Closing the Gaps: Ensuring the Application of Available Knowledge in the Promotion of Health and the Prevention of Disease

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Introduction by Clarence E. Pearson, President, National Center for Health Education:In my introduction of our luncheon speaker, let me try to supplement President Carter's fine remarks with a few additional items of information which will help you know Dr. Foege a little better. Bill Foege is truly what I would consider a “man for all seasons,” and for all reasons; a distinguished scientist, humanitarian, epidemiologist, global scholar, medical practitioner, educator, and really a human being extraordinaire. Dr. Foege, as Director, Carter Center of Emory University, also heads the Task Force for Child Survival, a working group of the World Health Organization, UNICEF, the World Bank, UNDP, and the Rockefeller Foundation. The mission of the Task Force is to assist in developing child health programs and accelerate research related to immunization activities, focusing primarily in the developing world.As an epidemiologist, he is recognized as the key person directing the successful worldwide campaign to eradicate smallpox in the 1970s. After serving as a medical missionary in Nigeria, Dr. Foege became chief of the CDC Smallpox Eradication Program. His career of public service brought him to the top of his profession when he became Director of the Centers for Disease Control of the U.S. Public Health Service in 1977, a position he held until 1983. As president of the American Public Health Association, he championed the role of health promotion in education, injury prevention, and risk reduction as tools for improving the quality of life for all people in the U.S. He earned his doctorate of medicine degree from the University of Washington and his public health degree from the Harvard School of Public Health. We are pleaded to note that he also has accepted a position as a member of the recently‐appointed National Commission on the Role of the School and the Community in Improving Adolescent Health. I know him as a man of conviction, commitment, vision, and lots and lots of energy. I'm pleased to introduce our co‐host for this invitational conference, Dr. Willia