Events
If It's Just the Flu, Why are we all Going to Die? Policy Implications and Resource Allocation
Presented by Dr. Jim Cross, Senior Medical Officer, Prince Albert Parkland Health Region
Wednesday November 25, 2009
Start Time: 7:00 PM - End Time: 8:30 PM
| Category: | Public Lecture | |
| Campus: | Both campuses | |
| Saskatoon Location: | NOTE CHANGE IN VENUE: Theatre, Diefenbaker Building, 101 Diefenbaker Place, University of Saskatchewan campus | |
| Regina Location: | JSGS Window Room, 2nd Floor, Gallery Building, College Avenue | |
| Description: | Dr. Jim Cross graduated from the University of Saskatchewan in 1973 and practiced mainly in emergency medicine until he woke up on his 55th birthday and decided it was time to move on. Now, he teaches emergency medicine in the Family Medicine Residency Program at the University of Saskatchewan and is the Senior Medical Officer (formerly known as the VP of Medicine) for the Prince Albert Parkland Health Region. He has been involved in disaster planning since 1974 and influenza pandemic planning on a national, provincial and local level since the early 1990s.
This event is being co-sponsored by the School of Public Health at the University of Saskatchewan. The School of Public Health off ers a number of programs designed to provide graduate students with a rich array of opportunities in training, research and applied public health practice. These programs include a Master of Public Health, and master and doctoral degrees in biostatistics, and vaccinology and immunotherapeutics. The School of Public Health will be launching an epidemiology program in 2010. For more information on the school’s programs, please visit www.usask.ca/sph. | |
| Please Note: | There is no cost for this event, but seating is limited. | |
| Cost: | Free | |
| Contact: | For more information contact us at 306.585.5869 or . | |
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