When: Wednesday, December 9th 7-9 PM
Where: Cafe Valparaiso at La Pena,
3105 Shattuck Avenue, Berkeley, CA 94705
Who: Dr. Art Reingold, Head of Epidemiology, UC Berkeley School of Public Health
The Deets:
Experts are predicting a substantial resurgence of swine flu cases this coming winter. Art Reingold will provide an update concerning the global pandemic of novel H1N1(swine) influenza; the current state of affairs in the US and California; and options for prevention, including a pandemic influenza vaccine.

About the Speaker
Arthur Reingold, MD is Professor and Head of the Division of Epidemiology and the Associate Dean for Research in the School of Public Health (SPH) at the University of California, Berkeley (UCB). He holds concurrent appointments in Medicine and in Epidemiology and Biostatistics at the University of California, San Francisco (UCSF). Recently, Dr. Reingold was awarded the Edward Penhoet Distinguished Chair for Global Health and Infectious Diseases. Dr. Reingold completed his BA and MD degrees at the University of Chicago and then completed a residency in internal medicine at Mt. Auburn Hospital in Cambridge, Massachusetts. He is board certified in internal medicine and holds a current medical license in California, but has devoted the last 25 years to the study and prevention of infectious diseases in the U.S and in developing countries throughout the world.

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