Governor's Conference on
Pandemic Readiness on Friday;
The University of Arizona Offers Flu Experts to
Media
Jan. 4, 2006
From: AHSC Office of
Public Affairs, (520) 626-4828
News editors please note: Gov. Janet Napolitano will host "Arizona Prepares: Arizona's Pandemic Readiness and Emergency
Planning Conference" from 1 to 5
p.m. Friday, Jan. 6 at
the Orpheum Theatre, 203 W. Adams St.,
Phoenix. Information
about the conference is posted at www.azdhs.gov/pandemicflu
For your reference, The University of Arizona is home to a variety of experts on
flu and related issues. Please contact the Office of Public Affairs, (520)
626-4828 or (602)631-6555 for assistance in reaching any of the following
experts.
- Influenza, bird flu in
humans
Eskild
Petersen, MD, chief, Section of Infectious Disease, UA College of
Medicine
- Flu in
children
Ziad Shehab,
MD, chief, Pediatric Infectious Diseases, UA College of Medicine
- Emergency preparedness, flu in
hospitals, infection control
Connie Glasby, PhD, director of infection
control, University Medical Center. (Will be attending
conference.)
- Avian influenza and disease
patterns in birds
Charles van Riper, PhD, professor,
Department of Wildlife and Fisheries of Resources in the UA School of Natural
Resources, and a research scientist in ornithology and avian disease with the
Sonoran Desert Research Station at the UA.
- Flu vaccine development and
supply, Tamiflu and other medications for treatment of
flu
David Nix, PharmD,
associate professor in the UA College of Pharmacy, with expertise
in infectious disease pharmacotherapy.
- Public health preparedness
Jeff Burgess, MD,
MPH, principal investigator for the new Arizona Center for Public
Health Preparedness at the UA Mel and Enid Zuckerman College of Public
Health.
- Integrative approaches in the
prevention and treatments of flu
Randy J. Horwitz, MD, PhD, medical
director for the Program in Integrative Medicine, UA College of
Medicine.
Susan
Guthrie
Senior Public Affairs
Coordinator
University of Arizona, College of Medicine - Phoenix
4001 N. Third
Street, Suite
401
Phoenix, Arizona 85012
602-631-6555 (office) 480-241-7738
(cell)
sguthrie@email.arizona.edu
www.phoenix.arizona.edu
To read about the
expansion of the UA College of Medicine in Phoenix go to http://www.phoenix.medicine.arizona.edu/About/News/Campus/