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EVENTS ON TUESDAY, APRIL 16, 2002
TIME: All Day
EVENT: NATIONAL ACADEMY OF SCIENCES Institute of Medicine holds a meeting on the Impact of Globalization on Infectious Disease Emergence and Control: Exploring the Consequences and Opportunities.
AGENDA: Highlights:
9 a.m. - Welcome and Opening Remarks
Adel Mahmoud, Chair, Forum on Emerging Infections
Session I: The Global Movement of Populations, Products, and Pathogens
Moderator: James Hughes, Centers for Disease Control and Prevention
9:15 a.m. - The World and Its Moving Parts
Martin Cetron, Centers for Disease Control and Prevention
9:35 a.m. - Global Migration and Infectious Diseases
Danielle Grondin, International Organization of Migration
9:55 a.m. - Globalization of the Food Supply
David Acheson, Food Safety and Inspection Service, USDA
10:15 a.m. - Changing Vector Ecologies: Political Geographic Perspectives
Jonathan Mayer, University of Washington, Seattle
10:50 a.m. - A Response to the Shifting Trends
Moderator: Cedric Dumont, U.S. Department of State
Sir George Alleyne, Pan American Health Organization (invited)
Mary Wilson, Harvard University
Judith Miller, The New York Times
David Heyman, Center for Strategic and International Studies
Session II: Addressing the Health Challenges from Globalization
Patrick Kelley, Walter Reed Army Institute of Research
1:30 a.m. - The Global Infectious Disease Threat
David Gordon, National Intelligence Officer, Central Intelligence Agency (invited)
1:50 p.m. - Health, Human Rights, and Humanitarian Assistance: The Medical and Public Health Response to Crises and Disasters
Jennifer Leaning, Population and International Health, Harvard University (invited)
2:10 p.m. - Social Aspects of Public Health Challenges in Period of Globalization: the Case of Russia
Andrei Demin, President, Russian Public Health Association
2:30 p.m. - Considerations for Drug Access and Delivery in the Developing World
Robert Redfield, Institute of Human Virology, University of Maryland, Baltimore
2:50 p.m. - Impediments to Global Surveillance and Open Reporting of Infectious Diseases
Richard Cash, Harvard School of Public Health
3:10 p.m. - International Law, Infectious Disease, and Globalization
David Fidler, School of Law, Indiana University
3:30 p.m. - International Training and Research
Pierce Gardner, Fogarty International Center, NIH
4:05 p.m. - Invited Discussion: Considering the Resources and Capacity for the Response
Stanley Lemon, University of Texas, Medical Branch, Galveston
Richard Klausner, The National Academies (invited)
Ann Marie Kimball, University of Washington, Seattle
Michele Barry, School of Public Health, Yale University
Jonathan Patz, Bloomberg School of Public Health, Johns Hopkins University
LOCATION: 2100 C St. NW, Washington, DC
CONTACT: 202-334-2138
WEB ADDRESS:nas.edu
TIME: 8:30 a.m.
EVENT: RADIO FREE EUROPE/RADIO LIBERTY holds a program featuring
Michael Shafir, Senior Regional Analyst, RFE/RL, discussing Holocaust Denial in Post-Communist East Central Europe.
LOCATION: 1201 Connecticut Avenue NW, Washington, DC
CONTACT: 202-457-6949
WEB ADDRESS:rferl.org
TIME: 8:30 a.m.
EVENT: SMITHSONIAN National Museum of Natural History IMAX Theater holds a press preview and screening of the IMAX #D film Space Station D.
DATE: April 16, 2002
LOCATION: 10th & Constitution Ave, NW, Washington, DC
CONTACT: 202-662-1280357-3030
WEB ADDRESS:si.edu
TIME: 10:15 a.m.
EVENT: NATIONAL AERONAUTIC SPACE ADMINISTRATION holds a news conference with NASA Administrator Sean O'Keefe and astronaut Barbara Morgan.
AGENDA: The program will be broadcast live on NASA Television, with two-way question-and-answer capability for reporters covering the event from participating NASA
DATE: April 16, 2002
LOCATION: NASA Headquarters, 300 E St. SW, Washington, DC,
CONTACT: 202-358-1547
WEB ADDRESS:nasa.gov
TIME: 12 noon
EVENT: LIBRARY OF CONGRESS Humanities and Social Sciences Division presents the fourth annual Judith P. Austin Memorial Lecture featuring genealogist Helen F.M. Leary discussing her research in a lecture titled "Sally Hemings' Children: A Genealogical Analysis of the Evidence."
DATE: April 16, 2002
LOCATION: LC, 101 Independence Avenue SE, Washington, DC
CONTACT: 202-707-7544
WEB ADDRESS:loc.gov
TIME: 4 p.m.
EVENT: NATIONAL INSTITUTES OF HEALTH 2001-2002 VRC SEMINAR SERIES presents
Antigen-Specific T Cell Activation: How it Works and What it Looks Like, in vitro and in vivo," Dr. Ron Germain, NIAID.
DATE: April 16, 2002
LOCATION: Main Floor, Conference Center, Building 40, Bethesda, MD
CONTACT: 301-594-8591
TIME: 6 p.m.
EVENT: SMITHSONIAN Resident Associate Program presents Jeffrey Hopkins, founder of the Tibetan and Buddhist studies program at the University of Virginia, explaining how compassion is considered an integral part of society in Buddhist philosophy.
DATE: April 16, 2002
LOCATION: S. Dillon Ripley Center, Lecture Hall; 1100 Jefferson Drive, S.W., Washington, DC
CONTACT: 202-357-3030
WEB ADDRESS:si.edu
TIME: 6:30 p.m.
EVENT: SMITHSONIAN Resident Associate Program presents virtual tour software creator Alessandro Furlan "walking" participants through 3 of the world's greatest civilizations during the height of their glory. University of Maryland associate professor of classics Steven Rutledge offers commentary on ancient Rome and Pompeii; George Washington University assistant professor of classics Eric Cline offers commentary on ancient Egypt.
DATE: April 16, 2002
LOCATION: Natural History, Baird Auditorium, Washington, DC
CONTACT: 202-357-3030
WEB ADDRESS:si.edu
