Zika and the Age of New Pandemics: Medical, Legal, and Ethical Perspectives
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A panel of speakers will examine the multifaceted challenges posed by the global Zika outbreak, followed by Q&A moderated by former ABC and NBC News medical correspondent Nancy Snyderman.
This event is free and open to the public.
Speakers:
Michele Barry, MD, FACP, is the Senior Associate Dean for Global Health and Director of Stanford Center for Innovation in Global Health at Stanford Medical School. She has sent over 1000 physicians overseas to underserved areas in low resource settings as Director of the Yale/Stanford Johnson and Johnson Global Health Scholar Award program. She will discuss Zika’s clinical and global health challenges.
Paul Blumenthal, MD, MPH, is Professor of Obstetrics and Gynecology at Stanford School of Medicine. He has overseen reproductive health programs around the world, including many in Central and South America. He will discuss issues related to gender, access to contraception, and safe abortion.
Yanbai Andrea Wang, JD, PhD, is Fellow at the Center for Law and the Biosciences at Stanford Law School. She has worked and conducted research at the World Health Organization. She will discuss Zika’s legal and governance challenges.
Moderator:
Nancy Snyderman, MD, is Consulting Professor of Global Health at Stanford. As a medical journalist for ABC News and NBC News, she has traveled the world extensively and has reported from some of the world’s most troubled areas.
This event is jointly hosted by the Center for Law and the Biosciences and the Center for Innovation in Global Health.