Threats to the Health of the Public
All events will take place in the Wolstein Research Building Auditorium, 2103 Cornell Road
March 27, 2006
5:30 – 6:30 p.m. – Seminar
6:30 – 7:00 p.m. – Reception
Diabetes: The Frightening New Face of Public Health
James R. Gavin III, M.D., Ph.D.
Clinical Professor of Medicine; Senior Advisor on Health Affairs at Emory University School of Medicine
James R. Gavin III, MD, PhD is a clinical professor of medicine and senior advisor on health affairs at Emory University School of Medicine. He is also executive vice president for clinical affairs at Healing Our Village, LLC and serves as interim president and CEO for Microislet, Inc.
Dr. Gavin was president of the Morehouse School of Medicine. He also served as senior scientific officer at the Howard Hughes Medical Institute (HHMI) and was director of the
HHMI–National Institutes of Health Research Scholars Program. Dr. Gavin was a lieutenant commander in the U.S. Public Health Service and continues to serve as a reserve officer.
Dr. Gavin belongs to a number of organizations, including the Institute of Medicine of the National Academy of Sciences and the American Diabetes Association. In addition, he
is national program director of the Harold Amos Faculty Development Program of the Robert Wood Johnson Foundation.
Dr. Gavin is the author of two books, Healing Our Village: A Self-Care Guide for Diabetes Control (with L. Coleman) and Dr. Gavin’s Health Guide for African Americans (with S. Landrum). He also hosts the “Powerpoint Health Radio Show” for WCLK Radio, 91.9 FM in Atlanta.
April 19, 2006
5:30 – 6:30 p.m. – Seminar
6:30 – 7:00 p.m. – Reception
H5N1 Influenza: A Harbinger of Things to Come
Michael T. Osterholm, Ph.D., MPH
Director of the Center for Infectious Disease Research and Policy; Associate Director of the Department of Homeland Security's National Center for Food Protection and Defense; Professor, University of Minnesota School of Public Health
Michael T. Osterholm, Ph.D., MPH is the director of the Center for Infectious Disease Research and Policy, an associate director of the Department of Homeland Security's National Center for Food Protection and Defense, and a professor in the School of Public Health at the University of Minnesota. He has served as Special Advisor to the Department of Health and Human Services on issues related to bioterrorism and public health preparedness and was appointed to the newly established National Science Advisory Board on Biosecurity.
Dr. Osterholm has led numerous investigations of outbreaks, including foodborne diseases, the association of tampons and toxic shock syndrome (TSS), the transmission of hepatitis B in healthcare settings, and HIV infection in healthcare workers. He has been a leader on the critical concern regarding preparedness for an influenza pandemic, publishing his work in Foreign Affairs, the New England Journal of Medicine, and Nature. Dr. Osterholm has also written the New York Times best-selling book, Living Terrors: What America Needs to Know to Survive the Coming Bioterrorist Catastrophe, which provides a comprehensive review of America's current state of preparedness for a bioterrorism attack.
Dr. Osterholm is a member of the Institute of Medicine (IOM) and currently serves on the IOM Forum on Emerging Infections. He has served on the IOM Committee on Emerging Microbial Threats to Health in the 21st Century and the IOM Committee on Food Safety, Production to Consumption. As a member of the American Society for Microbiology, Dr. Osterholm serves on the Public and Scientific Affairs Board (where he chairs the Public Health Committee), the Task Force on Biological Weapons, and the Task Force on Antibiotic Resistance. He is a frequent consultant to the World Health Organization, the National Institutes of Health, the Food and Drug Administration, the Department of Defense, and the CDC. He is a fellow of the American College of Epidemiology and the Infectious Diseases Society of America.
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