The University of Pittsburgh School of Law will host a Global Health Inequities & Infectious Diseases Workshop on Friday, April 12, 2019.
The workshop will bring together a multidisciplinary group of scholars at the University of Pittsburgh and beyond to examine global health inequities in the distribution of infectious diseases. Highly infectious diseases reflect global inequities worldwide, making up five of the top ten leading causes of death in low-income countries while constituting only one of the top ten causes of death in high-income countries.
Keynote Speakers
How we can leverage the Global Health Security Agenda to combat all neglected infectious diseases
Nahid Bhadelia, Medical Director, Special Pathogens Unit, Boston Medical Center
Assistant Professor, Boston University School of MedicineA Strategic Approach to Spreading Healthy Law
Scott Burris, Professor of Law, Temple University Law School
For more information or to register, please visit the website.
