The Earth Institute presents the second of the 2014-2015 Sustainable Development Seminar Series, Ethical Issues in Responding to a Global Disease Crisis: Ebola and Beyond, with Irwin Redlener, MD, Director, National Center for Disaster Preparedness and the Program on Child Well-Being and Resilience, The Earth Institute; Professor of Health Policy and Management, Columbia University; Co-Founder and President, Children’s Health Fund; and Jeff Schlegelmilch, MPH, MBA, Managing Director for Strategic Planning and Operations, National Center for Disaster Preparedness, Earth Institute, Columbia University.

This session explores the ethical issues in dealing with infectious disease threats in a global environment. Ethical issues can be wide-ranging and include: allocation of scarce resources, responding with a limited evidence-base, accelerating the pharmaceutical development process, negotiating politics and belief when it is in conflict with science, etc. Issues from the current Ebola crisis are explored to understand the nature of these issues, and to generate lessons to guide future responses.

Speakers: Irwin Redlener, MD,, Director, National Center for Disaster Preparedness and the Program on Child Well-Being and Resilience, The Earth Institute; Professor of Health Policy and Management, Columbia University; Co-Founder and President, Children’s Health Fund; Jeff Schlegelmilch, MPH, MBA,, Managing Director for Strategic Planning and Operations, National Center for Disaster Preparedness, Earth Institute, Columbia University

Open to the public. RSVP required. Photo ID required for building access.

Please RSVP here: http://www.earth.columbia.edu/events/view/76391