Events: detail
Pandemic! Globalization and the new plagues
- Hosted by:
- Gresham College & Allen & Overy LLP
- Speaker:
-
Professor Christopher Dye
- Starts:
- February 12, 2008 at 12:30 pm
- Ends:
- February 12, 2008 at 01:30 pm
- Location:
- Allen & Overy, One Bishops Square, London, E1 6AO United Kingdom
- Maps:
Description
The earliest gains in life expectancy were made by understanding infectious diseases, first through epidemiology and then through microbiology. So what process govern the spread of infections in populations? Why do some pathogens come and go while others are very persistent? Why are we now facing new threats from BSE, SARS and bird flu, and how worried should we be?
- Registration required:
- Yes
- Free:
- Yes
Additional information
Admission is free but reservations are required.
For more information
- Contact person:
- Gresham College
- Phone:
- 020 7831 0575
- Email:
- enquiries [ at ] gresham.ac.uk
- Website:
- Pandemic! Globalization and the new plagues
