News Release: School of Medicine , School of Public Health
Nov. 30, 2009
Lt. General Russel L. Honore' to Speak at Emory Dec. 8
WHAT:
Grand Rounds: The 2nd annual Arthur L. Kellermann, MD, MPH, Health Policy Lecture
"See First, Understand First... The New Normal" – sponsored by Emory University Department of Emergency Medicine
WHO:
Lt. General Russel L. Honore’, US Army (Ret), will be guest speaker. He was widely hailed by the media as the “Category 5 General” who led Task Force Katrina in the aftermath of the devastating hurricanes that struck the Gulf Coast in the summer of 2005.
General Honore’ is currently a Senior Scientist with The Gallup Organization, where he is working on developing questions to determine levels of preparedness, and serves as a CNN Preparedness Contributor. After more than 37 years of uniform service to the U.S. Army and our nation, he is committed to a new mission: Creating a “Culture of Preparedness” in America.
He is a visiting professor of epidemiology in Emory’s Rollins School of Public Health and an adjunct faculty member in the Nell Hodgson Woodruff School of Nursing’s Department of Family & Community Nursing.
WHEN:
Tuesday, Dec. 8, 2009, 11 a.m.-noon
WHERE:
The James B. Williams Medical Education Building, Emory School of Medicine, Room 130, 1648 Pierce Dr., Atlanta, Ga., 30322.
The lecture is free and open to the public. RSVP by calling 404-616-6675.
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