We affect the environment by what we build, but what we build, in turn, affects us and our health.
Dr. Richard Jackson, state public health officer for the California Department of Health Services, will be on campus Monday, April 25, to speak on 鈥淕etting Our World Into Shape So We Can Too鈥� at 4 p.m. in room T-625 of the Health Sciences Center. The talk, sponsored by the School of Public Health and Community Medicine and the College of Architecture and Urban Planning, is open to everyone.
Jackson has become convinced that the 鈥渂uilt environment鈥� is a critically important and underappreciated environmental health issue. He has spoken widely on the results of decisions made in urban planning and public construction.
As state public health officer in California since March 2004, Jackson鈥檚 responsibilities include leadership for emergency preparedness, reversing the obesity 鈥渆pidemic,鈥� and revitalizing the state鈥檚 public health work force. He was previously director of the National Center for Environmental Health, part of the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention.
He earned a medical degree from the University of California, San Francisco, and a master鈥檚 degree in public health from UC Berkeley.