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<blockquote type="cite" cite align="center"><b>M I T C E N
T E R F O R I N T E R N A T I O N A L
S T U D I E S<br>
<font size="+1">CIS STARR FORUM<br>
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Laurie Garrett on the Scientific, Health and Political
Implications<br>
of an Avian Flu Pandemic<br>
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Monday, September 26, 2005<br>
3:00 to 4:30 p.m.</font></b><br>
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<blockquote type="cite" cite align="center">A winner of the Pulitzer
Prize and the Polk and Peabody awards,<b> Laurie Garrett</b> is Senior
Fellow for Global Health at the Council on Foreign Relations.
Ms. Garrett will discuss the potential for and implications of a
possible avian flu pandemic-and her articles on the topic in the
July/August 2005 issue of<i> Foreign Affairs</i>. The discussant
will be<b> Dr. Marc Lipsitch</b>, an epidemiologist at the Harvard
School of Public Health. CIS Acting Director<b> Professor
Stephen Van Evera</b> will moderate. Refreshments will be
served.</blockquote>
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<b>The Dibner Institute<br>
MIT Building E56<br>
38 Memorial Drive, Cambridge<br>
</b>2nd Floor Conference Room<br>
(a short walk from the Kendall Square T Stop on the Red Line)<br>
MAP: http://whereis.mit.edu/map-jpg?mapterms=dibner<br>
DIBNER INSTITUTE: http://dibinst.mit.edu/<br>
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<blockquote type="cite" cite>Heidi Knuff<br>
Center for International Studies<br>
Massachusetts Institute of Technology<br>
292 Main Street (E38-270)<br>
Cambridge, MA 02139<br>
phone 617-253-8306<br>
fax 617-253-9330<br>
hknuff@mit.edu<br>
http://web.mit.edu/cis/</blockquote>
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<div>Stu Dietz<br>
Biology Education Office, Rm. 68-120<br>
Massachusetts Institute of Technology<br>
77 Massachusetts Ave.<br>
Cambridge, MA 02139<br>
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Phone (617) 252-1783<br>
Fax (617) 258-9329</div>
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