Beckman Symposium to cover global disease
Despite substantial medical progress, infectious diseases are undergoing a global resurgence. Nor is the threat posed by newly emerging and re-emerging diseases confined to the developing world.
That's why organizers of this year's Beckman Symposium have chosen to focus on "Global health and emerging infectious diseases." The event, to be held April 13 in the Clark Center auditorium, is open to the public and free of charge.
Among the topics to be covered are advanced methods of surveillance and discovery, developments in the area of vaccines, and updates on tuberculosis, cholera and HIV, and diseases caused by Salmonella.
The daylong symposium will begin at 9 a.m. with introductory remarks by Lucy Shapiro, PhD, professor of developmental biology and director of the Beckman Center for Molecular and Genetic Medicine, and Nobelist Paul Berg, PhD, professor of biochemistry and emeritus Beckman Center director. Featured speakers include Stanford microbiology and immunology professors Stanley Falkow, PhD, and Gary Schoolnik, MD, and several invited experts.
For more information, contact Mark Shepard, mdshep@stanford.edu or visit http://beckman.stanford.edu/symposium.html.
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