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Jack Del Rio, Jr., Head Coach, Jacksonville Jaguars

Free Back-to-School Clinic a Success Doctors and nurses from the St. Vincent's Mobile Unit and University of North Florida gave free school physicals and immunization shots at W.E. Cherry Elementary School in Orange Park.
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At the Martin Luther King Scholarship Luncheon, Professor and Dean Pamela S. Chally received the Desmond Tutu Peace and Reconciliation Award for her leadership, belief in diversity and her international and community health-care activities. Brooks College of Health administrators from West Africa received training at UNF, a nursing student worked with AIDS patients in South Africa, and nursing students delivered babies in West Africa.

Professor Judith C. Rodriguez, PhD, RD, FADA, was elected President of the American Dietetic Association (ADA), the world’s largest organization of food and nutrition professionals. With 70,000 members, the ADA is committed to improving the nation’s health and advancing the profession of dietetics through research, education and advocacy.

Dr. Lauri Wright was elected chair of the Dietetics Education Practice Group of the American Dietetic Assocation, a leadership role that includes implementation throughout the United States of the new CADE accreditation standards.

Dr. Mei Zhao was selected as the recipient of the UNF 2008-2009 Outstanding International Leadership award. She has been the driving force of the development of a collaborative research project with the faculty at Shandong University in Jinan, China, and, establishment of an ongoing study abroad program with Shandong and Qingdao Universities.

Dr. Elissa Barr was chosen as one of “Forty under 40” by the editors of the Jacksonville Business Journal, who comprised their list of Northeast Florida’s “brightest, most-promising professionals” for 2009. This award recognizes high level of achievement among professionals under the age of 40 in Northeast Florida in both their careers and community involvement

Survey of Expectations and Satisfaction with Prenatal Care