December 14, 2016, Wednesday - Sip of Science at Aster Cafe

Time: 5:30pm

Location: Aster Cafe (River Room) 125 SE Main Street

December Sip of Science - Deadliest Enemy: A war against killer germs

Michael  Osterholm PhD, MPH Regents Professor and McKnight Presidential Endowed Chair in Public Health, Director, Center for Infectious Disease Research and Policy School of Public Health, University of Minnesota

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As our world continues to become more globalized and populated, we see rising susceptibility to epidemics and even worldwide pandemics. Ironically, a pandemic on the scale of the 1918 flu that killed more than hundred million people would be deadlier today, despite a century of medical advances. With recent outbreaks of Zika and Ebola in our national conversation, we can see how unprepared we are for disease outbreaks. What can we do? What must be done to limit exposure and contain outbreaks in real-time? Join us as  Dr. Osterholm discusses the why we are so vulnerable today to infectious diseases and what we must do to be better prepared. He will discuss the nine point Crisis Agenda to respond to the current preparedness crisis. He details this agenda in his soon-to-be published book, Deadliest Enemy: A War Against Killer Germs.         

ABOUT THIS MONTH'S SPEAKER

Dr. Osterholm is Regents Professor, McKnight Presidential Endowed Chair in Public Health, the director of the Center for Infectious Disease Research and Policy (CIDRAP), Distinguished Teaching Professor in the Division of Environmental Health Sciences, School of Public Health, a professor in the Technological Leadership Institute, College of Science and Engineering, and an adjunct professor in the Medical School, all at the University of Minnesota. He is also a member of the National Academy of Medicine (NAM) and the Council of Foreign Relations and a former member of the National Science Advisory Board for Biosecurity. The author of more than 315 papers and abstracts, including 21 book chapters, Dr. Osterholm is a frequently invited guest lecturer on the topic of epidemiology of infectious diseases around the world. He serves on the editorial boards of nine journals and he is a reviewer for 24 additional journals.