EVENTS

Infectious Disease in the Age of Google

The H1N1 virus is circling the globe as the newest pandemic. Before H1N1, people were concerned about SARS and avian influenza. Have you ever wondered how close these diseases are to your neighborhood right now or how health officials are tracking these diseases in remote areas of the globe? Join Amy Sonricker from HealthMap and William Warshauer, Executive Vice President, Voxiva, for a hands-on exploration of how computers, the internet, and phones are providing the new hi-tech and low cost tools of the future to track and prevent infectious disease outbreaks.

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Before you begin containing a global outbreak, you need to know where the outbreak is or could be occurring.  Come meet a scientist and an entrepreneur who are using 21^st century tools to predict and track emerging diseases around the world.  Hear about the challenges they face and the impacts they have made or hope to make.





Speakers
Amy L. Sonricker, MPH is the Project Coordinator for the HealthMap project based at the Children's Hospital of Boston.  Previously, Amy has worked as a Zoonotic and Vectorborne Epidemiologist for the state of Maine, as a Project Manager for the International Society for Disease Surveillance, and as a Researcher for the American Red Cross.  In her current role, Amy manages project activities with collaborators such as the WHO, CDC, and ProMED-mail.  She also works closely with partner organizations to improve disease surveillance activities in resource-poor areas to include zoonotic disease monitoring.  In addition, Amy works to track daily informal media reports of global health alerts and disease outbreaks. 

William Warshauer, Executive Vice President, oversees and develops Voxiva's work supporting health and development programs in emerging markets. Prior to joining Voxiva, Mr. Warshauer served as Executive Vice President of Population Services International (PSI), where he was responsible for business development, new product development and corporate strategy. Prior to that, he was responsible for overseeing day-to-day operations of a $90 million annual portfolio of PSI's international health programs in East and Southern Africa. Prior to PSI, Mr. Warshauer produced a series of television shows for American public television (PBS); he worked for Ashoka, a philanthropic organization, in West Africa; and he served as a Peace Corps volunteer in Sierra Leone. Mr. Warshauer has worked in over 40 developing countries and has consulted for international organizations including UNICEF and UNAIDS. Mr. Warshauer is an honors graduate of Yale University and has a Masters in Public Affairs from the Woodrow Wilson School at Princeton University.

Please note, due to a scheduling conflict, Dr. Pamela Johnson will not be able to speak at the program.  
 
This program is made possible by a Science Education Partnership (SEPA) grant from the National Center for Research Resources, a component of the National Institutes of Health.

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To RSVP for this event email ksm@nas.edu or call 202-334-1201. Please note: We are no longer able to accept cash payments for programs. Please bring MasterCard or Visa.