The TTUHSC Office of Global Health (OGH) invites you to attend an ongoing lecture series on issues related to global health and building healthy communities. The lectures will be held twice a month at 12:00 noon CT. Invited guest speakers will share their personal stories and experiences. Everyone is invited to attend. Free lunch will be provided to the first 50 attendees.
Towards a Public Health of Complementary and Integrative Medicine: Current and Future Issues from the Field
Featuring Distinguished Professor Jon Adams, PhD, Distinguished Professor of Public Health, Australia Research Council Professorial Future Fellow and Director of the Australian Research Center in Complementary and Integrative Medicine (ARCCIM)Faculty of Health at University of Technology Sydney
This presentation is being co-sponsored by the Division of Integrative Medicine as part of an Integrative Medicine Mini-series.
Date: Wednesday, May 24
Time: noon
Location: ACB 100
Professor Jon Adams is the world-leading public health and health services researcher focused upon self-care; informal health care; and traditional, complementary, integrative, and indigenous medicine use and practice. Professor Adams is also the National Convenor of the Special Interest Group in Complementary Medicine at the Public Health Association of Australia (PHAA). Jon's research program has attracted over $12.5M in competitive external funding including 16 NHMRC and ARC grants. Jon’s extensive research program, conducted with many industry partners (>$3.5M in partnership funding), includes focus upon practice-based research networks (PBRNs), implementation science and translation research, and mixed methods design. Jon currently leads 30 national and international research projects and his work provides practice and policy insights in areas such as chronic illness care, healthy ageing, indigenous health, the health of vulnerable communities, CALD communities, rural health, and a number of global health challenges.
While an emerging body of literature is subjecting Complementary Integrative Medicine (CIM) to rigorous scientific study there has been no systematic, rich focus upon the public health agenda around this area of research. In this presentation, Professor Adams will outline a road map for a critical public health program on CIM, introducing some work undertaken to date and the next steps for progressing our public health understandings around this important health care topic.
This presentation will not be linked to the additional TTUHSC campuses; however, it will be recorded for future viewing on the OGH website.
This event is free and open to the public. No RSVP is necessary. Meals will be distributed on a first come, first serve basis.
Want to reserve your meal?
To reserve your lunch, please bring a box of crayons (24 count or more) to the Office of Global Health (2B410) by Tuesday, May 23.
Please note: reserved meals will be held until 12:05 at which time any unclaimed meals will be given away.
The Office of Global Health (OGH) will be collecting supplies for the special needs school in Jinotega, Nicaragua. The special needs school serves children throughout the Jinotega region who live with various special needs including deafness, autism, and Downs Syndrome.
