[bioundgrd] Fwd: Global Warming and Health Conference-March 7-8 by Hippocratic Society

[Janice Chang]

>Date: Fri, 22 Feb 2008 08:55:41 -0500
>From: Mahesh Vidula <mkvidula at MIT.EDU>
>
>*The MIT Hippocratic Society Presents:*
>*Climate Change and Health: A Medical Perspective on Global Warming*
>
>Join us Friday and Saturday March 7-8, 2008 for a professional conference on
>climate change and medicine, featuring speakers in global health and
>epidemiology from BU, Harvard, and MIT. We will have an interesting and
>informative discussion of how global warming and climate change will impact
>infectious disease and public health around the world. Network with students
>from MIT, Harvard, Wellesley and other schools. Meet our fascinating and
>engaging speakers!
>**
>
>*Register now to go to a free screening of "The 11th Hour" on Friday night!*
>
>*Breakfast and lunch will be provided on Saturday.*
>***
>* Our speakers on Saturday will be:
>Dr. George Lundberg: A pioneer of the medical Internet, Dr. Lundberg is the
>Editor in Chief of Medscape Online, the first and only online, peer-reviewed
>medical journal (Check it out at medgenmed.com).
>Dr. Gerald T. Keusch: A leading professor of global health at BU, Dr. Keusch
>expanded the programs of the Fogarty Center at the NIH to address not only
>pressing issues of infectious disease but also non-communicable disease and
>other issues relating to ethics in medicine.
>Dr. Joel Schwartz: A professor of epidemiology at the Harvard School of
>Public Health, Dr. Schwartz will share his knowledge about air pollution
>using cost-benefit analysis, biostatistics and epidemiological methods.
>Dr. David Jones: The director of the Center for the Study of Diversity in
>STS at MIT, Dr. Jones' current research examines decision making in cardiac
>care, and his previous research has been in Cold War medicine, HIV and other
>sexually transmitted diseases.
>
>Learn more about our speakers on our website!
>
>*Register online now - FREE!
>**http://web.mit.edu/hippocratic/www* <http://web.mit.edu/hippocratic/www>
>
>This event is sponsored by the UA Finance Board, the Departments of Biology,
>HST, STS, MechE, and the Center for Environmental Health Sciences.