Pandemic! Contagious Crises from AIDS to Zika

Friday, April 7, 2017 1:00 pm to 6:00 pm

Location

Kahn Auditorium, Biomedical Science Research Building

Details

The Center for the History of Medicine, with co-sponsorship from the U-M Institute for Healthcare Policy & Innovation and the U-M School of Public Health, and with support from the Michigan Medicine Division of Infectious Diseases and the U-M Office of the Bicentennial, is pleased to announce our upcoming conference, “Pandemic! Contagious Crises from AIDS to Zika.”
   
The conference will feature keynote lectures by Dr. Anthony Fauci, Director of the National Institute of Allergy and Infectious Disease at the National Institutes of Health, and Dr. Paul Farmer of Harvard Medical School and co-founder of Partners in Health. There will also be a panel discussion of prominent federal, state, and local public health leaders and journalists moderated by CNN’s Dr. Sanjay Gupta. Opening remarks to be made by Dr. Mark Schlissel, President of the University of Michigan.
   
This one-day event will take place from 1:00 pm – 5:45 pm on Friday, April 7, 2017 in the Kahn Auditorium of the Biomedical Science Research Building on the campus of the University of Michigan. A light reception will follow. The event is free and open to the public.