94-04-15 Media Advisory-Lecture series focusing on health issues.

                         MEDIA ADVISORY
                                      Contact:  Katherine Jackson

     The University of Virginia Health Sciences Center is
sponsoring a lecture series focusing on health issues related to
African American Women.  The lectures will be held from 7 to 8 p.m.
at First Baptist Church, 632 W. Main St. on these dates.

     April 21. Evelyn Nyonga and Holly Edwards, registered nurses
at U.Va. will talk about "Diabetes in African American Women--
Methods of Prevention."

     May 19. "Uterine Fibroids and Other Sources of Pelvic Pain"
will be discussed by Lisa King, M.D.  King is a resident in U.Va.'s
department of obstetrics and gynecology.

     June 16. "The Impact of HIV/AIDS in African American Women and
Prevention."   Edwards along with registered nurse Cora Johnson
will lead that discussion.

     The nurses are members of the Charlottesville Black Nurses
Association, Inc.

     All seminars are open to the public.  Bus service will be
available to transport U.Va. students to and from the event.
Shuttles will pick up passengers between 6 and 6:30 p.m. in front
of the Chemistry Building on McCormick Road.

     The Charlottesville community is welcome to attend and
participate in the series.  For more information contact Ramona
Chapman of U.Va.'s Women's Place (804) 982-3553.
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                                                   April 14, 1994

Charlotte A. Buttner, Program Support Technician, Health Sciences
Center News Office, McKim Hall Room 3116, #429, Charlottesville,
Virginia 22908, 804-924-5679, cab2j@virginia.edu
CompuServe 72203,1033


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               15 Apr 94 09:01:11 EDT]