The Center for the History of Medicine, with co-sponsorship from the U-M Institute for Healthcare Policy & Innovation and the U-M School of Public Health, and with support from the Michigan Medicine Division of Infectious Diseases and the U-M Office of the Bicentennial, is pleased to announce our upcoming conference, “Pandemic! Contagious Crises from AIDS to Zika.”

The conference will feature keynote lectures by Dr. Anthony Fauci, Director of the National Institute of Allergy and Infectious Disease at the National Institutes of Health, and Dr. Paul Farmer of Harvard Medical School and co-founder of Partners in Health. There will also be a panel discussion of prominent federal, state, and local public health leaders and journalists moderated by CNN’s Dr. Sanjay Gupta. Opening remarks to be made by Dr. Mark Schlissel, President of the University of Michigan.

This one-day event will take place from 1:00 pm – 5:45 pm on Friday, April 7, 2017 in the Kahn Auditorium of the Biomedical Science Research Building on the campus of the University of Michigan. A light reception will follow. The event is free and open to the public.

If you cannot attend, the event will be live-streamed at https://primetime.bluejeans.com/a2m/live-event/zw91022

Agenda

1:00 – 1:15 pm Welcoming Remarks by University President Dr. Mark Schlissel

1:15 – 1:20 pm Introduction of keynote speaker by Dr. Howard Markel

1:20 – 2:35 pm The 16th Annual Horace W. Davenport Lecture in the Medical Humanities, by Dr. Anthony Fauci, Director of NIAID, National Institutes of Health

2:35 – 2:45 pm Break

2:45 – 2:50 pm Introduction of panel discussion by Dr. Matthew Boulton, University of Michigan School of Public Health

2:50 – 4:10 pm Panel discussion: The Federal, State, Local, and Media Roles in Pandemic Preparedness and Pandemic Response. Moderator: Dr. Sanjay Gupta, CNN. Panelists: Dr. Martin Cetron, Centers for Disease Control and Prevention; Dr. Eden Wells, Michigan Department of Health and Human Services; Dr. Abdul El-Sayed, former Director of the Detroit Health Department; Mr. Donald McNeil, New York Times

4:10 – 4:25 pm Break

4:25 – 4:30 pm Introduction of keynote speaker by Dr. John Ayanian

4:30 – 5:45 pm The Robert Fekety Lecture, by Dr. Paul Farmer, Harvard University and Partners in Health

5:45 – 6:30 pm Reception