Special Report to Blowing Rock News from University News Service. February 4, 2012. BOONE—Stephen Bezruchka, a senior lecturer in global health at the University of Washington, will present a series of lectures Feb. 16-17 at Appalachian State University. His visit is sponsored by the College of Arts and Sciences, the Department of Geography and Planning and the Borders and Bridges Grant program administered by the University Forum Committee. The public is invited to attend. 

For more information, call the Department of Geography and Planning at 262-3000.

Bezruchka is a former emergency room physician and an expert on altitude sickness and travel medicine.  He works with the University of Washington’s Department of Global Health MPH program.

Bezruchka has spent more than 10 years in Nepal working in various health programs and teaching in remote regions. He tries to draw attention to the socioeconomic determinants of the health of populations. His publications include the article “The Hurrider I Go the Behinder I Get: The Deteriorating International Ranking of U.S. Health Status” in the Annual Review of Public Health, and the books “Altitude Illness: Prevention and Treatment,” “The Pocket Doctor” and “Trekking Nepal.”

Bezruchka’s lecture schedule follows:

Thursday, Feb. 16

12:45 p.m., “How Healthy are we for living in the USA? Why does a 15 year-old girl in Sri Lanka have a lower chance of dying before age 60 than a 15-year-old girl in the US?,” Great Hall of the Living and Learning Center

3:30 p.m., “Health Inequalities in the U.S.,” Geography and Planning Speaker Series, Room 345 Rankin Science West

6 p.m., “Early Life Lasts a Lifetime,” Room 293 Rankin Science West

Friday, Feb. 17

10 a.m., “Wilderness and Travel Medicine Seminar,” Room 283 Rankin Science West

12:30 p.m., “Health Disparities in the U.S.” Room 137A Calloway Peak Room, Plemmons Student Union

3 p.m., “Global Health Inequalities” Room 293 Rankin Science West

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