Oct. 30 Lecture — Ebola: From the Front Lines.

Oct. 30 Lecture — Ebola: From the Front Lines

Join medical and public health experts from BU’s Schools of Public Health and Medicine, the NEIDL and the Massachusetts Department of Public Health as they share facts about Ebola, firsthand experience in Sierra Leone, health system preparedness in Massachusetts and the US, quarantine, travel restrictions, ethical and legal issues, and research. This two-hour seminar will be held from noon-2 p.m. Thursday, Oct. 30, in Keefer Auditorium.

Speakers:

• George  Annas, JD, MPH, William Fairfield Warren Distinguished Professor and Chair of the Department of Health Law, Bioethics & Human Rights, SPH;
• Nahid Bhadelia, MD, assistant professor of medicine, BUSM; director of infection control, NEIDL;
• Mary Clark, JD, MPH, Director, Preparedness and Emergency Management, MDPH;
• Alfred DeMaria, MD, Medical Director and State Epidemiologist, MDPH; and
• Wendy Mariner, JD, MPH, LLM, Edward R. Utley Professor, Health Law, Bioethics & Human Rights, SPH.

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Video will be available shortly after the event.