Started in 1994, the Health and Human Values Lecture Series is an annual series of lectures supported by a grant from the Johnson and Johnson Family of Companies. Lectures are scheduled for fall and spring of the academic year. Each series is based on a theme, such as changing paradigms in health care, global health issues and communicating identity. Lectures are held on the campus of Villanova University and are free and open to the community. The Health and Human Values Lecture Series encompasses the College of Nursing’s Annual Distinguished Lecture in Nursing which began on the occasion of its 25th anniversary in 1978. This event, co-sponsored by the Alpha Nu Chapter of Sigma Theta Tau International, brings together members of the student body, alumni, University and regional community to hear the insights of prominent national and international speakers.
Health Disparities
Date: Tuesday, September 27, 2011
Time: 5:30 PM
Location: Driscoll Hall Auditorium
Calvin B. Johnson, MD, MPH
President, Altre Strategic Solutions Group
Dr. Johnson is a former Secretary of Health for the Commonwealth of Pennsylvania and Vice President and Chief Medical Officer for the Temple University Health System in Philadelphia. With a background including practice, service and government combined with national leadership roles, he brings a unique perspective to the conversation on communities and health disparities.
College of Nursing 33rd Annual Distinguished Lecture in Nursing- Public Health Nursing: Aligning Public Health and Primary Care
Date: Monday, November 14, 2011
Time: 7:30 PM
Location: Villanova Room, Connelly Center
Bobbie Berkowitz, PhD, RN, FAAN
Dean and Mary O. Mundinger Professor, Columbia University School of Nursing and Senior Vice President, Columbia University Medical Center
Dr. Berkowitz is an expert and researcher in public health systems and health equity. She directed the National Institutes of Health/ National Institute of Nursing Research-funded Center for the Advancement of Health Disparities Research and the National Program Office for the Robert Wood Johnson Foundation-funded Turning Point Initiative - an effort to transform the nation's public health system. She has held faculty and leadership positions in community health and served as Deputy Secretary for the Washington State Department of Health and Chief of Nursing Services for the Seattle-King County Department of Public Health. Dr. Berkowitz has been a member of the Washington State Board of Health, the Washington Health Care Commission, and chaired the Board of Trustees of Group Health Cooperative- a Seattle-based consumer-governed, nonprofit health care system that coordinates care and coverage.
Co-sponsored by the College's Center for Global and Public Health and the Alpha Nu Chapter of Sigma Theta Tau International — nursing’s honor society.
The Global Humanitarian Missions of the U.S. Military
Date: Thursday, November 17, 2011
Time: 1:30 PM
Location: Driscoll Hall Auditorium
General Anthony C. Zinni (Ret.), ’65 BS, MS, MBA
United States Marine Corps
General Zinni is a retired four-star Marine Corps general and former Commander in Chief of U.S. Central Command. His distinguished military career has taken him to more than 70 countries with numerous command assignments. General Zinni has coordinated emergency security and disaster relief operations and other humanitarian aid around the globe in such places as the Philippines, Turkey, Iraq and Somalia. Since his retirement in 2000, General Zinni has continued to serve his country in a variety of diplomatic positions including special envoy to the Middle East.
Setting the Stage to Care for Older Americans
Date: Thursday, December 8, 2011
Time: 7:30 PM
Location: Villanova Room, Connelly Center
Mathy Mezey, EdD, RN, FAAN
Associate Director Education Initiatives, Hartford Institute for Geriatric Nursing at New York University
As the former director of the renowned John A. Hartford Foundation Institute for Geriatric Nursing at New York University, Dr. Mezey continues to share her knowledge to improve the quality of care for older adults. She is an educator and an exemplar in geriatrics, having directed a geriatric nurse practitioner program and the Robert Wood Johnson Foundation Teaching Nursing Home Program to improve the quality of nursing home care and the clinical training of nurses by linking nursing schools with nursing homes. Dr. Mezey is a prolific author of publications that focus on the preparation of advanced practice nurses to care for older adults, nursing practice with older adults, and bioethical issues that affect decisions at the end of life. Her current research and writing focus on quality of care for older people in hospitals and long-term care facilities.
Last Acts: Discovering Possibility and Opportunity at the End of Life
Date: Wednesday, March 14, 2012
Time: 5:30 PM
Location: Driscoll Hall Auditorium
David Casarett, MD, MA
Associate Professor of Medicine, University of Pennsylvania and Chief Medical Officer, Penn-Wissahickon Hospice
A researcher and palliative care physician, Dr. Casarett specializes in the care of patients at the end of life. He explores the individualized ways that people spend their final days, why their “last acts” are so critical and how health care professionals can assist them. He is the author of a well-respected book on those nearing the end of life’s journey.
