 Started
in 1994, the Health and Human Values Lecture Series is an annual series
of lectures supported by a grant from the Johnson and Johnson Family of
Companies. Lectures are scheduled for fall and spring of the academic
year. Each series is based on a theme, such as changing paradigms in health
care, global health issues and communicating identity. Lectures are held
on the campus of Villanova University and are free and open to the community.
The Health and Human Values Lecture Series encompasses the College of Nursing’s
Annual Distinguished Lecture in Nursing which began on the occasion of its
25th anniversary in 1978. This event, co-sponsored by the Alpha Nu Chapter
of Sigma Theta Tau International, brings together members of the student
body, alumni, University and regional community to hear the insights of
prominent national and international speakers.
For more information about the lectures,
directions, or to be added to the
mailing list, call the College of Nursing at (610) 519-4900.
All lectures are held at Villanova
University and are free and open to the community.
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Health & Human Values
2007-2008
Advocates for Health
Extending Health Care to the Rural Poor
| Date: |
Monday, September 24, 2007 |
| Time: |
7:30 PM |
| Location: |
Room 1011, Bartley Hall |
Mona M. Counts, PhD, CRNP, FNAP, FAANP
The Elouise Ross Eberly Professor of Nursing, Associate Professor,
The Pennsylvania State University School of Nursing, Uniontown, Pa
President, American Academy of Nurse Practitioners
Dr. Mona Counts is a courageous pioneer who brings quality health care to over 5,000 rural poor
in the Appalachian region of southwestern Pennsylvania and northern West Virginia. In 1994 she took a
second mortgage on her house to open the nurse practitioner -managed Mount Morris Primary Care Center in
Greene County, Pennsylvania, where she brings culturally sensitive care to the underinsured and impoverished
residents. She is an exemplar who, through her clinical practice and role as educator; scholarly work in
primary care, elderly care issues, cultural competence and community and rural health; and public
testimony at all levels on rural health care, inspires others to extend health care to the rural poor.
She is the recipient of several awards recognizing her dedication and has been profiled on 60 Minutes.
A View from the Commissioner's Chair
| Date: |
Wednesday, November 7, 2007 |
| Time: |
7:30 PM |
| Location: |
Villanova Room, Connelly Center |
Susan R. Cooper, MSN, RN
Commissioner, Tennessee Department of Health
Nashville, Tenn
Commissioner Susan R. Cooper brings an extensive background in vulnerable populations, program
planning and evaluation, health policy, health care regulation and evidence-based practice to the
Tennessee residents she serves. She made history in 2007 as the first nurse to become commissioner
of the Tennessee Department of Health. Her goal to protect, promote and improve the health of all
Tennesseans is visible through her work, first as the governor’s special policy and health advisor
and then as commissioner. In these roles, she was instrumental in developing Health Care Safety Net
for the uninsured, assumed leadership of Project Diabetes to curb the type 2 diabetes threat facing
young Tennesseans, and helped facilitate GetFitTN to promote healthy lifestyles. In May, she announced
her department’s creation of the Division of Minority Health and Disparity Elimination, more evidence
of her tireless commitment to health advocacy.
This is the 30th Annual Distinguished Lecture in Nursing and is co-sponsored by the Alpha Nu
Chapter of Sigma Theta Tau International--nursing's honor society.
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