The CDC estimates that at least 2 million people become infected with antibiotic-resistant bacteria each year and at least 23,000 people die annually from these infections. Additional risks are posed from other types of organisms once sensitive to antimicrobial medicines and now resistant. This Forum event will examine the public health menace posed by antimicrobial resistance and the steps to be undertaken to fight the “superbugs.” Presented in collaboration with PRI’s The World and WGBH.
Feb. 5
12:30 PM – 1:30 p.m. ET
Watch at ForumHSPH.org
E-mail questions for the expert participants any time before or during the live webcast to theforum@hsph.harvard.edu. The Forum will accommodate as many questions as we can from the media and online and in-person audiences.
Expert Participants
- Marc Lipsitch, Professor of Epidemiology and Director of the Center for Communicable Disease Dynamics, Harvard School of Public Health
- Aaron Kesselheim, Director, Program on Regulation, Therapeutics, and Law, Brigham and Women’s Hospital
- Stuart Levy, President of Alliance for the Prudent Use of Antibiotics and Professor at Tufts University School of Medicine
- Beth Bell, Director of the National Center for Emerging and Zoonotic Infectious Diseases, CDC
Moderator
- David Baron, Health & Science Editor, PRI’s The World
Participate During The Live Webcast
Join the live comments, which will be featured on The Forum’s Battling Drug-Resistant Superbugs web page. We’ll also be live-tweeting from @ForumHSPH. Tweet your questions and comments using #superbugsrise.
Presented in Collaboration with PRI’s The World and WGBH
Part of The Andelot Series on Current Science Controversies
Contact: Marge Dwyer, 617-432-8416, mhdwyer@hsph.harvard.edu