H1N1: Informing Tomorrow by Looking at Today
Date: 02 July 2009 - 02 July 2009
Time: 14:00:00 - 15:30:00
Location:
AAAS Auditorium
1200 New York Avenue NW
(enter at 12th and H Streets NW)
Washington, DC 20005
Sponsored by:
American Association for the Advancement of Science
H1N1: Informing Tomorrow by Looking at Today  View Video
In March and April 2009, a new strain of H1N1 influenza was detected in Mexico. Shortly thereafter, infected individuals were found in the United States and globally. The World Health Organization (WHO) raised its pandemic alert level to 6 and the United States issued a public health emergency and implemented the National Pandemic Influenza Plan. The scientific, public health, security, and policy communities are now scrambling in the United States and internationally to learn more about the nature and potential impact of the novel influenza. This conversation will address issues concerning vaccine development and availability, the global economic and public health response to and impact of the H1N1, and potential lessons learned from the infection patterns of H1N1 in the Southern Hemisphere.
Discussion Panel:
Harvey Fineberg, M.D. (panel chair) President, Institute of Medicine, National Academies
RADM Anne Schuchat, M.D. -- Assistant Surgeon General, U.S. Public Health Service; Director, National Center for Immunization and Respiratory Diseases, Centers for Disease Control and Prevention
Anthony Fauci, M.D. -- Director, National Institute of Allergy and Infectious Diseases, National Institutes of Health
RADM Kenneth W. Bernard, M.D. -- Assistant Surgeon General, US Public Health Service (Ret.); Former Special Assistant to the President for Biodefense
CAPT Kenneth Cole, M.D. -- Medical Director, Office of the Deputy Assistant to the Secretary of Defense for Chemical and Biological Defense and Chemical Demilitarization Programs; Department of Defense
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