The TTUHSC Office of Global Health (OGH) invites you to attend an ongoing lecture series on issues related to global health and building healthy communities. The lectures will be held twice a month at 12:00 noon CT. Invited guest speakers will share their personal stories and experiences. Everyone is invited to attend. Free lunch will be provided to the first 100 attendees!
Emerging Infectious Diseases: How Worried Should We Be?
- Speaker:Dr. Seema Yasmin, Staff Writer, The Dallas Morning News, Professor of Public Health, The University of Texas at Dallas
- Date: Friday, October 31, 2014
- Time: 12:00 noon CT
- Location: ACB 150
We are facing an unprecedented increase in the rate of emerging infectious diseases, including Ebola. These diseases have the potential to cause pandemics in humans and animals. As many as 70% are zoonotic and can be transmitted to humans through animals. As our capacity to detect and fight outbreaks increases, will we keep up with the emergence of new infections?
Dr. Seema Yasmin is a medical doctor, epidemiologist, and journalist. She is a staff writer at The Dallas Morning News and a professor of public health at The University of Texas at Dallas. Yasmin served as an officer in the Epidemic Intelligence Service at the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention (CDC) and has investigated epidemics in maximum-security prisons, American Indian reservations, and healthcare facilities. She trained in medicine at the University of Cambridge in England and in journalism at the University of Toronto.
This event is being sponsored by The Center for Tropical Medicine and Infectious Diseases, The Office of Global Health, and The Global Health Alliance.
Free lunch will be provided to the first 100 attendees!
This event is free and open to the public. No RSVP is necessary. Meals will be distributed on a first come, first serve basis.
For more information, please contact:
Office of Global Health (globalhealth@ttuhsc.edu)
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