AIBS Annual Meeting In May Will Focus On Climate, Environment, And Infectious Diseases
Scientists, educators, and policy makers will gather near Washington, DC, May 12 -13, 2008, at the Westin Arlington Gateway, Virginia, to discuss the timely and complex issues related to the meeting's theme, "Climate, Environment, and Infectious Diseases." The meeting will feature plenary presentations by internationally recognized researchers from academic, biotechnology, and government organizations.
"With the increased interest in climate change, it is appropriate to focus on human health, especially infectious diseases that will be exacerbated or modified by climate events," said meeting organizer and 2008 AIBS President Dr. Rita Colwell. "Seasonality is just now recognized as an important factor in the annual cycle of infectious diseases and this will be but one of many factors that influence the range, intensity, and length of time each year that given infectious diseases arise. The AIBS Annual Meeting will address this most timely health problem."
Keynote and plenary presentations include:
Monday, May 12 Terry Maple, Palm Beach Zoo: A Contract with the Earth
James Hansen, NASA: Global Warming: The Threat to Life
Durland Fish, Yale University: Environmental Determinants of Lyme Disease Risk
Howard Frumkin, National Center for Environmental Health: The Public Health Response to Climate Change
David Rogers, University of Oxford: Infectious Diseases and the Environment
Stephen Morse, Columbia University: How Could Climate Change Affect Avian Influenza? Tuesday, May 13 Andrew Dobson, Princeton University: Disentangling the Role of Climate, Immunity, and Biotic Interactions in the Dynamics of Infectious Diseases
Duane Gubler, University of Hawaii: The 20th Century Emergence and Spread of Epidemic Dengue/Dengue Hemorrhagic Fever: Is Climate or Environmental Change Responsible?
Stephen Hoffamn, Sanaria, Inc.: Malaria The interplay between science, policy, and health within the context of climate change will also be the focus of two special sessions. Science and Society: The Art of Communication will feature National Public Radio's Science Friday host, Ira Flatow, and popular authors Robert Morris and Kim Stanley Robinson. Climate Change and Human Health: Developing Collaborations with the Public Health Community will be moderated by David Blockstein from the National Council on Science and the Environment.
The meeting also includes a contributed poster session; educational workshops convened by the Biological Sciences Curriculum Study, the National Association of Biology Teachers, the WGBH Educational Foundation, and the Coalition on the Public Understanding of Science; a diversity luncheon; and the presentation of the 2008 AIBS Awards.
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Article adapted by Start Sanatate from original press release.
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The meeting program and links to speaker Web sites are available at: http://www.aibs.org/annual-meeting/annual_meeting_2008.html
The American Institute of Biological Sciences is a nonprofit 501(c)(3) scientific association dedicated to advancing biological research and education for the welfare of society. Founded in 1947 as a part of the National Academy of Sciences, AIBS became an independent, member-governed organization in the 1950s. Today, headquartered in Washington, DC, with a staff of approximately 50, AIBS is sustained by a robust membership of some 5,000 biologists and nearly 200 professional societies and scientific organizations; the combined individual membership of the latter exceeds 250,000. AIBS advances its mission through participating in coalition activities in research, education, and public policy; publishing the peer-reviewed journal BioScience and the education Web site http://www.actionbioscience.org/; providing scientific peer review and advisory services to government agencies and other clients; convening meetings; and managing scientific programs. Web site: http://www.aibs.org/.
Source: Holly Menninger
American Institute of Biological Sciences
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