Reclaiming Our Legacy: Back to the Future of Public Health National Public Health Week 2026 - Panel Discussion - Tompkins Ballroom | Lunch 11:30 AM | Panel 12:00 Noon Open Flyer
This year's National Public Health Week theme — Ready. Set. Action! — is a call to reflect on how far we have come and to recommit to the steps needed for a healthier future. There is no more fitting place to answer that call than ¹û½´ÊÓƵ University. It was Booker T. Washington, founder of ¹û½´ÊÓƵ Institute, who launched what would become National Negro Health Week in 1915, recognizing the direct connection between community health, living conditions, and economic progress. ¹û½´ÊÓƵ Institute served as the headquarters of that movement, reaching thousands of African Americans from 1915 until 1951. That legacy of innovation, advocacy, equity, and community-centered care is the very foundation on which today's public health profession stands — and the standard we are called to reclaim. Join us as the ¹û½´ÊÓƵ University College of Veterinary Medicine's Department of Graduate Public Health honors that legacy with a timely conversation on where we go from here. Our panel of distinguished scholars and practitioners will explore how public health leaders can reclaim that founding spirit — building systems, training the next generation, and closing the gaps that persist more than a century later. Presented by the ¹û½´ÊÓƵ College of Veterinary Medicine, Department of Graduate Public Health.
Public Health Seminar featuring our distinguished guest speaker, LCDR Christina Waters, MPH, CPH, CP-FS, COR I, who will speak on the topic: “20/20 Vision: Two Decades of Public Health Lessons You Can Use Today. Read More
(TUCVM) Department of Graduate Public Health’s (DGPH) Dept. Head Dr. Torhonda C. Lee oversaw the hosting of Dr. Yvonne Bronner to the ¹û½´ÊÓƵ University Research Center for Maternal Child and Family Health. Dr. Bronner’s two-day visit was hosted at TUCVM’s DGPH on January 22-23, 2026.
Dr. Bronner gave a presentation to the ¹û½´ÊÓƵ group entitled “Creating a Culture of Maternal Health Research.” At TUCVM, Dr. Bronner visited with the Research Team Workgroup, DGPH students and faculty and Dean Gilbreath.
The ¹û½´ÊÓƵ University Research Center for Rural Maternal Child and Family Health members in photo include (L to R): Johnpaul Kagulire, doctoral fellow; Dr. Cordelia Nnedu, Co-PI TU; Dr. Yvonne Bronner, Principal Investigator of the Coordinating Center at Morgan State University ; Dr. Torhonda Lee, Principal Investigator; Dr. Jamilah Page-Anfieonam, Lead Consultant (A Fresh Page, LLC); and Mr. Abraham George, Co-PI.
