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The University of Pennsylvania announces the launching of its Middle East Health Group (MEHG) Interdisciplinary Seminar Series. The series explores contemporary health issues in the Middle East and is jointly sponsored by Penn's Middle East Center and International Programs at the University of Pennsylvania School of Medicine. The Spring 2002 series consists of three seminars:
TITLE OF MEHG SEMINAR #1: “Health Challenges in the Middle East and North Africa (MENA) Region”
SPEAKER: Jacques Baudouy; Director, Human Development for the Middle East and North Africa Region, World Bank
DISCUSSANT: Don Silberberg; Dean, International Health Programs, Penn Medical School
DATE AND TIME: Monday February 18 2002, 4:30PM
LOCATION: University of Pennsylvania Biomedical Research Building (BRB II-III), Room 251 (on Curie Blvd. in the Penn Medical School Complex, University of Pennsylvania, Philadelphia, PA)
TITLE OF MEHG Seminar #2: “Environmental Health in the Middle East: Food and Water Safety Issues”
SPEAKER: Osman Galal; Director and Professor, International Health Program, UCLA; General Secretary, International Union of Nutritional Science (IUNS)
DISCUSSANT: Steven Feierman, Department of History and Sociology of Science (Penn)
DATE AND TIME: Monday 18 March 2002, 4:30PM
LOCATION: Biomedical Research Building (BRB II-III), Room 251 (on Curie Blvd. in the Penn Medical School Complex, University of Pennsylvania, Philadelphia, PA)
TITLE OF MEHG Seminar #3: “Status of Health, Medical Education and Research: Iran Two Decades After the Revolution”
SPEAKER: Dr. Reza Malekzadeh; Professor of Medicine and Gastroenterology; Director Digestive Disease Research Center, Tehran University of Medical Sciences; Shariati Hospital; Board of Trustees, Shiraz University
DISCUSSANT: Firoozeh Kashani-Sabet, Department of History (Penn)
DATE AND TIME: Thursday 16 May 2002, 4:30PM
LOCATION: Biomedical Research Building (BRB II-III), Room 251 (on Curie Blvd. in the Penn Medical School Complex, University of Pennsylvania, Philadelphia, PA)
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