The Ned E. Baker Lecture in Public Health was established in 1999 to honor Baker’s many contributions to the field of Public Health. Ned Baker received a bachelor of arts degree in 1950 from Bowling Green State University and a master of public health degree in 1954 from the University of Michigan. Baker’s professional career included service as a sanitarian with the Wood County Health Department and the Ohio Department of Health, a health planner and associate executive director for the Health Planning Association of Northwest Ohio and director for the Northwest Ohio Area Health Education Center at the Medical College of Ohio. He served 12 years on the Wood County Board of Health, including two terms as its president. In 1992, he was a founding member of the National Association of Local Boards of Health (NALBOH). As NALBOH’s first executive director, 1995-98, he established the association’s headquarters in Bowling Green, Ohio.

A Growing Hunger: The Nation’s Demand for
Food Safety and Nutrition Information
Thursday, April 8, 2010 4:00 p.m. - 5:30 p.m.
Reception to follow from 5:30 p.m. - 6:00 p.m.
Bowling Green State University Room 228 Bowen-Thompson Student Union

In addition to the live audience, this lecture will be webcast to off-site viewers.
The lecture and reception are free and open to the public.
For information, contact Jennifer Wagner (indicate "Baker Lecture" in the subject line).

Lecture viewers may e-mail questions for the speaker to baker@bgnet.bgsu.edu

The Ned E. Baker Lecture in Public Health is made possible by support from:
        • BGSU College of Health and Human Services
        • Cove Charitable Trust of Boston
        • National Association of Local Boards of Health
        • Northwest Ohio Consortium for Public Health
        • Wood County Hospital Foundation

2009 Building a Healthier America

Moderator: J. Nick Baird, M.D. is the chief executive officer of the Alliance to Make US Healthiest, a collaborative effort of the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention, the Association of State and Territorial Health Officials, and the National Association of County and City Health Officials. The Alliance’s mission is to transform the nation’s health system to make the U.S. the healthiest nation in a healthier world.

Panelist: Stephanie B.C. Bailey, M.D., M.S.H.S.A. is chief of Public Health Practice of the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention (CDC), U.S. Department of Health and Human Services. Her office, which provides leadership in building and supporting public health infrastructure, is responsible for serving as an advocate, guardian, promoter and conscience of public health practice throughout the CDC and in the larger public health community. Bailey was appointed to four national committees by Health and Human Services Secretary Michael Leavitt, including the Advisory Board to the Director of CDC. Panelist: Lt. General Russel Honoré (Ret.), has been dubbed the “Category 5 General” for his work during the aftermath of Hurricane Katrina. Following the destruction of the devastating hurricane, Honoré brought leadership to New Orleans, reminding soldiers to lower their weapons and help those in need, creating a more positive atmosphere as rebuilding began. An expert in preparedness and responding to catastrophe, he offers insights into protecting people and organizations, outlining the principles necessary to lead through unexpected and uncontrollable crises.

Panelists discussed rebalancing public health priorities. As prevention is the key to providing value based health care and emergency disaster management, panelists emphasized that Americans are not getting a good return on health and well being investments in a system that focuses on tertiary involvement.
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2008 Institute of Medicine’s Future of Public Health
20 Years Later

Hugh H. Tilson, M.D., is one of the original members of the Institute of Medicine’s report on The Future of Public Health. He also contributed to the follow-up report The Future of the Public’s Health in the 21st Century. He spent 15 years in public service including city/county public health officer and human services director for Multnomah County in Portland, Oregon, and state public health director for North Carolina. He was president of the National Association of County and City Health Officials and spent 15 years with Wellcome Foundation as pharmacoepidemiologist. In 1996, he joined the clinical faculty of University of North Carolina School of Public Health in Chapel Hill.

The content and the impact of the Institute of Medicine’s, 1988 report, “The Future of Public Health” was presented. The lessons learned over the last twenty years and how to apply this new understanding to current challenges and opportunities in public health were also discussed.
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2007 New Rules for Strengthening the
Public Health System

Leslie M. Beitsch, M.D., J.D., is director of the Center for Medicine and Public Health and a professor of health policy at Florida State University. From 2001-2003, he was the commissioner of the Oklahoma State Department of Health. He served as deputy secretary and assistant state health officer for the Florida Department of Health from 1997-2001, where he provided guidance and direction for public health programs, the county health departments, the state laboratory and pharmacy. He is a member of the board of directors of the Public Health Foundation and the Public Health Leadership Society.

Public health care standards and their relationship to the Ten Essential Public Health Services were discussed. The benefits of public health accreditation through a voluntary national program which offers the opportunity to increase accountability and improve the quality of public health care services were also presented. Local and state public health leaders were encouraged to act in concert for accreditation to embrace meaningful systems improvement.
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2006 Engaging the Public in Public Health

David Mathews, Ph.D., is president, chief executive officer, and trustee of the Kettering Foundation. Before coming to the foundation in 1981, Dr. Mathews served as U.S. Secretary of Health, Education, and Welfare in the Ford administration.

Health professionals have historically worked with communities for effective implementation of public health programs. How public participation is essential to appropriately define health issues, identify acceptable solutions, and guide program implementation was presented.
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2005 Working with Local Elected Officials to
Improve Public Health

Vaughn Mamlin Upshaw, DrPH, Ed.D., is a Clinical Assistant Professor in the Department of Health Policy and Administration at the University of North Carolina at Chapel Hill, School of Public Health. From 1987-1993, she served as the Director of the Association of North Carolina Boards of Health where she implemented a $400,000 grant funded by the W.K. Kellogg Foundation to develop leadership training and orientation programs for local boards of health. Upshaw was a founding member of the National Association of Local Boards of Health and is a past-president.

The policy environment for local elected officials was discussed as well as identification of the challenges and opportunities for local public health policy. The speaker illustrated ways to elevate public health issues within the local policy-making process and provided examples of local elected officials’ support for public health policies.
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2004 Local Responsibilities Related to
National Environmental Health Priorities

Richard J. Jackson, M.D., MPH, served as division director for both the Division of Infectious Disease Control and the Division of Environmental Hazard Assessment with the California Department of Health Services. Dr. Jackson is the senior advisor to the Director of the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention (CDC).

The CDC's Environmental Health Strategic Plan highlighting priority issues and goals in urban planning, health and mental health care was presented. Delineation of the CDC’s local partnership’s responsibilities was discussed along with the CDC’s time lines for implementation and parameters used to evaluate progress.
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2003 Communicating Under Fire:
Focus on Public Health Situations

Vincent T. Covello, Ph.D., founder and Director of the Center for Risk Communication, is a nationally and internationally recognized trainer, researcher, consultant, and expert in crisis, conflict, change and risk and crisis communications.

Professionals were provided techniques that could be used to identify effective risk and crisis communication strategies. Additionally, tools and resources available from the CDC to help participants effectively prepare for bio-terrorism emergencies were presented.
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2002 The Changing Roles of Local Boards of Health:
From Service Provision to Assurance?
Susan Scrimshaw, PhD, Dean, School of Public Health, University of Illinois at Chicago.
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2001 Relationships: Family, Community and Public Health 
Michael E. Bird, MSW, MPH, President of the American Public Health Association (APHA).
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2000 Multiple Partnerships: Endless Opportunities
C. William Keck, MD, MPH, Director of the Akron Health Department and Past President of the American and Ohio Public Health Associations
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