Senior Research Scientist Green Named to Presidential HIV/AIDS Advisory Council

	Edward Green

Established in 1995, the council provides recommendations about the federal government’s response to AIDS, such as HIV prevention programs and AIDS research efforts.

Focusing on AIDS prevention, Green supports a model that emphasizes abstinence, faithfulness between partners and condom use. Known as the "ABC" model (Abstinence, Be faithful, or use Condoms if A and B are not practiced), the prevention strategy has been adopted by a number of countries. The ABC model got its start in Uganda, where HIV prevalence has declined significantly since 1991.

In May, President Bush signed into law a five-year, $15 billion AIDS relief initiative primarily focused on Africa, with other efforts directed in the Caribbean and South America. The plan endorses the ABC model.

The eighth annual Mission Hill Walk for Health will take place TOMORROW, Saturday, September 20. Participants will meet in front of the Mission Main Resident Services Building at 39 Smith Street to register at 9 a.m. The walk begins at 10 a.m. The Division of Public Health Practice at HSPH helps to sponsor the annual fundraiser.

The three-mile walk wends through the Mission Hill neighborhood.

Pledge sheets are available at the table by the Security Desk in the Kresge Building and at the Division of Public Health Practice at 1552 Tremont Street.

All proceeds support local youth programs.

There is no rain date.

For more information, contact Franklin Miller at 617-496-0716 or emiller@hsph.harvard.edu.

Discounted Registration for BioSecurity 2003 Available, Free Registration for Students

SARS, global health security and the status of national preparedness are a few of the topics scheduled to be addressed at the second annual BioSecurity 2003, a global forum to aid a range of professionals in biosecurity preparedness and response efforts. HSPH, Harvard Medical School and Harvard Medical International are co-organizers of the event, in conjunction with the RAND Center for Domestic and International Health Security and Jane’s Information Group. BioSecurity 2003 will take place from October 20 to 22 in Washington, D.C. HSPH Dean Barry Bloom is a conference Board of Advisors co-chair with HMS Dean Joseph Martin.

Registration is now open at http://www.biosecuritysummit.com/. Harvard faculty and staff can receive a $300 discount on an All Access Plus pass by using the priority code HARBIO3 when registering. Harvard students may attend the forum for free by downloading a form at http://www.biosecuritysummit.com/2003_student_attendee_application.pdf and faxing the form to 508-759-4552 with a copy of a valid Harvard student ID card. Students should bring their ID cards with them to the forum.

BioSecurity 2003 is scheduled to offer more than 30 sessions as part of its three-day educational program covering global biosecurity strategies. Track sessions feature Food and Agro Terrorism; Global Health; Smallpox: A Case Study; Stress, Terror and Communications; National Preparedness: A Status Report; and the Current Status of Tools and Technology.

Scheduled speakers include David Heymann, executive director, Communicable Diseases, World Health Organization; Georges Benjamin, executive director, American Public Health Association; James Kvach, chief scientist, Defense Intelligence Agency, Armed Forces Medical Intelligence Center; John Marburger, White House Office of Science and Technology Policy; Lester Crawford, deputy commissioner, U.S. Food and Drug Administration; and others.

In addition to the lectures and workshops, there is also an exhibit of tools, technology and services available to biosecurity professionals.

Pollack to Speak at Museum of Science this Sunday

Richard Pollack, instructor of immunology and infectious diseases in the Department of Immunology and Infectious Diseases, will speak at the Museum of Science, Boston, this Sunday, September 21, at 2:30 p.m. The 30-minute lecture will be on "Lice, Bedbugs and Other Critters."

The event is part of the "Frontiers of Health Science Series," at the Current Science and Technology Center (CS&T) within the museum. The series offers weekly discussions for the public that are free with museum admission.

HSPH, along with other institutions, is a partner with CS&T. The Museum of Science received a $1.5 million Science Education Partnership Award for health science coverage from the National Institutes of Health in 2000. The award helps CS&T staff find and develop stories of interest and tap local researchers willing to discuss them with the public.

For more information, visit www.mos.org/cst/.

Community Partnership Day Scheduled for October

The Office of Government and Community Programs at the Division of Public Health Practice will sponsor the 13th annual Community Partnership Day on Tuesday, October 7.

The event provides an opportunity for more than 40 human and social service agencies and organizations from Mission Hill and greater Boston to meet HSPH faculty, students and staff for a day of information sharing and networking.

At 8:30 a.m., faculty will meet with community representatives at a special Dean’s Breakfast Reception.

From 10 a.m. to 11:30 a.m., all HSPH members are invited to a panel discussion, "A Community Conversation," in Kresge G-2.

A community agency fair to promote programs and recruit interns and volunteers will take place from 12 p.m. to 2 p.m. in the Kresge cafeteria.

For more information, visit www.hsph.harvard.edu/php/OGCP/service.html#cpd.