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The Student Public Health Association at the School of Public Health and Community Medicine has scheduled two events to mark National Public Health Week, April 6 to 12.
A special seminar to kick off the week is planned from 3 to 4:30 p.m., Monday, April 6, in room T-747 of the Health Sciences Center. "Public Health: The University and Beyond. How Do We Make Healthy People in Healthy Communities a Reality?" is the title. The presentation is open to everyone.
The seminar includes a panel of speakers: Dr. Ann Marie Kimball of the UW, Jane Maxwell (see accompanying story), U.S. Rep. Jim McDermott, Dr. Clarence Spinger of the UW, Jack Thompson of the UW and Dr. Ann Vanderstoep, a child psychiatric epidemiologist.
The student group is also sponsoring a workshop on "Building Healthy Communities" at 12:30 p.m., Wednesday, April 8, in room T-473 of the Health Sciences Center. Presenters at the workshop will be Jeff Mero of the Washington State Hospital Association and Katharine Sanders of the Washington Health Foundation. For more information on these events, send e-mail to spha@u.washington.edu.
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April 2, 1998