Saving Lives at Home and Overseas: How Health Communication Works in Public Health

Marsha Vanderford, associate director for communication in the Center for Global Health at the U.S. Centers for Disease Control in Atlanta, will speak on the Indiana State University campus Friday at 1 p.m. Nov. 8 in Holmstedt Hall 103. The title of her is “Saving Lives at Home and Overseas: How Health Communication Works in Public Health.”

Vanderford most recently served as the chief of the Emergency Risk Communication Branch, Division of Emergency Operations, Office of Public Health Preparedness and Response, providing leadership for CDC’s communication response during public health emergencies, including the 2010 Gulf of Mexico oil spill and the 2009-10 H1N1 Influenza pandemic. She joined CDC in 2000 as deputy director of communication in the National Center for Environmental Health. She has also held positions as associate director of Communication Science at the National Center for Injury Prevention and Control, and acting associate director for communication in CDC’s Office of the Director.

She holds a B.A. from California Polytechnic State University and earned her M.A. and Ph.D. from the University of Minnesota.

Vanderford's presentation is sponsored by the Department of Communication and the College of Arts and Sciences. The lecture is free and open to the public.