Wednesday, Feb 18 2009

African-American History Month

National Theme: Quest for Black Citizenship in the Americas

Time: 11:00 AM - 12:00 PM
Lister Hill Auditorium, NIH Campus
Bethesda, MD

Event's Theme: Quest for Black Citizenship in the Americas-Inspiring Future Leaders

Speaker(s): Dr. Eve J. Higginbotham, Dean, Morehouse School of Medicine

Biographical Sketch:
An internationally renowned expert in the treatment of glaucoma, Dr. Eve J. Higginbotham assumed the position of Dean and Senior Vice President for Academic Affairs at Morehouse School Of Medicine (MSM) in Atlanta, Georgia, on April 24, 2006. Upon her appointment in 1994 as Chair of the Ophthalmology and Visual Sciences Department at the University of Maryland School of Medicine in Baltimore, Higginbotham became the first woman to head a university-based ophthalmology department in the United States.

Target Audience: NIH employees and staff

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