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Date: Sat, 26 Mar 2005 16:15:38 -0600
From: "Mark J. Kittleson, PhD, FAAHB" <kittle@SIU.EDU>
Subject: BILL COSBY TO RECEIVE 2005 PORTER PRIZE FROM UNIVERSITY OF PITTSBURGH

Received this from Stephen Thomas and thought recipients of the HEDIR would find this interesting. The news release (linked below) does a nice job on highlighting health promotion and disease prevention.

Mark J. Kittleson, PhD, FAAHB
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Subject: Fwd: BILL COSBY TO RECEIVE 2005 PORTER PRIZE FROM UNIVERSITY OF PITTSBURGH


http://newsbureau.upmc.com/MedSurg2/PorterPrize05.htm
ENTERTAINER BILL COSBY TO RECEIVE 2005 PORTER PRIZE FROM UNIVERSITY OF PITTSBURGH GRADUATE SCHOOL OF HEALTH

PITTSBURGH, March 25, 2005 - Famed entertainer, comic, actor, educator and social commentator Bill Cosby, Ed.D., will be the 2005 recipient of the [ http://www.publichealth.pitt.edu/ ]University of Pittsburgh Graduate School of Public Health's (GSPH) prestigious Porter Prize in recognition of exemplary performance in health promotion when he speaks with students and parents from Pittsburgh's Reizenstein Middle School during GSPH's "A Conversation with Bill Cosby" taking place at 6 p.m., Tuesday, April 5

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Stephen B. Thomas, Ph.D., FAAHB
Director, Center for Minority Health
Philip Hallen Professor of Community Health and Social Justice Graduate School of Public Health University of Pittsburgh
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Pittsburgh, PA 15261
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Email: sbthomas@cmh.pitt.edu
Homepage: www.cmh.pitt.edu
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