Michael & Susan Dell Center Lectureship in Child Health
The 2022 Michael & Susan Dell Center Lectureship in Child Health featured Keynote Speaker Edward Maibach, PhD, MPH. The Michael & Susan Dell Center co-sponsored this year’s event with the University of Texas Moody College of Communication and The Center for Health Communication.
Limiting Global Warming to 1.5 to 2C: A Necessary and Unique Role for Health Professionals.
Keynote Speaker:
University Professor and Director,
Mason's Center for Climate Change Communication,
George Mason University
Edward Maibach is a Distinguished University Professor at George Mason University and is the Director of Mason’s Center for Climate Change Communication. His research focuses on understanding and promoting public engagement in climate change. In 2020, Ed was awarded the Stephen H. Schneider Award for Outstanding Climate Science Communication (with Anthony Leiserowitz), and more recently he was identified by Reuters as one of the world’s 10 most influential scientist working on climate change. Ed has previously served as Associate Director of the National Cancer Institute and as Worldwide Director of Social Marketing at Porter Novelli International. He holds a BA in psychology (University of California at San Diego), a Master in Public Health (San Diego State University), and a PhD in communication science (Stanford University). Ed is a Fellow of the American Association for the Advancement of Science, and serves on the board of the Global Climate and Health Alliance.
Photography credit: Emma Shoultz
Center Associate Director, Dr. Sandra van den Berg, Center Director and Regional Dean, Dr. Deanna Hoelscher, Dr. Ed Maibach, UT Austin’s Center for Health Communications Director, Dr. Mike Mackert, and UT Austin’s Moody College of Communication Dean, Dr. Jay Bernhardt.
Photography credit: Emma Shoultz
Keynote Speaker, Dr. Ed Maibach
Photography credit: Emma Shoultz
Keynote Speaker, Dr. Ed Maibach
About the Annual Michael & Susan Dell Center Lectureship in Child Health
The Michael & Susan Dell Center Lectureship in Child Health is an annual event held in Austin each spring to recognize distinguished researchers who have made outstanding contributions to child health. The Lectureship is an academic forum to increase research capacity and partnerships within the Texas community, and to provide visibility for senior scientists in the fields of child health and obesity prevention. Since its inception in 2007, the annual Lectureship has honored a broad range of prominent national and international child health experts, whose research areas have included healthful eating, obesity prevention, physical activity, food policy, and community and youth development.
The Michael & Susan Dell Center Lectureship in Child Health is administered through funding from the Michael & Susan Dell Center for Healthy Living, part of The University of Texas Health Science Center in Houston (UTHealth) School of Public Health in Austin.
