Welcome  to  Public  Health  moment from  the  University  of  Minnesota. This  week  is  National  Public  Health  Week, a  time  to  recognize  the  contributions  of  public  health. John  Finnegan,  Dean  of  the University  of  Minnesota  School  of  Public  Health, highlighted  a  few  public  health success  stories  from  the  last  century. The  obvious  ones  are,  you  know,  vaccination. We  know  the  importance  of vaccination  to  creating  a  healthy  population. Motor  vehicle  safety  is another  very  key  achievement that  we've  seen  in  public  health. Far  fewer  people  today  are  dying  or  being injured  in  traffic  accidents than  was  true  many  years  ago. Safer  workplaces,  control  of  infectious  diseases. And  last  and  certainly  not  least, is  the  recognition  of  tobacco  as  a  health  hazard. We  certainly  have  seen  the  positive  impacts of  reduction  in  tobacco  use certainly  here  in  this  country, but  now  increasingly  around  the  world  too. Finnegan  notes  that  the  University  of  Minnesota will  once  again  celebrate National  Public  Health  Week  by  hosting its  seventh  annual  public  health  film  festival. Doors  Open  at  05:00  P.M.  each night  at  the  University  of  Minnesota  this  week, and  the  event  features  free  admission  and  free  food. And  this  also  gives  us  an  opportunity  to  display  for people  a  whole  variety of  films  that  relate  to  public  health  themes. And  is  another  way  I  think  of enticing  people  into  reflecting on  what  public  health  means  to  us.