The Future of Public Health: A Millennial Symposium Series

"Genes and the Environment: The Origins of Asthma"

Hosted by Dean Barry R. Bloom

Video coverage is available in two parts:
[system requirements]

Event was held:

Thursday, December 6, 2001
3:30 pm-5:30 pm
Snyder Auditorium
Harvard School of Public Health
677 Huntington Avenue
Boston, Massachusetts

Panelists:

  • Duncan Thomas, PhD, Professor of Preventive Medicine, University of Southern California

  • Fernando D. Martinez, MD, Director, Respiratory Sciences Center, University of Arizona

  • Carole Ober, PhD, Professor, Department of Human Genetics, University of Chicago.

    The symposium was moderated by Dr. Jeffrey M. Drazen, Editor-in-Chief, The New England Journal of Medicine, and Professor of Medicine, Harvard Medical School. The panelists discussed the implications for public health of our emerging ability to understand the interaction of genetic and environmental factors. Dr. Thomas addressed the issue broadly and Drs. Ober and Martinez elaborated on the specific application to asthma.

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