2/8: Tropical Medicine Day 2 ~ HIV, TB, Malaria

NOTE: Monday (2/7) and Tuesday (2/8) lectures will be held at New York Academy of Medicine in conjunction with the Global Emergencies Course offered through WCMC this year. NYAM's address: 1216 5th Ave. @ 103rd St. in the President’s Gallery. (Take the 6 train Uptown to 103rd street).

TB: A Practice Update

Faculty: Greg Fox, Simon Tsiouris

8:00 – 9:00am Combating tuberculosis: Public Health Policy

9:00 – 10:00am Combating tuberculosis: Infection Control

10:00 - 11:00am Diagnosis and Treatment: State of the Art

11:00 – 12:00pm Careers in research and service




12:00pm – 1:00pm Lunch Break - (Lunch Provided)



HIV: A Practice Update

Faculty: Dan Fitzgerald, Joia Mukherjee

1:00 – 2:00pm Global Burden of HIV

2:00 – 3:00pm Mitigating Structural Violence: The Partners in Health Story

3:00 – 4:00pm Early Treatment: The GHESKIO Experience

4:00 – 5:00pm The next ten years. Is there a Vaccine on the Horizon?