“The Convergence of Emergency Medicine and Public Health: To Brody via Africa and Beyond”
Wednesday, March 5, 2025 at 3:30pm
Presented by Jack Allison, MD/MPH, FACEP, FACPM
The in-person lecture will be held in the Evelyn Fike Laupus Gallery, fourth floor of Laupus Library.
You may also attend the event virtually through this link. Please be aware that while streaming is available to all, only those with an ECU email address are able to access the live Q&A via Panopto. However, we will be taking questions from this email ([email protected]) during the live session.
Speaker bio:
Dr. Jack Allison served as a Peace Corps Volunteer in Malawi, Africa, 1967-69. His public health education was punctuated by many original songs and jingles which became quite popular with Malawians throughout the country.
Jack has had a distinguished career in academic emergency medicine, with an emphasis on public health, acting as Chair and Medical Director of Emergency Medicine programs in Charleston, South Carolina, and the Brody School of Medicine at East Carolina University. He founded the Department of Emergency Medicine at ECU-SOM in 1980. Dr. Allison became the second endowed Chair of Emergency Medicine internationally.
Additionally, Dr. Allison responded to the earthquake in Haiti in January 2010 by treating hundreds of quake victims. In February 2012, he volunteered in Kenya and Somalia where he provided both emergency care and public health education to hundreds of Somali refugees; then in October, he volunteered in Zambia where he helped to install 112 shallow water wells. Since 2017, Jack has been a senior consultant to the Fulbright Association’s WASH project in Malawi.
Allison’s avocation is singing and songwriting. He has written over 150 songs and jingles and recorded 135 of those. Since 1967, he has raised $170,000 with his music, and he and his wife, Sue Wilson, have given away all of those monies to various charitable organizations, including $30,000 to help feed Malawian AIDS orphans.
This event is free and open to the public. Refreshments will be provided.
Presentation description: Dr. Allison will review the history of emergency medicine — nationally, internationally and at the Brody School of Medicine. Additionally, he will also share his myriad experience in public health education, especially via the medium of his original music. In 2024, he was considered for the North Carolina Music Hall of Fame.
Directions and Parking Information
If you’d like to travel by bus from Main Campus, take bus 302 from the Main Campus Student Center to the Allied Health Sciences Building. Click here for the 302 bus schedule.
This presentation is part of the Ruth and John Moskop History of Medicine Lecture Series.
Individuals requesting accommodation under the Americans with Disabilities Act (ADA) should contact the ADA Coordinator at least 48 hours prior to the event at (252) 737-1018 (voice/TTY) / [email protected]
For any questions about the event, please contact me at [email protected].