Dear All,
Please find attached the french and english versions of the preliminary
Program for this upcoming International Health Conference.
My sincere apologizes.
Sincerely,
RAJ GREWAL
Co-president
Student University Network for Social and International Health (REUSSI /
SUNSIH)
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CONFERENCE ANNOUNCEMENT
McGill University's Osler Medical Aid Foundation is proud to annouce
"EMERGING ILLNESS, EMERGING STATES" - a conference on international
health. The conference will address the interdependencies of disease and
society. Presentations and workshops will discuss the effects of ecological,
social,and political change on the rise of disease and in turn the impact of
disease on the social landscape. The conference will take place at McGill
University's Faculty of Medicine on 28 & 29 April, 2000, in time to enjoy
Montreal in the spring. The conference should be of interest to
professionals and students in medicine, public health, and the social
sciences. Registration costs before 8 April, 2000 are 30$ (20$ for
students).
For registration and additional information, please visit our forthcoming
website at http://www.med.mcgill.ca/~mss/clubs/sama/conference.htm after
18 March, 2000.
Inquiries may addressed to [log in to unmask]
PRELIMINARY PROGRAMME
Friday Evening, 28 April
7:00 Welcome
7:30 - 8:30 Dr. Stuart MacLeod, "Health and Politics in Uganda"
8:30 - 9:30 Panel: A Role for Students in International Health?
9:30 Informal gathering
Saturday, 29 April
8:00 - 8:45 Registration and Breakfast
8:45 - 9:00 Welcome
9:00 - 10:00
Dr. Charles Larson, "Re-emerging Disease in Russian Pediatric Populations -
The Chelyabinsk Project"
10:10- 11:10 Concurrent Session I
Dr. Sree Mullay, "The Mismeasure of Woman: Clinical Trials and Informed
Consent, North and South"
Dr. Vinh-Kim Nguyen, "The Social Impact of HIV AIDS in the Ivory Coast"
11:20- 12:20 Concurrent Session II
Dr. Indrojit Roy, "Pathologists in Emerging Nations: A Malagasy Perspective"
Dr. Antoine Loutfi, "Training for Surgical Emergencies in Developing
Nations"
Médecins Sans Frontières / Doctors Without Borders, "Populations In Danger"
12:20- 1:30 Lunch
1:30 - 2:30
Dr. Mark Wainberg, "HIV - Policy, Politics, and Medical Science"
2:30 - 3:30
Dr. Donald Burke, "Toward a Predictive Science of Emerging Infectious
Diseases"
3:30 - 4:30
Dr. Paul Farmer, "The Emergence of Multi-Drug Resistant Tuberculosis"
4:30 - 5:00 Questions and Closing Remarks
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Partipants:
Donald S. Burke, MD
Professor, Department of International Health and
Director, Center for Immunization Research
Johns Hopkins School of Public Health
Paul Farmer, MD, PhD
Instructor in Social Medicine
Harvard Medical School
Founder, Partners in Health and
Institute of Health and Social Justice
Charles Larson, MD, MSc, FRCP
Project Director, Chelyabinsk-McGill Project
Associate Professor, Department of Epidemiology and Biostatistics
Faculty of Medicine, McGill University
Antoine Loutfi, MD
Canadian Network for International Surgery (C.N.I.S.)
Associate Professor of Surgery,
Faculty of Medicine, McGill University
Stuart MacLeod, MD, PhD, FRCP(C), FRCP (Glas)
Former Dean, Faculty of Health Sciences, McMaster University
Professor, Clinical Epidemiology and Biostatistics
Father Sean O'Sullivan Research Centre, McMaster University
Médecins Sans Frontières / Doctors Without Borders
Sree Mullay, PhD
Director, McGill Centre for Research and Teaching on Women
Associate Professor, Department of Medicine and Physiology
McGill University
Vinh-Kim Nguyen MD
Fellow, Institute for Advanced Study
Wissenschaftskolleg zu Berlin
Indrojit Roy, MD
Assistant Professor of Pathology
St. Mary's Hospital Centre, Montreal
Faculty of Medicine, McGill University
Mark Wainberg, PhD
Chairman, International AIDS Society
Director, McGill AIDS Centre
McGill University
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