TO: News directors, editors, health reporters

WHAT: The Southern Mississippi Area Health Education Center (SMAHEC) at The University of Southern Mississippi will host this year's Public Health Symposium Aug. 29.

WHEN:
• 10 a.m. -- Health Policy Development in Mississippi - Therese Hanna, executive director of the Mississippi Center for Health Policy

• 11:15 a.m. -- Mobile Medical Health Services: *An Emerging Clinical System Optimal for at-risk children and their families - Dr. Persharon Dixon, a pediatrician sponsored by Coastal Family Health

• 1:15 p.m. -- Osteopathic Medicine in Mississippi: New Partnerships - Dr. Michael Murphy and Dr. Darrell Lovins,  William Carey University College of Osteopathic Medicine

• 2:30 p.m. -- Health Equity: Right, or Privilege? - Dr. Charkarra Anderson-Lewis, associate professor in the Southern Miss Department of Community Health Sciences in the College of Health and founder of My Mother's Heart foundation

WHERE:  Thad Cochran Center

SPECIFICS: The SMAHEC Health Symposium will feature experts in health policy, clinical care and the impact that socio-economic status has on people's health. Speakers will address what comes next in prevention and solutions to solving those problems.