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Gary Gilmore, Professor, Department of Health Education
and Health Promotion, and Director, Community Health Programs,
University of Wisconsin-La Crosse and University of Wisconsin-Extension,
Wis.
Lecturing: Medical Sciences, Competency Development in
Epidemiology and Health Promotion
India
November 1999-March 2000
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In
November 1999, Gary Gilmore, a professor in the Department of
Health Education and Health Promotion at the University of Wisconsin-La
Crosse and director of the university's community health programs,
traveled to Calcutta, India, to begin his Fulbright lecturing
assignment at the All India Institute of Hygiene and Public Health.
Gilmore's wife, Elizabeth, a registered occupational therapist,
accompanied him during his grant and volunteered full time at
the Indian Institute of Cerebral Palsy.
Gilmore found that his Indian colleagues and students were receptive
to discussing the emerging public health concerns of their country
and eager to learn more about health promotion activities that
have worked in other areas of the world. With more than 30 years
of experience in his field, Gilmore had considerable knowledge
and experience to share with his host colleagues. His busy lecturing
schedule included teaching courses in public health education,
preventive and social medicine, nutrition, maternal and child
health and public health engineering. In addition to instructing
graduate students and physicians in these areas, he advised them
on research projects and consulted with colleagues conducting
community-based research in the rural communities of India.
During his grant, Gilmore also had the opportunity to participate
in the 15th Asia Pacific Cancer Conference, where he gave a presentation
on community cancer control methods. His presentation led to discussions
with health professionals who wanted to know more about such control
efforts in the United States and who subsequently invited him
to give similar presentations at their own clinics and medical
centers. Visiting the health centers allowed Gilmore and his wife
to explore many areas of the country, from the mountainous region
of Sikkim to the southern coastal region of Cochin.
For Gilmore, the Fulbright experience was a rewarding one. The
program, he said, is "richly deserving of its worldwide acclaim
and support. It was an honor to have been a part of it."
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