April 2, 2009

Experts on infectious diseases and public health coming to Purdue

Three internationally recognized infectious disease experts will speak on April 15 at Purdue at the Infectious Diseases and Public Health Symposium.

The symposium will feature:

-- Max Essex, chair of the Harvard School of Public Health AIDS Initiative, speaking about the progress and problems in the fight against AIDS in Africa.

-- Guy Palmer, director of the School for Global Animal Health at Washington State University, speaking about the global health and the human-animal interface.

-- Thijs Kuiken of the Erasmus Medical Centre in Rotterdam, The Netherlands, speaking about avian influenza.

Essex begins the series of lectures at 8:30 a.m. in Room 1136, Lynn Hall.

The symposium is part of the School of Veterinary Medicine's 50th anniversary celebration and an expanded Phi Zeta Research Day. Presentations are open to the public, but seating is limited.

More information about the event and other 50th anniversary activities is available at www.vet.purdue.edu/50thanniversary/index.html.