Sept. 19 Lecture to Feature Presentation by Patience White, Arthritis Foundation Vice President.
Moving National Public Health Agendas to Action: Pitfalls, Challenges and Opportunities
Wednesday, September 19, 2012

Dr. Patience WhitePresented by Dr. Patience White, MD, MA
Vice President of Public Health, Arthritis Foundation
4:30 – 5:30 pm
Bakst Auditorium
Boston University School of Medicine 70 E. Concord St., 1st Floor
Establishing national public health agendas is challenging; Moving public health agendas to “action” is even more difficult. Join us to hear Dr. Patience White, the Arthritis Foundation Vice President for Public Health, share her perspectives on moving the national Osteoarthritis (OA) Public Health Agenda to action. As the greatest contributor to physical limitation and work disability, arthritis impacts common public health epidemics such as obesity and diabetes.
Dr. White will discuss development and implementation of four recent interdisciplinary initiatives aimed to move the national Osteoarthritis Public Health Agenda to action:
- OA Action Alliance
- Ad Council Campaign
- Report on Environmental and Policy Strategies to Increase Physical Activity among Adults with Arthritis
- Institute of Medicine Living Well with Chronic Disease
In addition to serving as the Vice President of Public Health for the Arthritis Foundation, Dr. White is a Professor of Medicine and Pediatrics at the George Washington University School of Medicine and Health Sciences, and a consultant to the Health and Human Services, Bureau of Maternal and Child Health’s Medical Transition National Center.
Reception to follow. Refreshments will be served
PLEASE NOTE: Those who can’t attend in person are invited to participate remotely via live webcast.
Click here to register to attend the live talk at Boston University’s School of Public Health, in Bakst Auditorium
Click here to register for the live webcast of Dr. White’s talk