News Release

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November 10, 2005

Free Boise State Lecture to Address Bird Flu, West Nile

Uwe Reischl, director of the Center for Health Policy at Boise State University will deliver a free lecture on �The Fundamentals of Avian Flu and West Nile Virus Infections� from 3:30-4:30 p.m. Tuesday, Nov. 15, in the Student Union Hatch B Ballroom at Boise State. The public is invited to attend; seating is limited, so participants should arrive early.

Reischl is a professor of health sciences and a public health physician with a focus on occupational health. He has 23 years of university research, teaching and administration experience. He received his undergraduate and graduate training at the University of California, Berkeley, where he obtained a Ph.D. in environmental health sciences; he received his medical training at the University of Ulm in Germany.

Reischl has contributed to the assessment of global health conditions and has been involved in the evaluation of health care systems internationally. He also served as a science adviser to the Global Advisory Committee on Health Research of the World Health Organization in Geneva, Switzerland.


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Contact: Uwe Reischl, Center for Health Policy, (208) 426-2445, ureischl@boisesetate.edu 
Media Contact: Kathleen Craven, University Communications, (208) 426-3275, kcraven@boisestate.edu
 

 

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