Benjamin Crookston, a professor of public health and associate dean in the College of Life Sciences, will deliver the forum address.
Crookston is a professor of public health and associate dean in the College of Life Sciences. He earned a bachelor's degree in zoology and a master's degree in public health at BYU and a doctorate degree in public health from the University of Utah. Prior to joining BYU he was on faculty in the School of Medicine at the University of Utah.
Crookston has spent nearly two decades conducting research in Asia, Africa and Latin America on maternal and child health, nutrition, food security and poverty alleviation initiatives.
His remarks will be broadcast live on BYUtv, BYUtv.org (and archived for on-demand streaming), KBYU-TV 11, Classical 89 FM, BYUradio 107.9 FM, and SiriusXM 143. Video, text, and audio are archived on speeches.byu.edu.