Surviving the Next Pandemic: Bird Flu and Other Emerging Infectious Diseases
Dr. Michael Greger
Thursday, 22 Mar 2007 at 8:00 pm – Sun Room, Memorial Union
Michael Greger, M.D., is a physician and author and currently the Director of Public Health and Animal Agriculture at The Humane Society of the United States. He is a graduate of the Cornell University School of Agriculture and the Tufts University School of Medicine. Michael Greger is a general practitioner specializing in clinical nutrition and a founding member of the American College of Lifestyle Medicine. He is the author of Carbophobia: The Scary Truth behind America's Low-Carb Craze, Bird Flu: A Virus of Our Own Hatching and Heart Failure: Diary of a Third Year Medical Student, and he has contributed to a number of other books on nutrition and food safety issues. As Farm Sanctuary's Chief Medical Investigator, Dr. Greger debated the National Cattlemen's Association director before the FDA and was invited as an expert witness to defend Oprah Winfrey in the infamous "meat defamation trial."Cosponsored By:
- Association of Avian Veterinarians
- ISU Vegetarian and Vegan Club
- Committee on Lectures (funded by Student Government)
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