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<blockquote type=cite class=cite cite><div align="center"><font face="arial" size=2><b>MIT
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<div align="center"><font face="arial" size=5><b>Biodefense Research and
Public Health<br>
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<div align="center"><font face="arial" size=2>Tuesday, April 19th<br>
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<div align="center"><font face="arial" size=2>5pm - 6:30pm<br>
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<div align="center"><font face="arial" size=2>MIT room 4-237<br>
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<font face="arial" size=2><b>Dr. Rocco Casagrande, PhD<br>
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<font face="arial" size=2>Former UN Biological Weapons Inspector in
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<font face="arial" size=2>Director of Homeland Security Program at Abt
Associates, </font><font face="arial">Cambridge, MA<br>
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<font face="arial" size=2><b>Dr. David Ozonoff, MD, MPH<br>
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<font face="arial" size=2>Professor of Environmental Health at BU
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<font face="arial" size=2>Biodefense-related research funding has
increased, and the public health system has undergone restructuring, in
response to the threat of bioterrorism. What is biodefense research and
what are its implications? How can research and resources be directed
most usefully towards protecting and improving public health? Please join
us as our speakers address these issues.<br>
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<font face="arial" size=2><i>Sponsored by MIT Student Pugwash; for more
information, contact: pugwash-officer@mit.edu</blockquote>
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Deborah L. Fairchild<br>
Administrative Officer<br>
Program in Science, Technology and Society<br>
E51-184<br>
dlfair@mit.edu<br>
Phone:<x-tab> </x-tab>(617) 253-4084<br>
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