Release
Media Advisory: Influenza Pandemic Topic of Satellite Broadcast by UAlbany School of Public Health's Center for Public Health Preparedness
Contact: Catherine Herman (518) 437-4980
ALBANY, N.Y. (May 10, 2006)
What:
An influenza pandemic will present health
professionals, political leaders and
ordinary citizens with terrible challenges.
Many, in positions of leadership, must
prepare to deal with ethical issues in
advance while others will only begin to
grapple with these questions when a crisis
is imminent. Dr. Harvey Kayman of the
University of South Carolina Center for
Public Health Preparedness will present some
of these issues, help define an ethical
framework for decision-making, and explore
the ethical principles that might be applied
to a moral course of action.
When:
Thursday, May 11, 2006: 10-11:30 a.m.,
satellite broadcast
Noon-1:30 p.m. Roundtable discussion
Who:
Harvey Kayman, M.D., Ph.D., University of
South Carolina Center for Public Health
Preparedness, and public health representative
to the South Carolina Medical Association Ethics
Committee. "Ethical Hazards in Pandemic Flu
Planning and Response"
Where:
Roundtable discussion: George Education
Center Auditorium, School of Public Health,
University at Albany, One University Place,
Rensselaer, N.Y.
How:
The Satellite Broadcast can be viewed via
webstream at the
Center for Public Health Preparedness Event
Detail website. The program will be
rebroadcast at 4 p.m. on Thursday, May 11, 2006.
The roundtable discussion is open to the public.
About the School of
Public Health:
Through its partnership with the New York
State Department of Health, UAlbany's School
of Public Health offers students immediate
access to internships at the Health
Department, Albany Medical College and a
variety of other public and private health
institutions throughout New York State.
Students have unique access to study the
most profound health issues facing us today:
the threat of bioterrorism; the spread of
HIV/AIDS and other emerging diseases; the
lack of affordable and accessible healthcare
for individuals and families; environmental
hazards; substance abuse and social
violence; maternal mortality in developing
countries; the promises and threats of
genetic engineering; protecting food and
water supplies, research on genetics and
genomics and their application to health
care, and conducting health outcomes and
patient safety research. For more
information, visit UAlbany's
School
of Public Health website.
