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Introduction of Robert S. Gold and Panel
It is a great pleasure for me to introduce our closing speaker for this inaugural meeting of the American Academy of Health Behavior. Before we hear from Bob Gold, who will speak to the issue of "The Role of Health Education Research in Health Education," I would like to tell you something about the panelists who will react to, and provide follow-up to, Dr Gold's presentation. First, we have Dr Patricia Mail. Dr Mail received her MPH from Yale University and her PhD from the University of Maryland. She is a research scientist in the Addiction Behavior Research Center, Department of Psychology, University of Washington. She served 26 years with the US Public Health Service, including 16 with the Indian Health Service, where she was honored on several occasions, including as a recipient of the Surgeon General's Medallion. Next, we have Dr Rick Petosa, who is a professor at the Ohio State University. He received his PhD from Southern Illinois University-Carbondale and has served on the faculties of the University of Nebraska, Purdue University, and the University of South Carolina School of Public Health. At the Ohio State University, Dr Petosa holds the title of Scholar for the Center for Health Outcomes, Policy and Evaluation Studies. Also on the panel we have Dr Michael Young, professor of health sciences at the University of Arkansas. His funded projects have 5 times been recognized by the US Department of Health and Human Services for "Outstanding Work in Community Health Promotion." In addition, we have Dr Robert "Skip" Valois as a member of the panel. Dr Valois received his MPH from the University of Alabama-Birmingham, and his PhD from the University of Illinois. He has served on the faculties of Eastern Illinois University, the University of Illinois, the University of Texas, and most recently, the University of South Carolina School of Public Health. He is a well-accomplished researcher in the area of school and adolescent health. Finally, we have Dr Michelle Moore, assistant professor at the University of North Florida, where she is also a research associate with the Center for Drug Prevention and Health Promotion. She represents an important subculture of the audience today _ the new researcher. Dr Moore is graciously filling in today for Dr Cheryl Rainey of Clemson University, who, unfortunately, had to return from the meeting prior to today's panel. As I indicated earlier, the closing speaker for this conference is Dr Robert S Gold, who has been involved in nationally renowned research for more than 15 years and is widely recognized as a research methodologist, as well as one of the premier individuals in the application of emerging technology to health education teaching and research. Dr Gold received his PhD from the University of Oregon and his DrPH from the University of Texas-Houston School of Public Health. From 1980 to 1984, he served on the faculty of Southern Illinois University-Carbondale. For the subsequent 2 years, he was project director for the School Health Initiative in the Office of Disease Prevention and Health Promotion, US Department of Health and Human Services. In 1986 he was Acting Chief, Health Promotion Policy Branch, and Director of the 1990 Health Objectives for the Nation Initiative. Dr Gold joined the faculty of the Department of Health Education at the University of Maryland in 1986, where he became the Founding Director of the Population Research Laboratory. In 1989, he served as consultant to the World Health Organization, Division of Health Education and Health Promotion, Geneva, Switzerland. Dr Gold left higher education as his primary vocation for a few years to be senior science advisor, and later, vice president, for Macro International, Inc. He returned full time to the University of Maryland in 1999 where he now serves as professor of health education and director of the Public Health Informatics Laboratory. On
a personal note, I spent my first 3 years as a new assistant professor
working side-by-side with Bob Gold at Southern Illinois University-Carbondale.
I am proud to say that I learned much from him, and there is little
question in my mind that were it not for his influence, I would
not be standing here before you today. Without further comment,
let us please warmly welcome Dr Robert S Gold. |