Medical Campus Hosts Updates on Ebola

Ebola_virus_virionMembers of BU schools of Medicine and Public Health are presenting updates on the Ebola outbreak. On Thursday, Oct. 30 from noon to 2 p.m. in Keefer Auditorium, join medical and public health experts from BUSM and SPH, the NEIDL and the Massachusetts Department of Public Health (MDPH) for “Ebola from the Front Lines” as they share facts about the virus, firsthand experience in Sierra Leone, health system preparedness in Massachusetts and the US, quarantine, travel restrictions, ethical and legal issues, and research.

SPH’s William Fairfield Warren Distinguished Professor and Chair of the Department of Health Law, Bioethics and Human Rights George Annas, JD, MPH, and Wendy Mariner, JD, MPH, the Edward R. Utley Professor, Health Law, Bioethics and Human Rights and BUSM’s Nahid Bhadelia, MD, MA, director of infection control for the NEIDL will be joined by MDPH’s director of Preparedness and Emergency Management Mary Clark, JD, MPH; and Alfred DeMaria, MD, Medical Director and State Epidemiologist.

The Department of Medicine Grand Rounds on Friday, Oct. 31 noon to 1 p.m. in Keefer Auditorium also will feature Dr. Bhadelia, BUSM Professor of Medicine, speaking on “2014 West African Ebola Epidemic: Care of Patients Here and in the Field.” Dr. Bhadelia specializes in infection control issues related to emerging pathogens and highly communicable infectious diseases. Most recently, she has been part of the World Health Organization operations in Sierra Leone to combat the Ebola outbreak in West Africa in 2014. She also is an instructor for the CDC/FEMA healthcare worker preparedness course for the Ebola Response. She will return to West Africa to work with Partners in Health in Liberia.

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