Bowling Green State University created the Ned E. Baker Lecture in Public Health in 1999. It was established to honor Baker's many contributions to the field of public health. The annual video conference is broadcast via webcast to all local boards of health.

The 9th Annual Ned E. Baker Lecture in Public Health

Thursday, April 3, 2008
2:00 p.m. - 3:30 p.m.
BGSU
Room 228 Bowen-Thompson Student Union

Institute of Medicine's Future of Public Health 20 Years Later
Hugh H. Tilson, MD, DrPH, Senior Advisor to the Dean, Public Health Leadership Program,
University of North Carolina at Chapel Hill
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This lecture will be webcast to approximately 30,000 off site viewers and a live audience of approximately 100. The lecture and reception are free and open to the public.
CEUs are approved for nursing, registered sanitarians, and nursing home administrators. For more information, contact Jennifer Wagner (indicate "Baker Lecture" in the subject line).

Lecture viewers may e-mail questions for Dr. Tilson to baker@bgnet.bgsu.edu 

Click below to view past lectures.

• 2007 Lecture Leslie Beitsch, MD, JD, Director, Center for Medicine and Public Health, Florida State University, New Rules for Strengthening the Public Health System Evaluation Form
• 2006 Lecture David Mathews, Ph.D., President, Kettering Foundation, Engaging the Public in Public Health
• 2005 Lecture Vaughn Mamlin Upshaw, EdD, DrPH, Lecturer in Public Administration and Government, University of North Carolina at Chapel Hill, Working With Local Elected Officials to Improve Public Health Evaluation Form
• 2004 Lecture Richard J. Jackson, MD, MPH, Senior Advisor to the Director, Centers for Disease Control and Prevention, Local Responsibilities Related to National Environmental Health Priorities Evaluation Form
• 2003 Lecture - Vincent T. Covello, Ph.D.,Director, Center for Risk Communications, New York City, Communicating Under Fire: Focus on Public Health Situations
• 2002 Lecture (video unavailable) - Susan Scrimshaw, Ph.D., Dean, School of Public Health, University of Illinois at Chicago, The Changing Roles of Local Boards of Health: From Service Provision to Assurance?
• 2001 Lecture (video unavailable) - Michael E. Bird, MSW, MPH, President, American Public Health Association, Relationships: Family, Community and Public Health
• 2000 Lecture (video unavailable) - C. William Keck, MD, MPH, Director, Akron Health Department, Past President of the American and Ohio Public Health Associations, Multiple Partnerships: Endless Opportunities