Environmental and Occupational Health Sciences
| November 2 |
| 5:30 pm |
Gloyd Lecture: Richard Horton
Richard Horton, Editor-in-Chief of The Lancet, will give the 2009 Gloyd Lecture: Two Concepts for Health: How to Radicalize the Global Response to Planetary Threats. The lecture will be followed by a reception in the Health Sciences Lobby.
Hogness Auditorium, A-420 Health Scineces
for more information contact Daren Wade.
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| November 5 |
| 7:30 pm - 8:30 pm |
"Biological Monitoring of Exposures to Organophosphorus pesticides: Challenges and Opportunities"
Puget Sound Occupational and Environmental Medicine Grand Rounds
Speaker: Christopher D. Simpson, PhD, MSc
Associate Professor, Environmental and Occupational Health Sciences, University of Washington
The Mountaineers, 7700 Sand Point Way NE Seattle, WA 98115 (206) 523-3470
for more information contact ce@u.washington.edu.
http://depts.washington.edu/ehce/NWcenter/courses/OMG09-10.html
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| November 9 |
| 6:30 pm - 8:00 pm |
ASPH/APHA Reception
Reception for alumni and friends of the School during the annual ASPH/APHA meeting, held this year in Philadelphia, Pennsylvania.
Philadelphia Marriott Downtown, 1201 Market Street, Room 401
for more information contact Tamara Burdic at 206-221-6343.
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| November 11 |
| 8:30 am - 12:30 pm |
Prospective Student Visit Day at APHA 2009
Take advantage of the unique opportunity to engage 41 CEPH-accredited schools of public health at one convenient location during the American Public Health Association (APHA) 137th Annual Meeting and Exposition, at the Pennsylvania Convention Center. Visit Day at APHA is designed for you to discover the rewards of a career in public health.
Pennsylvania Convention Center, Philadelphia
for more information phone 292-296-1099.
http://www.asph.org/document.cfm?page=1011
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| November 11 |
| 3:00 pm - 4:00 pm |
The other influenza: Haemophilus influenzae type b (Hib) vaccine shortage and public health response — United States, 2008 – 2009
Please join us for a special seminar presented by Michael L. Jackson, PhD, MPH.
As an Epidemic Intelligence Service (EIS) officer at the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention, Dr. Jackson works on surveillance, research, and policy related to vaccine-preventable diseases. He is particularly focused on Haemophilus influenzae, pertussis, and meningococcal disease. Before joining the EIS program Dr. Jackson was a graduate student at the University of Washington and a post-doctoral fellow at Group Health Research Institute (formerly the Center for Health Studies). His dissertation and related research focused on methods for evaluating vaccine effectiveness and on the use of administrative data in epidemiologic studies.
Abstract: Haemophilus influenzae type b (Hib) was once the most common cause of invasive bacterial disease among young children in the United States. Since 1988, routine use of Hib protein conjugate vaccines has reduced the incidence of invasive Hib by more than 99 percent. However, in December 2007, Merck & Co., Inc. voluntary recalled certain lots of their Hib vaccines and suspended Hib vaccine production. As Merck had provided roughly 50 percent of the United States Hib vaccine supply, Merck's recall and production suspension led to a shortage of Hib vaccines in the United States. In this talk Dr. Jackson will review the public health response to the shortage, including vaccination policy, public health practice, and scientific research.
Conference Room 1509A, Metropolitan Park East
for more information contact Colton Barlow.
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