Commissioner on December 7, 2009. Dr. Choucair is a family practice physician with a Masters Degree in Health Care Management. From 2001-05, he served as Medical Director of Crusader Community Health in Rockford, IL. From 2005 to 2009, he was the Executive Director and Medical Director of the Heartland International Health Center in Chicago. Dr. Choucair serves as the Vice Chair for Community Medicine at the Department of Family and Community Medicine at Feinberg School of Medicine, Northwestern University.
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The School of Public Health at the University of Illinois at Chicago is pleased to extend an invitation to public health professionals to participate in a unique educational opportunity. The Mid-America Regional Public Health Leadership Institute, now in its Eighteenth Year, is accepting applications to its twelve-month fellowship program, which is designed to promote organizational, professional and personal leadership skill development. MARPHLI fellows develop greater effectiveness in carrying out the core public health functions of assessment, policy development and assurance not only within their agencies, but also throughout the wider public health system in their community. Recruitment for the next MARPHLI cohort (Year 19, which begins October12-14, 2010) will commence in May 2010 by identifying key practice partners who wish to build leadership teams to assist sponsors on specific infrastructure projects. MCPHP staff will work with agency directors in recruitment, planning, and funding proposals to support a leadership team. These teams will in turn develop technical assistance projects that support the strategic needs of sponsoring agencies. To download an application, select: Year 19 Fellow Application. For more information, please contact Geoffrey Downie, MARPHLI Program Director. Visit and interact with current Fellows at our MCPHP Ning Site (membership request required)
Moments in Leadership Grand Rounds Series presents Linda Rae Murray, MD, MPH Chief Medical Officer, Ambulatory & Community Health Network Incoming President, American Public Health Association Public Health & Raising Hell: Inseparable A Case Study of Environmental Health and the City of Chicago Wednesday April 7, 2010 10-11:30AM UIC School of Public Health, Room 932 1603 W. Taylor St., Chicago, IL 60612 A light breakfast will be served.All are welcome! No RSVP necessary, but please alert us if you plan to bring a large group by emailing guddi@uic.edu. About Dr. Murray Dr. Murray has spent her career serving the medically under served. She has worked in a variety of settings including practicing Occupational Medicine at a Workers Clinic in Canada, Residency Director for Occupational Medicine at Meharry Medical College, Bureau Chief for the Chicago Department of Health under Mayor Harold Washington. More recently Dr. Murray served as Medical Director of the federally funded health center, Winfield Moody, serving Cabrini Green Public Housing Project in Chicago. Dr. Murray has been an active member of a wide range of local and national organizations including serving as a member of the Board of Scientific Counselors for the Agency for Toxic Substances and Disease Registry (ATSDR), and the Board of Scientific Counselors for the National Institute of Occupational Safety and Health (NIOSH) and the Board of Directors of Trinity Health ( a large Catholic Health system).
Moments in Leadership Grand Rounds Series
Save the Date: Wednesday, March 10, 10-11:30AM Jay N. Blackwell, MA Director, Capacity Building Section, Office of Minority Health Resource Center, Department of Health & Human Services UIC School of Public Health • 1603 W. Taylor St., Room 932 • Chicago, IL 60612 Jay holds an undergraduate degree in Psychology from North Carolina Central University and a Master of Arts in Agency Counseling from the University of Northern Colorado. A North Carolina native, Mr. Blackwell resides in the Washington, D.C area. He travels extensively throughout the U.S. providing Technical Assistance workshops, training seminars and capacity building to organizations, local and state health departments and governmental grantees. His primary focus over the last five years has been with assisting communities and local stakeholders increase their professional collaborations and networking through local, regional and national venues. Mid-America Public Health Training Center Workshop: Please join us: Talk the Talk: How the Media Can Help Deliver Your Message Friday March 5th 9 AM – 12:00 PM UIC School of Public Health Rm. 932 Presented by: Dina Bair Medical Anchor WGN TV Dina Bair is an Emmy award-winning journalist who currently reports the “Medical Watch” segments on WGN News. Dina is the recipient of numerous awards including five Emmy Awards, a Peter Lisagor Award from the Society of Professional Journalists, and multiple Associated Press Awards for both anchoring and reporting. Recently, Dina was named a fellow by the National Press Foundation, which will grant her access to the “Cancer Issues” seminar in Washington D.C. Covering such topics as experimental surgery, stem cells, organ donation, and race and poverty struggles, Dina reports with both professionalism and compassion. In perhaps the most rewarding story of her career, Dina spent a month reporting inside the Pediatric Intensive Care Unit at Children’s Memorial Hospital . Her news series and documentary, “Intensive Caring,” detailed cutting edge medical treatments and life and death decisions, and won awards for its news and documentary coverage. For more information on Dina please visit: http://www.wgntv.com/about/station/newsteam/dinabair/ Topics to be covered include: What do viewers want? How are stories chosen? Making your pitch work *why stories get chosen *how language plays a role How to Pitch Handling breaking medical news (ie H1N1) *how do you make sure reporters get the story right *driving the interview with facts *staying in front of the story as opposed to simply reacting Crisis management Methods of communication *fact sheets *press releases *press conferences — what’s the best time and length? *on-scene interviews Preparing for an interview Speaking in “Sound Bites” Understanding deadlines Know what the media wants Know the story Correcting inaccuracies HIPAA *holding true to the law but still getting to tell the story. Cost: $25 To Register:
2. Select “Conference” from User Menu 3. Select “Talk the Talk: How the Media Can Help Deliver Your Message” from the drop down menu QUESTIONS Please Contact: Sophie Naji @ 312.355.3825 or smaali@uic.edu Join Public Health Professionals from across the nation at The 6th Annual Rural Public Health Institute to be held at the Thelma Keller Convention Center in Effingham, IL on March 16, 17 and 18, 2010. The theme of this year’s conference is: Building Capacity in our Communities. We will have 4 tracks at the conference this year for the participants to follow. They are: Emerging Issues, Preparedness, Rural Public Health and SkillsBuilding. The Rural Public Health Institute organized by the Mid-America Public Health Training Center (MAPHTC) at University of Illinois at Chicago, School of Public Health and supported by Health Resources and Services Administration (HRSA) provides half and full day training workshops on current, timely topics in the area of Rural Public Health. The Institute is designed to provide an opportunity for professional growth, educational enrichment and networking to those professionals who work in the fields of rural public health, health care, chronic diseases, food safety, epidemiology, surveillance, emergency preparedness, agriculture, and education. We’re gearing up for Year 19 of the Mid America Regional Public Health Leadership Institute. Click the link for information about the program and how to register. Earlier this year, the Illinois Public Health Preparedness Center (IPHPC) discontinued offering self-paced courses through PublicHealthLearning. However, we are making that course content freely available for download. |
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