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SUMMARY:Inaugural Russell Women in Science Lecture
DESCRIPTION:In this address, “A Changing Climate in Human Health: Empowering Women in a Global Society,” Dr. Rita Colwell will explain how educating women in basic scientific concepts empowers them to take control of their lives and improve the health of their communities. She will also discuss the challenges she has faced throughout her career as a woman scientist as well as the current state of women working and studying in scientific field.Dr. Colwell has led groundbreaking research on the transmission of cholera and how the ecology of this disease-causing bacteria is altered as a result of global changes in climate and weather. She has worked to combat the spread of cholera by training women in the villages of Bangladesh to remove the pathogen by filtering their drinking water through folded sari cloth.Dr. Colwell is a renowned microbiologist whose career has focused on solving global infectious diseases, water, and health problems. She became the first female director of the National Science Foundation in 1998 and is currently Distinguished University Professor at both the University of Maryland at College Park and Johns Hopkins University Bloomberg School of Public Health. She is also president and CEO of CosmosID, Inc.The Russell Women in Science Lecture Series is made possible thanks to the generous support of former trustee Cristine Russell ’71.RSVP by April 9 by clicking on the Registration button above.
LOCATION:Jeannik Mequet Littlefield Concert Hall
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