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NC-HCAP will hold Health Professions Forum and Inspirational Speakers in Science lecture on April 8
03.14.06

CHAPEL HILL, NC – The North Carolina Health Careers Access Program (NC-HCAP) will hold its annual Health Professions Forum, including its 10th Inspirational Speakers in Science (ISIS) lecture, on April 8, 2006. The forum, which is free to all area undergraduate students and faculty members, will be held in the auditorium of the Tate-Turner-Kuralt School of Social Work Building at the University of North Carolina at Chapel Hill from 8:30 a.m. – 1:30 p.m.

The forum general session will feature a panel of current students matriculating in UNC health professional and graduate programs. They will talk candidly with forum participants about the everyday struggles and joys of graduate and professional school and offer tips on preparing for and surviving the admissions process. Participants will also have an opportunity to talk one-on-one with these students as they are given a guided tour of the UNC graduate/health professional schools.

Michael Bird, a national public health consultant and the first American Indian to serve as president of the American Public Health Association, will deliver the ISIS lecture. He will present “Passion, Thought, Action,” a speech to encourage and motivate aspiring health professionals to overcome their obstacles and pursue careers in health care.

The Health Professions Forum and Inspirational Speakers in Science Lecture Series are part of the Health Professions Preparation Program sponsored by the North Carolina Health Careers Access Program at UNC-Chapel Hill. Co-sponsors for the event are the NC Area Health Education Centers Program, the NC Office of Minority Health and Health Disparities, the National Institute of Environmental Health Sciences, and the UNC School of Medicine Office of Educational Development/Special Programs.

To register for the forum, go to https://cf.unc.edu/NCHcapSeprl/.