Contacts:
Brent Roberts, MSU
Dan Carter, University Relations, 657-2269
February 4, 2008
Tie Between Genetics, Chronic Diseases Topic of Next Library Lecture at MSU Billings
MSU
Those questions and others
will be at the core of the next Montana State
University Billings Library Lecture, “Getting
More Life Out of Your Hand-Me-Down Genes: Using
Family Health History to Reduce Chronic Disease
Risk.”
The MSU Billings Library
Lecture is Tuesday, Feb. 12 from noon to
1:30 p.m. in the Liberal Arts Building,
Room 205. The LA Building is located near the
center of the university’s main campus,
The lecture is free and
open to the public.
The featured speaker will be Dr.
Carl Hanson, a public health expert at
Hanson will be touching on a
number of topics that relate to family history,
genetics and chronic disease, including:
- How do multiple genes, personal behavior and
the environment interact to cause chronic
disease?
- What chronic diseases have a strong family
history connection?
- How can one collect family health history
information?
- What should you do with family health
history information once it is acquired?
At BYU, Hanson maintains an
interest in administration by teaching a
graduate course in Public Health Administration.
He also teaches Public Health Education Methods,
Planning and Evaluation at the undergraduate
level.
He enjoys working with
communities and involving students in
service-learning projects. He has worked
collaboratively on many community initiatives of
public health interest, especially those
targeting youth and families. He also maintains
an interest in rural health issues and health
disparities among Native American populations.
He is currently collaborating with faculty
colleagues at BYU to study the family as a
public health setting of practice.
Hanson received a doctorate in community health
education from Southern Illinois University at
For more information on the MSU Billings Library Lecture, contact Brent Roberts, associate library director, at 657-1655.
