Non-CCG Event: Communicating Pandemic

Communicating Pandemic: Lessons for the Future
The Communication Roundtable Series
The recent H1N1 scare reminds us that it’s just a matter of time before another pandemic — perhaps as lethal as the 1918 influenza outbreak — strikes again. Will we be prepared? Learn how scientists, journalists and public health advocates have worked to keep the public informed during this latest health scare, and what we’ll all need to do when the next big pandemic strikes.

WHEN:
Monday, June 29, 2009
7:30 to 9:30 p.m.

WHERE:
Johns Hopkins University, Washington, D.C. Center
1717 Massachusetts Ave., N.W.
Lower Level Room 7

SPONSORED by The Johns Hopkins University M.A. in Communication Program

PANELISTS:

• Rob Stein, National Health Reporter, The Washington Post
• Joe Neel, Deputy Health Editor/Correspondent, National Public Radio
• Andrew Pekosz, PhD, Department of Molecular Microbiology and Immunology, The Johns Hopkins Bloomberg School of Public Health
• Jeffrey Levi, PhD, Executive Director, Trust for America’s Health
• David Fouse, Director of Communication, American Public Health Association

MODERATOR:
Jane Twomey, PhD Master’s in Communication program, The Johns Hopkins University

FREE AND OPEN TO THE PUBLIC.