[Sci-tech-public] Seminar: Biodefense Research and Public Health

[Deborah Fairchild]

>MIT Student Pugwash presents:
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>Biodefense Research and Public Health
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>Tuesday, April 19th
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>5pm - 6:30pm
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>MIT room 4-237
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>Dr. Rocco Casagrande, PhD
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>Former UN Biological Weapons Inspector in Iraq
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>Director of Homeland Security Program at Abt Associates, Cambridge, MA
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>Dr. David Ozonoff, MD, MPH
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>Professor of Environmental Health at BU School of Public Health
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>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.
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>Sponsored by MIT Student Pugwash; for more information, contact: 
>pugwash-officer at mit.edu

Deborah L. Fairchild
Administrative Officer
Program in Science, Technology and Society
E51-184
dlfair at mit.edu
Phone:  (617) 253-4084
Fax:    (617) 258-8118 
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