Baruch College and the Robert Zicklin Center for Corporate Integrity present "Avian Flu: Ethical, Financial and Management Implications for Business", a conference that explores the business community's role in an effective response to an influenza pandemic.
This is the Part 1 of the conference. Deans John Elliott and David Birdsell make welcome remarks. The opening remarks is given by Dr. Kenneth A. Berkowitz, Associate Professor of Medicine, New York University School of Medicine; Chief, Ethics Consultation, Veterans Health Administration National Center for Ethics in Health Care.
Panel discussion on "Public Health: Defining the Scope of the Problem" is moderated by David Birdsell. Experts in public health discuss how to reduce opportunities for human infection and what public health officials might expect employers to do to keep their employees safe. Panelists include:
Dr. Nathaniel Hupert, Assistant Professor of Public Health and Medicine, Weill Cornell Medical School;
Dr. Leslie Libow, Distinguished Clinical Professor, Jewish Home and Hospital Life Care System of New York; Clinical Professor of Geriatrics and Medicine, Mount Sinai School of Medicine;
Dr. Marc K. Siegel, Associate Professor of Medicine and a Fellow in the Master Scholars Society at New York University School of Medicine.
The event takes place on December 1, 2006 at the Baruch Vertical Campus, room 14-220.
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