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) -------------------------------------------------------------------- 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 ============ 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 ______________________________________________________ Get Your Private, Free Email at http://www.hotmail.com