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Innovative Colloquium Series Concludes With Ohio Department of Health Director Alvin Jackson

Alvin Jackson

Springfield, Ohio – The Wittenberg University Political Science Department concludes its innovative 2008-09 colloquium series titled "Affairs of the State: Ohio" with a presentation by Ohio Department of Health Director Alvin Jackson at 4 p.m. Thursday, March 19, in Bayley Auditorium in the Barbara Deer Kuss Science Center.

Jackson's presentation is titled "The Essential Role of Federal, State and Community Partnerships in Achieving Ohio's Public Health Goals." It follows presentations by Ohio EPA Director Chris Korleski, Ohio Secretary of State Jennifer Brunner, and Ohio Lt. Governor Lee Fisher, who kicked things off with a presentation titled "Positioning Ohio for the 21st Century: Globalization, New Frontiers and the Future" on Sept. 24, 2008. That colloquium was followed by a news conference announcing Wittenberg's innovative university-community venture called The Center for Civic & Urban Engagement.

Jackson was appointed director of the Ohio Department of Health by Ohio Gov. Ted Strickland in 2007. He has brought the chronic disease prevention model to health care in which patients and their physicians are partners in maintaining good health and charting courses of treatment when necessary.

Recognized repeatedly for his humanitarian efforts with migrant workers and foreign relief efforts, Jackson earned his bachelor's degree from Michigan's Andrew University and his M.D. from The Ohio State University College of Medicine.

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