October 11, 2001
Thursday events will precede Garrett talk
Several health sciences faculty and staff members are leading sessions today as part of the University’s Day of Reflection and Engagement. The Hogness Symposium, with author Laurie Garrett speaking on global health issues, will be at 3 p.m. in Hogness Auditorium.
From 1 to 2:30 p.m., four sessions had been scheduled at press time, all in lecture rooms at the Health Sciences Center:
Humanitarian Health Care in Central Asia, with Marv Taylor of Health Emergent International Services – Room T-435
Biological Terrorism: Symptoms and Systems, with Dr. Mark Oberle of the UW School of Public Health, Dr. Patrick O’Carroll of the Centers for Disease Control, Dr. Jeff Duchin of the Seattle-King Co. Health Department, and Dr. Andrew Wiesen of Madigan Army Medical Center-Room T-439
Understanding and Managing Trauma in Our Lives and the Lives of Others, with Jon Conte, UW School of Social Work-Room T-473
Outreach at Ground Zero: Personal Perspectives, with Debra Jarvis, Lois Van Ottingham, Judy Powell and Dr. Wesley Van Voorhis, who were all volunteers in New York at the time of the attacks-Room T-479
An updated schedule is at
http://www.uwmedicine.org/Global/NewsAndEvents/
The Health Sciences Partnerships in Interdisciplinary Clinical Education program is coordinating the health sciences events.
The schedule for other UW events is at
http://depts.washington.edu/mediarel/temp/events.shtml.
