Linda P. Fried Delivers 2008 Mailman School Commencement Address

Linda Fried, MD, MPH, dean of the Mailman School, delivered the 2008 commencement address to 442 graduates of the Mailman School of Public Health on May 21, 2008. During her address, she posed the question, "What is public health?" to the 2008 graduates, who listened intently as Dr. Fried provided her answer and discussed emerging challenges in the field that graduates will be facing in the years to come.

Dr. Fried also presented the Dean's 2008 Distinguished Service Award to Allan Rosenfield, MD, dean emeritus, for his visionary global health leadership, unwavering support of human rights and women's health, tireless commitment to the health of our community, and profound impact on the Mailman School.

To read Dr. Fried's full commencement speech, please click here.

Dean Linda Fried greets the 2008 graduates

Students recite the Public Health Professionals
International Declaration of Health Rights

Shekinah Nefreteri Elmore, addresses the graduates

Graduates Leah Baldinger, Catherine
Richards, and Demetra Rotsides

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