TEDxFSCJ Announces Upcoming Salon: “Vaccinating the Future”
WHAT: TEDxFSCJ will host a salon exploring the critical role vaccines play in promoting public health.
Recent advances in vaccine research have laid the groundwork for addressing many of the key public health issues of the 21st century. Yet vaccines have also proved a source of popular misunderstanding, and ever-new outbreaks of infectious disease challenge researchers and practitioners alike to keep pace with a globally interconnected health environment.
The evening includes a panel discussion with Dr. Keith Knutson, a leading cancer researcher at the Mayo Clinic, and Dr. Pauline Rolle, the medical director of the Florida Department of Health in Duval County. Co-hosted by Florida State College at Jacksonville professors Dr. Dianne Fair and Dr. Lourdes Norman-McKay, the salon will provide insight into how a vaccine is brought to market, how vaccines are tested for safety, the challenges of getting vaccines to the public and new hope for using vaccines to fight cancer.
Join the conversation with cutting-edge researchers and dedicated public health workers committed to growing healthy communities.
Those interested in attending this event can register at TEDxFSCJ Eventbrite. For more information, visit http://www.tedxfscj.com/.
WHEN: Thursday, January 12, 2017, from 6 - 8 p.m.
WHERE: Florida State College at Jacksonville Deerwood Center-Performance Theatre, Room G-1709, 9911 Old Baymeadows Road, Jacksonville, FL 32256
About FSCJ
Florida State College at Jacksonville (FSCJ) is a public, nonprofit higher education institution that offers more than 150 degree and certificate programs to meet the education and training needs of more than 50,000 students per year.
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