Snake River valley, southwest of Boise, Idaho, June 2003

Snake River Valley southwest of Boise, Idaho
(June 2003)

Annual Interface Lecture Series in Science, Technology, and Society

Social and International Studies Department

Southern Polytechnic State University

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2005 Topic:

"Epidemic Disease "

Thursday, September 29 , noon-1 pm
Student Center Ballroom:

"HIV/AIDS: New Concerns, New Strategies"


Neena Smith-Bankhead, MS
Director, Department of Education and Volunteer Services
AID Atlanta, Inc.

AID Atlanta home page

Handout Prepared by STS 4400 Students

 

Thursday, October 6, noon-1pm
Student Center Ballroom:

"Planning and Preparing for the Next Influenza Pandemic"

Martin Melzer, PhD
Senior Health Economist
National Centers for Infectious Diseases, CDC

Links recommended by the speaker:

Paper on impact of pandemic 'flu':
http://www.cdc.gov/ncidod/eid/vol5no5/meltzer.htm

Free software to calculate potential impact of next influenza pandemic:
A) FluAid and B) FluSurge - both available at:
http://www.dhhs.gov/nvpo/pandemics/

Handout prepared by STS 4400 Students

Wednesday, November 9, 7:30-8:30 pm
Student Center Ballroom:

"Bioterrorism and Biodefense:
Anthrax, SARS, and Pandemic Flu"

Ruth Berkelman, MD
Rollins Professor
Rollins School of Public Health
Emory University

Light refreshments following the lecture.

 

 

Contact Information

E-mail: jnewell@spsu.edu
Voice: 678-915-7481
Fax: 678-915-4949

Office: J-305B
Office Hours Summer 2008
You can generally expect me to be on campus

Monday thru Thursday 7:30 am to 6:00 pm
(the University is closed on Friday to conserve energy)

 

 

 

 

 

 

The annual INTERFACE Lecture Series is arranged by Dr. Julie Newell, the Southern Polytechnic State University STS Program Coordinator.

It is part of the SPSU STS (Science, Technology, and Society) Program and is sponsored by the Social and International Studies Program with support for the Southern Polytechnic State University Foundation.

 

 

 

 

 

 


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