Nov. 12, 2008
Dr. William Neal To Be honored With The 'No Greater Legacy Award' Thursday
Special to Huntingtonnews.net
The West Virginia Healthy Kids and Families Coalition is pleased to announce that Dr. William Neal, founder and director of the Coronary Artery Risk Detection in Appalachian Communities (CARDIAC) Project, will be the recipient of the 2008 “No Greater Legacy Award.” The “No Greater Legacy Award” is given to those who have contributed to the quality of child health in West Virginia. The 2008 award is given to Dr. Neal because of his accomplishments in the area of childhood obesity in West Virginia.
The “No Greater Legacy Award” will be given at the 2008 Growing Healthy Children Conference at a lunch held in Dr. Neal’s honor on Thursday, November 13, at 12:00 p.m. at Blessed John XXIII Pastoral Center in Charleston. The Growing Healthy Children Conference on Child Health and Development will be held November 13 – 14.
West Virginia has one of the highest rates of childhood obesity in the nation. Dr. Neal’s work on childhood obesity has enabled West Virginia to lower its childhood obesity rates. Of the children screened during 2006 to 2008 school years, a decline in obesity was noted among kindergarten students (36.2 vs. 33.2%), second grade students (42.1 vs. 37.5%), and fifth grade students (46 vs. 45.5%).
Dr. Neal is a Professor and the James H. Walker MD Chair of Pediatric Cardiology in the Department of Pediatrics at West Virginia University. He is a member of a number of medical associations including, the American Pediatric Society, Society for Pediatric Research, and the American Academy of Pediatrics. Dr. Neal is the recipient of numerous awards and his scholarly work is contained in publications, books, and abstracts. He has served in the Navy as a flight surgeon aboard the USS Constellation.
He is married to Dr. Martha Mullett, a neonatalogist, also practicing at the West Virginia University School of Medicine. They have six children and 13 grandchildren.
For more information or to register for the conference, please contact Jeff Allen at the West Virginia Council of Churches’ office at 344-3141 or by email at jsallen@wvcc.org.
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Dr. William Neal To Be honored With The 'No Greater Legacy Award' Thursday
Special to Huntingtonnews.net
The West Virginia Healthy Kids and Families Coalition is pleased to announce that Dr. William Neal, founder and director of the Coronary Artery Risk Detection in Appalachian Communities (CARDIAC) Project, will be the recipient of the 2008 “No Greater Legacy Award.” The “No Greater Legacy Award” is given to those who have contributed to the quality of child health in West Virginia. The 2008 award is given to Dr. Neal because of his accomplishments in the area of childhood obesity in West Virginia.
The “No Greater Legacy Award” will be given at the 2008 Growing Healthy Children Conference at a lunch held in Dr. Neal’s honor on Thursday, November 13, at 12:00 p.m. at Blessed John XXIII Pastoral Center in Charleston. The Growing Healthy Children Conference on Child Health and Development will be held November 13 – 14.
West Virginia has one of the highest rates of childhood obesity in the nation. Dr. Neal’s work on childhood obesity has enabled West Virginia to lower its childhood obesity rates. Of the children screened during 2006 to 2008 school years, a decline in obesity was noted among kindergarten students (36.2 vs. 33.2%), second grade students (42.1 vs. 37.5%), and fifth grade students (46 vs. 45.5%).
Dr. Neal is a Professor and the James H. Walker MD Chair of Pediatric Cardiology in the Department of Pediatrics at West Virginia University. He is a member of a number of medical associations including, the American Pediatric Society, Society for Pediatric Research, and the American Academy of Pediatrics. Dr. Neal is the recipient of numerous awards and his scholarly work is contained in publications, books, and abstracts. He has served in the Navy as a flight surgeon aboard the USS Constellation.
He is married to Dr. Martha Mullett, a neonatalogist, also practicing at the West Virginia University School of Medicine. They have six children and 13 grandchildren.
For more information or to register for the conference, please contact Jeff Allen at the West Virginia Council of Churches’ office at 344-3141 or by email at jsallen@wvcc.org.
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