Emerging Global Threats in a Globalized World: A Discussion with NPR’s Jason Beaubien

Global Health and Development Correspondent for National Public Radio (NPR), Beaubien reports on a range of health issues across the globe. He's covered circumcision drives in Kenya, abortion in El Salvador, drug-resistant malaria in Myanmar and tuberculosis in Tajikistan. He was part of an NPR reporting team that won a Peabody Award in 2015 for its extensive coverage of the Ebola outbreak in West Africa.

Welcome Remarks by Dean Gregory Ball (BSOS) and Dean Jane Clark (SPH)

Location: Heise Room, Riggs Alumni Center

Date: Wednesday, April 20th, 2016

Time: 2:00-4:00PM

The newly established annual lecture facilitates interdisciplinary engagements focused on the social context of health among the University of Maryland College Park community, especially undergraduate students. The Global Health and Culture lecture series is a collaborative effort between the College of Behavioral & Social Sciences and the School of Public Health.

For more details, see the flyer.

 

Published on Thu, 03/31/2016 - 12:53