Helen Epstein, an independent consultant and writer specializing in public health in developing countries, will give a lecture titled "The Invisible Cure, the West and the Fight against AIDS," on Monday, April 21, at 7:30 p.m. in the Science Center's Kennedy Auditorium at Hamilton.
Epstein has conducted research on reproductive health and AIDS in Africa for such organizations as the Rockefeller Foundation, the Population Council and Human Rights Watch, and her articles have appeared in the New York Review of Books, Granta Magazine and many other publications. Her current research interests include the right to health care in developing countries and the relationship between poverty and health in industrialized countries. Epstein obtained a Ph.D. in molecular biology from Cambridge University in 1991 and an MSc in public health from the London School of Hygiene and Tropical Medicine in 1996.
The lecture is sponsored by the Diversity and Social Justice Project and the Dean of the Faculty. It is free and open to the public.
Epstein has conducted research on reproductive health and AIDS in Africa for such organizations as the Rockefeller Foundation, the Population Council and Human Rights Watch, and her articles have appeared in the New York Review of Books, Granta Magazine and many other publications. Her current research interests include the right to health care in developing countries and the relationship between poverty and health in industrialized countries. Epstein obtained a Ph.D. in molecular biology from Cambridge University in 1991 and an MSc in public health from the London School of Hygiene and Tropical Medicine in 1996.
The lecture is sponsored by the Diversity and Social Justice Project and the Dean of the Faculty. It is free and open to the public.
