The Yale Ebola Task Force will kick off an Ebola educational and fundraising campaign on Thursday, Oct. 16 with a panel discussion about the epidemic. More information on this and other events can be found below:
Panel
Beyond the Headlines: Understanding the Ebola Epidemic and Crisis Relief Initiatives”
Thursday, Oct. 16 — Linsly Chittenden Rm. 101 (63 High St.), 4–5 p.m.
The panel will be moderated by Elizabeth Bradley, faculty director, GHLI, professor, Yale School of Public Health. Panelists include:
Kristina Talbert-Slagle, senior scientific officer at the Yale Global Health Leadership Institute and a lecturer at the Yale School of Public Health. Talbert-Slagle will discuss the epidemiology of the Ebola virus — including why the outbreak has reached such a crisis level in West Africa, how Ebola looks very different in the United States, and why the Ebola virus has very little chance of ever becoming airborne.
Susana Edjang, economic, social and development affairs officer, executive officer of the secretary-general, United Nations, and a 2014 Yale World Fellow. Edjang is an international global health and policy expert expected to address the United Nations’ response to large-scale outbreaks such as Ebola in West Africa. She is a co-author of “Working in International Health.”
Christopher Lockyear, operations manager, Medecins Sans Frontieres (Doctors Without Borders), and a 2014 Yale World Fellow.
Lockyear is responsible for the strategy and implementation of MSF’s humanitarian response and has led operations across African and Asia including in Somalia, Pakistan, South Sudan, and Chad. He plans to discuss how the international community should respond to outbreaks like Ebola.
The event is being sponsored by the Yale Global Health Leadership Institute, Yale World Fellows Program, and the Yale Undergraduate Association for African Peace and Development.
Lecture
“Ebola: How Dangerous Is It?”
Monday, Oct. 27, The Anylan Center Rm. N-107 (300 Cedar St.), 5:30–7 p.m.
The featured speaker will be Jamie Childs, senior research scientist and lecturer in epidemiology at the Yale School of Public Health His talk is part of the Global Health Seminar, a weekly elective course for students in the health professions to develop an understanding of key aspects of global health research and practice. Childs is expected to discuss the etiology of the virus and how Ebola affects the human body, transmission, containment, and challenges. Read his Q&A on Ebola first published in August.
Fundraising concert
Saturday, Nov. 8, 8 p.m., Battell Chapel, corner of Elm and Prospect streets.
Program and performers to be announced.