AIA lecture tonight in the Durham Research Center

Richard Jackson, M.D.

Richard Jackson, M.D., a professor from California-Berkley, will show how the shaping of society’s built environments contributes to people’s well being during a lecture at UNMC tonight.

Dr. Jackson’s lecture, titled “Why good design is better than an apple a day,” will be in the Durham Research Center at 7 p.m.

The lecture is sponsored by UNMC and the Nebraska chapter of the American Institute of Architects (AIA) in celebration of the AIA’s 150th anniversary. All employees and students are invited to attend. Refreshments will be served.

Before the lecture, Dr. Jackson will sign copies of the book, “Urban Sprawl and Public Health,” which he co-authored with Howard Frumkin and Lawrence Frank.

Dr. Jackson has held many leadership positions with the California Health Department, including state health officer.

He also was director of the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention’s (CDC) National Center for Environmental Health for nine years.

In the late 1990s, he led the CDC in establishing the U.S. National Pharmaceutical Stockpile, a disaster preparedness measure that was put to use following the attacks on New York and Washington on Sept. 11, 2001.

In 2005, he received the Presidential Distinguished Executive Award, the highest civilian award for U.S. government service.