Dr. Anne Schuchat, acting director for the Centers for Disease Control, will participate in a discussion on the inevitability of health threats and the preventability of global health catastrophes on Monday, Feb.13 at 5 p.m. in the Tamkin Auditorium of the Ronald Reagan Medical Center.
Dr. Schuchat began her public health career in 1988 when she came to CDC as an epidemic intelligence service officer. She was director of CDC's National Center for Immunization and Respiratory Diseases from 2006-2015.
Globally, Dr. Schuchat has worked in West Africa on meningitis, pneumonia and Ebola vaccine trials, in South Africa on surveillance and prevention projects, and in China on Beijing’s SARS emergency response.
She has authored or co-authored more than 230 scientific articles, book chapters, and reviews. Her contributions have been recognized by receipt of the USPHS Meritorious Service Medal, the American Public Health Association's Maternal and Child Health Young Investigator Award, the USPHS Physician Research Officer of the Year, and an Honorary Doctorate in Science from Swarthmore College.
This event is co-sponsored by the Burkle Center for International Relations, UCLA Center for World Health and the Health and Human Rights Law Project at the UCLA School of Law. This event is free and open to the public, but requires an RSVP. Find more information and RSVP at this website.
