Home > Science Seminar > Fall 2006 Seminar Schedule > Public Health Epidemiologist
The Science Seminar Series: October 12, 2006 4pm
Aquatic toxins, disaster response, obesity and pandemic influenza- a day in the life of a public health epidemiologist
Carina Blackmore, DVM, PhD
State Public Health Veterinarian
State Environmental Epidemiologist
Florida Department of Health
Powell HallTime: 4:00 - 5:00pm
Abstract
Any student of Population Medicine realizes quickly that the best way to keep Americans healthy is to prevent them from getting ill in the first place! Clean drinking water, a safe food supply and immunization programs for diseases like measles, mumps, polio and rubella are all successes of such public health efforts in America. Population growth and mobility, individual inactivity, global warming and the cold reality of terrorism have contributed to making obesity, hurricanes and emerging infectious diseases (including West Nile virus, SARS, influenza and HIV) some of the more recent issues for public health in Florida. The talk will focus on discussing a handful of the many current challenges.