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'Contagion': From Fiction to Public Health Policy
October 23, 2011
Evanston, Illinois
Time: 4:30 - 6:00 pm
Location: Harris Building, room LO7, on Northwestern's Evanston Campus
Together with Northwestern University and the City of Evanston Health Department, Chicago PSR is co-sponsoring a lecture and panel discussion highlighting the importance of public health departments to keep us all healthy. On October 23, award-winning science writer and Northwestern alumna Maryn McKenna, author of "Superbug: The Fatal Menace of MRSA" will lead a discussion, 'Contagion': From Fiction to Public Health Policy'. She will be joined by panelists from the Evanston Health Department and from local hospitals to discuss planning for and prevention of life-threatening infectious disease epidemics.
This event is free and open to the public, so plan to attend it!