Daniel S. Blumenthal, MD, MPH
Public Health Symposium
Wednesday, April 8, 2026 | 9:30 am - 8:00 pm
This endowed symposium honors the legacy of Daniel Sender Blumenthal, MD, MPH, who devoted almost 40 years teaching medical and other health professionals how to properly treat and care for disadvantaged underserved populations. He was unwavering in his commitment to empowering communities and worked tirelessly in Georgia’s rural and local Atlanta communities to bring quality healthcare services, research, and resources to some of the state’s most impoverished areas.
Although he retired from the medical school in 2014, he continued to work with MSM as Professor and Chair Emeritus of the Department of Community Health and Preventive Medicine until the final day of his life. Dr. Blumenthal had a strong impact on undergraduate as well as graduate medical education programs at Morehouse School of Medicine in the area of Preventive Medicine. He was perhaps most proud of the MSM Prevention Research Center, which was founded in 1998 under his leadership with a grant from Centers for Disease Control and Prevention.
Theme: Prevention, Policy, and Public Health: The Intersections Shaping Community Health
The symposium promotes excellence in community engagement, research (population science, health services and translational), clinical care (preventive medicine skills) and public health practice in underserved communities.
Location
Morehouse School of Medicine
NCPC Auditorium
720 Westview Dr, SW
Atlanta, GA 30310
Agenda
| 9:30 am | Registration |
| 10:30 am - 5:00 pm | Symposium Part 1: Speakers, Posters, Panels, and Community Exhibits |
| 5:00 pm - 6:00 pm | Partners Recognition & Booking Signing |
| 6:00 pm - 8:00 pm | Symposium Part 2: Reception, Speakers, and Celebration |
Featured Speakers
Nandi A. Marshall, DrPH, CHES, CLC
President, American Public Health Association
George Rust, MD, MPH
Center for Medicine and Public Health Policy and Practice, Florida State University
Tiffany Manuel, PhD
President and CEO, TheCaseMade
Frank A. Franklin II, PhD, JD, MPH, FCPP
Chief Strategy Officer, BeBashi
Featured Moderator
Rose Scott
Executive Producer and Host of WABE’s Closer Look
Who should attend?
We welcome public health professionals, healthcare providers, community health workers, researchers, health and social service agency leaders, policy decision makers, medical residents, students, the community-at-large, and community leaders to learn about strategies to:
- Define mental and behavioral health, respectively
- Discuss policies, systems and environments that can serve as barriers or promoters of mental and behavioral health
- Apply concepts to community-centered strategies to positively advance mental and behavioral health equity and justice.
Goal
Empower participants to achieve and advance optimal health through healthy lifestyles powered by policy, community, and clinical approaches.