ASTMH webinar: The Next Pandemic – History, Biology and the Coming Viral Storm

The American Society of Tropical Medicine and Hygiene (ASTMH) invites you to the webinar: The Next Pandemic – History, Biology and the Coming Viral. Storm.

Date: 1st of May, 2025.

Time: 12pm ET. 

From bird flu to Ebola and monkeypox, the world is full of viral threats. But for all the advances in biology and our understanding of emerging infectious diseases, pandemics continue to take us by surprise. In this talk, Mark Honigsbaum, DPhil, a noted infectious diseases historian and journalist, will revisit three pandemics of the 20th and 21st centuries and ask how medical history can help us prepare for the next one?

Introductions:

David Fidock, PhD, FASTMH, ASTMH President, Columbia University Medical Center, New York, New York, United States.

Claire Panosian, MD, FASTMH, 2008 ASTMH President, Professor Emeritus-Recalled, UCLA Division of Infectious Diseases, Los Angeles, California

Speaker:

Mark Honigsbaum, DPhil, Infectious Diseases Historian and Journalist, Honorary Lecturer, City St. George’s, University of London, London, England, United Kingdom

This event will include a 30-minute presentation followed by a moderated discussion with audience Q&A.

There will be a $25 fee for nonmembers to access the webinar. Not a member? Join by clicking here!

Questions? Contact Buffy Finn, Manager, Membership.

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