Director's Colloquium Tuesday
Dr. Klaus Stohr of the World Health Organization's global influenza program is at Los Alamos Tuesday to talk about the importance of research coordination in detecting new pathogens. The Director's Colloquium is at 1:10 p.m., in the Physics Building Auditorium at Technical Area 3.
Stohr coordinates the work of the World Health Organization's global influenza program, including its influenza surveillance network. He also advises World Health Organization and national authorities on policies and strategies for the surveillance, prevention and control of influenza.
His talk, "SARS - Research Coordination to Detect a New Pathogen," is open to all Laboratory workers. It also can be viewed live on Labnet Channel 9 and on desktop computers using Real Media and IPTV technology.
The talk will focus on experience gained from the World Health Organization's response to the severe acute respiratory syndrome, or SARS, epidemic, the need and possibilities for SARS etiology and diagnosis in the World Health Organization. SARS was first recognized in February 2003 in Vietnam and SARS cases have now been reported in 25 countries on five continents.
For more information, see the April 23 Daily Newsbulletin. For more information about the Director's Colloquium program, which is coordinated by the Science and Technology Base (STB) Programs Office, go to http://stb.lanl.gov:8080/wosaserver/web?pg=/program/colloquium/index.xml online.
-- Steve Sandoval