Byline: AMBER SMITH HEALTH NOTES
What does health care reform mean to the individual?
Syracuse University's Thomas Dennison addresses that noon to 1 p.m. Oct. 29 in room 4507 of the Setnor Academic Building, 618 Irving Ave. at Adams Street. The talk is free and open to the public.
Dennison is a professor of public administration in SU's Maxwell School. He is also director of the Program in Health Services Management and Policy, and the associate director of the Central New York Master's in Public Health program.
Master's in public health
Learn about a career and education in public health at a free information session at 4 p.m. Oct. 27 at Upstate Medical University. The session, which will provide an overview of the new Central New York Master of Public Health program sponsored jointly by Upstate and SU, takes place in the Medical Alumni Auditorium in Weiskotten Hall, 766 Irving Ave., Syracuse.
The program prepares students for public health jobs in government agencies, environmental health, managed care, insurance, research, education, the pharmaceutical industry, nonprofit health groups and more. Full-time students could finish the program in 18 months, and part-timers may take up to five years.
For details, visit www.upstate.edu/cnymph.
A new Healing Muse
Upstate Medical University's literary journal, The Healing Muse, releases its ninth issue during a reading 4 to 5 p.m. Oct. 28.
The launch party, held in the Medical Alumni Auditorium of Weiskotten Hall, 766 Irving Ave., Syracuse, is free and open to the public.
The journal has published stories, poetry and essays that focus on illness and medicine since 2001. Its editor is Deirdre Neilen, from the Center for Bioethics and Humanities.
Order copies for $10 at www.thehealingmuse.org.
COPD talk
Respiratory therapist Joseph McDonald, associate director of Upstate Medical University's respiratory care department, speaks about chronic obstructive pulmonary disease 5:30 to 7 p.m. Oct. 28 at HealthLink/OASIS Learning Center at ShoppingTown Mall in DeWitt. The talk is free and open to the public; call 464-8668 for more information.
Free pulmonary function screenings will take place 5:30 to 6 p.m., followed by McDonald's talk, which will go over identification, treatment and self-management of COPD.
Staff writer Amber Smith covers health and medicine for The Post-Standard. Reach her at 470-2188 or by sending an e-mail to asmith@syracuse.com.
