UTech Annual Report 2018-19

Accredited by the University Council of Jamaica (UCJ) ANNUAL REPORT 2018-2019 University of Technology, Jamaica 45 Dr. Adella Campbell, (2nd left) celebrates the launch of the book with the symbolic unveiling of a large replica of the book’s cover at a special book launch ceremony. Sharing in the occasion from left, are Daniel Dawes, Consultant, TourismProduct Development Company Limited, Rosemarie Ancel, Nurse Anaesthetist, Mandeville Regional Hospital and Professor Stephen Vasciannie, President, UTech, Jamaica/ Chairman of the UTech, Jamaica Press Editorial Advisory Board. University Press The University of Technology, Jamaica Press was launched on February 22, 2018. The Press will provide an avenue for lecturers and other members of staff to publish the results of their research, and to produce works that will bring together established practices as well as new knowledge. Mr. Martin Henry, Manager, Projects and Operations in the School of Graduate Studies, Research and Entrepreneurship served as Project Manager for the UTech, Jamaica Press, with an 11-member Editorial Advisory Board comprising staff drawn from faculty and administration. On November 28, 2018 the press launched its first book, titled “The Jamaican Public Health System From the 17th – 21st Centuries – A Policy and Structural Perspective”, authored by Dr. Adella Campbell, Associate Professor and Head of the Caribbean School of Nursing, College of Health Sciences.