March
07
4-5pm
Online
Please join The School of Global Public Health to hear from four NYU faculty experts who are closely following the invasion in Ukraine from the perspective of public health.
Panelists will discuss the risk to health as hundreds of thousands flee their homes in Ukraine to neighboring Hungary, Moldova, Romania and Slovakia during an ongoing pandemic and radiation levels rise at Chernobyl, now under Russian control.
About the Speakers
About the Speakers
Dr. Jack Caravanos, Certified Industrial Hygienist and Clinical Associate Professor of Environmental Public Health Science, NYU GPH.
Dr. Peter Navario, Executive Director, HealthRight International, which, since 2005, has operated continuously in Ukraine, with more than 100 dedicated Ukrainian nationals as staff, working to strengthen the public health system and increase access to quality health services in every region.
Dr. Anne O’Donnell, author, historian of twentieth century Russia and Assistant Professor at NYU College of Arts and Science. Her research focuses on the Soviet Union and its successors, history of the state, cultures of economic life and urban history.
Dr. Danielle Ompad (moderator), Associate Professor of Epidemiology; Associate Dean of Education, NYU GPH